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Appointment
- Professor of Computer Science
- Dept of Computer Science
- Faculty of Engineering Science
Biography
Byron Cook is a Professor of Computer Science at University College London (UCL) in the Programming Principles, Logic and Verification research group. Byron is also a Principal Researcher at Microsoft's laboratory at Cambridge University where he manages the Programming Principles and Tools (PPT) group together with Andy Gordon.
Research Groups


Research Summary
Byron's research interests include program analysis/verification, programming languages, theorem proving, logic, hardware design, operating systems, and biological systems. Byron's recent work has been focused on the development of automatic tools for proving program termination/liveness, memory safety, as well as properties about models of biological systems.
Academic Background
2005 | Doctor of Philosophy | The Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology |