Alan Burns
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Professor Alan Burns FREng FIET FBCS
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is a professor in the Computer Science
Department at the University of York
, England
. He has been at the University of York since 1990, and held the post of Head of Department from 1999 until 30 June 2006, when he was succeeded by John McDermid.
He is a member of the department's Real-Time Systems Research Group, and has authored or co-authored over three-hundred publications, with a large proportion of them concentrating on real time systems
and the Ada programming language. Burns has been actively involved in the creation of the Ravenscar profile
, a subset of Ada's tasking model, designed to enable the analysis of real-time programs for their timing properties.
In 2006, Alan Burns was awarded the Annual Technical Achievement Award for technical achievement and leadership by the IEEE Technical Committee on Real-time Systems. In 2009, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
.
He is also a Fellow of the British Computer Society
(BCS) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology
(IET), and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE).
FBCS
FBCS is an abbreviation for Fellow of the British Computer Society . This is the most senior professional grade in the BCS. It is available to applicants with a minimum of five years of Information Technology experience in a senior IT position or who have an established eminent or authoritative...
SMIEEE CEng
Çeng
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is a professor in the Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
Department at the University of York
University of York
The University of York , is an academic institution located in the city of York, England. Established in 1963, the campus university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects...
, England
England
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. He has been at the University of York since 1990, and held the post of Head of Department from 1999 until 30 June 2006, when he was succeeded by John McDermid.
He is a member of the department's Real-Time Systems Research Group, and has authored or co-authored over three-hundred publications, with a large proportion of them concentrating on real time systems
Real-time computing
In computer science, real-time computing , or reactive computing, is the study of hardware and software systems that are subject to a "real-time constraint"— e.g. operational deadlines from event to system response. Real-time programs must guarantee response within strict time constraints...
and the Ada programming language. Burns has been actively involved in the creation of the Ravenscar profile
Ravenscar profile
The Ravenscar profile is a subset of the Ada tasking features designed for safety-critical hard real-time computing. It was defined by a separate technical report in Ada 95; it is now part of the Ada 2005 Standard.- Restrictions of the profile:...
, a subset of Ada's tasking model, designed to enable the analysis of real-time programs for their timing properties.
In 2006, Alan Burns was awarded the Annual Technical Achievement Award for technical achievement and leadership by the IEEE Technical Committee on Real-time Systems. In 2009, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Royal Academy of Engineering
-Overview: is the UK’s national academy of engineering. The Academy brings together the most successful and talented engineers from across the engineering sectors for a shared purpose: to advance and promote excellence in engineering....
.
He is also a Fellow of the British Computer Society
British Computer Society
The British Computer Society, is a professional body and a learned society that represents those working in Information Technology in the United Kingdom and internationally...
(BCS) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology
Institution of Engineering and Technology
The Institution of Engineering and Technology is a British professional body for those working in engineering and technology in the United Kingdom and worldwide. It was formed in 2006 from two separate institutions: the Institution of Electrical Engineers , dating back to 1871, and the...
(IET), and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...
(IEEE).