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John May

Email: J.May@bristol.ac.uk

About John

John May leads research in the Safety Systems Research Centre, which is a part of the South West Nuclear Research and Teaching Hub, in which he is a steering committee member. The SSRC studies risk and resilience in a new breed of highly complex systems built by man.

Projects

Publications

Highlights
  • Software Unit Test Coverage and Adequacy
  • Reliability estimation from appropriate testing of plant protection software
  • Building a system failure rate estimator by identifying component failure rates
  • Estimating bounds on the reliability of diverse systems
Recent
  • Towards wireless communication in control systems of the civil nuclear energy sector
  • Using causal loop diagrams to explore behavioural and socio-technical safety challenges
  • Question-set to understand and evaluate socio-technical resilience (QUESTOR)
  • Final position paper on advanced C&I substantiation: Future assurance of programmable C&I systems in UK nuclear plants
  • Exploring site risk for a Multi Unit SMR Site
  • Improving resilience to major safety events by analysing case studies
  • Achieving greater resilience to major events: Organisational learning for safety risk management in complex environments
  • A Proactive Genotype for Cybernetic Systems

For more publications, please visit https://www.bristol.ac.uk/people/person/John-May-a6af64e9-d071-4728-935d-cd5dcf9bdcb2/.

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