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Dr Stephen Cummins

College position(s)

Fellow, Director of Studies

Subject

Computer Science

Specialising in

Software Engineering Education, Software Architecture and Enterprise Architecture

Degrees, Awards and Prizes

BSc (Dunelm),  PhD (Dunelm)

Research themes

My research area is focused on the themes of technology enhanced learning and software engineering. I have been recently focusing on the security and privacy considerations of educational platforms. I am one of the original research engineers who developed the http://www.isaacphysics.org platform and still work part-time in the team that runs this and our other project https://ww.isaaccomputerscience.org

I have a general interest in software engineering, processes, practices and tooling.

Teaching Responsibilities 

I enjoy teaching courses related to software engineering and security as well as supervising part II projects in these areas. I supervise the following courses:

  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Software & Security Engineering
  • Security

Role(s) with the University

  • Head of IT and Digital Transformation, School of Technology
  • Official Visitor, Department of Computer Science and Technology