PUCRS  
  R A F A E L      P R I K L A D N I C K I  
 
 
      
 
HIGHLIGHTS
  - Associate Professor, PUCRS, Brazil, 2004 - present
  - Former Director at TECNOPUC (PUCRS's Science and Technology Park), Dec/2013 - Nov/2020
  - Former Director at Technology Management Agency at PUCRS, Dec/2010 - Nov/20213
  - Teaches Entrepreneurship, Agile Methods, Remote Work, Project Mgt, Digital Transformation, Software Engineering
  - Consultant in Agile Methods, Remote Work, Project Management, Process Improvement
  - Angel investor
  - Business partnert at ABO Academy
  - Project Management Professional (PMP), 2005
  - Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), 2011
  - Certified Scrum Master (SCM), 2012
  - Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM), 2020
  - H-Index = 38 (Google Scholar, Aug 2022). Citations have increased by 85% from Aug 2018 to Aug 2022
  - Most cited Brazilian in his two main areas of research (Google Scholar): global software engineering (4th overall) and agile software development (8th overall)
  - Listed as one of the most active researchers in Software Engineering between 2010-2020 in two articles published in the Journal of Systems and Software (JSS) in 2019 and 2021
  - Advisory Board Chair - IEEE Software Magazine, 2016-2020
  - Voice of Evidence editor - IEEE Software Magazine, 2014-2016
  - Advisory Board Member - IEEE Software Magazine
  - Editorial Board Member - Empirical Software Engineering Journal
  - Founding Member of the Agile Alliance Brazil, 2013
  - General Chair of Agile Brazil 2010 in Porto Alegre, Brazil
  - General Chair of ICGSE (International Conference on Global Software Engineering) 2012 in Porto Alegre, Brazil
  - General Co-Chair of ICSE (International Conference on Software Engineering) 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Guest editor
  - IEEE Software - special issue on Developing your Software Engineering Career, 2023
  - IEEE Software - special issue on the Future of Software Engineering, 2015
  - Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society - ISSN 0104-6500 - special issue on Global Software Engineering
  - Empirical Software Engineering Journal - ISSN 1382-3256 - special issue on Qualitative Research in Software Engineering
  - Infocomp - ISSN 1807-4545 - special issue on Distributed Software Development (WDDS 2009 best papers)
  - Infocomp - ISSN 1807-4545 - special issue on Sociotechnical aspects of Software Engineering (WOSES 2009 best papers)
  - Infocomp - ISSN 1807-4545 - special issue on Distributed Software Development (WDDS 2007-2008 best papers)
  - Scientia - ISSN 0104-1770 - special issue on Sociotechnical aspects of Soft Eng (WOSES 2008 best papers)
  - Scientia - ISSN 0104-1770 - special issue on Sociotechnical aspects of Soft Eng (WOSES 2005-07 best papers)
Books
  Distributed Software Development, in Portuguese
  Jorge Audy, Rafael Prikladnicki
  Campus/Elsevier, 2007
 
  Project Planning and Management, in Portuguese
  Afonso Inácio Orth, Rafael Prikladnicki
  ediPUCRS, 2009
 
  Agility Across Time and Space (Book Chapter)
  Rafael Prikladnicki, Daniel Wildt
  Springer, 2010
 
  Agile Methods, in Portuguese
  Rafael Prikladnicki, Renato Willi, Fabiano Milani
  Bookman, 2014
 
  Agile Inclusive Accelerator
  Nelice Heck, Patricia Knebel, Rafael Prikladnicki
  2020
 
  Fundamentals of Software Startups
  Anh Nguyen-Duc, Jürgen Münch, Rafael Prikladnicki, Xiaofeng Wang, Pekka Abrahamsson
  Springer, 2021
Awards
  - CNPq Researcher Fellowship, level 1D, since 2019
  - CNPq Researcher Fellowship, level 2, 2013-2018
  - Software Startup Research Network Senior Researcher Award, 2018
  - Best paper of the Brazilian Workshop on Agile Methods (WBMA), 2016
  - PhD Innovation Award - Best PhD thesis of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS), 2011
  - Among the best projects of the year, Braziliam Program on Software Quality and Productivity (PBQP-SW), 2009
  - Dorgival Brandão Junior Annual Prize - one of the best projects of the year (PBQP-SW), 2008
  - Among the three best papers of WDDS 2008
  - Among the three best papers of WDDS 2007
  - Among the best projects of the year, Braziliam Program on Software Quality and Productivity (PBQP-SW), 2007
  - Among the best projects of the year, Braziliam Program on Software Quality and Productivity (PBQP-SW), 2006
  - Among the best papers of WOSES 2006
  - Among the best projects of the year, Braziliam Program on Software Quality and Productivity (PBQP-SW), 2005
  - AIS Award for Innovation in Information Systems Education, 2004
Steering committee member
  - ICSE - International Conference on Software Engineering, since 2022
  - ICGSE - International Conference on Global Software Engineering, 2010-2015
  - Workshop on Sociotechnical Aspects of Software Engineering (WOSES), 2010
  - Brazilian Workshop on Distributed Software Development (WDDS), 2010
  - Workshop on Sociotechnical Aspects of Software Engineering (WOSES), 2009
  - Brazilian Workshop on Distributed Software Development (WDDS), 2009
  - Workshop on Sociotechnical Aspects of Software Engineering (WOSES), 2008
  - Brazilian Workshop on Distributed Software Development (WDDS), 2008
  - Workshop on Sociotechnical Aspects of Software Engineering (WOSES), 2007
  - Brazilian Workshop on Distributed Software Development (WDDS), 2007
  - Workshop on Sociotechnical Aspects of Software Engineering (WOSES), 2006
Chair
  - General Co-Chair of ICSE, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2026
  - PC Co-Chair of the Technical Track of EASE - Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, 2022
  - PC Co-Chair of the Technical Track of SBES - Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering, 2019
  - General Chair of ICGSE (International Conference on Global Software Engineering), 2012
  - PC Co-Chair of the ICSE - SCORE - Student Contest on Software Engineering, 2018
  - Industry Track Chair of CBSoft - Brazilian Conference on Software, Salvador, September 27th 2010
  - Agile Brazil - Brazilian Conference on Agile Methodologies for Software Development, Porto Alegre, June 22-25, 2010
  - Workshops and Tutorials Co-Chair of the Fifth International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE), 2010
  - Program Chair of the Fifth Workshop on Sociotechnical Aspects of Software Engineering (WOSES), 2009
  - General Chair of the Third Brazilian Workshop on Distributed Software Development (WDDS), 2009
  - General Chair of the Fourth Workshop on Sociotechnical Aspects of Software Engineering (WOSES), 2008
  - Posters Chair of the Third International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE), 2008
Academic degrees and exchange visits
  - PhD in Computer Science, PUCRS, Brazil, 2005-2009
     - Patterns of evolution in the practice of DSD within Internal Offshoring environments: a Capability Model
  - M. Sc. Computer Science, PUCRS, Brazil, 2003
     - A Reference Model for Distributed Software Development
  - B. Sc. Computer Science, PUCRS, Brazil, 2001
  - Visiting researcher, 2021-2023, University of California, Irvine, host Dr. Andre Van der Hoek
  - Visiting researcher, 2007-2008, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, host Dr. Daniela Damian
  - Visiting researcher, 2006, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, host Dr. Daniela Damian
Publications
  - Main publications are available at the DBLP Library.
  - Google scholar
CV Lattes
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     E-mail:
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August 2022
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