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Andy Zaidman

@azaidman.bsky.social
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Full professor in software engineering @tudelft. Department head. Software tester. Researcher. Teacher. World citizen.

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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
FUSE is a collaboration between TU Delft's Software Engineering Research Group and Meta's Developer Infrastructure team More info: se.ewi.tudelft.nl/fuse-lab/vac... Deadline: January 4 (2/2)
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
We have 4 open PhD positions in the Future of Software Engineering (FUSE) lab! Topics: - code review efficiency - predictive software testing - automated code refactoring - engineering productivity metrics (1/2)
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
📣📣 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀! We're running a study at TU Delft on 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. We would love your insights! (takes 15 minutes) 👉 lnkd.in/dPPF6-Vq The more voices, the better! Thank you 💙 #SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareTesting
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
AI can fool us, warns @developsense.bsky.social
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
@developsense.bsky.social at the Dutch Testing Day
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
We need an enormous amount of scrutiny to be sure that GenAI results don’t only look good, but are actually right. @developsense.bsky.social at the Dutch Testing Day
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Testing isn’t the same as quality, testing is an inquiry into software quality @developsense.bsky.social at the Dutch Testing Day
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Testers are the only people in software that consider “trouble first”. @developsense.bsky.social at the Dutch testing day
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
We have extended the deadline until November 9th, Anywhere on Earth. This just might be your chance to join us at **AST 2026** in Rio de Janeiro! Consider submitting! See: conf.researchr.org/home/ast-2026
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AST 2026 - AST 2026
The 7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Automation of Software Test (AST 2026) Software pervasiveness in both industry and digital society, as well as the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence...
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The deadline is just around the corner: you have 4 more days! Submit to Automation of Software Test (AST 2026) and have a chance to meet up with the community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in April 2026 (co-located with #ICSE2026) #AST2026 #CallForPapers #softwaretesting cc @mrksbrg.bsky.social
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Markus Borg @mrksbrg.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
CFP: AST 2026 - Automation of Software Test (co-located with ICSE). Deadline: 26 Oct 2025 (AoE). Seeking strong work in testing/automation. Details: conf.researchr.org/home/ast-2026
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AST 2026 - AST 2026
The 7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Automation of Software Test (AST 2026) Software pervasiveness in both industry and digital society, as well as the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence...
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
AST (Automation of Software Test) is back and will again by co-located with ICSE’26 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). We are looking forward to your submissions on anything related to software testing! conf.researchr.org/home/ast-2026 #softwaretesting #softwareQA #ICSE #ICSE2026
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AST 2026 - AST 2026
The 7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Automation of Software Test (AST 2026) Software pervasiveness in both industry and digital society, as well as the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence...
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
So, research.com send me an email and I look at the profile that they've created for me... Seems that I connect archaeology and paleontology. I also bring programming languages and operating systems in the mix. Luckily they didn't find out I also do software engineering 😰
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
This is an estimated number for the CI builds only, so we don't know what happens on the SW devs machines…
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
@robertoverdecchia.bsky.social presenting “Energy-Aware Software Testing” at #ICSE2025 @icseconf.bsky.social He is referring to my paper “An Inconvenient Truth in Software Engineering? The Environmental Impact of Testing Open Source Java Projects”, see azaidman.github.io/publications...
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Pre-print: carolin-brandt.de/publications...
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
@enrique.ebarba.com presenting “Shaken, Not Stirred. How Developers Like Their Amplified Tests” at #ICSE2025 @icseconf.bsky.social Joint work with Luis Cruz and Thomas Durieux Pre-print: arxiv.org/abs/2412.10063
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Caro Brandt presenting our IEEE TSE paper “Shaken, Not Stirred. How Developers Like Their Amplified Tests” #ICSE2025 @icseconf.bsky.social
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
@kjstol.bsky.social presenting “Predicting Attrition among Software Professionals: Antecedents and Consequences of Burnout and Engagement” at #ICSE2025 @icseconf.bsky.social
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
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The woman who was fired because she was Jewish and then poisoned herself in Westerbork - Delta
On Friday TU Delft commemorates the victims of the Second World War at the then Technical University of Applied Sciences. Betty Biegel (1886-1943) is the only woman on the remembrance plaque. The stor...
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Thanks you @lfpaganini.bsky.social !
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Congratulations @basharnuseibeh.bsky.social !
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Congratulations @andreaszeller.bsky.social !
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
@plago.bsky.social proposes 10 propositions to wrap up her keynote at #ICSE2025 @icseconf.bsky.social * Propositions accompany a Dutch PhD thesis to let the PhD reflect on the broader context of their PhD research
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
@plago.bsky.social defines software sustainability as follows: “the preservation of the long term and beneficial use of software, and its appropriate evolution, in a context that continuously changes.” #ICSE2025 @icseconf.bsky.social
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
@plago.bsky.social giving a keynote at #ICSE2025 entitled “Software Sustainability and its Engineering: How far have we come?” @icseconf.bsky.social
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International Conference on Software Engineering @icseconf.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
🌍 The future of #icse is global! 🇧🇷 ICSE 2026 – Brazil #icse2026 🇮🇪 ICSE 2027 – Ireland #icse2027 🌺 ICSE 2028 – Hawaii #icse2028 We can't wait to see you there! Pack your ideas and your passport. 🧳✈️
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Daniel Amyot @danielamyot.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Two more days of ICSE 2025 in Ottawa, and already much preparation done for the next three editions in Rio, Dublin, and Hawaii!
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Major software engineering conference locations for the next few years #ICSE2025
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Amir’s conclusion slide
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
At 11:45 Amir Deljouyi will present his paper “Leveraging Large Language Models for Enhancing the Understandability of Generated Unit Tests” at #ICSE2025 in room 214. Joint work with Roham Koohestani & Mali Izadi. Pre-print: azaidman.github.io/publications... @icseconf.bsky.social
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
My former PhD student Cor-Paul Bezemer and his team win the distinguished paper award at #ICSE2025 @icseconf.bsky.social
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Enrique Barbo Roque, Luis Cruz, and Thomas Durieux from @tudelfteemcs.bsky.social win the distinguished paper award at #ICSE2025 for their paper “Unveiling the Energy Vampires: A Methodology for Debugging Software Energy Consumption” @icseconf.bsky.social
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Mixed methods studies anti-patterns from Peggy Story, Alessandra Paz Milani, rashina Hoda, and Maria Teresa Baldasarra #ICSE2025
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
- flaky tests - slow laptop - layoffs - interpersonal dynamics - … A bad day also feeds into personal life, feeling of having to compensate in the evening, thus impacting family life, amplifying the feeling of a bad day. See: arxiv.org/abs/2410.18379 #ICSE2025 @icseconf.bsky.social (2/2)
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Identifying Factors Contributing to Bad Days for Software Developers: A Mixed Methods Study
Software development is a dynamic activity that requires engineers to work effectively with tools, processes, and collaborative teams. As a result, the presence of friction can significantly hinder pr...
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
“Identifying Factors Contributing to ``Bad Days'' for Software Developers: A Mixed-Methods Study” by Jenna Butler, Peggy Storey & friends. Bad days happen often. Major reasons: - lack of control, e.g., your PR was delayed - too many meetings - lack of support - not getting things done (1/2)
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
David Parnas arguing the importance of testing in his @icseconf.bsky.social #ICSE2025 keynote
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
David Parnas continues his #ICSE2025 keynote by saying that AI should actually be called Imitation Intelligence (II), because of (a) Alan’s Turing “Imitation Game” and (b) that AI imitates things that it observes/is trained on. @icseconf.bsky.social
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
“If you have a buggy program, you can fix it or call it AI”, David Parnas during his #ICSE2025 keynote Regulation of AI and Other Untrustworthy Software @icseconf.bsky.social
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Overview of areas of accepted #ICSE2025 papers @icseconf.bsky.social
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Stefan Wagner @stefanwagner.mastodon.acm.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2025
Opening of #icse2025 shows how large ICSE has grown. 1900 participants and 4000 authors of papers. @icseconf
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7 Posts, 1 Following, 118 Followers · The premier International Conference on Software Engineering (50th anniversary). April 27-May 3, 2025. Official hashtag: #icse2025.
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
David Lo and Corina Pasareanu introducing the program of the 50th anniversary @icseconf.bsky.social #ICSE2025
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
#ICSE2025 is starting with general co-chairs @tcltcl.bsky.social and @lionelbriand.bsky.social introducing us to the conference @icseconf.bsky.social
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Idea for future work: investigate coverage and mutation testing for configuration tests #AST2025
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
At Google, there are more configuration tests than code tests! More information here: homes.cs.washington.edu/~rjust/publ/... #AST2025
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Sára Juhošová's #ICPC2025 paper "Pinpointing the Learning Obstacles of an Interactive Theorem Prover" wins the Distinguished Paper Award. Absolutely fantastic work by Sará! Read the paper here: azaidman.github.io/publications...
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Thank you so much for a wonderful keynote Andreas 🙏
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Andreas Zeller @andreaszeller.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In today's #AST2025 keynote on our new #Fandango fuzzer, I presented ongoing extensions for protocol fuzzing, oracle checking, coverage guidance, much more. Slides now available: conf.researchr.org/details/ast-...
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Personalized Fuzzing (AST 2025) - AST 2025
The 6th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Automation of Software Test (AST 2025) Software pervasiveness in both industry and digital society, as well as the proliferation of Artificial Intelligenc...
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Andy Zaidman @azaidman.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Annibale Panichella presenting “Automated Test-Case Generation for REST APIs Using Model Inference Search Heuristic” at #AST2025, work with Clinton Cao and Sicco Verwer
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