Cristina Videira Lopes is a Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. Her research focuses on software engineering for large-scale data and systems. She was a founding member of the Xerox PARC team that developed Aspect-Oriented Programming. She is also a prolific software developer in particular for OpenSimulator, a virtual world server. She is also a founder of Encitra, a company specializing in online virtual reality for early-stage sustainable urban redevelopment projects. She claims to be the only person in the world who is both an ACM Distinguished Scientist and Ohloh Kudos Rank 9.