Dr. Carlos Eduardo da Silva is a Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering at the School of Computing and Digital Technologies, Sheffield Hallam University (UK), and leads the Applied Software Engineering Research Group (ASERG). His research focuses on Software Engineering's intersection with Information Security, emphasizing self-adaptive systems, AI planning, service-orientation, and secure-by-design methodologies. He has led projects in smart cities, IoT applications, and cloud computing, including consultancy for SMEs in the Sheffield City Region through the Digital Innovation for Growth (DIfG) programme. Education: PhD in Computer Science (University of Kent, 2011), MSc in Systems & Computing (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, 2007), BSc in Computer Science (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, 2005). Research Interests: Self-adaptive systems, business process engineering, digital identity management, insider threat detection, and secure software development. Current work includes AI-driven drug discovery, IoT-based fraud detection systems, and process mining for business process visualization. Teaching: Teaches modules like Secure Software Engineering, Software Architecture, and Professional Software Projects across undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Computer Science and Software Engineering. Supervises final-year projects and apprenticeship programs. Professional Activities: Member of RNP's Identity Management Technical Committee and Brazilian Computer Society's Security SIG. Former General Chair of SBSeg 2018 and reviewer for journals like Systems and Software and conferences like WBCI. Key Projects: Led ASERG's Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Cafeology for coffee roasting process systems. Developed a data space infrastructure for the Landscape Laboratory initiative, supporting interdisciplinary environmental research.










