- Publications: 'Code Smell Detection by Deep Direct-Learning and Transfer Learning' is one of the top-cited papers in the Journal of Systems and Software since 2021
- Awards: Best Artifact Award at SCAM 2023; Dean's Research Excellence Award in June 2025
- Grants: Multiple Mitacs Accelerate and Lab2Market grants
- Tools: Founder of Designite, a widely used software design quality assessment tool
- Books: Co-author of 'Refactoring for Software Design Smells: Managing Technical Debt' and two Oracle Java certification books
Research Experience
- 2019-2021: Worked at Siemens, USA
- 2008-2015: Worked at Siemens, India
- Mar-Aug 2021: Served as the PI of DARPA AMP MINDSIGHT team (Siemens, JHU/APL, BAE, UC Irvine)
- Sept 2021 - Present: Assistant Professor at Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Canada
Education
- PhD in Software Engineering from Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece, 2019
- MS in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology–Madras, India
Background
- Research Interests: software code quality, refactoring, sustainable AI, machine learning for software engineering (ML4SE)
- Position: Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University, Canada