Mentoring

I have been mentoring several BSc, MSc, and PhD students, as well as post-doctoral researchers and visiting scholars at University College London (UK) and University of Salerno (Italy). I currently lead the SOLAR group at UCL.

Research Fellows

Dr Giovani Guizzo, Research Fellow, University College London
Topic keywords: Mutation Testing, Search-based Software Engineering

Dr Maria Kechagia, Research Fellow, University College London
Topic keywords: Software Verification, Crash Data Analytics, and Programming Languages

Dr Jie Zhang, Research Fellow, University College London
Topic keywords: Mutation Testing, Software Testing for Machine Learning

PhD Students

Current (first supervisor)


Dario Asprone, PhD candidate at University College London
Topic keywords: Fuzz Testing

Carlos Gavida, PhD candidate at University College London
Topic keywords: Software Engineering, Game Theory, Bug Priority Inflation

Max Hort, PhD candidate at University College London
Topic keywords: Mobile App Optimisation, Software Fairness Optimisation, Genetic Improvement

Rebecca Moussa, PhD candidate at University College London
Topic keywords: Software Analytics, Defect Prediction, Effort Estimation

Vali Tawosi, PhD candidate at University College London
Topic keywords: Software Analytics, Effort Estimation, Agile Development

Graduated (first supervisor)


Dr. Afnan A. Al-Subaihin , PhD awared from University College London in 2019

Topic keywords: Mobile apps' feature migration, Mobile app clustering, App Store Effects on Software Engineering Practice

Dr. William Martin, PhD awared from University College London in 2018

Topic keywords: Topic modelling, Mining mobile app users' reviews, App Sampling Problem, Casual Impact Analyais

Current (second supervisor)


Zheng Gao, PhD candidate at University College London, London
Topic keywords: Numerical Program Analysis, Testing, Programming Languages

Graduated (second supervisor)


Dr. DongGyun Han PhD awared from University College London in 2019
Topic keywords: Modern Code Review, Software Defect Prediction

BSc/MSc Students

I have supervised the final project of 19 BSc/MSc students at UCL and 16 BSc/MSc students at University of Salerno (Italy).


Students supervised at UCL:
Mario Ruggiero, Califano, Marcin Praski, Danqui He, Emanuele Russomanno, Davide De Chiara, Fabiano Pecorelli, Carlo Di Domenico, Andrea Solda, Alessandra Manna, Mattia Pignalosa, Ciro Esposito, Elham Binshaflout, Chenghui Fan, Jiafeng Liao, Viivi Pursiainen, Changdi Zheng, Martin Cabello Salazar, Yuanxi Zhang.

Students supervised at University of Salerno:
Linda Di Geronimo, Alfonso Murolo, Umberto Manganiello, Pasquale Salza, Barbara Farina, Davide Ronca, Albino Cerrato, Giuliana Carullo, Lucia De Marco, Enrico Strocchia, Alessio Niespolo, Donnarumma Valerio, Pasquale Francavilla, Dino Bernardone, Nicola Pogochev, Sebastiano Venezia.