Dr Neil Walkinshaw

School of Computer Science

Senior Lecturer in Testing

Inclusive Computing Lead (CIC)

Member of the Testing research group

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N.Walkinshaw@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 1968

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Dr Neil Walkinshaw
School of Computer Science
Regent Court (DCS)
211 Portobello
91直播
S1 4DP
Profile

Dr Neil Walkinshaw studied his Ph.D. (2002-2005) at the  on the use of static analysis to support software inspections. He subsequently spent five years (2005-2010) as a postdoc at the University of 91直播, working on state machine inference and software testing (an area in which he is still active).

This was followed by 8 years as a Lecturer then Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor at the  at the University of Leicester. He took up his current position as a Senior Lecturer at the University of 91直播 in 2018.

Research interests

Dr Walkinshaw's research and teaching focus is on software quality assurance. His research has a particular emphasis on 鈥渂lack-box鈥 components - software units that lack documentation and cannot be scrutinised internally.

He specialises in applying Machine Learning and other data analysis algorithms to the specific activities of testing, reverse-engineering, and safety-case assessment.

Publications

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Grants

Research Grants

  • CITCoM: , EPSRC, 01/2021 - 06/2025, 拢670,838, as PI
  • StaMInA: , EPSRC, 06/2009 - 06/2012, 拢19,771, as Co-PI

  • (REGI), EPSRC, 04/2009 to 09/2012, 拢315,209, as Researcher Co-PI

Professional activities and memberships

Member of the Testing research group