Jawed Siddiqi

Jawed Siddiqi is a Pakistani British computer scientist and software engineer. He is the Professor of Software Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University, England.

Education and academic career

Siddiqi received a BSc degree in mathematics from the University of London, followed by an MSc and PhD in computer science at the University of Aston, Birmingham. During 1991–1993, he was a visiting researcher at the Centre for Requirements and Foundation at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory, working with Prof. Joseph Goguen in the area of requirements engineering. Siddiqi has been involved with the BCS Formal Aspects of Computing Science (FACS) Specialist Group for many years. Currently he is Chair of the group. Prof. Siddiqi is also an executive member of the IEEE Technical Council on Software Engineering (TCSE). Siddiqi is a British computer scientist, Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Member of the IEEE, and a Member of the ACM.

Fighting against racism

Prof. Siddiqi has for three decades has been involved in countering racism and fighting for social justice. He was a founding member and Chair of the North Staffordshire Racial Equality Council, Executive Member of the West Midlands Regional Board for Commission for Racial Equality, Secretary of the Black Justice Project and Chair of Sheffield Racial Harassment Project. He has written about and been invited to speak on countering race and religious hatred. He is the Vice Chair of (TMG) and the . TMG works...
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