Welcome!
Interests
Empirical software engineering, collaborative development, socio-technical team aspects, metrics and measurement, software security, open source development, applied machine learning and data mining
What I'm up to
Currently, I am teaching Introduction to Software Engineering (SE 361) in Fall 2011. See MyCourses for up-to-date office hours.
Bio
Andy is just a guy who loves computing. He received his BA in Computer Science, with an additional degree in Mathematics, from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. After college, Andy attended North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina to earn his Masters in 2008 and his PhD in Computer Science in 2011 under Laurie Williams. His dissertation, entitled "Investigating the Relationship between Developer Collaboration and Software Security" involved formulating metrics to examine the socio-technical structure of software development teams using social network analysis. His research has resulted in many top-tier academic publications. In fall of 2011, Andy joined the faculty of Rochester Institute of Technology in the department of Software Engineering.