Ian Sommerville

Ian Sommerville

Infobox Scientist


image_width = 150px
name = Ian Sommerville
birth_date = 1951
birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland
residence = Scotland
nationality = British
field = Computer science/Systems engineering
work_institution = University of St Andrews (2006- )
Lancaster University, (1986-2006)
University of Strathclyde (1978-1986)
Heriot-Watt University (1975-1978)
alma_mater = University of St Andrews;
University of Strathclyde

Ian F. Sommerville, (1951 –) is a British academic. He is currently (2006) a full professor of software engineering at the University of St Andrews in Scotland and is the author of a popular student textbook on software engineering, as well as a number of other books and papers. He is a prominent researcher in the field of systems engineering, system dependability and social informatics, being an early advocate of an interdisciplinary approach to system dependability.

Education and personal life

Ian Sommerville was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1951.He studied Physics at Strathclyde University and Computer Science at the University of St Andrews. He is married and has two daughters. As an amateur gourmet, he has written a number of restaurant reviews.

Academic career

Ian Sommerville was a lecturer in Computer Science at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland from 1975 to 1978 and at Strathclyde University, Glasgow from 1978-86.From 1986 to 2006, he was Professor of Software Engineering in the Computing Department at the University of Lancaster, and in April 2006 he joined the School of Computer Science at St Andrews University, where he teaches courses in advanced software engineering and critical systems engineering.

Academic interests and projects

Ian Sommerville's research work has included system requirements engineering and system evolution. A major focus has been system dependability, including the use of social analysis techniques such as ethnography to better understand how people and computers deliver dependability. He was a partner in the DIRC (Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration in Dependability) consortium, [http://www.dirc.org.uk/people/staff/detail.php?id=31 Listing as member of DIRC project] which focused on dependable systems design and is now (2006) working on the related INDEED (Interdisciplinary Design and Evaluation of Dependability) project. He has also been a member of the board of advisors to the IEEE SWEBOK project. [http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1074/members/board_of_advisors/sommerville_ian.htm Listing on board of advisors to the IEEE SWEBOK project.] He has worked on a number of European projects involving collaboration between academia and commercial enterprises, such as the ESPRIT project REAIMS (Requirements Engineering adaptation and improvement for safety and dependability).

Public activities

In 2006, Ian Sommerville was one of 23 academics in the computer field who wrote open letters calling for an independent audit of the British National Health Service's proposed Programme for IT (NPfIT) and expressing concern about the GBP 12.4 billion programme. cite news | first = Tony | last = Collins
title = NHS Focus: Open Letter: Questions that need to be answered|url = http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/04/12/215323/NHS+Focus+Open+Letter+Questions+that+need+to+be+answered.htm
work = ComputerWeekly.com|publisher = Reed Business Information Limited
date = 2006-04-12 | accessdate = 2006-11-01
] cite news | first = Tony | last = Collins
title = Signatories to health committee letter |url= http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/03/14/215264/Theexpertscallingforareview.htm
work = ComputerWeekly.com|publisher = Reed Business Information Limited
date = 2006-04-11 | accessdate = 2006-11-01
] cite news | first = Tony | last = Collins
title = Experts strike new NHS warning note | url=http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/10/10/218985/Experts+strike+new+NHS+warning+note.htm
work = ComputerWeekly.com|publisher = Reed Business Information Limited
date = 2006-10-10 | accessdate = 2006-11-01
]

Publications

Most widely read of Sommerville's publications is probably his student text book "Software Engineering", currently in its 8th edition. He has also written or co-authored numerous articles, papers, and a number of books not listed here.

*cite book | last = Sommerville | first = Ian | authorlink =
title = Software engineering | edition = 8th edition
publisher = Addison Wesley | year = 2007 | location=Harlow
id = ISBN 978-0-321-31379-9 ISBN 0-321-31379-8

*cite book | last = Sommerville | first = Ian | coauthors = Pete Sawyer | authorlink =
title = Requirements Engineering: A Good Practice Guide | edition =
publisher = Wiley | year = 1997 | month = March | location= Chichester
id = ISBN 0-471-97444-7

*cite book | last = Kotonya | first = Gerald | coauthors = Ian Sommerville | authorlink =
editor =
title = Requirements Engineering: Processes and Techniques | edition =
publisher = Wiley | year = 1998 | month = April | location=Chichester; New York
id = ISBN 0-471-97208-8

[http://www-old.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~ifs/Research/Publications/ Full list of books and papers]

Sources

[http://www-old.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~ifs/index.html Subject's home page at St Andrews University]

References


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