Dan COSMA

Dan COSMA is a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the Politehnica University of Timișoara. His academic journey includes a BSc (1997), MSc (1998), and PhD (2009) in Computer Science from the same institution. His research focuses on software engineering, distributed systems, object-oriented design, and tools for software analysis and quality assessment. He has contributed to projects like ViMC and niSiDe, which aid in reverse engineering and visualizing distributed systems.

Education:

• BSc in Computer Science, Politehnica University of Timișoara (1997)
• MSc in Computer Science, Politehnica University of Timișoara (1998)
• PhD in Computer Science, Politehnica University of Timișoara (2009)

Research emphasizes distributed software systems, with a focus on reverse engineering methodologies, tool development for software metrics, and understanding system dependencies. His work bridges theoretical analysis and practical applications in web-based systems and cloud computing.

Publications span topics like distributed architecture analysis, software visualization, and impact-driven restructuring. Recent work includes threat detection in systems and Java application analysis using ViMC.

Notable contributions include the ViMC tool for software measurement and the Distributable Features View framework for visualizing distributed systems. His research highlights technology-aware approaches to software comprehension and quality improvement.