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Curriculum Vitae
 

Education 

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science (2019)

       Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

       Dissertation: Job Rotation in Software Engineering: Theory and Practice

       Educational Credential Assessment by the University of Toronto

  • M.Sc. in Computer Science (2015)

      Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

      Dissertation: The Influence of Job Rotation on the Motivation and Satisfaction of Software Engineers

  • B.Sc. in Information Systems (2012)

       Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Brazil​

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Academia

  • 2023-present: Assistant Professor, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada

  • 2022-2023: Assistant Professor, Shannon School of Business, Cape Breton University, Canada

  • 2020-present: Lecturer/Consultant, CESAR School, Pernambuco, Brazil 

  • 2020-2022: Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Canada

  • 2019-2020: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Engineering, Carleton University, Canada

  • 2017: Research Assistant, Department of Computer Engineering, Western University, Canada

  • 2016-2019: Software Engineering Lecturer, Unisãomiguel College, Pernambuco, Brazil

Postgraduate Courses

  • 2023: Predictive Models | Post-Baccalaureate in Business Analytics, Cape Breton University

  • 2022: Data Visualization | Post-Baccalaureate in Business Analytics, Cape Breton University

  • 2022: Collaboration Industry-Academia | Ph.D. in Software Engineering, CESAR School 

  • 2022: Exploratory Testing | Post-Baccalaureate in Software Engineering, CESAR School

  • 2022: Unit Testing | Post-Baccalaureate in Software Engineering, CESAR School

  • 2021: Exploratory Testing | Post-Baccalaureate in Software Engineering, CESAR School

  • 2021: Unit Testing | Post-Baccalaureate in Software Engineering, CESAR School

  • 2021: Advanced Software Development | M.Sc. in Computer Science, Dalhousie University

  • 2020: Advanced Topics in Software Engineering | M.Sc. in Software Engineering, Carleton University

  • 2019: Software Projects | Post-Baccalaureate in Software Engineering, Faculdade Frassinetti

Undergraduate Courses 

  • 2024: SENG 401 - Software Architecture | University of Calgary

  • 2021-2022: CSCI 2134 - Software Development | Dalhousie University

  • 2020: Research Design | CESAR School

  • 2019: Software Engineering | Faculdade Alpha

  • 2018-2019: Project Management | Unisaomiguel

  • 2018: Databases | Faculdade Alpha

  • 2017-2019: Software Projects | Unisaomiguel

  • 2016-2019: Software Engineering | Unisaomiguel

  • 2016-2016: Operating Systems | Unisaomiguel

  • 2017-2019: Informatics Applied to Nursing | Unisaomiguel

  • 2015-2015: Software Configuration Management (Distance Learning) | UNINASSAU

  • 2015-2015: Software Requirements (Distance Learning) | UNINASSAU

  • 2014-2015: Software Engineering | Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciência de Pernambuco

  • 2014-2015: Theory of Computation | Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciência de Pernambuco

  • 2022-2023: Inclusion and Diversity Committee Member, CESAR, Brazil

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Software Industry

  • 2020-2022: Software QA, Recife Center for Advanced Studies and Systems, Brazil

  • 2018-2019: QA Contractor, Motorola Mobility, Brazil

  • 2018: Software Test Engineer, Stefanini Document Solutions, Brazil

  • 2014-2015: Software Tester Contractor, Motorola Mobility, Brazil 

  • 2010-2012: Requirements Analyst/Java Tester, Brazil

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Grants and Funding​​

  • 2023: ACM SIGSOFT CAPS Grant

  • 2022: ACM SIGSOFT CAPS Grant

  • 2021: Mitacs Globalink Research Internship, MITACS (collaborator)

  • 2015 – 2019: Ph.D. full scholarship - Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development

  • 2017: The Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) - Global Affairs Canada

  • 2016: ACM SIGSOFT CAPS Grant

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Awards

  • 2023: Distinguished Reviewer Award. 45th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2023)

  • 2023: Best Paper Award. 16th Conference on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE 2023)

  • 2022: Best Paper Award Nominee, 44th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2022)

  • 2016: Best Paper Award, International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE 2016)

  • 2012: Best Paper Award, Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2012)

  • 2011: Best Paper Award, Brazilian Symposium in Computer on Education (SBIE + WIE 2011)

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Service

Conference Organization

  • 2024: 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2024) - Diversity Co-chair 2024

  • 2024: 40th International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2024) - Diversity Co-chair

  • 2023: 27th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering - Assistant PC Chair

  • 2013: 17th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering - Student Volunteer

Journal Reviewer

  • 2023-present: IEEE Software

  • 2023-present: IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

  • 2020-present: Empirical Software Engineering

  • 2020: Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces

  • 2019: Behaviour & Information Technology

  • 2015: Revista de Sistemas e Computação (Brazilian Journal on Systems and Computing)

Program Committees

  • 2025: International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2025) - Research Track

  • 2024: International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE 2024) - Research Track

  • 2024: IEEE/ACM Automated Software Engineering Conference (ASE 2024) - Research Track

  • 2024: Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE 2024) - Research Track

  • 2024: International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2024) - Software Engineering in Society Track

  • 2024: International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2024) - Artifacts Evaluation Track

  • 2023: International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2023) - Software Engineering in Society Track

  • 2023: International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM 2023)

  • 2023: International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (AST 2023) - Industry Showcase

  • 2023: International Workshop on Software Engineering Education for the Next Generation (SEENG 2023)

  • 2023: International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC 2022)

  • 2023: International Conference on Software Testing (ICST 2023) - Industry Track

  • 2023: Iberoamerican Conference on Software Engineering (CIbSE 2023) - Main Track

  • 2022: International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (AST 2022) - Industry Showcase

  • 2022: International Workshop on Software Engineering Education for the Next Generation (SEENG 2022)

  • 2022: International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC 2022)

  • 2022: International Conference on Software Testing (ICST 2022) - Industry Track

  • 2021: Iberoamerican Conference on Software Engineering (CIbSE 2021) - Main Track

  • 2021: International Conference on Software Testing (ICST 2021) - Industry Track

Hiring Committees

  • 2022: Selection Committee Member - Job Title: Lecturer, Accounting, Cape Breton University

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