About
I am an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Department of Computing and Software (CAS) of the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University, Canada, where I lead the Sustainable Systems and Methods Lab (SSM).
My research is situated under the broader umbrella of systems engineering, with a particular interest in sustainable systems engineering by and for digital accelerators, such as digital twins and the digital thread.
I maintain additional lines of research in select topics in modeling and simulation, including modeling and simulation of cyber-biophysical systems, automated simulator engineering, collaborative modeling, consistency management, and model transformations.
I have open positions for these topics at all academic levels. Have a look at the recommended topics, or reach out to me and suggest your own.
Previously, I spent 2.5 fantastic years as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research (DIRO) of University of Montréal, Canada, with Prof. Eugene Syriani and Prof. Houari Sahraoui; and before that, some time as a postdoc in the Software and Sustainability group of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands with Prof. Ivano Malavolta. I received my PhD in Computer Science in 2019 from the University of Antwerp, Belgium, for my work on inconsistency management in complex multi-paradigm engineering settings with Prof. Hans Vangheluwe. During my Master’s years, I 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 dedicated servant of my communities: a frequent reviewer for top journals and organizer of important scientific events.
I’m also active outside of academia, mainly in innovation consulting. During my sabbatical, I 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.
Top news
- Expert Voice article on Circular Systems Engineering in SoSyMOur Expert Voice article on Circular Systems Engineering with Dominik Bork and Gerti Kappel (TU Wien, Austria) has just been published in SoSyM: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10270-024-01154-4. Preprint available. The perception of the …
- New conference publication on the Infonomics of Autonomous Digital Twins at CAiSEOur paper on Infonomics of Autonomous Digital Twins, co-authored with Dominik Bork has been accepted for the 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE), the flagship conference series …
Latest news (click for more)
- Paul Puscas joins labPaul Puscas joined our lab as a Research Assistant, working on automated simulator inference by AI and machine learning. Paul will continue our successful research line, previously published, e.g., here …
- The pre-print of our latest work on “Digital Twin Evolution for Sustainable Smart Ecosystems” is availableThe pre-print of our work on Digital Twin Evolution for Sustainable Smart Ecosystems, co-authored by Judith Michael and Dominik Bork, is now available: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07162. Smart ecosystems are the drivers of modern …
- New journal article on the role of modeling in the analysis and design of sustainable systemsOur article The Role of Modeling in the Analysis and Design of Sustainable Systems, co-authored by Dominik Bork, Sergio España, Giancarlo Guizzardi, Henderik A. Proper, and Iris Reinhartz-Berger has been …
- Sharon Liu (PhD student) joins labSharon Liu joined our lab as a PhD student, working at the intersection of AI and model-based/model-driven systems engineering. Sharon will develop novel methods at the intersection of AI and …