Arie van Deursen

Arie van Deursen serves as Professor of Software Engineering at TU Delft, where he heads both the Software Engineering Research Group and the Department of Software Technology while directing the AI for Fintech Research lab, a five-year collaboration between ING and TU Delft. After earning his MSc in Computer Science from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and PhD from the University of Amsterdam, he conducted research at CWI before joining TU Delft as a professor in software engineering. His research spans software engineering, software testing, trustworthy AI, and human aspects of software engineering, with particular focus on empirical research conducted in close collaboration with industry. As scientific director of AI-for-Fintech Research, he leads initiatives involving 10 PhD students and numerous faculty members, while serving on the advisory board of ICAI and co-leading its Long Term Program on Trustworthy AI. His entrepreneurial spirit is evidenced by co-founding two successful companies: The Software Improvement Group (2000) and PerfectXL (2010). Recently elected as a Fellow of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering in 2023, he has supervised over 35 PhD students and 75 MSc students while serving as program co-chair for prestigious conferences like ICSE 2021 and ESEC/FSE 2017. Through his roles as member of the Advisory Council of IT Assessment for the Dutch government and the advisory council of ING Bank Netherlands, he continues to bridge academic innovation with practical applications in software engineering and artificial intelligence.