Anthony Cleve

Anthony Cleve is a Full Professor in information system evolution at the University of Namur, Faculty of Computer Science. He serves as President of the Faculty Council and is a member of the Council of the Academic Body (COACA). Cleve is affiliated with the PReCISE research center and the Namur Digital Institute (NADI), where he leads the Data-Intensive Systems Evolution Lab.

He holds a PhD in Computer Science (2009) and an MSc in Computer Science (2004) from the University of Namur, along with a Bachelor in Economics and Management. Prior to his current position, Cleve was an ERCIM post-doctoral research fellow at INRIA Lille (2009-2010) and worked as a visiting researcher at CWI, Amsterdam (2005-2006).

Professor Cleve's research focuses on information system maintenance and evolution, with particular expertise in software and data reverse engineering, program analysis and transformation, and self-adaptive systems. His work bridges theoretical computer science with practical applications, especially in database engineering, system migration, and co-evolution of databases and programs. More recently, his research has expanded into applying computer science techniques to French-Sign language alignment and translation.

His research output shows a strong trend toward microservices architecture, data access patterns, and visualization techniques for understanding complex software systems. Cleve has been actively developing tools like DENIM for exploring data access in microservices environments, demonstrating his commitment to practical solutions for contemporary software engineering challenges.

Scientific Awards

• Namurois of the year 2022, Sciences category
• Best Paper Award at the 20th IEEE Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM 2020), NIER track
• Best Paper Award at the 2016 International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security (QRS 2016)
• Nominated for the Cor Baayen Award 2012
• IBM Belgium / FRS-FNRS 2010 Award for best PhD thesis in Computer Science
• ERCIM "Alain Bensoussan" Post-doctoral Fellowship (2009-2010)

Professor Cleve actively mentors students and researchers, serving as promoter/supervisor for several PhD candidates. He has secured significant research funding through multiple projects including RAINDROP, INSTINCT, and various projects on database schema evolution in microservices applications. His research group collaborates extensively with institutions across Europe.

He leads the Data-Intensive Systems Evolution Lab at the Namur Digital Institute (NADI) and is a key member of the Namur Institute of Language, Text and Transmediality (NaLTT), where he applies his expertise to sign language processing challenges. His lab focuses on developing practical tools and methodologies for system evolution, with recent work emphasizing microservices architectures and data access patterns.