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Foutse Khomh is a Professor of Software Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal where he leads the SWAT Lab on software development, deployment, maintenance and evolution of AI intensive and cloud based software systems. He holds prestigious positions as a Canada Research Chair Tier 1 on Trustworthy Intelligent Software Systems, a Canada CIFAR AI Chair on Trustworthy Machine Learning Software Systems at Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, and a FRQ-IVADO Research Chair on Software Quality Assurance for Machine Learning Applications.
Dr. Khomh received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Montreal under the supervision of Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, with the Award of Excellence. He also holds a Master's degree in Software Engineering from the National Advanced School of Engineering (Cameroon) and a Master's degree (D.E.A) in Mathematics from the University of Yaounde I (Cameroon).
Professor Khomh's research focuses on ensuring the reliability, fairness, and ethical alignment of machine learning-powered systems throughout their entire lifecycle. His work specifically addresses concepts of equity, fairness, diversity, identity, and social inclusion to enhance user confidence in AI applications. He is developing techniques and tools to ensure that AI applications comply with proposed regulations, particularly in sectors such as healthcare, transportation, security, and customer service. His groundbreaking research on software maintenance and evolution, particularly on the impact of developers' design decisions on software quality, has been cited more than 3,600 times according to Google Scholar.
His extensive publication record shows a strong focus on trustworthy AI systems, with recent work concentrating on deep learning testing, quality assurance for machine learning systems, privacy protection in software logs, and the challenges of developing and maintaining reliable AI-powered applications. His research bridges software engineering principles with artificial intelligence to create more dependable and trustworthy systems.
- 2025 IEEE CS TCSE New Directions Award
- Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship
- Canada Research Chair Tier 1 on Trustworthy Intelligent Software Systems
- CS-Can/Info-Can Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher Prize for 2019
- Multiple IEEE TCSE Most Influential Paper (MIP) Awards
- Multiple Best Paper Awards at international conferences
- Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Professor Khomh has supervised or co-supervised seven PhD students, eleven MSc students, and ten undergraduate students. Three of his PhD students were nominated for the Best PhD Thesis Award of Polytechnique Montréal, with one winning the prize for Best Computer Science and Software Engineering PhD Thesis. His research has drawn exceptional support, with over $2.5 million in research funding from diverse sources including NSERC Discovery, NSERC Discovery Supplement Award, FRQ-IVADO Research Chairs, and Mitacs. He leads the R3AI project, which received a $124.5M grant from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund to develop robust, reasoning, and responsible AI.
As the leader of the SWAT Lab, Professor Khomh directs research on software development, deployment, maintenance and evolution of AI-intensive and cloud-based software systems. He serves on the program committees and editorial boards of several top international conferences and journals in software engineering, including the Editorial Board of IEEE Software. He has held leadership positions as General co-chair of FSE 2026 and SANER 2025, and has served as program co-chair for numerous conferences including SSBSE 2024, ICPC 2019, and ICSME 2018.
