Software Engineering & Information Systems Group Members

Staff Members

• Dietmar Pfahl, Professor of Software Engineering (also affiliated with Autonomous Driving Lab (ADL))
• Anastasija Nikiforova, Associate Professor of Applied AI and Information Systems
• Faiz Ali Shah, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Software Engineering
• Marlon Dumas, Visiting Professor of Information Systems
• Fredrik P. Milani, Associate Professor of Information Systems (0.5)
• Hina Anwar, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Software Engineering
• Kristiina Rahkema, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Software Engineering (0.25)
• David Chapela-Campa, Assistant professor of Information Systems
• Orlenys López-Pintado, Research Fellow in Information Systems
• Victor Gallego-Fontenla, Research Fellow in Information Systems
• Baseer Ahmad Baheer, Junior Lecturer of Software Engineering (on leave)
• Maria Khan, Junior Lecturer of Software Engineering

Doctoral Students and Junior Research Fellows

• Dimitris Symeonidis, Junior Research Fellow, PhD student
• Steven Leego, PhD student
• Viktoriia Abakumova, Junior Research Fellow, PhD student
• Maksym Avramenko, Junior Research Fellow, PhD student
• María Medina, Junior Research Fellow, PhD student
• Mahmoud K. Shoush, Junior Research Fellow, PhD student
• Anti Alman, Junior Research Fellow, PhD student (also affiliated with Research Group of Human-Centric Information Systems)
• Fauzia Khan, Junior Research Fellow, PhD student
• Maj-Annika Tammisto, Junior Research Fellow, PhD student

Former Members

• Alexander Nolte, Adjunct Researcher
• Ilia Bider, Adjunct Professor
• Fabrizio Maggi, Adjunct Associate Professor
• Laima Anna Dalbina, Analyst-Developer (also affiliated with Autonomous Driving Lab (ADL)), 2022-2024
• Muhammad Awais Ali, Junior Research Fellow, PhD student (PhD defended in 2026)
• Katsiaryna Lashkevich, Junior Research Fellow, PhD student (PhD thesis defended in December 2025)
• Alejandra Duque-Torres, Junior Research Fellow, PhD student
• Abasi-Amefon Affia, Junior Research Fellow & PhD student 2019-2023 (PhD thesis defended in December 2023)
• Pavlo Tertychnyi, PhD student 2019-2023 (PhD defended in November 2023)
• Kristiina Rahkema, Junior Research Fellow & PhD student 2019-2023 (PhD thesis defended in October 2023)
• Ezequiel Scott, Research Fellow and Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Software Engineering (2017-2023)
• Vimal Kumar Dwivedi, Junior Lecturer of Software Engineering 2021-2023
• Mariana Falco, Visiting Researcher 2022-2023
• Manuel Camargo, Junior Research Fellow & PhD student 2018-2022 (PhD thesis defended in January 2022)
• Volodymyr Leno, Junior Research Fellow & PhD student 2018-2022 (PhD thesis defended in January 2022)
• Veronika Plotnikova, PhD student, 2017-2021 (PhD thesis defended in December 2021)
• Ulrich Norbisrath, Associate Professor of Software Engineering 2020-21, moved to the Chair of Distributed Systems
• Yar Muhammad, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Informatics 2018-20
• Kuldar Taveter, Associate Professor 2019-20, started the Human-Centric Information Systems Group
• Raimundas Matulevicius, Professor 2010-20, started the Information Security Research Group
• Rajesh Sharma, Senior Research Fellow, 2017-20, started the Computational Social Sciences Lab
• Ishaya Gambo, Research Fellow of Information Systems, 2020, moved to Human-Centric Information Systems group
• Kerli Mooses, Research Fellow, 2020, moved to Human-Centric Information Systems group
• Jake Tom, Junior Research Fellow, PhD student 2017-20, moved to Information Security Research Group
• Mubashar Iqbal, Junior Research Fellow, PhD student 2018-20, moved to Information Security Research Group
• Ivan Slobozhan, PhD student 2018-20, moved to Computational Social Sciences Lab
• Rahul Goel, Junior Research Fellow, PhD student, 2019-20, moved to Computational Social Sciences Lab
• Mari Seeba, Junior Research Fellow, External PhD student, 2020, moved to Information Security Research Group
• Shakshi Sharma, Junior Research Fellow, External PhD student 2020, moved to Computational Social Sciences Lab
• Faiz Ali Shah, Junior Research Fellow and PhD student 2015-2020 (PhD thesis defended on 21 February 2020)
• Adriano Augusto, PhD student 2016-2020 (PhD thesis defended on 11 February 2020)
• Huishi Yin, PhD student 2015-2019 (PhD thesis defended on 17 December 2019)
• Luciano García-Bañuelos, Associate Professor, 2009-2019.
• Siim Karus, Research Fellow (2011-19), PhD student (2007-2011)
• Evgenia Trofimova, Adjunct Lecturer, 2017-19
• Irene Teinemaa, PhD student 2015-19 (PhD thesis defended on 26 April 2019)
• Ilya Verenich, PhD student 2014-19 (PhD thesis defended on 11 February 2019)
• Riivo Kikas, PhD student, 2012-18 (PhD thesis defended on 11 December 2018)
• Peep Küngas, Senior Research Fellow, 2009-18
• Anna Leontjeva, Research Fellow, 2016-17
• Abel Armas-Cervantes, PhD Student and Junior Research Fellow, 2011-2015 (PhD thesis defended on 28 August 2015)
• Naved Ahmed, PhD Student and junior researcher, 2010-2015 (PhD thesis defended on 13 November 2014)
• Tárcio Rodrigues Bezerra, Visiting PhD student from Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG), Mar-Apr 2014
• Margus Freudenthal, PhD student 2008-2013 (PhD thesis defended on 25 October 2013)
• Viara Popova, Senior Research Fellow 2010-2013
• Michele Mazzucco, Research Fellow 2009-2012
• Reina Uba, PhD Student 2008-2011 (PhD thesis defended on 31 October 2011)
• Walid Fdhila. Visiting PhD student from LORIA - University of Lorraine, Feb-May 2011
• Yong Yang, Visiting PhD student from Fudan University, Feb-Jun 2010
• Andrey Breslav, Visiting PhD student from St Petersburg ITMO University, Aug 2009- May 2010