Fraser Harrison
School of Computing & Innovative Technologies

Fraser Harrison

Fraser Harrison

Born in Scotland, Fraser completed a Software Engineering degree (Bachelor of Engineering with Honours) from Edinburgh Napier University in 2013. With a primary focus on machine learning and genetic algorithms.

After graduating, Fraser worked as a software developer in the oil and gas industry and as a cloud-based consultant developing and customizing customer relationship management software.

In 2016 Fraser moved to Vietnam and worked for the British Embassy, managing their IT infrastructure, before moving to a cyber-security related role. In 2020, Fraser returned to academia, completing a Master of Software Engineering focusing on “progressive web” applications.

Fraser is currently working on various research projects relating to how we teach computer science and computational thinking.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • Master of Software Engineering (2021 – 2022)
    Staffordshire University, England
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Software Engineering (2009-2013)
    Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • British University Vietnam (BUV)
    Industry Expert, Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence (2020 – Current)
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office, British Embassy (Vietnam)
    Post Security Manager (Physical and cybersecurity) (2020 – 2021)
    ITSO (Local sysadmin) (2017 – 2019)
  • Redspire Ltd
    Cloud CRM Consultant (2015-2016)
  • CAN offshore
    Software Developer (2013-2015)

RESEARCH AREAS

  • Computer Science Pedagogy
  • Progressive Web applications
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