Summary
Taher Ghaleb is an Assistant Professor of Software Engineering at Trent University with nine years of research and industry-adjacent experience applying data science and AI to real-world software engineering problems. He earned a PhD from Queen's University as an Ontario Trillium Scholar and has since held research roles at the University of Toronto and the University of Ottawa, producing 40+ publications and seven US patents. Taher’s work blends large-scale empirical studies of CI/CD and mobile apps with machine learning solutions for software testing, often in collaboration with industry partners. He has a track record of mentoring researchers, translating complex analyses into practical tools, and contributing to community infrastructure such as ACM SIGSOFT’s Empirical Standards site. Based in Peterborough, Ontario, he combines rigorous academic work with hands-on software development and a knack for turning noisy, heterogeneous data into actionable engineering insights.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology at Taiz University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computing, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computing at Queen's University
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals