Andrea Janes is assistant professor at the Free University of Bolzano-Bozen (Italy). His research acitivity is related to the area of software maintenance and development. In particular, his research involves the identification of cost-efficient software production techniques, quality assurance methodologies, as well as the application of foundational aspects of software engineering methods such as testing and software process improvement.
He received the master’s in computer science from the Technical University of Vienna, Austria and the doctorate in computer science (with distinction) from the University of Klagenfurt (Austria). He possesses the italian habilitation in the fields of "Informatics" as well as "Information processing systems". He was visiting researcher at the Research Center Hagenberg (Austria) and the Tampere University (Finland). He served as a program committee member of various international conferences and as a reviewer for various international journals (e.g., TSE, EMSE, JSS, and IST) in the field of software engineering. He organized several workshops and event for practitioners focused on the application of research in industry. Since 2017, he is also involved in technology transfer within Smart Data Factory, a group within the NOI technology park with the goal of technology transfer within the local industry.