Michael L. Collard

Michael L. Collard is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science, Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Akron. He teaches courses in iOS Development and Software Engineering, focusing on modern programming languages like Swift and Objective-C.

• Research Interests: His work centers on software engineering, source code analysis, and iOS development. Key areas include forward static slicing, code stereotyping, traceability, and tools like srcML for mixed-language software infrastructure.
• Publications: Recent publications address scalable static slicing (srcSlice), source code modeling with XML, stereotype-based feature location, and tools for software visualization.
• Awards: Recipient of NSF grants (CISE CRI 2013, REU Supplement 2013) and the Most Influential Paper Award at ICPC'13 for his 2003 work on C++ fact extraction.
• Students: Mentored undergraduate researcher Brian Kovacs through NSF-funded REU.
• Labs: Cofounder of SDML, LLC, commercializing research tools for source code analysis.