Wohlin, Claes

Biography

"Claes Wohlin is Professor of Software Engineering at Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden. He is Dean for the Faculty of Computing from January 1, 2014. In 2011, Claes Wohlin was elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Claes Wohlin has previously served as Pro Vice Chancellor for six years (2004-2010) and the first Dean of Undergraduate and Graduate Education at Blekinge Institute of Technology in 2002. Prior to joining BTH in 2000 he held professor chairs at Linköping (appointed in 1997) and Lund (appointed in 1998) Universities. The chair at Linköping University was the first professorship in Sweden focused on large-scale software development (i.e. software engineering). He has held a Visiting Professor position at Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg (2005-2008), been a Professorial Visiting Fellow at University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia (2009-2011) and a Guest Professor at Shandong University at Weihai in China (2013-2016). Furthermore, he has five years of industrial experience and continues to work very closely with industry while being in academia, including both research collaborations and consultancy services."

Research Interest

empirical methods in software engineering, software metrics, software quality, requirements engineering and systematic learning and improvement in software engineering.