Dr. Alvine Belle

Biography

Alvine B. Belle is a Cameroonian-Canadian computer scientist. She holds a PhD in Software Engineering from the Université du Québec (École de Technologie Supérieure) and completed a two-year industrial postdoctoral fellowship in Software Engineering at the University of Ottawa. Prior to her current position, she worked in the federal public service in Canada and completed a graduate diploma in public administration and governance at McGill University, enhancing her skills in project management and leadership. Currently an Assistant Professor at the Lassonde School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at York University since July 2021, Dr. Belle heads a research group and has supervised forty students and postdoctoral researchers, securing over ten million in funding as Principal Investigator, co-Principal Investigator, and co-applicant. Her funding sources include Connected Minds, the Canada Research Excellence Fund (CFREF), Mitacs, and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Dr. Belle actively serves on international committees, is a co-chair for ICSE 2022, and is part of the organizing committees for APSEC 2023 and ICSE 2024. As a reviewer for high-impact journals such as ACM TOSEM and IEEE Transactions, she contributes significantly to the field. In addition to her professional endeavors, Dr. Belle is an avid poet, having won several local and international poetry contests. She is fluent in French and speaks English as her fourth language.

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