<p dir="ltr">Professor Anne de Roeck is Dean and Director of Studies of the Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology at the Open University. The Faculty is responsible for about 50,000 students, and is home to three major undergraduate programmes of study, in Engineering and Design, Mathematics and Statistics and Computing and IT. The Faculty is a major contributor to the inter-faculty programme in Environment, Development and International Studies. The Faculty offers postgraduate studies in all its curriculum areas.<br><br>Professor De Roeck is a Professor of Computing with 25 years of experience in teaching, curriculum development, and research. Her specialist area is in Natural Language Processing. Prior to her appointment as Dean, she served as Associate Dean (Research) for the Faculty and as Head of the Department of Computing. Before joining the Open University in 2001, she held appointments at the University of Essex (where she also acted as Head of Department) and the University of Geneva. She was Chair of the Council of Professors and Heads of Computing between 2007 and 2009. She is a Fellow of the BCS - the Chartered Institute for IT - and a member of the BCS Policy and Public Affairs Board.</p>
