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CEO Norman Fenton is
Professor of Risk Information Management at Queen Mary London University
and is also Chief Executive Officer of Agena,
a company that specialises in risk management for critical
systems. Norman, who is a mathematician by training, works on
quantitative risk
assessment. This typically involves analysing and predicting the
probabilities of unknown events using Bayesian statistical methods
including especially causal, probabilistic models (Bayesian networks). This type of
reasoning enables improved assessment by taking account of both
statistical data and also expert judgment. Norman's experience in
risk assessment covers a wide
range of application domains such as legal reasoning (he has been an
expert witness in major criminal and civil cases), medical trials,
vehicle reliability, embedded software, transport systems, financial services, and football prediction. Norman has a special interest in raising public
awareness of the importance of probability theory and Bayesian
reasoning in everyday life (including how to present such reasoning in
simple lay terms) and he maintains a
website
dedicated to this and also a blog focusing on probability and the law. Norman has
published 6 books and over 120 referred
articles and has provided consulting to many major companies
world-wide. His current projects are focused on using Bayesian methods for improved legal reasoning and improved medical decision making. In
addition to his research on risk assessment, Norman is
renowned for his work in software engineering (including
pioneering work on software metrics) ; his book “Software Metrics: A Practical and
Rigorous
Approach” has sold over 35,000 copies worldwide. Here is an introduction to Norman's research and the RADAR Group at Queen Mary
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Norman
Fenton website last updated on 25 June, 2010 Please direct all comments about this website to norman@eecs.qmul.ac.uk |