I received my M.Sc. in Computer Science (2005) and my Ph.D. in Computer Science (2008) from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Currently, I am a Research Fellow at Lero (the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre) at University of Limerick, Ireland where I am: 1) leading the Lero participation in the ASCENS FP7 project; 2) leading the Lero's joint project with ESA on Autonomous Software Systems Development Approaches; and 3) participating in the FastFix FP7 project and the MODEVO project. My current research focuses on knowledge representation and self-awareness for self-adapting systems. More broadly, my research interests are in software development methodologies for developing autonomic systems. In the course of my Ph.D. studies at Concordia University, I developed ASSL (Autonomic System Specification Language), a framework dedicated to autonomic computing development that addresses the problem of formal specification and code generation of autonomic systems. ASSL implies a multi-tier structure for specifying autonomic systems and targets their automatic code generatiorn. In 2008 to continue my research on ASSL, I was awarded a highly competitive IRCSET Postdoctoral Fellowship at UCD, Ireland.

A part from the main research, my research interests include engineering autonomic systems, distributed computing, formal methods, software engineering, programming languages, compilers, cyber forensics, sensor networks, real-time systems, embedded systems, home automation, network protocols, machine learning, and multiagent systems. I have published two theses and two books. In addition, I have published over 80 internationally peer-reviewed publications including journal papers, book chapters, and conference and workshop papers. I hold a USA Patent on Method of Improving System Performance and Survivability through Self-sacrifice filed with NASA. I am a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Software Engineering, ed. Phillip A. Laplante, Taylor & Francis Group.

I have been a member of the IEEE Computer Society since 2008 and a member of the Irish Computer Society since 2011. I hold a few software engineering certifications including MCSD (Microsoft Certified Solution Developer - 2001).