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Stephen W. Neville is a Professor and Software Engineering Program Director in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Victoria. He holds a BEng, MASc, and PhD from UVic, and is a Professional Engineer (PEng). His expertise spans software engineering, cyber-security, data analysis, machine learning, and high-tech entrepreneurship. He co-manages Entrepreneurship@UVic, a program that has co-founded 7 successful ventures valued over $300MM. He leads efforts to expand the Bachelors of Software Engineering (BSENG) program by 300 seats by 2028/29.
- Education: BEng, MASc, PhD (University of Victoria)
Research focuses on applied industry/government challenges involving: at-scale cyber-security systems, software engineering for cloud-deployed systems, and data science for societal problems. His work integrates theoretical disciplines like dynamical systems theory, stochastic processes, and game theory to address challenges in smart grids, autonomous vehicles, and smart cities. He directed the ASPIRe Centre and contributed to NSERC's ISSNet strategic network.
Key collaborations include the US Navy-funded SBIR project, the Smart Cybersecurity Network (SERENE-RISC), and industry partnerships like Tutela Systems and EchoSec Systems. His InSPiRe lab utilizes a 60-machine research cluster and HPC resources. He actively engages students and researchers through his laboratory's positions program.
