Yael van Dok

Short Bio

After several years of working in industry, I started at SEG in November 2022 as a teaching and research assistant. After assisting in Programming 2 and being involved in course preparations for both Compiler Construction and Software Engineering, my focus shifted to research and organisational work for the group.

Research Activities

I take part in ongoing research efforts in the context of the research project Merge++. In said context, I completed my Bachelor’s Thesis in 2023 and subsequently published my first paper Towards Semi-Automated Merge Conflict Resolution: Is It Easier Than We Expected? based on that work at EASE 2024. The paper received a Distinguished Paper Award.

Web Master

In addition to my research activities, I am SEG’s web master. I am in charge of the group’s website, and I am the Web Chair of the International Software Engineering Winter School on Hybrid and Generative Intelligence and, more recently, of the Software Engineering 2026 conference, which will take place in February 2026 here in Bern.

Other Activities

I volunteered at ICST 2025 in March 2025.

Apart from my work, I am a Master Student enrolled in the JMCS Study Program.