Ewan Tempero

Ewan Tempero is a Professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Auckland, holding a PhD from the University of Washington. His research focuses on software design quality, empirical software engineering, and computing education, with a particular emphasis on software metrics and code quality analysis. He serves as Deputy Head of his school and teaches courses like COMPSCI331 and SOFTENG701.

• Areas of Expertise: Software Engineering, Software Testing, Software Design Measurement
• Research Outputs: Over 222 publications, including recent work on technical debt quantification, code style models, and kernel programming education

His Qualitas Corpus project provides a curated collection of Java systems for empirical studies. Current research explores veracity debt, program comprehension models, and modularity impacts. Articles like the 2025 Requirements Technical Debt Quantification paper and 2024 Code Style vs Quality study demonstrate his focus on bridging academic research with industry practices through systematic mapping studies, controlled experiments, and educational tool development.