Prof James Woodcock FREng
Anniversary Professor of Software Engineering

Interests

• Hybrid systems: cyber-physical systems, robotics, and digital twins.
• Formal methods: modelling, verification, theorem proving in Isabelle/HOL, model checking in FDR, principled testing, and notations (especially Z, CSP, & Circus).
• Formal semantics: Unifying Theories of Programming.
• Probabilistic programming: semantics, Bayesian inference, and uncertainty.
• Software engineering: industrial applications.
• History of computer science.
• Homepage: https://www-users.york.ac.uk/~jw524/

Qualifications

FREng

Career

Until 2001: Professor of Software Engineering and Director of Centre of Excellence, University of Oxford

Departmental and University Roles

• Senate member