Pearl Brereton

Biography

I graduated with a degree in mathematics and computer science from Sheffield University in 1970 and was awarded a PhD in numerical analysis from Keele University in 1977. After a range of jobs in industry and academia I returned to Keele and in 2003 was appointed to a personal chair in software engineering. My research has spanned a range of topics including service-oriented and component based systems and empirical software engineering. Over recent years I have focused on evidence-based software engineering including the adoption and adaptation of the systematic review methodology within the software engineering domain. I am joint author of a recent book on Evidence-Based Software Engineering and Systematic Reviews.

Research and scholarship

Research grants

• 2011-2013 EU, E-RISK: Evidence-based risk management in global software development projects.
• 2007 - 2009 EPSRC, Evidence-based Practices Informing Computing, with Kitchenham & Niazi, in collaboration with D Budgen & M Goldstein, Durham
• 2005 - 2007 EPSRC: Evidence-based Software Engineering, with Profs. Budgen and Kitchenham and Mr. Linkman.

Research Interests

• Software engineering with a particular emphasis on evidence-based software engineering
• Empirical research methods

Research themes