Contact

[Dr. Eugene Syriani, Ph.D.] Software Engineering Research Group
Department of Computer Science
College of Engineering
The University of Alabama

Address: Box 870290
Tuscaloosa AL, USA 35487-0290
Office: Shelby Hall 2019E
Tel: +1 (205) 348-7609
Fax: +1 (205) 348-5044
Email: esyriani(@)cs.ua.edu
Web site: www.cs.ua.edu/~syriani

Upcoming & Recent Events    (all events)

SLE'13 ConferenceIndianapolis, USAOct 26-31, 2013
MODELS'13 ConferenceMiami, USASep 29-04, 2013
FSE'13 ConferenceSt-Petersburg, RussiaAug 19-23, 2013
GlobalDSL'13 WorkshopMontpellier, FranceJuly 2, 2013
ECMFA'13 ConferenceMontpellier, FranceJul 1-5, 2013
ICMT'13 ConferenceBudapest, HungaryJun 18-19, 2013
VOLT'13 WorkshopBudapest, HungaryJune 17, 2013
ICSE'13 ConferenceSan Fransisco, USAMay 18-26, 2013
Mod4Sim'13 WorkshopSan Diego CA, USAApr 7-10, 2013
ACMSE'13 ConferenceSavannah GA, USAApr 4-6, 2013

About Me

I am an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Alabama. I am a member of the Software Engineering Research Group. I teach masters and doctoral level courses in software engineering. My main research interests are in model-based design, in particular model transformation design and verification, model-driven methodology, simulation-based design, and lately application of MDE for mobile technologies as well as in non-computer science domains. I serve on the program committee and organize several international conferences and workshops. I am also a reviewer for journals in modeling and simulation. I am a member of the ACM and IEEE societies.

I received a Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2011 and hold B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science, both at McGill University. Affiliated to McGill, I also pursued postdoctoral research on model transformation in the Canada-wide NECSIS project on model-driven engineering for automotive systems. I was a member of the Modeling, Simulation, and Design Lab directed by Prof. Dr. Hans Vangheluwe. I was awarded the prestigious Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate and the Michael Smith Foreign Study scholarship from NSERC. I was a member of the Network of Centres of Excellence for the Mathematical Sciences

My contribution in the field of MDE resided in the engineering of model transformation languages, following multi-paradigm modeling principles. I developed a framework for producing transformation languages tailored for the specific needs. This is based on T-Core, a collection primitive transformation constructs scriptable with Python. T-Core allows one to build custom transformation languages. MoTif is an example of a transformation language built on top of this framework. It is a completely modeled language with a transformation-specific meta-model for the syntax. Its semantics and execution engine are defined by weaving of T-Core with a simulation formalism. Here is a link to my old website.

I have also worked in service-oriented software companies as a software engineer in Canada for a decade.

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