Bram Adams

Bram Adams is an Associate Professor at Queen's University's School of Computing, part of the Faculty of Arts and Science. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science Engineering from Ghent University (2008) and is an adjunct professor at Polytechnique Montreal. His research focuses on release engineering, software analytics, and human affect in software engineering, with contributions to build systems, software modularity, and green software practices. He leads the MCIS Lab, which studies software maintenance, construction, and intelligence.

Research Interests:

• Release Engineering and DevOps
• Build Systems and Continuous Integration
• Software Analytics and Empirical Studies
• Human Affect in Software Engineering (sentiment/emotion analysis)
• Green Software and Energy Consumption
• Software Modularity and Concern Mining

Awards:

• 2021 MSR Foundational Contribution Award
• Multiple Distinguished Paper and Best Paper Awards at ICSE, FSE, and MSR
• Most Influential Paper Awards for SCAM 2010 and AOSD 2009

Academic Service:

• General Chair of Mining Software Repositories (MSR) 2025
• Editorial roles at IEEE TSE, Empirical Software Engineering, and Information and Software Technology
• Organizer of workshops on Software Health, Release Engineering, and Mining Software Repositories

Labs/Teams: Heads the MCIS Lab at Queen's University, collaborating with researchers on release engineering, build systems, and software analytics.