Gall Harald

Harald Gall is the Dean of the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Informatics at the University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland, and a Full Professor of Software Engineering in the Department of Informatics at UZH. His academic journey includes roles as Associate Professor at UZH and the Technical University of Vienna, and visiting positions at Microsoft Research and the University of Washington.

Education: PhD (Dr. techn.) and MSc (Dipl.-Ing.) in Informatics from the Technical University of Vienna (1986–1994). Research focuses on software engineering, particularly software evolution analysis, mining software repositories, and cloud-based systems. Notable contributions include tools like Evolizer and ChangeDistiller, and foundational work in the Mining Software Repositories field.

Awards: Multiple Test of Time Awards, Most Influential Paper Award, Microsoft SEIF Award, and recognition for doctoral research. Editorial roles include IEEE Software and the Journal on Empirical Software Engineering. Leadership in organizations like Informatics Europe and ACM SIGSOFT.