Bashar's Qualifications and Employment

Qualifications

• 1990-1994: Ph.D. in Software Engineering, Department of Computing, Imperial College, UK (part-time).

• 1988-89: M.Sc. in the Foundations of Advanced Information Technology, Department of Computing, Imperial College, UK.

• 1985-88: B.Sc. in Computer Systems Engineering (First Class Honours), School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Sussex, UK.

Employment

·       2009- : Professor , Computer Science and Information Sciences, University of Limerick, Ireland.

• 2001- : Professor , Department of Computing, The Open University, UK.

• 2000-2001: Reader, Department of Computing, Imperial College, UK.

• October 1998 - January 1999: Visiting Researcher, NASA IV&V Facility, USA.

• 1995-2000 : Lecturer , Distributed Software Engineering Group, Department of Computing, Imperial College, UK.

• 1994-5: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Distributed Software Engineering Group, Department of Computing, Imperial College, UK.

• 1992-94: Research Associate, Distributed Software Engineering Group, Department of Computing, Imperial College, UK.

• 1990-92: Research Assistant, Distributed Software Engineering Group, Department of Computing, Imperial College, UK.

• 1989-90: Engineer - Instrumentation and Graphics, Tektronix Inc.

 

Administrative Appointments

·       2009 -2012: Chief Scientist, Lero – The Irish Software Engineering Research centre, Ireland.

·       2002 -2008: Director of Research, Department of Computing, The Open University, UK.

·       1999 -2002 : Director, Centre for Systems Requirements Engineering , Department of Computing, Imperial College, UK.

·       1996 -2000 : Head, Software Engineering Laboratory , Department of Computing, Imperial College, UK.

·       1996 -98 : Coordinator, Second Year Teaching, Department of Computing, Imperial College, UK.

·       1993-94 : Member, Departmental Library Committee, Department of Computing, Imperial College, UK.

 

Fellowships & Awards

·       2013-2018: Royal Society-Wolfson Merit Award Holder.

·       2012-2017: European Research Council Advanced Grant Holder

·       2005-2007: The Royal Academy of Engineering / Leverhulme Trust : Senior Research Fellowship.

·       2007- : Automated Software Engineering Fellow

·       2007- : Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET).

·       2005 - : Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS)