Bio
Eric Yu received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Toronto and was appointed to the Faculty of Information in 1995. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo. Previous to his career in academia he held positions in hardware, software, and services development at Bell and Nortel laboratories in Ottawa.
Professor Yu’s research interests lie in the areas of information systems analysis and design, software requirements engineering, knowledge management, and in particular the modelling of technology systems and their social contexts. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 research papers and several books. Professor Yu’s research is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
Memberships
- Co-editor for the MIT Press monograph series on Information Systems
- Associate Editor for the International Journal of Information Systems Modeling and Design
- Program Co-chair for the 27th and 33rd International Conferences on Conceptual Modeling (ER’08, ER’14)
- Serves on the editorial boards of Requirements Engineering Journal, the International Journal of Agent Oriented Software Engineering, IET Software and the Journal of Data Semantics
Awards
- Most Influential Paper Award, Towards Modelling and Reasoning Support for Early-Phase Requirements Engineering, Requirements Engineering Conference, 2007
Teaching
INF1341H System Analysis and Process Innovation 0.5 Credits
INF1342H System Requirements and Architectural Design 0.5 Credits
INF2177H Information Management and Systems 0.5 Credits
INF2183H Knowledge Management and Systems 0.5 Credits
Supervision
Current
Rohith Sothilingam
Supervisor: Eric Yu