Name:Daniel Mendez

Bio:

Daniel Mendez is full professor at the Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden, and Lead Researcher heading the research division Requirements Engineering at fortiss, the research and transfer institute of the Free State of Bavaria for software-intensive systems and services. After studying Computer Science and Cognitive Neuroscience at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, he pursued his doctoral and his habilitation degrees at the Technical University of Munich. His research is since then on Empirical Software Engineering with a particular focus on interdisciplinary, qualitative research in Requirements Engineering and its quality improvement – all in close collaboration with the relevant industries. He serves the steering committees of ISERN, ESEM, REFSQ, and the Software Quality Days (scientific track). He is further editorial board member for IST, EMSE and JSS where he co-chairs the special tracks Reproducibility & Open Science (EMSE) and In Practice (JSS) respectively. Finally, he is a member of the ACM, the German association of university professors and lecturers, the German Informatics Society, and ISERN. Further information is available at http://www.mendezfe.org

Country:Sweden

Affiliation:Blekinge Institute of Technology and fortiss

Research interests:Empirical Software Engineering foundations and application, Requirements Engineering