JOANNA F. DeFRANCO earned her Ph.D. in computer and information science from New Jersey Institute of Technology, an M.S. in computer engineering from Villanova University, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Math from Penn State University. She is an Associate Professor of Software Engineering and the Associate Director of the Doctor of Engineering program at The Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests Software Engineering, Critical AI Systems, and Technical Teams. Dr. DeFranco is a senior member of the IEEE. She is Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Computer magazine as well as the IoT column editor and Fundamental Computing area editor. She is on the editorial boards of Security and Privacy Magazine and IEEE Transactions on Reliability and serves on the Administrative Committee for the IEEE Reliability Society.
JOANNA F. DeFRANCO earned her Ph.D. in computer and information science from New Jersey Institute of Technology, an M.S. in computer engineering from Villanova University, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Math from Penn State University. She is an Associate Professor of Software Engineering and the Associate Director of the Doctor of Engineering program at The Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests Software Engineering, Critical AI Systems, and Technical Teams. Dr. DeFranco is a senior member of the IEEE. She is Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Computer magazine as well as the IoT column editor and Fundamental Computing area editor. She is on the editorial boards of Security and Privacy Magazine and IEEE Transactions on Reliability and serves on the Administrative Committee for the IEEE Reliability Society.