Another successful MODELS conference in the books
We presented two main-track papers and a poster at this year’s MODELS conference. In addition, we led the organization of two workshops. Presented works Sharon Liu, PhD candidate in our …
PhD position on DT+AI (2027 September)
I have an open PhD position from September 2027 on digital twins + AI in the nuclear domain. Details here.
SSM continues as MILES
From October 2026, the Sustainable Systems and Methods Lab (SSM) continues its operation as the Model-Integrated and Learning-Enabled Systems Lab (MILES). We founded our lab at McMaster University in 2023 …
Available now: “Digital Twin Technology and Smart Grid” featuring the lead chapter from us
A new book in Digital Twin Technology and Smart Grid (Elsevier) is available now, featuring the lead chapter “Introduction to Digital Twins for the Smart Grid” from us, co-authored with …
New publication at MODELS’26 on the model-driven data contracts for digital twin services
Our paper Model-Driven Data Contracts for Digital Twin Services, co-authored with Philipp Zech (University of Innsbruck, Austria) has been accepted for the New Ideas and Emerging Results track of the …
Rebecca Di Filippo joins lab as a Master’s student
Rebecca Di Filippo has joined our lab as a Master of Applied Science (MASc) student in Software Engineering starting from September. Rebecca brings a particularly strong software engineering skillset and …
Sharon Liu presented her work on a reference architecture for RL at ICSA
Xiaoran (Sharon) Liu just presented her work on A Reference Architecture of Reinforcement Learning Frameworks in the main track of the CORE A-ranked International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA). In …
ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award at MODELS’25
We (with my former student) are honored to receive the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award at the ACM/IEEE 28th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS) for …