Dr. Masud Rahman is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Computer Science at Dalhousie University, Canada. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science/Software Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Masud leads the RAISE Lab at Dalhousie University. He is interested in the intelligent automation of software maintenance and evolution. His research program aims to (a) better understand the challenges of software bugs, crashes, vulnerabilities, and technical debt, and (b) design cost-effective, cutting-edge, AI-powered solutions to tackle them effectively. From a technical perspective, Dr. Rahman and his team (a) study the characteristics, symptoms, and root causes of software bugs to advance the current state of understanding and (b) develop novel tools and techniques to automatically detect, diagnose, explain, and reproduce bugs or crashes from not only conventional but also AI-powered and simulation modelling software. His research interests have been significantly shaped by his three years of experience as a professional developer in the software industry. He regularly collaborates with multiple industries (e.g., Mozilla Firefox, Metabob Inc.) and academic partners (e.g., DalTrac, Polytechnique Montreal).

Masud’s work was accepted in several major venues of Software Engineering, including ICSE, ESEC/FSE, ASE, EMSE, TOSEM, ICSME, MSR, and SANER. Dr. Rahman received multiple prestigious awards, including the Governor General’s Gold Medal, the U of S Doctoral Thesis Award, TCSE Distinguished Paper Award and the Most Influential Paper Award for his research excellence and practical impact. To date, Masud has been awarded $500K+ (as PI) and $4M (as Co-applicant) in competitive research funding, and his grants include NSERC Discovery Grant, Mitacs Accelerate International, NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, Dalhousie BELONG Program, and Climate Action and Awareness Fund. He has also been serving the top journals and conferences of Software Engineering in various capacities.