Name:Saikat Mondal

Bio:

Saikat Mondal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Lakehead University, Canada. He received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Saskatchewan, where he conducted research in the Software Research Lab under the supervision of Prof. Chanchal K. Roy. His research focuses on Software Engineering, AI for Software Engineering (AI4SE), Mining Software Repositories, and trustworthy and human-aligned software intelligence. His work investigates emerging software engineering challenges and develops techniques to improve the quality, reliability, security, and evolution of software and AI-assisted development.

He has published research in leading software engineering conferences and journals, including ICSE, ICSME, MSR, SANER, EASE, EMSE, and JSS. His research and academic contributions have received several distinctions, including the IEEE TCSE Distinguished Paper Award (SANER 2025), ISEC 2022 Best Paper Award, University of Saskatchewan Graduate Thesis Award, GSA Research Excellence in STEM Award, SOAR Distinguished Research Award, Geddes Award, Carl McCrosky Innovation Award, and Best Faculty Award. He was also selected for prestigious NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship and IVADO Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunities, which he declined after accepting his faculty position at Lakehead University.

Country:Canada

Affiliation:Lakehead University

Research interests: Empirical Software Engineering, AI for Software Engineering (AI4SE), Mining Software Repositories, Trustworthy and Human-Aligned Software intelligence