John V. Tucker#
| Membership Number: | 2962 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Section: | INFORMATICS |
| Elected: | 2011 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2007-11 Head of School of Physical Sciences, Swansea University
- 1994-2007 Head of Department of Computer Science, Swansea University
- 1989-present Professor of Computer Science, Swansea University
- 1985-89 Reader in Computer Science, University of Leeds
- 1981-85 Lecturer in Computer Studies, University of Leeds
- 1981 Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) Research Assistantship, School of Mathematics, University of Bristol
- 1979-80 Research Fellowship, Department of Computer Science, Mathematical Centre/CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 1978 Research Assistantship, Mathematics Institute, University of Oslo
- 1977-78 Fellowship from the European Programme of The Royal Society, London, held at Mathematics Institute, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Fields of Scholarship
- Computability theories, especially for continuous/analogue data
- Algebraic specification of data and programs
- Theory of synchronous algorithms with digital and analogue components, and its applications
- Physical foundations of computation
- Computational foundations of physics
- History of computing, especially programming theory
- History of mathematics, especially practical calculation
- History of science, especially regional histories of science
Honours and Awards
- 2010 - Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. The first Council of the Society, and then elected by the Council to be its first General Secretary 2010-13
- 2007 - present Elected Member British Computer Society-Institute of Engineers and Technologists joint UK Computing Research Committee, December
- 2006 Elected Trustee of the Institute of Welsh Affairs, Wales' leading think tank and policy studies institute. See http://www.iwa.org.uk/
- 1998 Elected Fellow of British Computer Society
