About

Pratibha Padmanabhan is a skilled Graduate Research Assistant at École de technologie supérieure with a strong background in software development and research. She is currently conducting ongoing research on methods to support software development and certification for safety-critical software in line with standards such as DO178. Her expertise lies in handling highly configurable systems and software product lines, which aligns with her research on the development of highly configurable systems. Pratibha has previous experience working in the telecom domain, specifically in software development and virtualization such as Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks. She is passionate about pursuing a career that offers opportunities in software development and research. In her current role as a Graduate Research Assistant, Pratibha is pursuing research on methods to support development, testing, and certification of safety-critical systems for the avionics domain. She is well-versed with standards such as DO-178C and has a strong understanding of highly configurable systems and software product lines. Pratibha has worked as a Software Engineer at Prodapt, where she developed Python and C++ Quality Assurance tools with monitoring scripts, API handling, and client-server communication. She also has experience in infrastructure such as OpenStack, NFVO - OSM, and Tacker, operating systems like Linux, and CI/CD pipelines like SVN, GitLab, and GitRunner. Additionally, she has worked on PHP web stack open-source code enhancement and deployment in a team focused on SDN/NFV. Pratibha has also worked as a Software Developer at Ericsson, where she developed Python desktop applications using the PyQT module for the front-end and Python backend with multi-threading. She worked with PostgreSQL as the database and developed applications for client-server environments. Pratibha holds a Master of Science degree in Software Engineering from École de technologie supérieure, where she is currently pursuing her research. She also holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Engineering from Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Technology. Pratibha's tech stack includes research scientist, software engineer, testing, Python, QA, PHP, web development, frontend, and backend. With 3.68 years of relevant experience, Pratibha is a competent and skilled researcher and software developer with a passion for innovation and problem-solving.