Abhik received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 2000. His research interests are in software testing, program analysis, and trustworthy software, with specific focus on software for real-time embedded systems. Abhik’s research has been recognized by various awards and honors including ACM Distinguished Speaker (2013-16), ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award (from SIGSOFT FSE 2009) and IBM Faculty Award (2008). His research has been funded by various agencies including Ministry of Education, A*STAR and Defense Research and Technology Office DRTech. He has served in program committees and organizing committees of at least fifty conferences in software engineering and embedded systems