D r.  A b d e l w a h a b  H a m o u - L h a d j ,  i n g ,  O C E B

I am a Tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

My main research interests are in software engineering.  I have worked and developed expertise is various areas including software and business modeling, software maintenance and evolution,  online system surveillance,  business process management, and organizational performance.  

I am the founder and the lead researcher of the Software Behaviour Analysis Research Lab (SBA),  a research group that studies the complex behaviour of software. The SBA research lab has been a home for many students and research associates. The activities of the lab are supported by various industrial and government organizations. 

I hold a PhD degree in Computer Science from the University of Ottawa (2005). I also hold the OMG Certified Expert in Business Process Management Certification - advanced business and technical tracks.  I am also a licenced Professional Engineer in Quebec.

I have been teaching various courses in ECE including a graduate course that I introduced on Model-Driven Software Engineering and many undergraduate core courses such as Embedded Systems and Software Design, Programming Methodology I and II, and Data Structures and Algorithms. Prior to joining Concordia, I taught a large number of Software/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and Business Administration (MBA) courses at the University of Ottawa in both the School of Information Technology and Engineering and the Telfer School of Business.

I have served on many technical program committees of several conferences including ICPC, ICSM, WCRE, and ICEIS (see professional activities for more details). I am the co-founder of the Program Comprehension through Dynamic Analysis (PCODA) workshop and the co-chair of five of its editions. I have also been a frequent reviewer for many journals including IEEE TSE, Springer JSS, Wiley JSME, to name a few. I am a member of IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, and ACM. Since January 2011, I have been serving as the chair of IEEE Montreal Section Computer Society Chapter. Recently, I accepted the position of Managing Editor of the IEEE Canada Review.