Dr. Margaret-Anne Storey
Professor and Canada Research Chair
Dr. Margaret-Anne Storey is a Professor of Computer Science and the Director of the Software Engineering Program at the University of Victoria. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Human and Social Aspects of Software Engineering and is a member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. She also holds the Lise Meitner Guest Professorship at Lund University, Sweden. She was a member of the Health Informatics and Modeling Topic Advisory Group (HIM-TAG) for the World Health Organization, and a Principal Investigator for the National Center for Biomedical Ontology with the National Institutes of Health in the United States from 2005 to 2015. She is a recipient of the Craigdarroch Silver Medal for Research Excellence from the University of Victoria, the NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award, the IBM CAS Faculty of the Year Award, the IBM Eclipse Innovation Award, and the Advanced System Institute Fellowship.
Dr. Storey's research goal is to understand how technology can help people explore, understand, and share complex information and knowledge. She evaluates and applies techniques from knowledge engineering, social software, and visual interface design to applications such as collaborative software development, program comprehension, biomedical ontology development, and learning in Web-based environments.
Staff
Cassandra Petrachenko
Lab Tyrant
Cassie is a salty IT professional that manages CHISEL's projects with her magical skills. She is rabid for Rush, fond of fast cars, and captivated by cuisine.
Jorin Weatherston
Research Programmer
Jorin is a software engineer with an interest in data vis, AR/VR, and HCI. He is from the Sunshine Coast and spends his spare time outdoors exploring the west coast.
Researchers
Matthieu Foucault
Postdoctoral Fellow
Matthieu is a software engineering researcher with a passion for empirical research, statistics and data visualization.
Eirini Kalliamvakou
Postdoctoral Fellow
Eirini researches the human factors of collaboration inside modern software companies. Right now she is focused on how development teams manage their work, knowledge, and culture.
Alexey Zagalsky
Graduate Student, PhD
Alexey is a software developer and a researcher studying the interplay between developers, tools, and their activities. He's also interested in early-stage startups.
Omar Elazhary
Graduate Student, PhD
Omar is a software developer and a bit of a generalist from his time at SAP, but a data scientist at heart. He enjoys connecting dots and finding patterns in big datasets.
Carly Lebeuf
Graduate Student, MSc
Carly has a background in computer science and psychology. She investigates software bot technologies, information visualization, tools for software engineering, and UI/UX.
Maria Ferman Guerra
Graduate Student, MSc
Maria is from Veracruz, Mexico. She is determined to broaden her horizons by expanding her knowledge in computer science.
Nora Huang
Graduate Student, MSc
Nora has a background in image and voice signal processing from her time as a software designer at Nortel and Ericsson. She makes awesome Chinese food.
Courtney Bornholdt (nee Williams)
Graduate Student, MSc
Courtney is a computer engineer in the Royal Canadian Navy. She loves baking cupcakes for the team and is excited to start her research.
Ying Wang
Graduate Student, MSc
Ying has a background in computer science and wireless communication. She is a big fan of traveling and cooking.
Andreas Koenzen
Graduate Student, MSc
Andreas is a professionial software developer from Paraguay. He's proficient in Java, Swift, and Python, and has experience programming for iOS devices and Java desktop applications.
Dr. Neil Ernst
Collaborator
Neil is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at UVic. He studies software architecture, software requirements, and empirical methods in SENG. He was a UVic Vikes rower.
Dr. Daniel M. German
Collaborator
Daniel is a Professor of Computer Science at UVic. He studies the mining of software repositories, open source, and intellectual property.
Dr. Leif Singer
Affiliate Researcher
Previously a postdoc at CHISEL, Leif is now an Affiliate Researcher. At his day job, he works on engagement at Automattic.