Pete Jinks

a recent picture

I am a lecturer in the School of Computer Science in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences in the unified University of Manchester.

[A bit about my past]

younger and thinner,
but not much more hair

Information about: Computer Languages, Parsing, Grammars, and Compilers

Research Interests

Design & implementation of computer languages:

Grammars
Rainbow Hardware Description Languages
Introductory Formal Programming Language
Threaded Interpreters and Extensible Languages
Back-End Code Generators (MUTL)

Computer Architecture:

ParSiFal - Networks of Transputers
Instruction-Set Design: MU6G
Data-Flow

Teaching

COMP10900: First Year Project (from Autumn 2006)
COMP20121: Implementation and Power of Programming Languages (from Autumn 2005)
COMP10031: A Computational Model (from Autumn 2004)
COMP39000: Third year project: 2008/9

Old course-units etc:

COMP10070: Professional Issues (ABIS) (Autumn 2006 & 2007)
CS1011: Computing Skills (Autumn 2004 & 2005)
CS1001 & CS1011: Introduction to Computer Systems (Autumn 2001 to Autumn 2003)
CS1011: Introduction to Computer Systems (last given Autumn 2000)
CS5031: System Software (Autumn 1998 and Autumn 1999)
CS2121: Implementation and Power of Programming Languages (Autumn 2000 to Autumn 2004)
CS2111/CS2112 Design and Implementation of Programming Languages (Spring 1995 to Autumn 1999)
CS204: Compiler Engineering Using Pascal

Administration

School Learning Enhancement Officer (LEO).
I am on the school's Teaching Assessment Panel.
I am the school's academic e-learning champion/lead. (EPS)
(Teaching innovation within the School)
School Undergraduate Examinations Officer. [Jennie Ball-Foster is Exams Secretary, Mike Evans is Exams Assistant.]
I am one of the school's Internal Examiners, on the Undergraduate Board of Examiners and the Undergraduate, Undergraduate Special Circumstances and Staff-Student Consultative Committees.
(Analysis of exam results)
I used to create the School Undergraduate Timetable. I have handed over almost all of this job to Iain Hart.

(All staff are on the school board and receive the Newsletters)

Contacting me

email: peter.j.jinks@manchester.ac.uk
URL: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/cs/people/jinks
Phone: +44 (0 in UK) 161 275 6186
(or leave a message at School Office +44 (0 in UK) 161 275 6124)
Fax: +44 (0 in UK) 161 275 6204
Postal Address:
School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom

(I am not the author of Hallam Foe or Intuition, in case that is who you are looking for.)

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