Name:David Lo

Bio:

David Lo is the OUB Chair Professor of Computer Science and the founding Director of the Center for Research in Intelligent Software Engineering (RISE) at Singapore Management University. Championing the field of AI for Software Engineering (AI4SE) since the mid-2000s, he has demonstrated how AI — encompassing data mining, machine learning, information retrieval, natural language processing, and search-based algorithms — can transform software engineering data into actionable insights and automation. Through empirical studies, he has identified practitioners’ pain points, characterized the limitations of AI4SE solutions, and explored practitioners’ acceptance thresholds for AI-powered tools. He regularly contributes to the MSR conference and works on various MSR topics, including how MSR provides insight into the reliability of machine learning (ISSRE’12) and powers automated program repair (SANER’16). His contributions have led to over 20 awards, including two Test-of-Time awards and eleven ACM SIGSOFT/IEEE TCSE Distinguished Paper awards, and his work has garnered over 38,000 citations. An ACM Fellow, IEEE Fellow, ASE Fellow, and National Research Foundation Investigator (Senior Fellow), Lo has also served as the GC of MSR’22 and ASE’16, and as a PC Co-Chair for ASE’20, FSE’24, and ICSE’25. For more information, please visit: http://www.mysmu.edu/faculty/davidlo/

Country:Singapore

Affiliation:Singapore Management University