Daniel Mendez is professor of software engineering at the Blekinge Institute of Technology and Lead Researcher heading the research division Requirements Engineering at fortiss. His research is on empirical software engineering with a focus on interdisciplinary, qualitative research in requirements engineering and its quality improvement – all in close collaboration with the relevant industries. He serves as editorial board member for the Empirical Software Engineering Journal and the Journal of Systems and Software where he co-chairs the special tracks Reproducibility & Open Science (EMSE) and In Practice (JSS) respectively. He is a member of the ACM, the German Informatics Society, the German association of university professors and lecturers, and ISERN.
Paris Avgeriou is professor at the university of Groningen heading the SEARCH (Software Engineering and Architecture) group. His research interests lie in the area of software architecture, with a strong emphasis on architecture modeling, knowledge, evolution, patterns and technical debt. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Systems and Software, as well as an Associate Editor for IEEE Software. He is a member of the ACM and ISERN.
Marcos Kalinowski is professor of software engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and coordinator of the ExACTa PUC-Rio R&D lab, which collaborates closely with industry. His research interest cover empirical software engineering with a focus on AI engineering, human factors, and software process and product quality. He serves as an editorial board member for the Journal of Systems and Software, where he co-chairs the In Practice track. He is a member of the ACM, IEEE, the Brazilian Computer Society, and ISERN.
Nauman bin Ali is a senior lecturer at the Blekinge Institute of Technology. His research interests include software analytics, lean software development, software process simulation and modeling, software testing, and empirical software engineering. He is a member of ISERN.