Name:Hugo Villamizar

Bio:

I’m a second-year PhD student in the Department of Informatics at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). PUC-Rio is assessed with a maximum quality grade in research in Brazil and ranked among the top universities in Latin America.

I received a Bachelor degree in Computer Systems Administration from the National University of Colombia (UNAL), also considered as one of the best universities in Latin America. I received a MSc in Computer Science from the PUC-Rio that was awarded as the second best MSc dissertation in Brazil in the area of Software Quality.

I currently collaborate in the Universities R&D projects as a software engineer for Artificial Intelligence-based Systems at Exacta Initiative. My role includes researching and developing solutions from the requirement and development phase to the testing and acceptance phase. I also do research in the Software Engineering Laboratory of PUC-Rio since 2017 under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Marcos Kalinowski.

Country:Brazil

Affiliation:Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

Research interests:requirements engineering, agile methods, software security and machine learning