Alvine Boaye Belle is an Assistant Professor at York university (Toronto). She was born in Cameroon (Africa). She holds a Ph.D. in software engineering from University of Quebec (Ecole de Technologie Superieure). She has completed a 2-year industrial Postdoc in software engineering at the University of Ottawa under the supervision of Professor Timothy Lethbridge. She has also worked as a scientist for the federal public service while completing a graduate diploma in public administration and governance at McGill university. Her research interests include: software maintenance and evolution, optimization, NLP (natural language processing), system assurance (assurance cases), artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cultural awareness in information systems.