Jonathan Bell
Associate Professor
- Software engineering
- Program analysis
- Automated approaches to help developers write better software
- PhD in Computer Science, Columbia University
- MPhil in Computer Science, Columbia University
- MS in Computer Science, Columbia University
- BS in Computer Science, Columbia University
Jonathan Bell is an associate professor in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, based in Boston. He is a member of the Programming Research Laboratory.
Until 2020, Bell was an assistant professor of computer science at George Mason University. He is broadly interested in automated approaches to help developers write better software. His research is in the software engineering and program analysis space, with some work in improving software testing.
Most of Bell's recent works target programs written in Java and JavaScript. He has made open-source contributions to tools like Apache Maven and the Pit mutation testing framework. Bell has also received multiple awards in his field, including an NSF CAREER Award, the George Mason University Teacher of Distinction, and the Dahl-Nygaard Junior Prize.