Diego Damasceno Costa, Concordia University

Research

Breaking changes Code Reuse Dependency Management Mining Software Repositories Open Source Libraries Security Vulnerabilities Software bots Software Ecosystems

Latest funding

Proactive Dependency Management in Software Ecosystems
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$72,000
Proactive Dependency Management in Software Ecosystems
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 2 grants and awards

Proactive Dependency Management in Software Ecosystems

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Damasceno Costa, Diego Elias

Keywords: dependency management; software ecosystems; mining software repositories; software engineering; software quality; security vulnerabilities; breaking changes; open source libraries; code reuse; software bots

$72,000

Proactive Dependency Management in Software Ecosystems

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Damasceno Costa, Diego Elias

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Breaking changes Dear Professor Damasceno Costa, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on breaking changes connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Proactive Dependency Management in Software Ecosystems" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]