Dr. Olga Ormandjieva, PhD, Eng.

Dr. Olga Ormandjieva is Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSE) Department at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec (Canada) and a member of the Ordre desIngénieurs du Québec (OIQ). She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science (2002) and Master's Degree in Computer Science and Mathematics (1987). Dr. Ormandjieva joined the Department in 2002 as an Assistant Professor. She has conducted extensive research in the area of Measurement in Software Engineering and its extension to the development of formal methods for modelling and monitoring functional and nonfunctional requirements. Her current research work addresses the problem of automatic detection of cyber-predators in social media using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology and best Software Engineering practices. Dr. Ormandjieva’s new research direction aims at exploring different approaches to big data quality modeling and measurement. She has over 120 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers to her name, as well as seven book chapters. She has graduated seven doctoral students, seventeen students in the Master’s program (thesis option).  As Professional Engineer, Dr. Ormandjieva served on the visiting team for the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) Accreditation Visit asa program visitor for the software engineering program to Carleton University in November 2017. Currently she is teaching software engineering undergraduate and graduate courses at Concordia University.

Expertise: Measurement in Software Engineering and Data Science,Empirical Software Engineering, Software / Big Data Project Management,Software Requirements Engineering, Formal Methods.