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Personal profile
Biography
Suraj Ajit first studied Computer Science and Engineering at Bangalore University in India. He attained a first class degree and came to the UK to pursue PhD study in Computing at the University of Aberdeen under Professor Derek Sleeman in a multi-million pound Advanced Knowledge Technologies project. He also worked as a part-time Research Assistant in the project. His thesis involved collaborative work with Rolls-Royce.
Suraj then worked as a Software Engineer for the University of Dundee in a two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership project with a start-up company. On successful completion of the project, he joined BAE Systems as a Research Scientist and worked in the area of model-based software engineering for three years.
Suraj joined the Computing and Immersive Technologies department at the University of Northampton in 2011. He is a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader in Software Engineering. He teaches modules in Software Engineering for both undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses.
Suraj is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has experience of both external validation and examining of undergraduate courses in other higher education institutions in the UK.
Research Interests
Suraj’s research interests lie in the areas of model-based software engineering, ontology, semantic web and pedagogy. He is the principal investigator of a jointly funded research project in model-based software engineering with GE Aviation. The project is looking at effective ways to capture high-level requirements in an unambiguous machine interpretable format and automate generation of test cases. He is supervising Oyindamola Olajubu who is a research student working on this project.
Suraj is also interested in pedagogy in the areas of assessment and feedback. He has obtained several undergraduate research bursaries at Northampton to work on automated marking and feedback of assessments to enhance student learning, experience and engagement.
Suraj also supervises two other research students:
- Tom Butler – working on creating a metric to measure software quality in object-oriented programming.
- Naktal Edan – investigating methods to improve existing communication protocols in mobile health systems.
Suraj has experience of working in Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) and other industrial research projects involving Rolls-Royce and BAE Systems. He welcomes doctoral proposals in the areas of software engineering, applied computing and pedagogical research.
Supervision
Thomas Butler; Computing
Creating a metric to measure software flexibility in Object-Oriented Programming.
Teaching Interests
Course Leader for BSc (Hons)/HND Software Engineering.
Teaching on the following modules:
- CSY1019 – Software Engineering1
- CSY2030 – System Design and Development
- CSY2006 – Software Engineering2
- CSYM025 – Visual Object Software (MSc)
- CSYM026 – Software Engineering (MSc)
- CSY4010 – MSc/BSc Dissertations (supervision)
Education/Academic qualification
Bachelor, Bangalore University
PhD, University of Aberdeen
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Research Output 2004 2019
An innovative web-based tool to solve group marking issues
Ajit, S. & Dean, A., 4 Jul 2019.Research output: Contribution to Conference › Poster
Quasi-Arithmetic Scoring and Group Project Marking
Vossen, P. H., Ajit, S. & Dean, A., 29 Sep 2019, (Accepted/In press) Proceeedings of the 12th Annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, iCERi 2019. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Conference Contribution
Fuzzy scoring theory applied to team-peer assessment: additive vs. multiplicative scoring models on the signed or unsigned unit interval
Vossen, P. H. & Ajit, S., 14 Aug 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article
Assessment of programming modules in software engineering education
Ajit, S., 28 Apr 2017, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of 13th China Europe Symposium on Software Engineering Education (CEISEE 2017). Germany: SpringerResearch output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter
Automated test case generation from high-level logic requirements using model transformation techniques
Olajubu, O., Ajit, S. & Turner, S. J., 1 Sep 2017, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of 9th Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CEEC'17). IEEEResearch output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter
Exam as an assessment instrument in computer programming courses
Ajit, S., 28 Jun 2017.Research output: Contribution to Conference › Poster
Model-based tool support for Tactical Data Links: an experience report from the defence domain
Ajit, S., Holmes, C., Johnson, J., Kolovos, D. S. & Paige, R. F., 1 May 2017, In : Software & Systems Modeling. 16, 2Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article
A textual language for requirement modelling
Olajubu, O., Ajit, S., Johnson, M., Turner, S. J., Thomson, S. & Edwards, M., 2 Mar 2016.Research output: Contribution to Conference › Paper
Activities 2015 2019
A flexible and fair web-based Group Marking Tool that combines both staff and student (peer-review) scores
Suraj Ajit (Speaker)Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Oral presentation › Research
Automated Feedback and Marking System in Computing
Suraj Ajit (Speaker)Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Seminar › Research
Student perceptions of different assessment modes in computer programming courses
Suraj Ajit (Speaker)Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Oral presentation › Research
Thesis
Automated Test Case Generation from Domain-Specific High-Level Requirement Models
Author: Olajubu, O., Oct 2018Supervisor: Ajit, S. (Supervisor), Johnson, M. (Supervisor) & Turner, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis