Kevin C. Lano is a British

United Kingdom

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 computer scientist.

Kevin Lano studied at the University of Reading

University of Reading

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 and the University of Bristol

University of Bristol

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. He was an originator of formal object-oriented techniques, and developed a combination of UML

Unified Modeling Language

Unified Modeling Language is a standardized general-purpose modeling language in the field of object-oriented software engineering. The standard is managed, and was created, by the Object Management Group...

 and formal methods

Formal methods

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 in a number of papers and books. He was one of the founders of the Precise UML group, who influenced the definition of UML 2.0.
Lano published the book Advanced Systems Design with Java, UML and MDA (Butterworth-Heinemann

Butterworth-Heinemann

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, ISBN 0750664967) in 2005. He is also the editor of UML 2 Semantics and Applications, published by Wiley

John Wiley & Sons

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 in October 2009.

Lano was formerly a Research Officer at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory

Oxford University Computing Laboratory

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. He is a reader

Reader (academic rank)

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 at the Department of Informatics at King's College London

King's College London

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