Mr David Lightfoot

BA (Computing Science), MSc (Computation)

Senior Lecturer in Computing

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Role

Teaching in modules in:

  • Programming
  • Software engineering
  • Formal methods
  • Computer graphics

Student recruitment (Europe)

Liaison manager of collaborative provision with Informatics Academy Pte Ltd, Singapore

Areas of expertise

  • Programming-language design and specification

Teaching and supervision

Courses

Modules taught

  • Graphics and the Web
  • Professional Software System Design
  • Understanding Programming
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • Further Object-Oriented Programming
  • Business Intelligence Programming
  • Data Structures
  • Undergraduate Computing Project
  • Formal Software Engineering
  • Compiler Construction (with Prof. Hanspeter Mössenböck)
  • Low-level Techniques and Tools
  • MSc Dissertation in Computing Subjects

Research

  • Programming languages
  • Formal derivation of programs
  • Formal aspects of computer science

Research group membership

  • Applied Formal Methods Research Group

Groups

Publications

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Professional information

Memberships of professional bodies

  • Convenor IST5/–/13, British Standards Institute Panel on Standardisation of the Programming Language Modula-2.
  • Principal United Kingdom Expert to International Standards Organization WG13, Working Group on Standardisation of the Programming Language Modula-2.
  • BCS FACS (Formal Aspects of Computer Science) specialist group

Consultancy

  • United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: course on Correct Programming with Dr Tjeerd olde Scheper, June 2008
  • Reading University/Airinmar: Course on Programming in C#, 2005

Further details

Other experience

  • May 1970–Aug 1970: Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Research into Doppler shift of reflected light in oil pipelines.
  • June 1973–Aug 1973: Vacation Student, Atlas Computer Laboratory, Chilton, United Kingdom
    Work on computer graphics packages in FORTRAN.
  • 1974–1975: Programmer Analyst, County Surveyor's Department, West Sussex County Council, United Kingdom
    Design, implementation, documentation and training for software to collect and analyse traffic-flow data.
  • 1975–1979: Lecturer in Computer Studies and Statistics, Eastleigh College, United Kingdo
    Teaching of Computing and Statistics.
  • 1979–1982:Principal Lecturer, (2900-Series Languages) ICL (International Computers Limited) Consultancy and Training Services, Old Windsor, United Kingdom
    Developed and presented courses on programming and operating systems for company's customers in UK, Europe and beyond using COBOL, FORTRAN and Pascal for ICL machines (including Perq) and courses delivered in French.
  • 1982–1989:Senior Lecturer in Computing, Slough College, United Kingdom
    Developed and presented courses on programming (including object-oriented), formal methods, desktop publishing and commercial software products, using COBOL, Pascal, Modula-2, Oberon, Z, Clascal (Object Pascal), Ada, Lotus 123, Symphony.