Professor of Software Engineering as faculty of the Department of Informatics at PUC-Rio, Dr. Kalinowski works in the Software Engineering Laboratory, where he coordinates the research group in Experimental and Applied Software Engineering. Dr. Kalinowski has a PhD and MSc in Systems Engineering and Computing from COPPE/UFRJ, with emphasis in Experimental Software Engineering and Software Quality, and more than 10 years of practical experience working in the software industry (as developer, manager, consultant and director). He was a member of the technical team of the MPS.BR initiative from 2008 to 2015. As lead evaluator of MPS.BR, he has assessed software processes of dozens of Brazilian companies. His research focuses on the solution of problems relevant to the software industry or to society as a whole. He has published regularly in international journals and renowned conferences

(e.g., Empirical Software Engineering Journal, IEEE Software, ICSE, ASE, ESEM, EASE) and has received several best paper awards. He is a member of the editorial board of one of the leading journals in his field, Journal of Systems and Software, and has been frequently invited to be in program committees and/or organizing committees of some of the most important conferences in his field, such as ESF, ESEM, EASE, SEAA, PROFES and several others. He is also a member of ISERN (International Software Engineering Research Network), the main international scientific community in the field of Experimental Software Engineering, where he represents PUC-Rio, and has several partnerships with international research groups and coordinates research projects inside and outside of the country. These projects are financed both by funding agencies and by companies that seek excellence in their operations.