Mike Hinchey, President of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP); President of the Irish Computer Society; Chair of the IEEE UK & Ireland

This week, Stephen Ibaraki has an exclusive interview with Professor Mike Hinchey.

Professor Mike Hinchey is President of IFIP, the International Federation for Information Processing (www.ifip.org). He is President of the Irish Computer Society and Chair of the IEEE UK & Ireland. Hinchey is Emeritus Director of Lero-the Irish Software Research Centre and Professor of Software Engineering at University of Limerick.

Prior to joining Lero, Professor Hinchey was the Director of the NASA Software Engineering Laboratory. In 2009, he was awarded NASA’s Kerley Award as Innovator of the Year.

Professor Hinchey holds a B.Sc. in Computer Systems from University of Limerick, an M.Sc. in Computation from University of Oxford and a PhD in Computer Science from University of Cambridge. Professor Hinchey is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Engineering Professional, Chartered Mathematician and Charted Information Technology Professional, as well as a Fellow of the IET, British Computer Society and Irish Computer Society.

He is Editor-in-Chief of Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering: a NASA Journal and Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society. In January 2018, he became an Honorary Fellow of the Computer Society of India. He holds 26 US patents and is the author/editor of more than 20 books including "Software Technology: 10 years of innovation in IEEE Computer magazine" (Wiley/IEEE Press, 2019).

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