Emad Shihab
Full Professor And Concordia Research Chair at Concordia University
Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolEmad Shihab is a Full Professor and Concordia Research Chair with over a decade of experience applying mining-software-repositories and software analytics to improve software quality and maintenance. He combines rigorous empirical research with real-world impact, having partnered with companies like Ericsson, National Bank, Société Générale, Desjardins and Motsai to deliver risk assessment, test prioritization, activity recognition and retail innovation solutions. A seasoned academic leader, he has held senior roles including Associate Dean and Associate Vice-President focused on research, innovation and policy, bridging scholarship and institutional strategy. His work is notable for turning large historical code and bug datasets into practical decision-support tools and visualizations that guide engineering effort. Trained with a PhD in Software Engineering, he brings a rare mix of deep analytics, industrial collaboration, and hands-on tool-building experience that informs both teaching and high-impact applied research.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
MASc. Computer Networks, MASc. Computer Networks at University of VictoriaPhD Software Engineering, PhD Software Engineering at Queen's University
Github Skills (50)
json10
pytorch10
sandbox10
fastapi10
firecracker10
interoperability10
python10
json-schema10
async10
mxnet10
machine-learning10
swagger10
virtual-machine10
onnx10
redoc10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
emadshihab/fastapi
Feb 2020 - Feb 2020
FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production
Contributions:32 PRs, 46 pushes, 3 branches in 2 days
easy-to-learnpythonasynchronousuvicornasyncio
emadshihab/falcon
May 2020 - Sep 2020
The no-nonsense web API framework for building fast and reliable microservices, proxies, and app backends in Python.
Contributions:6 PRs, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
apiredocpythonno-nonsensepyramid
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