Dr. Gail Murphy, Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Vice-President Research and Innovation at the University of British Columbia, has been awarded IEEE Computer Society’s 2018 Harlan D. Mills Award.
This award was established in memory of Harlan D. Mills to recognize researchers and practitioners who have demonstrated long-standing, sustained, and impactful contributions to software engineering practice and research through the development and application of sound theory.
Murphy was recognized “for outstanding research on understanding software-development practices and tools that improve the productivity of developers."
The IEEE Computer Society is the world's leading membership organization dedicated to computer science and technology, serving more than 60,000 members.
At the awards presentation in Montpellier on September 7, 2018, Murphy gave the keynote speech: "The Need for Context in Software Engineering".