PhD position in sustainable and green software engineering with a start date in 2025 September. Read the call HERE.
I am an Assistant Professor of Software Engineering at McMaster University, Canada, where I lead the Sustainable Systems and Methods Lab (SSM). I am also affiliated with the McMaster Centre for Software Certification (McSCert).
My research is situated under the broader umbrella of systems engineering, with a particular interest in sustainable systems engineering by and for advanced digital technology, such as digital twins and AI.
I maintain additional lines of research in select topics in model-driven engineering (MDE) and simulation, including modeling and simulation of cyber-(bio)physical systems, automated simulator engineering, collaborative modeling, and model consistency in heterogeneous engineering settings.
I received my PhD in Computer Science in 2019 from the University of Antwerp, Belgium, for my work on model consistency management in multi-paradigm settings with Prof. Hans Vangheluwe (ex-McGill, currently at University of Antwerp, Belgium). Afterwards, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Software and Sustainability group at VU Amsterdam, the Netherlands with Prof. Ivano Malavolta; and at University of Montréal, Canada, with Prof. Eugene Syriani and Prof. Houari Sahraoui. In my Master’s years, I worked on streaming model transformations by complex event processing with the VIATRA/IncQuery team at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, headed by Prof. Daniel Varro (ex-McGill, currently at Linköping University, Sweden).
I’m active outside of academia as well, mainly in innovation consulting. I served in multiple management and technical roles, most recently as the Head of Innovation for a multinational quality engineering corporation.
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- Accepted paper at the 2025 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)Our paper From Over-Reliance to Smart Integration: Using Large-Language Models as Translators Between Specialized Modeling and Simulation Tools, co-authored with Philippe J. Giabbanelli (VMASC, Old Dominion, US), John Beverley (University …
- Call for papers: International Workshop on Collaborative and Participatory Modeling – co-located with MODELS’25https://copamo.github.io/ Collaborative modeling is a key enabler to engineering complex systems. While mostly focusing on the technical and technological aspects of collaboration, the MDE community has also recognized the need …
- Call for papers: 2nd International Workshop on Sustainability and Modeling (SusMod) – co-located with MODELS’25https://sustainability-and-modeling.github.io/ Sustainability is becoming a key characteristic of modern systems. While this trend has been long recognized, rigorous formal methods for assessing sustainability, reasoning about often contradicting sustainability properties, and …
- Invited talk at SEMLA’25I’m honored to be part of this fantastic lineup at SEMLA2025 and excited to reconnect with Montreal’s unique scientific community.Join us on 17-19 June, when I’ll share insights from our …
- Panel at AST 2025 on testing for sustainability and sustainability of testingI had the pleasure to discuss this important topic with renowned colleagues at the 6th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Automation of Software Test (AST 2025). It was encouraging to see …
- New publication in the ICT4Sustainability conference on Twin TransitionOur paper Bridging the Silos of Digitalization and Sustainability by Twin Transition: A Multivocal Literature Review, co-authored with Baran Shajari (graduate student in our lab) has been accepted for the …
- SoSyM Best Reviewer Award 2024Honored to receive a Best Reviewer Award from the International Journal on Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM) for my 2024 efforts. Peer review is paramount in maintaining the integrity and …
- New conference publication (ICSE NIER): “SusDevOps: Promoting Sustainability to a First Principle in Software Delivery”Our paper on SusDevOps: Promoting Sustainability to a First Principle in Software Delivery has been accepted for the New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER) track of the 2025 edition of …
Other news (click for more)
- Accepted paper at the 2025 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)Our paper From Over-Reliance to Smart Integration: Using Large-Language Models as Translators Between Specialized Modeling and Simulation Tools, co-authored with Philippe J. Giabbanelli (VMASC, Old Dominion, US), John Beverley (University …
- Call for papers: International Workshop on Collaborative and Participatory Modeling – co-located with MODELS’25https://copamo.github.io/ Collaborative modeling is a key enabler to engineering complex systems. While mostly focusing on the technical and technological aspects of collaboration, the MDE community has also recognized the need …
- Call for papers: 2nd International Workshop on Sustainability and Modeling (SusMod) – co-located with MODELS’25https://sustainability-and-modeling.github.io/ Sustainability is becoming a key characteristic of modern systems. While this trend has been long recognized, rigorous formal methods for assessing sustainability, reasoning about often contradicting sustainability properties, and …
- Invited talk at SEMLA’25I’m honored to be part of this fantastic lineup at SEMLA2025 and excited to reconnect with Montreal’s unique scientific community.Join us on 17-19 June, when I’ll share insights from our …