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Peter Sewell

Professor of Computer Science, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Member of the Cambridge Programming, Logic, and Semantics Group
Fellow of Wolfson college

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Research

My research aims to put the engineering of real-world computer systems on better foundations, developing techniques (both mathematically rigorous and pragmatically useful) to make systems that are better-understood, more robust, and more secure. This applied semantics needs tightly integrated theoretical and practical research, spanning a range of Computer Science: I work in architectural description, programming languages, networking, and security, developing and using techniques from semantics, type systems, automated reasoning, and concurrency theory.

REMS logo This work currently forms part of the REMS: Rigorous Engineering for Mainstream Systems project, an EPSRC Programme Grant in collaboration with Systems, Security, Architecture, and Semantics researchers from Cambridge, Imperial, and Edinburgh, and with colleagues in ARM, IBM, and elsewhere. REMS is exploring how we can use rigorous mathematics to improve engineering practice for mainstream computer systems, to make them more robust and secure. The REMS pages give the associated people, papers, models, and tools.

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I also maintain a page of Action Calculi links.

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