Biography
Raghu S. Sangwan holds a Ph.D. in Computer and Information Sciences from Temple University and joined Penn State in 2003 after more than seven years in industry working on large software‑intensive systems in healthcare, automation, transportation, and mining.
His work focuses on architecture‑driven engineering of large‑scale systems and AI engineering—designing intelligent systems that are safe, secure, and trustworthy. Sangwan actively collaborates with industry, consulting for Siemens Corporate Technology and serving as a visiting scientist at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute. He teaches and coaches engineers and project leaders worldwide, mentors entrepreneurial teams, and instructs in the NSF I‑Corps Hub: Mid‑Atlantic Region.
He is an IEEE Distinguished Contributor and senior member of ACM, committed to helping organizations leverage emerging technologies to solve complex business challenges.
Awards
- 2025 Faculty Service Award, School of Graduate Professional Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
- 2021 IEEE Distinguished Contributor Award, IEEE Computer Society
- 2020 Faculty Teaching Award, School of Graduate Professional Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
- 2009 PROSE Award (Contributing author to the text "Software & Systems Requirements Engineering In Practice" that received a finalist/honorable mention in the Computing & Information category)
- 2008 Faculty Research and Scholarship Award, School of Graduate Professional Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
Research Interests
- Architecture-Driven Engineering
- AI Engineering
Publications
Selected Publications
H. Deokuliar, R. S. Sangwan, Y. Badr, and S. M. Srinivasan, “Improving Testing of Deep-Learning Systems,” in Communications of the ACM, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 44–48, March 2024, https://doi.org/10.1145/3633311.
S. Suryanarayana, R. S. Sangwan, S. M. Srinivasan and Y. Badr, "Improving Safety of AI Systems," in IEEE Reliability Magazine, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 51-58, Dec. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1109/MRL.2024.3473848.
Sangwan, R. S., Badr, Y., & Srinivasan, S. M. (2023). "Cybersecurity for AI Systems: A Survey." Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy, 3(2), 166 - 190.
Deokuliar, H., Sangwan, R. S., Badr, Y., & Srinivasan, S. M. (2023). "Improving Testing of Deep-learning Systems: A combination of differential and mutation testing results in better test data." ACM Queue, 21(5), 54-65.
Sangwan, Raghvinder S., Kathryn W. Jablokow, and Joanna F. Defranco. “Asynchronous Collaboration: Bridging the Cognitive Distance in Global Software Development Projects.” IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 63, no. 4 (2020): 361–71. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpc.2020.3029674.
Sangwan, Raghvinder S, Ashkan Negahban, Robert L. Nord, and Ipek Ozkaya. “Optimization of Software Release Planning Considering Architectural Dependencies, Cost, and Value.” IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2020.3020013.
Neill, Colin J., Raghvinder S. Sangwan, and Nil H. Ergin. “A Prescriptive Approach to Lifetime Value-focused System Architecture.” IEEE Systems 99 (2017): 1 – 12.
Srinivasan, Satish M. and Raghvinder S. Sangwan. "Web app security: A comparison and categorization of testing frameworks." IEEE Software 34, no. 1 (2017): 99 – 102.
Nord, Robert L., Ipek Ozkaya, and Raghvinder S. Sangwan. "Making Architecture Visible to Improve Flow Management in Lean Software Development." IEEE Software 29, no. 5 (2012): 33 – 39.
Sangwan, Raghvinder S., Li-Ping Lin, and Colin J. Neill. "Structural Complexity in Architecture-Centric Software Evolution." IEEE Computer 41, no. 10 (2008): 96 – 99.
Sangwan, Raghvinder S., Pamela Vercellone-Smith, and Philip Laplante. "Structural Epochs in the Complexity of Software over Time." IEEE Software 4 no. 25 (2008): 66 – 73.
Sangwan, Raghvinder S., Colin J. Neill, Zakaria El Houda, and Mathew Bass. "Integrating Software Architecture-Centric Methods into Object-Oriented Analysis and Design." Journal of Systems and Software 81, no. 5 (2008): 727 – 746.
Ozkaya, Ipek, Len Bass, Raghvinder S. Sangwan, and Robert L. Nord. "Making Practical Use of Quality Attribute Information." IEEE Software 25, no. 2 (2008): 25 – 33.
Sangwan, Raghvinder S. and Colin J. Neill. "How Business Goals Drive Architectural Design." IEEE Computer 40, no. 8 (2007): 85 – 87.
Education
- B.Sc., Haryana Agricultural University
- M.Sc., Indian Agricultural Research Institute
- M.S., West Chester University
- Ph.D., Temple University