External Review Committee

The External Review Committee is tasked with evaluating and assessing the activities, processes and outputs of the CDT from an objective, external perspective.

The committee provides feedback in a formal report following a review, which consists of private panel sessions with CDT students, supervisors and the CDT leadership.

The feedback – a valuable assessment of the CDT’s progress and potential opportunities for growth – is reported to to the Management Committee to determine the best way to incorporate the ERC’s recommendations.

Members of the External Review Committee are:

Francois Bodin, Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (Irisa), France  

Kerstin Eder, Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, UK

  • Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Univeristy of Bristol
  • Leads the Verification & Validation for Safety in Robots team at the University of Bristol

Koen De Bosschere – Department of Electronics & Information Systems, Ghent University, Belgium

  • Professor, Department of Electronics & Information Systems, Ghent University, Belgium
  • Group Leader, System Software Lab

John Goodenough – ARM

  • VP Technology Collaboration & Standard

Richard Jones – University of Kent, UK

  • Professor of Computer Systems, School of Computing
  • Associate Dean of Sciences (Research & Innovation)

(Observer) Dr. Jasmine Harvey – The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

  • Portfolio Manager, Information & Communication Technologies
  • Early Career Researcher contact, New Investigator Awards contact, and Fellowship Scheme contact for ICT theme
  • As our EPSRC portfolio manager, Jasmine participates in the annual ERC evaluation sessions as an observer.