John McDermid OBE, MA (Cantab), PhD (Bham), FREng, CEng, CITP, FBCS, FIET, FSaRS, FRAeS, FHEA, MIoD
Professor, Academic Staff

Interests

Safety-critical systems; safety engineering; safety of autonomy and robotics; impact of cyber security on safety; software engineering for high integrity systems.

Career

MoD research scientist. Five years in the software industry. Chair at York since 1987. Head of Department of Computer Science: 2006-2012 & 2016-2017.

Departmental and University Roles

• University Research Theme Champion for Risk, Evidence and Decision-Making
• Director, Lloyd’s Register Foundation Assuring Autonomy International Programm