School of Computer Science
Technical Workshop Series
Experimental Approaches in Computer Science
Presenter: Dr. Aznam Yacoub
Date /Time: Thursday, October 19th, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Thursday, October 26th, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Location: 4th Floor (Workshop space) at 300 Ouellette Avenue (School of Computer Science Advanced Computing Hub)
LATECOMERS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED once the presentation has begun.
Abstract:
Dr. Aznam Yacoub will be discussing the different scientific methodologies to conduct research and development in Computer Science, experiments, analysis, ethical practices and communication (especially how to write a scientific report or a research paper).
Biography:
Dr. Aznam Yacoub is a Computer Scientist, currently employed as an Assistant Professor at the School of Computer Science, University of Windsor. Dr Yacoub got his PhD in Computer Science (Software Engineering) in 2016 at Aix-Marseille University (France) where he studied Verification and Validation of Systems in the Laboratory of Information and Systems in Marseille, under the supervision of Pr Claudia Frydman and Dr Amine Hamri in the team "Modelling and Discrete Event Formalisms". During his PhD, he demonstrated that it was possible to create a uniform framework combining empirical techniques like discrete-event simulation and formal methods in order to improve the quality and accuracy of fault detection in complex systems. His work was successfully applied on real cases at ST Microelectronics. After his PhD, Dr Yacoub worked as Assistant Lecturer at Aix-Marseille University in undergraduate and graduate studies, and then as a Postdoc at Polytechnique Montreal in the Heterogeneous Embedded System Lab directed by Pr Gabriela Nicolescu. During this period, he tried to develop several international collaborations with researchers in various disciplines. He joined the University of Windsor in 2020 and where he's currently teaching essentially Advanced Software Engineering in the MAC Program. Before that academic career, Dr Yacoub occupied different engineering positions in the video game industry and collaborated with top companies like Ubisoft. Dr Yacoub's interdisciplinary research interests encompass various fields around self-adaptive systems and cognitive sciences.