He obtained his M.Sc. (2002) and Ph.D. degree (2006) in Computer Science from the University of Antwerp, Belgium. His main research interests are software evolution, program comprehension, mining software repositories and software testing. He was the general chair of the 15th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE 2008) held in Antwerp, Belgium, program co-chair of WCRE 2009 held in Lille, France and program co-chair of VISSOFT 2014 held in Victoria, BC, Canada. In 2013 Andy Zaidman was the laureate of a NWO Vidi career grant.