Annabelle K. McIver is a computer scientist whose research involves the use of formal methods and

information flow In discourse-based grammatical theory, information flow is any tracking of referential information by speakers. Information may be ''new,'' just introduced into the conversation; ''given,'' already active in the speakers' consciousness; or ''old, ...

computer security Computer security, cybersecurity (cyber security), or information technology security (IT security) is the protection of computer systems and networks from attack by malicious actors that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, the ...

and the verification of probabilistic systems. Educated in mathematics in the UK, she works in Australia as professor in the School of Computing at

Macquarie University Macquarie University ( ) is a public research university based in Sydney, Australia, in the suburb of Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of S ...

, and as one of the founding leaders of Macquarie's Future Communications Research Centre.

Education

McIver read mathematics at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

, where she was awarded a double first in 1985. She completed a doctorate (D.Phil.) at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

in 1990. Her dissertation, ''Non-Hopf modules for infinite soluble groups'', concerned

abstract algebra In mathematics, more specifically algebra, abstract algebra or modern algebra is the study of algebraic structures. Algebraic structures include groups, rings, fields, modules, vector spaces, lattices, and algebras over a field. The term ''a ...

, and was jointly supervised by

Peter M. Neumann Peter Michael Neumann OBE (28 December 1940 – 18 December 2020) was a British mathematician. His fields of interest included the history of mathematics and Galois theory. Biography Born in December 1940, Neumann was a son of the German-bo ...

and Martin B. Powell.

Books

McIver is a co-author of ''The Science of Quantitative Information Flow'' (Springer, 2020, with M. S. Alvim, C. Palamidessi, K. Chatzikokolakis, C. Morgan, and G. Smith), and of ''Abstraction, Refinement and Proof for Probabilistic Systems'' (Springer, 2005, with C. Morgan).

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