Margaret Ross with MBE in British Computer Society atrium

Margaret Ross is an Emeritus Professor of Software Quality at

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. She serves on the BCSWomen Committee of the British Computer Society. BCS Women is a specialist group for

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and sharing knowledge amongst women computing professionals. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from

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, Hon FBCS and the John Ivison Award from the BCS. Margaret's work was recognised in 2008 with the MBE.

Professional qualifications

* Fellow of the

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(FBCS) *

European Engineer European Engineer (EUR ING) is an international professional qualification and title for highly qualified engineers used in over 32 European countries. Contemporary EUR ING engineers are degree-qualified and have gained the highest level of profes ...

(Eur Ing) * Fellow of the

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(CITP) *

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(CEng) *

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(CSci)

Appointments

*Conference Director of the annual series of BCS Software Quality Management international conferences (since 1992) *Conference Director of the annual series of international educational BCS INSPIRE conferences (since 1995) *Member of the editorial board, and previously associate editor, Europe, for the ''Software Quality Journal''

Awards

*Honorary Doctorate (2004),

. *

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*Liveryman of the

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. *John Ivison Award from the BCS. * MBE awarded at

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for Services to higher education, in June 2008, by

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as part of the Queens Birthday Honours List. *One of 30 women identified in th
BCS Women in IT
Campaign in 2014 source http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/50200. Who were then featured in the e-book "Women in IT: Inspiring the next generation" produced by the BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, as a free downloade-book, from various sources. *One of the 50 women identified by the publication Computer weekly, "Most Influential Women in UK IT 2016"

References

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