Margaret Ross

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FBCS Sir Maurice Wilkes served as the first President of BCS in 1957 BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, known as the British Computer Society until 2009, is a professional body and a learned society that represents those working in infor ...

is an Emeritus Professor of Software Quality at Southampton Solent University. She serves on the

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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 Staffordshire University, 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

British Computer Society Sir Maurice Wilkes served as the first President of BCS in 1957 BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, known as the British Computer Society until 2009, is a professional body and a learned society that represents those working in infor ...

(FBCS) * European Engineer (Eur Ing) * Fellow of the

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(CITP) * Chartered Engineer (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), Staffordshire University. *

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*Liveryman of the

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. *John Ivison Award from the BCS. *

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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