Prof. Paul Ralph

About
Dr. D. Paul Ralph, PhD (British Columbia), B.Sc. / B.Comm (Memorial), is an award-winning scientist, author, consultant, and Professor of Software Engineering at Dalhousie University. His cutting-edge research at the intersection of software engineering, human-computer interaction, and project management explores the relationship between software teams’ social dynamics and success. It has been used by many leading technology companies including Adobe, Amazon, AT&T, Canon, Bea Systems, IBM, Google, HP, Microsoft, Netflix, PayPal, Samsung, Salesforce, VMWare, Yahoo!, and Walmart. He has published more than 80 peer-reviewed articles in premier venues including IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering and the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering.
Dr. Ralph is editor-in-chief of the SIGSOFT Empirical Standards for Software Engineering Research, the comprehensive evidence standards for software engineering research. Dr. Ralph will visit the Weizenbaum-Institut to investigate strategies for improving research quality (including rigor, usefulness, replicability, and adherence to evidence standards) by leveraging breakthroughs in open science, philosophical realism, and evidence standards.
Positions
Former Research Fellow
Research Group: Security and Transparency of Digital Processes
Fields of Research
Software engineering, sustainable design, research methods, project management, human-computer interaction