Rodney Stratford

Job Title: Senior Lecturer Qualifications: Telephone: +44 (0)20 8392 3465

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Electrical Engineering
Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
Chartered Engineer
Cert Ed

Subjects Taught

• Database Administration [X]

• Software Engineering [N]

• Computer Architecture [N]

• Database Management Systems [N]

• Systems Administration and Design [N]

• Programming [C]

• Fundamentals of Computing [C]

Areas of Specific Interest

• Software development procedures

• Programming

• Using IT for administrative tasks

Expertise

22 years with Philips Semiconductors (formerly Mullard) mainly developing and supporting software for the design of VLSI (Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits). The types of software included:

• detailed integrated circuit (IC) layout

• symbolic IC layout

• circuit analysis

• component modelling

• production of control data for pattern generating machines (the first stage in the IC production process)

• programmable circuit components (e.g. ROMs, RAMs, PLA's)

The software was used internationally within Philips at about 30 different locations. Towards the end of this period, I was managing the development team. Software was mainly developed using evolutionary methodologies. All stages of the development lifecycle were covered including:

• requirements acquisition and analysis

• software design, implementation and testing

• maintenance and support

• further development

For 3 and a half years, I was working in Paris, setting up an international support centre for IC development software within Philips. This including developing methodologies and standards for use within the international design environment.

As an incidental addition to my main job, two papers were given while with Philips.

April 1972
Computer Aided Checking of Integrated Circuit Layout Constraints, International Conference on Computer Aided Design, University of Southampton

Sep 1981
DELILA - DEsign of Large Integrated LAyouts, European Conference on Electronic Design Automation, University of Sussex