Faculty

Banani Roy

Associate Professor

Dr. Banani Roy is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan and the Director of iSE Lab (I see lab). Her research mission is to develop tools and techniques for engineering usable software systems and to increase software developers productivity. Her details could be found at her homepage.

Current Graduate Students

I am fortunate to have the following outstanding graduate students. A few of them are co-supervised with Dr. Kevin Schneider and Dr. Chanchal Roy.

Sristy S. Nath

Postdoctoral Fellow

Thesis/Project Title: Humanizing the Release Notes Generation Process. She received the Geddes Award for her outstanding research contribution.

Khairul Alam

PHD STUDENT

Khairul Alam is a PhD student who joined the lab after completing his Master’s from the same department. His research interest is in large-scale data analysis with scientific workflows. He also works with crowdsource knowledge base (e.g., Workflow Repositories, StackOverflow) and software repositories (e.g., GitHub)to retrieve valuable insights. He develops tools and techniques to assist software developers and domain scientists.

Shamse T. Cynthia

PHD STUDENT

Shamse Tasnim Cynthia is a PhD student in the iSE Lab. She finished her Master’s from the same lab. Her research focuses on modelling adaptive user interfaces in Scientific Workflow Management Systems and investigating how preferences affect modelling in different environments, including graphical, textual, and visually guided scripting editors. She received the Geddes Award and 75th Anniversary Scholarship for her outstanding performance.

Parnian Eslamloo

PHD STUDENT

Parnian completed her Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology in Iran and has since pursued her master’s studies here at the U of S. She has a profound interest in research areas related to Natural Language Processing (NLP) and human-centric software. Her overarching goal is to harness NLP and related techniques to facilitate and enhance the interaction between humans and computers, making technology more accessible and user-friendly.

Palash Roy

Palash Ranjan Roy

PHD STUDENT

Palash is a passionate PhD student in computer science, deeply engrossed in research focused on the intersection of Software Clones and Large Language Models. In the realm of Software Clones, he tirelessly explores the intricacies of code duplication, striving to enhance code quality, reduce maintenance challenges, and uncover opportunities for innovation in software development. Simultaneously, he delves into the world of Large Language Models, harnessing their immense potential to revolutionize natural language understanding, text generation and even automate complex tasks. This dual research focus not only exemplifies his commitment to advancing both software engineering and artificial intelligence but also fuels his drive to contribute meaningfully to the dynamic realms of computer science and robotics, where these two domains often intersect in transformative ways.

Ajmain Inqiad Alam

Ajmain Inqiad Alam

PhD student

Ajmain is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan, focusing on trustworthy and sustainable software engineering. He completed his M.Sc. at the same institution, with a thesis titled “Application of Large Language Models in Code Clone: Benchmarking, Evaluation and Detection.” Ajmain earned his B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from BRAC University, Bangladesh. Professionally, he has experience as an AI Engineer in Japan. One of the work of Ajmain has received DIstinguish Paper Award at FSE 2026.

Biraj Saha Aronya

Biraj Saha Aronya

PHD Student

Biraj Saha Aronya is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. His research interests include software engineering, program comprehension, scientific workflow systems, and the application of artificial intelligence in software development. His current research focuses on improving the understandability and maintainability of scientific workflow code using AI-assisted techniques.

Tarunnyamoye Kundu

Tarunnyamoye Kundu

MSc. Student

Tarunnyamoye is a Master’s student in Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan, specializing in Software Engineering research in the era of AI. She holds a BSc in Computer Science and Engineering from Khulna University and has served as a lecturer at Sonargaon University. Throughout her academic and professional journey, she has been an advocate for women’s inclusion in STEM and sustainable computing.

Sara Milham Zaman

Sara Milham Zaman

MSC Student


Sara is a Master’s student in Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan, with a background in Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering. She completed her B.Sc. in Computer Science from BRAC University with the highest distinction and previously served as a Lecturer at Northern University Bangladesh. Her academic journey is driven by dedication, consistency, and a passion for research and continuous learning. She aims to build on this foundation to contribute to meaningful research and achieve new milestones in computer science.

Past Mentored Students

(Unofficially co-supervised as Lead Research Associate)

Golam Mostaeen

MSc. Student

Thesis/Project Title: Towards Collaborative Scientific Workflow Management System. Defended his thesis in December 2018.

Rayhan Ferdous

MSc Student

Thesis/Project Title: Workflow Provenance: from Modeling to Reporting. Defended his thesis in December 2018.

Amit Kumar Mondal

MSc Student

Towards a Reference Architecture for Cloud-Based Plant Genotyping and Phenotyping Analysis Frameworks

Graduated Students

I supervised several outstanding graduate students, some of whom received co-supervision from Dr. Kevin Schneider and Dr. Chanchal Roy. These individuals completed their studies successfully under my mentorship.

Mostafa AbediniAla

MSC CANDIDATE

Mostafa did his Msc on developing a framework for provenance analysis in real-time Collaborative Scientific Workflow Management System.

Naz Zarreen Oishie

Avijit Bhattacharjee

Thesis/Project Title: Interactive and Visual Software Analytics for Software Renovation.

Khairul Alam

PHD STUDENT

Shamse T. Cynthia

PHD STUDENT

Amit Kumar Mondal

MSc Student

Towards a Reference Architecture for Cloud-Based Plant Genotyping and Phenotyping Analysis Frameworks

Rayhan Ferdous

MSc Student

Thesis/Project Title: Workflow Provenance: from Modeling to Reporting. Defended his thesis in December 2018.

Debasish Chakroborti (Joy)

MSc (co-supervised)

Thesis/Project Title: Optimized Storing of Workflow Outputs for better Scientific Workflow. Joy defended his thesis in August 2019.

Justin Schneider

MSC STUDENT

Md Mustakim Billah

MSC STUDENT

Muhammad Mainul Hossain

PhD Graduate (co-supervised)

Md. Rayhan Islam

MSc. Student

Thesis Title: Federated Learning in Software Engineering: A Comprehensive Study on Commit Prediction and Name-based Bug Detection in Jan2024

Sahand Saed

MSc Student

Justin Schneider

USRA Research Assistant

Saumendu Roy (Saumo)

PHD STUDENT

Golam Mostaeen

MSc. Student

Thesis/Project Title: Towards Collaborative Scientific Workflow Management System. Defended his thesis in December 2018.

Kawser Wazed Nafi

PhD Candidate