Miriam Capretz Ph.d., P.eng
Professor
Department of Computer Engineering
University of Western Ontario
Canada
Biography
Dr. M. Capretz (Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Durham, England (1992)). Dr. M. Capretz is the Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Engineering and a Professor of Software Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Western University. She was an Associate Vice-Provost (Acting), Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies from July 2015 to June 2016. She has also taken the role of Associate Dean (Acting) Research and Graduate in the Faculty of Engineering from July 2010 to June 2011 and Associate Chair Graduate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from July 2008 to June 2013. Prior to joining Western University, Dr. M. Capretz was an Assistant Professor in the Software Engineering Laboratory at the University of Aizu (Japan). Dr. M. Capretz has been involved with software development and research and teaching in software engineering for more than 30 years. Among her industry experience, she worked as a software engineer from 1984 to 1988 at Technological Center for Informatics-CTI in Campinas/SP, Brazil; and from 1981 to 1984, she was a systems analyst at a computer company in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Dr. M. Capretz is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). She is also an Associate Scientist with the Lawson Health Research Institute.
Research Interest
Software Engineering, Software Maintenance and Evolution, Service-Oriented Architecture, Web-based Systems, Web-enabled Applications and Services, Business Process Management, Data Management, Health Informatics, Cloud Computing
Publications
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Higashino WA, Capretz MA, Toledo MB, Bittencourt LF. A hybrid particle swarm optimisation-genetic algorithm applied to grid scheduling. International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing. 2016;7(2):113-29.
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Higashino WA, Capretz MA, Bittencourt LF. CEPSim: Modelling and simulation of Complex Event Processing systems in cloud environments. Future Generation Computer Systems. 2016 Dec 31;65:122-39.
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Higashino WA, Eichler C, Capretz MA, Bittencourt LF, Monteil T. Attributed Graph Rewriting for Complex Event Processing Self-Management. ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS). 2016 Sep 20;11(3):19.
