I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Groningen with several years of postdoctoral research experience at Delft University of Technology and the University of California, Irvine. I have also worked as a visiting researcher and research intern at Microsoft Research, Redmond. I earned my Ph.D. from IIIT-Delhi, India.
My expertise lies in data analytics and artificial intelligence for software engineering, with a focus on analytics for empirical software engineering. My research addresses challenges impacting software companies, open-source communities, and society.
I am an active member of Netherlands' (IPN EDI) and Europe-wide (Informatics Europe) ICT initiatives for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
Recent News!
- [2024] I am honored to serve as MSR’25 program co-chair.
- [2024] My first PhD student, Dr. Gunnar Kudrjavets, received the prestigious MSR 2024 Distinguished Doctoral Research Award for his Ph.D. dissertation “The Need for Speed: The Road Ahead Towards Increased Code Review Velocity.”
- [2024] I was invited to serve as an Associate Editor for IEEE Software
- [2024] I was invited to give a Vision and Reflection talk at MSR’24 in Portugal. I discussed the ‘Then, Now, and Next: Constants in Changing MSR Research Landscape.'
- [2023] I shared my experience on ‘Improving Code Review Velocity: What Works and What Doesn’t’ at the Software Improvement Group (SIG) company.
- [2023] I wrote the first chapter, ‘Roads Ahead to Diversity and Inclusion by Software Engineering’ in the book ‘Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Software Engineering: Best Practices and Insights.’
- [2023] What an honor to give a talk on Gender Equality in Informatics Europe’s webinar series.
- [2022] Received the ‘Best Disruptive Paper award at ISSRE’22 in North Carolina.
- [2022] See my vision for ICT research in I/O magazine
- [2022] I am happy to share my views as a Diversity and Inclusion panelist at ICSME’22 in Cyprus.