Lena Buffoni

Lena Buffoni is an Associate Professor and Docent at Linköping University, affiliated with the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA) within the Software and Systems (SAS) division. Her research focuses on software engineering, cyber-physical systems, and model-based development methodologies. She contributes to educational innovations, such as project-based learning approaches in software engineering curricula. Her work emphasizes requirements engineering, traceability, and verification in complex systems. She collaborates on the OpenModelica project, advancing open-source tools for system modeling and simulation.

Her research interests include formal methods for system design, integration of open-source technologies, and educational frameworks that bridge academia and industry. Key contributions include frameworks for traceability analysis in cyber-physical systems and pedagogical approaches for collaborative project-based learning.