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    Pearl Brereton

    Pearl Brereton

    Title
    Professor
    Location
    Colin Reeves Building CR42
    Contact me
    via email
    Phone
    +44 (0) 1782 733079
    Email
    o.p.brereton@keele.ac.uk

    Biography

    I graduated with a degree in mathematics and computer science from Sheffield University in 1970 and was awarded a PhD in numerical analysis from Keele University in 1977. After a range of jobs in industry and academia I returned to Keele and in 2003 was appointed to a personal chair in software engineering. My research has spanned a range of topics including service-oriented and component based systems and empirical software engineering. Over recent years I have focused on evidence-based software engineering including the adoption and adaptation of the systematic review methodology within the software engineering domain. I am joint author of a recent book on Evidence-Based Software Engineering and Systematic Reviews.

    Research and scholarship

    Research grants

    • 2011-2013 EU, E-RISK: Evidence-based risk management in global software development projects.
    • 2007 - 2009 EPSRC, Evidence-based Practices Informing Computing, with Kitchenham & Niazi, in collaboration with D Budgen & M Goldstein, Durham
    • 2005 - 2007 EPSRC: Evidence-based Software Engineering, with Profs. Budgen and Kitchenham and Mr. Linkman.

    Research Interests

    • Software engineering with a particular emphasis on evidence-based software engineering
    • Empirical research methods

    Publications

    Research themes

    School address

    School of Computer Science and Mathematics
    Keele University
    Staffordshire
    ST5 5AA

    Email: scm.admin@keele.ac.uk
    Tel:+44 (0) 1782 731830

    Programme directors

    Maths (UG)
    Dr Danila Prikazchikov
    +44 (0)1782 733414
    d.prikazchikov@keele.ac.uk

    Data Science (UG)
    Dr Peter Wootton
    +44 (0)1782 733438
    p.t.wootton@keele.ac.uk

    Data Scientist Apprenticeship
    Dr Shailesh Naire
    +44 (0)1782 733268
    s.naire@keele.ac.uk