Rafael Lotufo, B. Eng.

PhD Student

I'm currently a PhD student at the University of Waterloo. I have a strong background in software development and software project management. I've spent the 6 previous years to my PhD studies in the industry working as a software engineer and later as a project manager. For more details see my complete resume.

Interests: Feature modelling, feature driven development, traceability, software product lines, project management, lean/agile software development.

Academic Degrees

  • B. Eng. Computing Engineering, Electrical & Computing Engineering, UNICAMP

Projects

Professional background

  • I have over 6 years working experience with software development, delivering critical customized J2EE applications for companies such as VALE, Petrobras, Apple, Bank Boston, Johnson & Johnson, International Engines and 3M
  • Of these 6 years, 4 years I have been working as a team leader
  • For more details and references, please consult my LinkedIn profile
profile for rafalotufo at Stack Overflow, Q&A for professional and enthusiast programmers

Courses taken

  • Winter 2010: Persuasive Tecnologies
  • Winter 2010: Model based Software Engineering
  • Fall 2010: CS860: Advanced Topics in Algorithms and Complexity: Search Engines, from Design to Implementation
  • Spring 2009: CS689 - Machine Learning
  • Winter 2009: CS842 - Topics in Software Evolution and Design
    • Study on the evolution of complexity of the Linux kernel configuration.
    • Critique on On Finding Duplication and Near-Duplication in Large Software Systems, Brenda S. Baker, Proc. of the 1995 Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE-95), Toronto, Ontario, July 1995.
    • Critique on Software Aging, David Parnas, Proc. of 1994 Intl. Conf. on Software Engineering (ICSE-94), Sorrento, Italy, 1994.
  • Fall 2009: ECE750 T15 - Algorithm and Data Structures
  • Fall 2009: ECE750 T17 - Data and Knowledge Modeling and Analysis

Development

  • I've created a Chrome extension to quickly access publications from home, using the University of Waterloo proxy.
  • I have a personal blog on tech-related topics.

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Publications

2012
Lotufo, R., L. Passos, and K. Czarnecki, "Towards Improving Bug Tracking Systems with Game Mechanisms", MSR, no. GSDLAB–TR 2011–09–29, Waterloo, GSD Lab, University of Waterloo, 06/2012. [pdf][zip]
2011
She, S., R. Lotufo, T. Berger, A. Wąsowski, and K. Czarnecki, "Reverse Engineering Feature Models", ICSE 2011, 2011. [pdf][pdf]
2010
Lotufo, R., S. She, T. Berger, A. Wasowski, and K. Czarnecki, "Evolution of the Linux Kernel Variability Model", Software Product Line Conference, 09/2010. [pdf][pdf]
Berger, T., S. She, R. Lotufo, A. Wasowski, and K. Czarnecki, "Variability Modeling in the Real: A Perspective from the Operating Systems Domain", 25th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, 09/2010. [pdf][pdf]
Berger, T., S. She, R. Lotufo, K. Czarnecki, and A. Wąsowski, "Feature-to-Code Mapping in Two Large Product Lines", Software Product Lines: Going Beyond, vol. 6287: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, pp. 498-499, 2010. [pdf]
She, S., R. Lotufo, T. Berger, A. Wasowski, and K. Czarnecki, "Variability Model of the Linux Kernel", Fourth International Workshop on Variability Modeling of Software-intensive Systems (VaMoS 2010), Linz, Austria, 2010. [pdf]
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People in the lab are very enthusiastic about what they do. The environment is very stimulating and soon you realize that most of the limits are those in your head.

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