Kaden Stevenson of Flint looked like any other kid having a great day when he recently drove a Spider-Man Power Wheels car in front of the William S. White Building at the University of Michigan-Flint.

The University of Michigan Board of Regents unanimously approved the construction of a new facility at UM-Flint on March 23, 2023. The facility will serve as the auxiliary building of UM-Flint’s College of Innovation & Technology (CIT), which currently operates out of the William R. Murchie Science Building.

Dr. Thiago Ferreira, Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan - Flint, visited (virtually) the CIS Department and gave a research seminar on a preference-based framework for reducing the number of objectives in variability testing of software product line.

Thiago Ferreira is beginning his first year as an Assistant Professor of Information Technology & Informatics in UM-Flint's College of Innovation and Technology. Ferreira has most recently held academic appointments (postdoctoral fellow and intermittent lecturer) at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He investigates software refactoring, which is the restructuring of source code for the purpose of improving software quality. Continue reading to learn more about Ferreira and his fascination with technology.