Speaker - Bogdan Vasilescu

Bogdan Vasilescu is an Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, where he leads STRUDEL, the Socio-Technical Research Using Data Excavation Lab. With a spatula in one hand, a keyboard in the other, and a pantry full of data mining and social network analysis techniques, Bogdan whips up delectable recipes for improving the sustainability of open-source software. His work focuses on the socio-technical aspects of online collaboration in open source to inform evidence-based interventions supporting developers and communities. He has a PhD in computer science from Eindhoven University of Technology, where he learned how to make delicious strudels with empirical research methods. While at CMU, he has received several awards for his research, including the Ric Holt Early Career Achievement Award and multiple ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Awards.