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Dr Eoin Woods

Academic Visitor

Department of Computing

ewoods1@ic.ac.uk

About Me

I am an academic visitor, teaching at Imperial in the Department of Computing one day per week. I am a member of the Software Engineering Practice group.

For the other four days of the week I am an independent consultant providing my clients with expert advice on software architecture, green software and legacy system modernisation, drawing on my 30 years of experience in software engineering.

Prior to being independent, I was CTO and Chief Engineer for Endava a software delivery company that under my technical leadership grew from 1,800 to a global firm of 12,000 people in the 10 years I was with them. Before that, I developed databases and middleware, created security software and designed way too many systems to move money around in complex ways, quickly and reliably. I am interested in a range of research and practice topics including software architecture, software security, DevOps and sustainable ("green") software.

I am a widely published author in both the research and industrial communities. I have co-authored three books on software architecture and I was the recipient of the 2018 Linda Northrup Award for software architecture.

You can find more information about me via an internet search or on my website (including how to pronounce my name if you were wondering about that).

Teaching

In the Autumn term of the 2025/26 academic year I am co-leading the Software Engineering for Industry module with my industral colleague Matt Green. Details of the module are here

Previous Teaching
  • During the Spring term of the 2024-2025 academic year, I co-led the 3rd Year Software Engineering Group Project module, with Matt Green (old details here).
  • During the Autumn term of the 2024-2025 academic year I ran the Software Engineering for Industry module with Matt Green (old details here).
  • During the Spring term of the 2023-2024 academic year, I co-led the 3rd Year Software Engineering Group Project module, with Matt Green (old details here).
  • During the Autumn term of the 2023-2024 academic year I ran the Software Engineering for Industry module with Dr Robert Chatley (old details here).
  • During the Spring term of the 2022-2023 academic year I ran the Software Engineering for Industry module with Dr Robert Chatley (old details here).

Contact

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