Following the Proposal defense session with Dr. Razzazi , Dr. Paydar and Dr. Araban on the 15th of September, Ms. Maryam Kouli’s Proposal defense (Ph.D.): “A new feature-based method for detecting design patterns in source code using the signatures of design patterns” has been approved. We would like to congratulate Ms. Maryam Kouli and wish her success in the future.