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Peer Review & Editorial Expertise

Member of the Editorial Board of the Information and Software Technology (IST) journal starting from May 2024

Reviewing for the Journals

  • Empirical Software Engineering
  • European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS)
  • ACM Computing Surveys
  • Journal of Systems & Software (JSS)
  • IEEE Software
  • Science of Computer Programming
  • Computer Standards & Interfaces
  • Engineering Reports
  • E-informatica Software Engineering Journal
  • PeerJ Computer Science

Membership of program committees for conferences and workshops

  • ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering - Software Engineering Education Track (FSE-SEET 2025)
  • 14th International Conference on Software Business (ICSOB 2024)
  • 25th International Conference on Agile Software Development (XP 2024)
  • Technical Track on Software management: Measurement, Peopleware and Innovation of the 50th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA 2024)
  • Track on Human Factors for Quality Software of the 17th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC 2024)
  • 14th International Conference on Software Business (ICSOB 2023)
  • 27th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE 2023)
  • Special Track on Knowledge and Natural Language Processing of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2023)
  • 13th International Conference on Software Business (ICSOB 2022)
  • Special Track on Knowledge and Natural Language Processing of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2022)
  • 12th International Conference on Software Business (ICSOB 2021)
  • International Workshop on AI-Assisted Software Development
  • 2nd Workshop on Requirement Engineering for Software startups and Emerging Technologies (RESET 2023)
  • 1st Workshop on Requirement Engineering for Software startups and Emerging Technologies (RESET 2021)

Other responsibilities

Supervision of theses

  • Supervision of the Master thesis of Linus Albert Scheibe, Master in Software Engineering, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. Title: "LEOpARD-CC: Assured Refactoring of JavaScript projects with Large Language Models." 2025.
  • Supervision of the Master thesis of Amir Jalal Mousa Altork, Master in Software Engineering, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. Title: "Motivation and Psychological Well-Being of Software Engineers using Generative AI." 2025.
  • Supervision of the Master thesis of Seyedmahdi Masoumi, Master in Software Engineering for Information Systems, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. Title: "Exploring AI Engineering Practices for the Development of Price Prediction Systems in the Precious Metals Market." 2024.
  • Supervision of the Master thesis of Mehdi Al Housseini, Master in Software Engineering for Information Systems, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. Title: "A taxonomy for Reinforcement Learning in Penetration Testing."  Available here. 2023.
  • Co-supervision of the Master thesis of Luiz Viviani, Master in Applied Computing, Institute for Technological Research (São Paulo, Brazil). Title: "Anti-patterns related to uncertainty in non-functional requirements." 2023.
  • Co-supervision of the Master thesis of Moritz Mock, Master in Software Engineering for Information Systems, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. Title: "Detection of self-admitted vulnerabilities with machine learning."  Available here. 2023.
  • Co-supervision of the Master thesis of Prasad Akshy Sripad Raghavendra, Master in Computational Data Science, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. Title: "Current State of Research on Artificial Intelligence-based Startups: A Systematic Mapping Study."  Available here. 2023.
  • Co-supervision of the Bachelor thesis of Angelina Dibenedetto Pavynska, Bachelor in Informatics and Management of Digital Business, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. Title: "How do Software Development Teams adapt Agile Practices to Remote Settings: a Survey on Remote Agile Implementation."  Available here. 2022.
  • Co-supervision of the Bachelor thesis of Felipe Brigalante, Hugo Mitsumori, and Mateus Rocha Mazzari (joint thesis), Bachelor in Computer Science, University of São Paulo. Title: "Paratii.", subject: agile methods.  Available here. 2018.
  • Co-supervision of the Bachelor thesis of Danilo Aleixo Gomes de Souza, Bachelor in Computer Science, University of São Paulo. Title: "Teaching Kids Financial Education: The Digital Way"  Available here. 2017.
  • Co-supervision of the Bachelor thesis of Caio Teixeira da Quinta e Eugênio Augusto Jimenes (joint thesis), Bachelor in Computer Science, University of São Paulo. Title: "Desenvolvimento de uma Plataforma Web para divulgação e centralização de eventos aplicando conceitos de Métodos Ágeis e Lean Startup.", subject: agile methods.  Available here. 2016.

Teaching

  • Course: Generative artificial intelligence for software engineering (year: 2025, 20 hours), University of São Paulo, Post-graduate program in Computer Science of the Mathematics and Statistics Institute.
  • Course: Software Maintenance and Evolution (year: 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, 60 hours), Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Master in Software Engineering for Information Systems.
  • Course: Verification and Reliability of Dependable Systems (laboratory) (year: 2022/23, 2023/24, 20 hours), Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Master in Software Engineering for Information Systems.
  • Course: Tools and Techniques for Software Testing (laboratory) (year: 2021/22, 20 hours), Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bachelor in Computer Science.
  • Course: Design and Development of Business Software (laboratory) (year: 2021/22, 20 hours), Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Master in Software Engineering for Information Systems.
  • Academic tutor for digital didatics (first semester, 2020/21), Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Faculty of Economics and Management.

Industry conference presentations

  • Presentation at the SFScon 2024 with the title "Software Engineering Automation: From early tools to Generative AI and beyond." Check the video here.
  • Presentation at the SFScon 2024 with the title "Can Test Driven Development be speeded up with Generative AI?" Check the video here.
  • Presentation at the SFScon 2020 with the title "Stop talking requirements, start thinking hypotheses." Check the video here.