Biografia - Cliff Jones Cliff Jones has split his career between industry and academia. He is currently Professor of Computing Science at Newcastle University in theUK. His main research has been in formal methods for developing computer systems and he played a major part in the development and dissemination of the "Vienna Development Method" (VDM) both while at IBM Vienna and after when Professor at Manchester University. Cliff's recent interests have turned to broader issues of dependability such as how to design systems which tolerate errors (including those of users). He has published ten books and many papers, is a Fellow of the ACM.