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Kostas Kontogiannis is a Professor at the Lassonde School of Engineering, specializing in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Mathematics from the University of Patras, Greece, an M.Sc. degree in Computer Science from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from McGill University, Canada. Before his tenure at York University, Kostas was an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo and has held professorships at the National Technical University of Athens and Western University. He has a distinguished research career focused on software system analytics, DevOps, Cyber-Physical Systems, and model driven engineering. His contributions include over a hundred influential conference papers, journal articles, and book chapters, with significant work on software maintenance, system analysis, fault localization, and software transformations. Kostas has received several recognitions including patents from IBM and multiple prestigious awards. He is actively involved with IEEE, contributing as a Distinguished Visitors Program member and serving in various roles for software engineering conferences.
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