Patricia Lago

Patricia Lago is a Full Professor of Software Engineering at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), leading the Software and Sustainability (S2) research group in the Computer Science Department. She directs the VU Digital Sustainability Center (DiSC) and has pioneered initiatives like the Green Lab, fostering collaboration between academia and industry to address software sustainability. Her roles include director of the Master of Information Sciences and co-founder of the Green IT Master’s track.

Her research focuses on software architecture, sustainability, energy efficiency, and ethical software design. She chairs the ICT4S conference and serves on steering committees for IEEE ICSA and ECSA. Key projects include Innoguard (Hybrid Intelligence for Cyber-Physical Systems) and uDevOps (Microservice Quality Assurance).

Awards include Best Paper Awards (2016, 2019, 2022) and the Distinguished Open Artifact Award (2024). She contributes to journals like IEEE Software and Journal of Systems and Software, emphasizing sustainability and ethical practices in software engineering.