Associate ProfessorMiguel Morales

Miguel has a PhD in Computer Science from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He worked as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Science at UNAM (2010-2017). In parallel, he spent several years working in the industry as Business Analyst, SQA, and Project and Product Manager. He founded and directed a software startup until 2017 when he joined the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at the University of Canterbury.

He has been a member of such major standardization bodies as the Object Management Group and the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 Software and Systems Engineering subcommittee. He is also involved as a reviewer for international journals and conferences.

Miguel’s main research area is Software Quality, particularly, software process improvement and product management. Miguel’s most recent research line has been focused on Gamification in Computer Science and Software Engineering education. He is also interested in IT Project Management, Sustainability, and Databases.