I am currently a member of the MSDL (Modelling, Simulation and Design Lab) under supervision of Prof. Hans Vangheluwe. I am a Ph. D. candidate at the University of Antwerp.

Until January 2010, I was a teaching assistant at the University of Antwerp.

My research addresses evolution of modelling languages in the context of model-driven engineering.

Evolution of Modelling Languages

In model-driven engineering, evolution is inevitable over the course of the complete life cycle of complex software-intensive systems and more importantly of entire product families. Not only instance models, but also entire modelling languages themselves are subject to change. This is in particular true for domain-specific languages, for which language constructs are tightly coupled to the domain. When this domain evolves, its language must evolve as well.

Up to this day, modelling languages are evolved manually, resulting in tedious and error-prone migration of artifacts such as instance models. My project proposes a structured appoach that enables the design of (semi-)automatic model evolution, with different evolution scenarios for various kinds of modelling artifacts, such as instance models, meta-models and transformation models.

Read more on my ongoing research here.