Kiev Gama

I am currently an Associate Professor at the Centro de Informática, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) - CIn/UFPE. I hold a PhD from the University of Grenoble (2011), where I also served as a teaching assistant at Grenoble INP-Ensimag (2008-2011).

Research

My original background is in Software Engineering and Distributed Systems, with part my research being applied to the context of the Internet of Things and Smart Cities. I coordinate a research group on those topics. More recently I have also been involved on research involving broader topics such as collaborative work, diversity and inclusion in the contexts of software engineering, education and open innovation. These research topics gained traction and we have what we call an advanced research cell.

I recently started an endeavor in understanding the struggles of neurodivergent (ADHD and Autistic) software developers, with some preliminary results to share:

Kiev Gama, Grischa Liebel, Miguel Goulão, Aline Lacerda, Cristiana Lacerda. A Socio-Technical Grounded Theory on the Effect of Cognitive Dysfunctions in the Performance of Software Developers with ADHD and Autism, to be presented at ICSE'25 Software Engineering in Society track
Grischa Liebel, Noah Langlois, Kiev Gama. Challenges, Strengths, and Strategies of Software Engineers with ADHD: A Case Study, presented at ICSE'24 Software Engineering in Society track
Kiev Gama, Aline Lacerda. Understanding and Supporting Neurodiverse Software Developers in Agile Teams, presented at SBES'23 Innovative Ideas and Emerging Results track

Service

Together with my colleague Vinicius Garcia, I am the co-chair of the 16th Brazilian Conference on Software: Practice and Theory (CBSoft), which will be held in our city, Recife, in September 2025.
I am part of the program committe of the Software Engineering and Society (SEIS) track at ICSE'25 as well as in other sattelite events and workshops (ICPC, CSEE&T, Designing and SERP4IoT). I joined the organizing committee of the 2025 edition of the Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE 2025) as a social media co-chair.
In 2024, I served as co-chair of ICSE's Software Engineering Education and Training track (ICSE2024-SEET). I am serving also as co-chair of the Experience Reports Track in EduComp'23, EduComp'24 and EduComp'25 editions, the Brazilian conference in Computer Science Education, where I served as a program committe member in 2021 and meta reviewer in 2022. I was the conference chair of the 6th International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons and Game Creation Events (ICGJ'21) and Education Track co-chair of the 35th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES'21). I have been serving program committee member of international events such as ICPC2024, EASE2024, EASE2023, ICSE2023-SEET and in national workshops and conferences such as the Brazilian Symposium in Software Engineering (SBES), the Brazilian Symposium in Software Achitecture and Reuse (SBCARS) and the Workshop in Informatics Education (WEI).

Most of my academic publications are indexed in the DBLP database

Links to profiles in other sites

My professional profile on LinkedIn
My academic profile on Google Scholar
Lattes CV (in portuguese) - the official resumé format of the Brazilian National Council of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq)