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Academic and Teaching Staff

Simon Foster
Senior Lecturer

Interests

  • Verification
  • Theorem Proving (Isabelle/HOL, Agda)
  • Formal Semantics
  • Unifying Theories of Programming
  • Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Theory Engineering
  • Functional Programming
  • Process Algebra

Qualifications

  • PhD Computer Science, University of Sheffield (2010)
  • MComp (Hons) Computer Science, University of Sheffield (2005)

Career

  • (May 2021-present) Lecturer and Module Leader for Assurance and Proof
  • (Jun 2018- May 2021) PI on CyPhyAssure project
  • (Jan 2018-May 2018) RF on RoboCalc project
  • (2014-2017) RF on H2020 project INTO-CPS (under Prof. Woodcock)
  • (2014) RA on Modular Safety Cases for the Generic Vehicle Architecture (under Prof. Tim Kelly, York)
  • (2012-2014) RA on COMPASS project (under Prof. Jim Woodcock, York)
  • (2009-2012) RA on Higher Order Refinement Techniques for the Model Driven Architecture (under Prof. John Derrick, Sheffield)

Departmental and University Roles

  • Taught Project Coordinator

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Contact details

Department of Computer Science
University of York
Deramore Lane
York
YO10 5GH

Phone: +44 (0)1904 325424

Office: CSE/036

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