Welcome to the Sustainable Systems and Methods (SSM) Lab. We’re a research lab at the Department of Computing and Software (CAS) of the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University, Canada.
- AI and machine learning
- Digital twins
- Model-driven engineering
- Sustainable systems
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$${\color{red}ACM \space SIGSOFT \space Distinguished \space Paper \space Award}$$ 🔥 "Complex Model Transformations by Reinforcement Learning with Uncertain Human Guidance" by 👤K. Dagenais and 👤I. David. 2025. Accepted for MODELS'25. 📄 [Preprint] - "AI Simulation by Digital Twins: Systematic Survey, Reference Framework, and Mapping to a Standardized Architecture" by 👤X. Liu and 👤I. David. SoSyM. 2025. 📄10.1007/s10270-025-01306-0 [Preprint]
- "On the Utility of Domain Modeling Assistance with Large Language Models" by M. Ben Chaaben, L. Burgueño, 👤I. David, and H. Sahraoui. TOSEM. 2025. 📄 10.1145/3744920 [Preprint]
- "Opinion-Guided Reinforcement Learning" by 👤K. Dagenais and 👤I. David. 2024. 📄[Tech. rep.]
- "Screening Articles for Systematic Reviews with ChatGPT" by E. Syriani, 👤I. David, G. Kumar. COLA. 2024. 📄10.1016/j.cola.2024.101287 [Preprint]
- "Bridging the Silos of Digitalization and Sustainability by Twin Transition: A Multivocal Literature Review" by 👤B. Shajari, 👤I. David. ICT4S. 2025. 📄 10.1109/ICT4S68164.2025.00012 [Preprint]
- "SusDevOps: Promoting Sustainability to a First Principle in Software Delivery" by 👤I. David. ICSE-NIER. 2025. 📄 10.1109/ICSE-NIER66352.2025.00027 [Preprint]
- "Participatory and Collaborative Modeling of Sustainable Systems: A Systematic Review" by R. Manellanga, 👤I. David. MODELS-C. 2024. 📄10.1145/3652620.3688557 [Preprint]
- "Circular Systems Engineering" by 👤I. David, D. Bork, and G. Kappel. SoSyM. 2024. 📄10.1007/s10270-024-01154-4 [Preprint]
- "The Role of Modeling in the Analysis and Design of Sustainable Systems: A Panel Report" by D. Bork, 👤I. David, S. Espana, G. Guizzardi, H. Proper, I. Reinhartz-Berger. CAIS. 2024. 📄10.17705/1CAIS.05434 [Preprint]
- "Engineering Automotive Digital Twins on Standardized Architectures: A Case Study" by S. Ramdhan, W. Trandinh, 👤I. David, V. Pantelic, and M. Lawford. MODELS/EDTConf. 2025. 📄 [Preprint]
- "Driving Requirements Evolution by Engineers' Opinions" by 👤K. Dagenais, 👤I. David. MODELS-C. 2024. 📄 10.1145/3652620.3688566 [Preprint]
- "Towards Model Repair by Human Opinion-Guided Reinforcement Learning" by 👤K. Dagenais. MODELS-C. 2024. 📄 10.1145/3652620.3676878 [Preprint]
- "Automated Inference of Simulators in Digital Twins" by 👤I. David and E. Syriani. Handbook of Digital Twins. Chapter 8. 2024. 📄10.1201/9781003425724-11 [Preprint]
