David Watt (computer scientist)

David Anthony Watt (born 5 November 1946^[1]) is a British computer scientist.

David Watt
Born	(1946-11-05) 5 November 1946 (age 78)
Nationality	British
Scientific career
Fields	Computer Science
Institutions	University of Glasgow

Watt is a professor at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. With Peter Mosses he developed action semantics, a combination of denotational semantics, operational and algebraic semantics. He currently teaches a third year programming languages course, and a postgraduate course on algorithms and data structures.^[2] He is recognisable around campus for his more formal attire compared to the department's normally casual dress code.^{[citation needed]}