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Rob Pooley

Professor of Computer Science

Department of Computer Science
School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Heriot-Watt University

I joined Heriot-Watt on October 1st 1998.

I am a member of the Dependable Systems Group here.

I also belong to the VIS&GE research group

I have recently been involved in setting up the Pervasive, Ubiquitous and Mobile Applications (PUMA) Lab

My research interests can be summarised as

  1. modelling led design, which includes
    1. discrete event simulation,
    2. performance modelling and
    3. software engineering.
  2. Information systems
  3. pervasive systems

 

Some recent papers in draft form

Here is a talk I gave recently as keynote speaker at Summer Sim 2008 : Spects 2008 in Edinburgh. It summarises some of the issues in modelling that I see as important.

A short paper on traceability and requirements given at ICSEA 2008.

Trips

Here are some records of trips, starting with pictures and the slides of my EPEW invited talk from FORTE 2004 and EPEW in Madrid and Toledo.

This link takes you to some recommended B&Bs and small hotels that we have enjoyed staying in. No guarantees, but we found them good value.

UML and Performance

I gave a tutorial at the 1st International Workshop on Software and Performance, titled:

UML and Performance Modelling
Here in PDF or Compressed postscript.
 

Some teaching materials

MSc year Software Engineering Methodologies

Notes and assessment

Document Preparation notes for final year students

The slides from my lecture on preparing a final project report

Fourth year and MSc Programming Handheld and Mobile Devices

Notes as HTML

Directory containing the Java to Palm converter

Second year System Level Programming

Notes as HTML and Powerpoint

Second cousework assignment

Third Year Compiling Techniques Notes

My notes as HTML

September 2004's resit exam as a word document

September 2004's resit exam as plain text

The second coursework assignment

MSc Software Engineering 2

Notes as HTML


 

I once wrote a book on the programming language Simula. It is now out of print, so I have put it on the Web in HTML. Enjoy, but I take no further responsibility for it!

I also wrote an ANSI C and  C++ course and turned it into a crude Web based teaching system, using HTML. Feel free to have a look.

Publications

Although I don't guarantee it is up to date, here is a list of my publications, for the insomniacs among you.