Liz Bacon Explained

Liz Bacon
Birth Date:	1963 9, df=yes
Nationality:	British
Known For:	Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Abertay University, Dundee. Scotland ^[1]
Awards:	FBCS, CEng, CSci, CITP, PFHEA.,^[2] MACM, NTF^[3] FIScT^[4]
Spouse:	Stuart Kabler

Liz Bacon (born 27 September 1963) is Principal and Vice-Chancellor^[5] of Abertay University, Dundee.

Background

Liz Bacon grew up in Kenley, Surrey. She studied for an undergraduate degree in computer science at Thames Polytechnic, spending her third year on an industrial placement at CERN, graduating in 1986. She studied for her PhD in the field of artificial intelligence at the University of Greenwich,^[6] and was awarded her doctorate in 1993.^[7] Bacon is currently the past President of the BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/52246, and has had many serious roles, including the Chair of the BCS Academy, a BCS Council member and Trustee of the BCS. She has been a Council Member of PITCOM, the Parliamentary IT Committee, responsible for communications, Past President of EQANIE (European Quality Assurance Network for Informatics Education), the National HE STEM Programme and an ICT thought leader for the University of Cambridge International Examinations. Bacon has been involved in software engineering and e-learning research for more than 10 years ^{[8] [7]}

She was one of the 30 women identified in the BCS Women in IT Campaign in 2014 source^[9] and was then featured in the e-book of these 30 women in IT, "Women in IT: Inspiring the next generation" produced by the BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, as a free download e-book, from various sources.^[10]

In 2015, Bacon became a Principal Fellow of the HEA ^[2] and was identified as the 35th Most Influential Women in UK IT 2015,^[11] by Computer Weekly.

Academia

• Professor of computer science and previous Deputy Vice-Chancellor (academic) at Abertay University, Scotland, previously professor of software engineering and Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Greenwich, England.^[12]
• Past President http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/52246 and Trustee of BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT., and was elected president of BCS for one year from March 2014.
• Inaugural Chair of the BCS Academy of Computing, the first Learned Society in the UK for Computing,
• Previously ^[13] president and trustee of the BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
• Past Chair of the CPHC, past Member of Council and Communications Officer for PITCOM (Parliamentary IT Committee)^[14]
• University representative for PICTFOR (The Parliamentary Internet, Communications and Technology Forum).
• Past President of EQANIE, the European Quality Assurance Network for Information Education^[15]
• Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) in 2023 for her contribution to academia and higher education sector.^[16]

Research/scholarly interests

e-learning, serious games, software engineering, crisis management, affective computing, cybersecurity, e-Health, personalisation.

Personal life

Bacon is married to Stuart Kabler.^[17] Her hobbies are horse jumping, skiing and scuba diving.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Abertay University . Professor Liz Bacon announced as next Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Abertay University . Professor Liz Bacon announced as next Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Abertay University . Abertay University . 30 April 2022.
2. Web site: Professor Liz Bacon BSc, PhD, CEng, CSci, FBCS, CITP, PFHEA. BCS Executine. BCS. 12 July 2015.
3. Web site: Bacon . Liz . AdvanceHE . National Teaching Fellows . Abertay University . 8 May 2022.
4. Web site: Bacon . Liz . AdvanceHE . AdvanceHE . Abertay University . 8 May 2022.
5. Web site: Abertay University, Dundee . Professor Liz Bacon announced as next Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Abertay University . Abertay University . Abertay university . 30 April 2022.
6. Web site: Professor Liz Bacon. Archives of IT. Archives of IT. 12 July 2015.
7. Web site: Professor Liz Bacon. Archives of IT. Archives of IT.
8. Web site: Bacon . Liz . Liz Bacon . Profesor Liz Bacon . BCS . 7 January 2019 . Liz Bacon.
9. Web site: Women in IT. BCS. 14 October 2014.
10. Book: Women in IT: Inspiring the next generation. 1 Oct 2014. British Computer Society. 978-1-78017-287-3. 57. 14 Oct 2014.
11. Web site: 35. Liz Bacon, Present past president of BCS. The 50 most influential women in UK IT 2015. ComputerWeekly. 11 July 2015.
12. Web site: Bacon . Liz . Abaytay University, Management and Structure . Abaytay University . Abaytay University, Scotland . 7 January 2019.
13. Web site: Professor Liz Bacon BSc, PhD, CEng, CSci, FBCS, CITP, PFHEA. BCS. 11 July 2015.
14. http://www.pictfor.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/pitcom25web1.pdf PITCOM at 25
15. Web site: Bacon . Liz . EQANIE, The Executive Board . EQANIE . EQANIE . 7 January 2019.
16. Web site: Telford . Sam . 2023-03-21 . Leading thinkers and practitioners elected as RSE Fellows . 2024-02-09 . Royal Society of Edinburgh . en-GB.
17. Web site: 35. Liz Bacon, Present past president of BCS. The 50 most influential women in UK IT 2015. ComputerWeekly. 11 July 2015.