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Our deans, professors and studio chairs have shipped the software you already use — banking cores, health platforms, agentic products, mobile apps used by millions. They now teach the next generation to build even better.

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Faculty of AI Software Engineering

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Prof. Aurélien Mercier

Dean, Faculty of AI Software Engineering

Distributed systems, enterprise architecture

Aurélien leads the faculty that trains engineers to build the load-bearing software of the AI era. Before IASE he architected transactional platforms serving three of Europe's largest banks and one national health system, and he chairs the institute's Reliability & Cost review board.

"Software that carries a bank, a hospital or a plane home is not a hobby. It is a discipline."
Teaches 3 courses
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Dr. Priya Raghunathan

Professor of SaaS Engineering

Multi-tenant systems, growth engineering

Priya shipped four venture-backed SaaS products before turning to teaching. Her studio at IASE has helped more than 180 students launch paying SaaS businesses in the last two cohorts alone.

"A SaaS product is a promise renewed every month. Engineering is how you keep it."
Teaches 3 courses
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Prof. Kwame Boateng

Chair, School of Mobile Engineering

Cross-platform mobile, on-device AI

Kwame's apps have collectively shipped to more than 40 million devices across Africa, Europe and Latin America. He teaches the craft of small screens with the discipline of enterprise systems.

"The phone is the most intimate computer ever built. Design for it accordingly."
Teaches 3 courses
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Dr. Helena Vásquez

Professor of Cloud & Platform Engineering

Platform engineering, FinOps

Helena built and ran a three-region Kubernetes platform serving twelve product teams before joining IASE. Her students graduate with production-grade platforms they can hand a Fortune 500 SRE org.

"Platforms are products. Treat your engineers as customers."
Teaches 3 courses
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