Event type:

In person

Date & time:

02 Jul 2019, 17:30 – 21:00

Distinguished Lecture: Prof. Mark Harman: The Joys and Frustrations of Software Engineering

Professor Mark Harman will deliver a Distinguished Lecture on The Joys and Frustrations of Software Engineering at UCL on 2nd July.

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Distinguished Lecture: Prof. Mark Harman: The Joys and Frustrations of Software Engineering

Professor Mark Harman

Professor of Software Engineering in CREST, Engineering Manager at Facebook London

UCL Computer Science

Professor Mark Harman is an Engineering Manager at Facebook London, while also a part-time Professor of Software Engineering in CREST (the Centre for Research on Evolution Search and Testing), SSE (the Software Systems and Engineering Group), and the broader Computer Science Department at University College London.

Mark’s research interests include source code analysis, testing, and search based software engineering. Up until 2017 he was the Director of CREST, a multidisciplinary research center within the University which applies algorithms and methods to the analysis and improvement of Digital Humanities and Arts, and he was also head of SSE.

Mark has lead a number of industrial projects with companies such as Visa Inc, Google, and Microsoft, and previously co-founded the test optimisationstart-up MAJICKE and the app analytics spin-out APPREDICT.

Prior to joining University College London, Mark was Professor of Software Engineering at King’s College, London, and held positions at Brunel University, Goldsmiths College and University of North London. 

Mark obtained a MEng in Software Engineering from Imperial College London and completed his PhD at the Polytechnic of North London in 1992.

 

Further information

Ticketing

Ticketed

Cost

Free

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

UCL Department of Computer Science

Computer Science

computerscience.comms@ucl.ac.uk