About
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research (DIRO) of the University of Montréal, Canada, with Prof. Eugene Syriani and Prof. Houari Sahraoui.
My work focuses on the engineering of digital twins for cyber-biophysical systems and the automated inference of simulation models of digital twins by reinforcement learning. In 2021, I have received the prestigious IVADO Postdoctoral Research Grant. I maintain an active research line in collaborative and multi-level/multi-paradigm modeling, with a special focus on real-time collaboration.
Previously, I spent time as a postdoc in the Software and Sustainability group of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands with Prof. Ivano Malavolta.
I have received a PhD in Computer Science in 2019 from the University of Antwerp, Belgium, while working in the Antwerp Systems and Software Modelling (AnSyMo) research group with Prof. Hans Vangheluwe. My research was focusing on inconsistency management in complex heterogeneous engineering settings, enabled by multi-paradigm modeling (MPM).
During my Master’s years, I have worked on reactive and streaming model transformations, and complex event processing with the VIATRA/IncQuery team at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, headed by Prof. Daniel Varro.
My academic background includes teaching experience both at the graduate and undergraduate levels, in multiple countries and systems. I am a frequent reviewer for different journals and conferences.
I’m also active outside of academia, mainly in innovation consulting. During my sabbatical, I have served as the Head of Innovation for a multinational quality engineering corporation. Previously, I have worked for several service-oriented companies as a software engineer.
News
- Best Reviewer Award from the International Journal on Software and Systems ModelingI am honored to receive a 2022 Best Reviewer Award from the International Journal on Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM). It is a privilege to serve the modeling community through …
- New journal publication (JSS) on the industry practices and needs in Collaborative Model-Driven Software EngineeringOur paper Collaborative Model-Driven Software Engineering – A Systematic Survey of Practices and Needs in Industry in collaboration with Kousar Aslam, Ivano Malavolta, and Patricia Lago has been accepted for …
- Distinguished Reviewer Award at SLE 2022I am thoroughly honored to be recognized by the Distinguished Reviewer Award of the ACM SIGPLAN 15th International Conference on Software Language Engineering (SLE), 2022. It is always a pleasure …
- Research summary for the Smart Contract Research ForumThe summary of our recent TSE paper “Code Cloning in Smart Contracts on the Ethereum Platform: An Extended Replication Study” (https://doi.org/10.1109/TSE.2022.3207428) co-authored with Faizan Khan, Daniel Varro, and Shane McIntosh is available via the Smart …