Q: What is Colin Atkinson's current academic affiliation?

A: Colin Atkinson has been affiliated with the University of Mannheim starting in 2003, according to his professional biography records.

Q: What was the subject of Colin Atkinson's doctoral thesis?

A: His 1990 doctoral thesis at Imperial College London was titled "An object-oriented language for software reuse and distribution."

Q: Where did Colin Atkinson work before joining the University of Mannheim?

A: Prior to 2003, he was employed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, the University of Kaiserslautern, and the University of Houston.

Colin Atkinson

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Summary

Colin Atkinson has worked as a computer scientist^[1].

Key Facts

Field of work: software engineering^[2]
Employer: University of Mannheim^[3], Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering^[4], University of Kaiserslautern^[5]
Sex or gender: male^[6]
Family name: Atkinson^[7]
Given name: Colin^[8]
Official website: http://swt.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/en/team/current-members/colin-atkinson/^[9]
Academic thesis: An object-oriented language for software reuse and distribution^[10]
Different from: Colin Atkinson^[11]

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What did Colin Atkinson do for work?

Colin Atkinson worked as a computer scientist^[1].

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Sex or gender male

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Employer University of Mannheim (2003–present), Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, University of Kaiserslautern, University of Houston (1991–1997)

Field of work software engineering

Educated at Imperial College London (?–1990), Imperial College London (?–1985), University of Nottingham (?–1983)

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Website swt.informatik.uni-mannheim.de

Employer University of Mannheim, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, University of Kaiserslautern, University of Houston

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Educated at Imperial College London, Imperial College London, University of Nottingham

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A feature-based comparison of Melanee and MetaDepth, Flexible deep modeling with Melanee, In defence of deep modelling, Integrating reuse into the rapid, continuous software engineering cycle through test-driven search, Single Underlying Models for Projectional, Multi-View Environments

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University of Mannheim, University of Houston, University of Kaiserslautern

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Imperial College London, University of Nottingham

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Atkinson

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software engineering

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Colin

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computer scientist

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male

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[6] ↑ Colin Atkinson — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Colin Atkinson — field of work (P101): software engineering. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Colin Atkinson — occupation (P106): computer scientist. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Colin Atkinson — employer (P108): University of Mannheim. swt.informatik.uni-mannheim.de. swt.informatik.uni-mannheim.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Colin Atkinson — employer (P108): Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering. swt.informatik.uni-mannheim.de. swt.informatik.uni-mannheim.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Colin Atkinson — employer (P108): University of Kaiserslautern. swt.informatik.uni-mannheim.de. swt.informatik.uni-mannheim.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Colin Atkinson — family name (P734): Atkinson. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Colin Atkinson — given name (P735): Colin. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Colin Atkinson — official website (P856): http://swt.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/en/team/current-members/colin-atkinson/. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Colin Atkinson — academic thesis (P1026): An object-oriented language for software reuse and distribution. E-Theses Online Service. Retrieved 2018-08-30. ethos.bl.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Colin Atkinson — different from (P1889): Colin Atkinson. wikidata.org.

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