I'm a researcher, teacher & speaker.

I work in software security and formal methods, I'm also known as lambdacasserole.

Hello.

I'm Saul Johnson. A software verification researcher, developer and teacher from the UK who also goes by lambdacasserole.

I do these things...

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I Do Research

I Do Research

I currently work on verification techniques for software security at Teesside University's Software Reliability Lab. You can download any papers/slides below.

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I Teach

I Teach

I teach Network Scripting, Algorithms and Data Structures and Artificial Intelligence Programming at Teesside University. Sometimes I give talks at talks at conferences outside academia.

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I Code

I Code

I write code most of which is open-source on GitHub and I also blog sometimes about formal methods, infosec and sometimes music and language.

Things I Love

1. Programming

Programming is what I'm all about. Ideal code is elegant, expressive, clear and concise. I write as close to this as I can.

2. Collaborating

I particularly enjoy collaborating on research and writing with some of the incredibly talented people I know.

3. Learning

Whether it's an emerging technology or an established standard, there's always something else to discover.

4. Building

Of an afternoon, I'll break out the Arduino, Raspberry Pi or even the Galileo for a spot of electronics.

5. Speaking

I love foreign languages as much as I love programming languages. Mandarin Chinese is my favourite.

6. Making Music

Writing and performing piano music is my second-favourite thing behind programming.

I Love What I Do

Stats certainly aren't everything, but here's an overview of what I've been up to recently.

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Public repos

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Pushes to GitHub this month

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Talks delivered

1

Papers published

Profile

  • Name: Saul Johnson
  • Nationality: British
  • Position: Researcher/Teacher
  • Email: saul.a.johnson@gmail.com
Intro

Hi, my name is Saul Johnson. I am a researcher.

I got a boxed copy of Visual Studio 2005 for my birthday way back. Since then I've been writing C#, building websites and engineering databases for freelance clients or just for the thrills. My particular areas of passion/specialisms are encryption, data compression, artificial intelligence and software architecture. I also love programming language design.

There is always something else to learn, another valuable technique to perfect or another piece of knowledge to take in. This is my philosophy and always will be.

Skills
C#
Java
Coq
Node.js
PHP
Beginner
Intermediate
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Master

"The power of Open Source is the power of the people. The people rule." - Phillipe Kahn

Past Talks, Papers and Slides

If you're looking for videos, slides and papers associated with my past talks, you can find them below.

Clojure Tools for Practical AI
EuroClojure 2017 Clojure Tools for Practical AI
Certified Password Quality
iFM 2017 Certified Password Quality
I Think You Left Your Redirect Open
TDFCon 2018 I Think You Left Your Redirect Open

Timeline

  • September 2012

    Undergraduate

    I began working towards by BSc. in Computer Science at Teesside University in Middlesbrough, UK.

  • June 2014

    Into Industry

    I started working at a web development agency, where I had the opportunity to more fully develop my skills with LAMP, Node.js and Git. Starting in late 2014, I moved to a different company working in C# on a new hotel and flights booking product.

  • September 2015

    Final Year

    I returned to Teesside University for my final year, where I designed Crisp, a minimal extensible Lisp dialect that runs on .NET/Mono.

  • July 2016

    Graduation

    I graduated with first class honours, and decided to take my education further, and learn how I could help educate others in the process.

  • October 2016

    Academia

    I started working towards my Ph.D. in verification techniques for software security, while working as a graduate tutor and part-time lecturer at Teesside. I expect to complete in late 2019 or early 2020.

Contact

Feel free to contact me.

Contact Information

Middlesbrough, UK

Email: saul.a.johnson@gmail.com