Safwat Hassan

Safwat Hassan is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information. He holds a PhD from Queen’s University and has over a decade of industry experience in software engineering roles at companies like the Egyptian Space Agency, Hewlett Packard, Vodafone, and Etisalat. His research focuses on analyzing mobile apps, user-developer interactions, and improving app store quality through techniques like review analysis and release engineering.

Education: PhD (Software Analysis and Intelligence Lab, Queen’s University), MSc & BSc (Helwan University). Certifications include Sun Certified Java Programmer and OMG-Certified UML Professional.

Research interests span Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Computing, Software Engineering, and User-Centric Design. Recent work explores Large Language Model (LLM) applications in mobile apps, performance bug prediction, and competitive analysis of app features.

Current teaching includes INF1341H: System Analysis and Process Innovation. Supervises graduate students Sara Ibrahim Al Hajj Ibrahim and Buthayna AlMulla. Active in open-source Android analysis and CI/CD configuration studies.