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D. Paul Ralph, PhD (British Columbia), B.Sc. / B.Comm (Memorial), is an award-winning scientist, author, consultant, professor of software engineering and director of the Dalhousie Software Engineering Lab. His cutting-edge research at the intersection of software engineering, human-computer interaction, and project management investigates how to improve the environmental, social, economic, and technical sustainability of software development. Dr. Ralph’s previous research has been published in over 100 peer-reviewed articles in premier venues including IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering and the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering and used by leading companies including Adobe, Amazon, AT&T, Broadcom, Canon, IBM, Google, HP, Microsoft, Netflix, Oracle, PayPal, Samsung, Salesforce, Yahoo!, and Walmart. Dr. Ralph is also editor-in-chief of the SIGSOFT Empirical Standards for Software Engineering Research. He is among the world’s top 25 software engineering researchers according to objective metrics-based ranking systems CSRankings and ScholarGPS. 

Dr. Ralph recently published Sustainable Dual-Track Development, a technical book that aims to reconcile user-centred design, agile methods, and sustainable development by advancing a “dual-track” project organization structure. It represents the most significant evolution of software development methods in almost 20 years.

Prof. Ralph is currently hiring Postdoctoral Fellows and PhD Students. Please review the opportunities page for details.