From Lambda Calculus to Cybersecurity Through Program Analysis : Essays Dedicated to Chris Hankin on the Occasion of His Retirement

Chris Hankin is a Fellow of the Institute for Security Science and Technology and a Professor of Computing Science.

His research is in cyber security, data analytics and semantics-based program analysis. He leads multidisciplinary projects focused on developing advanced visual analytics and providing better decision support to defend against cyber attacks. 

This Festschrift is a collection of scientific contributions related to the topics that have marked the research career of Professor Chris Hankin. The contributions have been written to honour Chris' career and on the occasion of his retirement.

All these are areas in which Chris Hankin has made several important contributions including advances in semantics-based program analysis, probabilistic abstract interpretation, and cybersecurity for industrial control systems. Chris is also well known for co-authoring the book "Principles of Program Analysis", which is a popular reference for researchers and practitioners on static analysis techniques.

He has led the Research Institute in TrustworthyIndustrial Control Systems (RITICS) and the Institute for Security Science and Technology at Imperial College and contributed to several government initiatives.