Margaret-Anne Storey
CHISEL Co-Director
Dr. Margaret-Anne Storey is a Professor of Computer Science and a Canada Research Chair in Human and Social Aspects of Software Engineering. Together with her students and collaborators, she seeks to understand how software tools, communication media, data visualizations, and social theories can be leveraged to improve how software engineers and knowledge workers explore, understand, analyze, and share complex information and knowledge.
Neil Ernst
CHISEL Co-Director
Neil Ernst, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the University of Victoria in the Department of Computer Science and Director, Matrix Institute for Data Science. He is a world-leading researcher in software architecture and requirements. His research focuses on building next generation software systems. He leverages past experience consulting with large government stakeholders and empirical datasets on software development and analysis. Current projects include technical debt in scientific software, climate informatics, and the impacts of AI on human aspects of software development.
Researchers
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.
Alessandra Maciel Paz Milani
PhD Student
Alessandra has 15+ years of professional experience in software engineering. Her research topics of interest are related to data science, particularly information visualization.
Arty Starr
PhD Student
Arty is the author of Idea Flow. Her research is constructing a theory of developer flow and building tools that help reduce friction and optimize flow in software development.
Matt Termuende
PhD Student
Matt is a mechatronics engineer with software development experience in the renewables industry. He is interested in human factors and machine learning.
Kathleen Garland
MSc Student
Kathleen joined CHISEL in September 2022. She works for UVic Systems and is a graduate of the UVic Software Engineering program.
Norman Anderson
MSc Student
Norman is studying how developers comprehend codebases while programming with generative AI. Having spent most of his life at the pool, he is still adjusting to dry land.
