Jawed Siddqi | |
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Born | Karachi, Pakistan |
Residence | Sheffield, United Kingdom |
Nationality | Pakistani British |
Fields |
Software Engineering Informatics Dispute Resolution |
Institutions |
Sheffield Hallam University Oxford University Computing Laboratory |
Alma mater | University of London |
Doctoral advisor | Bryan Ratcliff |
Other academic advisors | Joseph Goguen |
Known for | Computer Science |
Jawed Siddiqi FBCS is a Pakistani British computer scientist and software engineer. He is professor emeritus of software engineering at Sheffield Hallam University, England. He is the president of NCUP National Council of University Professors in the UK.
Siddiqi received a BSc degree in mathematics from the University of London, followed by an MSc and PhD in computer science at the University of Aston, Birmingham. During 1991–1993, he was a visiting researcher at the Centre for Requirements and Foundation at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory (now the Oxford University Department of Computer Science), working with Professor Joseph Goguen in the area of requirements engineering. Siddiqi has been involved with the BCS Formal Aspects of Computing Science (FACS) Specialist Group for many years. Currently he is chair of the group. Siddiqi is also an executive member of the IEEE Technical Council on Software Engineering (TCSE). Siddiqi is a British computer scientist, fellow of the British Computer Society, a member of the IEEE, and a member of the ACM. He is a co-editor of Formal Methods: State of the Art and New Directions.