User:Andrew D Banks

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Born1968 (age 57–58)

RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus

EducationSt Peter's School, York

Almamater

University of Lancaster (BSc),
The Open University (Dip Mgmt)

OccupationsSoftware and Systems Engineering Consultant

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Andrew Douglas Banks IEng MIET FBCS CITP FRSA
Born	1968 (age 57–58) RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus
Education	St Peter's School, York
Alma mater	University of Lancaster (BSc), The Open University (Dip Mgmt)
Occupations	Software and Systems Engineering Consultant
Employers	LDRA Limited, Intuitive Consulting
Organizations	MISRA, British Standards Institute
Known for	Software and Systems Engineering standards
Political party	Independent
Partner	Helen Rose
Children	Emily, Isobel
Call sign	M0YMA, 2E0GFF, M6ADB
Website	https://AndrewBanks.com

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Disambiguation

This Andrew Banks is an English software engineer.

Declaration

Note: This bit is deliberately written in the first person!

Wikipedia (or at least some Wikipedians) seem to hold a view that, if you are close to a subject or you are a Subject-matter expert, that means you have a Conflict of interest.

In the interests of openness, and to avoid untoward accusations of bias, I hereby declare my connection to these topics - although I question the label "conflict of interest"!

This user has publicly declared that they have a conflict of interest regarding these Wikipedia articles:

LDRA
List of tools for static code analysis
MISRA C
MISRA
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7
ISO/IEC 29119

I am employed by LDRA Limited
... who produce inter alia static analysis tools
I am the Chairman of the MISRA C Working Group (2013 to present)
... and hence associated with the MISRA Consortium.
I am a UK head-of-delegation to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7, the software and systems engineering sub-committee
... and specifically a delegate to WG 26 which develops the ISO/IEC 29119 family of standards

My Professional ethics means that I endeavour to maintain an impartial viewpoint on any Wikipedia articles I create or edit... should I fail in that impartiality, please let me know so I can make amends and to ensure there is no repeat.

Professional Recognition

Andrew is:

FBCS - a Fellow of the British Computer Society (elected March 2010)
MIET - a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology
MIoL - a Member of the Institute of Leadership (previously the Institute of Leadership and Management)

Andrew is Professionally Registered as:

CITP - a Chartered IT Professional (granted 2009)
IEng - an Incorporated Engineer, registered with the Engineering Council (registered 2011)

Andrew is also:

FRSA - a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (the RSA - more formally, The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) (awarded September 2005)
A Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists (elected July 2022)
... and consequently granted the Freedom of the City of London.

Professional Career

In February 2018, LDRA announced^[1] the hiring of Andrew Banks to boost their Standards activities. Their announcement highlighted that he is the Chairman of both the MISRA C Working Group and of the BSI Software Testing Working Group, and a contributor to a number of national and international standards in the Software Engineering and Functional Safety domains, notably ISO 26262.

Conferences and Events

Andrew has been a member of the Program Committee^[2] for the Embedded World Conference since 2018, and acts as the session chair for the MISRA track and various other sessions, as well as presenting several papers each year.

In addition, Andrew is a regular speaker and session chair at other conferences and events, in the UK and globally. ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

International Standards Committees

Andrew is involved in a number of Standards Bodies, including:

MISRA
- Chairman of the MISRA C Working Group
- MISRA Liaison representative to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22/WG 14 for ISO/IEC 9899 (the C programming language)
The UK Functional Safety Group, supporting the UK's contribution to:
- ISO 26262 (Functional Safety - Road Vehicles)

British Standards Institute (BSI)
- Member of BSI IST/05 (the UK mirror to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22) for Programming Languages, and it's working group:
  - Member of BSI IST/05/-/24 (the UK mirror to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22/WG 14) for ISO/IEC 9899 (the C programming language)
- Chairman (wef 2022-01-01) of BSI IST/15 (the UK mirror to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7) for Software and Systems Engineering, and Member of it's working groups, including:
  - Member of BSI IST/15/-/03 (the UK mirror to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 7) for ISO/IEC 12207 & ISO/IEC 15288 etc (Lifecycle Management)
  - Chairman of BSI IST/15/-/06 (the UK mirror to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 6) for ISO/IEC 250xx (Software Product and System Quality)
  - Chairman of BSI IST/15/-/26 (the UK mirror to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 26) for ISO/IEC 29119 etc (Software Testing)
- and others.

ISO/IEC JTC1 (Information and Communications Technology)
- UK Delegate to ISO/IEC JTC 1/AHG 4 (Collaboration Across Domains)
- UK Delegate to ISO/IEC JTC 1/AG 10 (Outreach)
- UK Delegate to ISO/IEC JTC 1/AG 15 (Standards and Regulation)
- UK Delegate to ISO/IEC JTC 1/AG 18 (Vocabulary)
- UK Head of Delegation to (wef 2021-01-01, previously UK Member of) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 (Software & Systems Engineering)
  - Convenor of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 7/AHG 7 (Open-source software)
  - UK Delegate to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 7/AG 3 (Communications and Outreach)
  - UK Expert to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 7/WG 4 (Tools and Environment)
  - UK Expert to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 7/WG 6 (Software Product and System Quality)
  - UK Expert to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 7/WG 26 (Software Testing)

Publications

Andrew is a contributor to the following:

MISRA

MISRA C

MISRA C:2012 -- Guidelines for the Use of the C Language in Critical Systems 2012^[7].
MISRA C:2012 Amendment 1 -- Additional security guidelines for MISRA C:2012^[8].
MISRA C:2012 Amendment 2 -- Updates for ISO/IEC 9899:2011/18 Core functionality^[9]

MISRA C:2012 Addendum 2 -- Coverage of MISRA C:2012 against ISO/IEC TS 17961:2013 (C Secure)^[10].

MISRA C:2012 Addendum 3 -- Coverage of MISRA C:2012 against CERT C^[11].

MISRA Compliance

MISRA Compliance 2016 -- Achieving compliance with MISRA coding guidelines^[12].
MISRA C:2004 Permits -- Deviation permits for MISRA compliance^[13].

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

Cyber Security and Safety

Code of Practice: Cyber Security and Safety^[14].

Safety Critical Systems Club

Autonomous Systems

The State of Solutions for Autonomous Systems Safety^[15].

SCSC-153: Safety Assurance Objectives for Autonomous Systems^[16].

Amateur Radio

Andrew is a licenced amateur radio operator, holding the callsign M0YMA^[17] - under the UK's three-stage examination process, he also holds M6ADB (foundation callsign) and 2E0GFF (intermediate callsign).

Andrew is the website administrator of the World Wide Flora and Fauna in Amateur Radio awards program^[18], and the principle author of the Logsearch facility.

What Might have Been

At the University of Lancaster, Andrew (under his university pseudonym The MicroManiac) created^[19] the Lancaster University Bulletin Board System (aka LUBBS), which went live in November 1987 - sixteen years before MySpace, and seventeen years before Facebook!