Name:Francis Bordeleau

Bio:

Francis Bordeleau is a Professor at École de technologie superieure (ÉTS) in Montreal where he leads the Kaloom-TELUS ETS Industrial Research Chair in DevOps. He is also a member of the ÉTS GRIDD (Groupe de Recherche en Intégration et Développement Durable) research group. His current research focuses on the systematic improvement of industrial DevOps processes and on the engineering of digital twins for different application domains. His research aims at leveraging the best practices of software engineering, DevOps, model-based engineering, and AI/ML to improve various aspects of software processes and products. He has over 25 years of experience researching, working, consulting, and collaborating with companies worldwide in software engineering, software process improvement, and Model-Based Engineering (MBE). Prior to joining ETS, he was Product Manager of Software Development at Ericsson (2013-2017), founder and CEO of Zeligsoft (2003-2013), and assistant professor at Carleton University (1997-2006). Francis has been part of the organizing and program committee of many international conferences and workshops.

Francis holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics from University of Montreal, a Bachelor of Computer Science from University of Quebec (UQO), and a Master in Computer Science and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University.

Country:Canada

Affiliation:École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS)

Research interests:Software engineering, model-based engineering, DevOps, open source