Dr Jon NicholsonCoder, Academic, Gamer


About Me

/Who Am I




I’m an expert software engineer and full stack developer with over 15 years’ experience in both academia and industry. I have a strong background in mathematics, algorithms, and data-processing.

I have advanced skills in every stage of the life cycle of software development, from conception to support. I specialise in innovative usable data-driven applications that solve business problems.

I’m passionate about software, data, and education, but can apply my knowledge and experience in any domain. I enjoy facing new challenges and developing new skills.

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Skills


Ruby (Rails) .NET (C# / ASP / Core / Standard) Java SQL (MySQL / MSSQL / Postgres / SQLite) PHP (Laravel 5) HTML5 JavaScript (JQuery / React / Vue.JS / Node) CSS / LESS / SCSS Build Tools Dependency Management Usability / UX Data standards (SIF / OpenAPI) Data Formats (XML / JSON) RESTful web services APIs Virtualization (Vagrant) Containerization (Docker) Code Versioning (GIT / CVS / Subversion) Code Deployment Development Methodologies (e.g. Agile) Unit Testing Continuous Integration (TeamCity, CircleCI, AppVeyor) Security Data Protection And more…

Did I not mention a skill you’re looking for? I’m happy to learn!



Publications

/What I’ve written


Below is a complete list of my publications, which you can download in BibTeX format.

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Journals

2017
  • [PDF] [DOI] A. H. Eden, E. Gasparis, J. Nicholson, and R. Kazman, Round-trip engineering with the two-tier programming toolkit. Software quality journal, :1–23, 2017.
2014
  • [DOI] J. Nicholson, A. H. Eden, R. Kazman, and E. Gasparis, Automated verification of design patterns: a case study. Science of computer programming, 80(Part B):211–222, 2014.
2013
  • [DOI] A. H. Eden, E. Gasparis, J. Nicholson, and R. Kazman, Modeling and visualizing object-oriented programs with codecharts. Formal methods in system design, 43(1):1–28, 2013.

Books and book chapters

2011
  • [DOI] A. H. Eden and J. Nicholson, Codecharts: roadmaps and blueprints for object-oriented programs, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

Conferences and workshops

2017
  • [PDF] [DOI] J. Nicholson and I. Tasker, “Dataexchange: privacy by design for data sharing in education,” in 1st international conference on the frontiers and advances in data science, Xi’An, China, 2017.
2014
  • A. Delaney, E. Kow, P. Chapman, and J. Nicholson, “Generating and navigating large euler diagrams,” in 4th international workshop on euler diagrams, Melbourne, Australia, 2014, pages 23–31.
2012
  • [PDF] [DOI] J. Nicholson, A. Delaney, and G. Stapleton, “Linking codecharts with programs,” in Ieee symposium on visual languages and human-centric computing, Innsbruck, Austria, 2012, pages 259–260.
  • [PDF] [DOI] J. Nicholson and A. Delaney, “Formalising simple codecharts,” in 7th international conference on the theory and application of diagrams, Canterbury, UK, 2012, pages 346–348.
  • J. Nicholson, A. Delaney, and G. Stapleton, “Formalizing the syntax of codecharts,” in 18th international conference on distributed multimedia systems, Miami Beach, FL, USA, 2012, pages 181–184.
2011
  • [DOI] J. Nicholson, “A theory of classes from the theoretical foundations of lepus3,” in 13th international conference on formal engineering methods, Durham, UK, 2011, pages 522–536.
2009
  • [PDF] J. Nicholson, E. Gasparis, A. H. Eden, and R. Kazman, “Automated verification of design patterns with lepus3,” in 1st nasa formal methods symposium, Moffett Field, California, USA, 2009, pages 76–85.
2008
  • [DOI] E. Gasparis, J. Nicholson, and A. H. Eden, “Lepus3: an object-oriented design description language,” in 5th international conference on the theory and application of diagrams, 2008, pages 364–367.
  • [DOI] E. Gasparis, A. H. Eden, J. Nicholson, and R. Kazman, “The design navigator: charting java programs,” in 30th international conference on software engineering, Leipzig, Germany, 2008, pages 945–946.
  • [DOI] E. Gasparis, J. Nicholson, A. H. Eden, and R. Kazman, “Navigating through the design of object-oriented programs,” in Working conference on reverse engineering, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, 2008, pages 331–332.

PhD Thesis

2011
  • [PDF] J. Nicholson, “On the theoretical foundations of lepus3 and its application to object-oriented design verification,” PhD Thesis, University of Essex, Colchester, UK, 2011.

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