QUATIC 2026 - Scientific Program

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QUATIC 2026

Scientific Program

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

8:30-9:00 Registration [Hall]

9:00-10:40 SEDES I [Room 506]

Session Chair: Leonardo Mariani

[9:00] Welcome Address (SEDES) [10 minutes]
[9:10] System-Level Quality Assurance of Embodied AI Agents, Francesco Renato Negri (SEDES) [30 minutes]
[9:40] Developing a Conversational Model for the Systematic Integration of Non-Functional Requirements in Evolving Multi-Component Software Systems, Norman Chovuchovu (SEDES) [30 minutes]
[10:10] Automated Testing of Software Services for Autonomous Space Operations, Mauricio Ernesto Rodriguez Alas (SEDES) [30 minutes]

10:40-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:00 SEDES II [Room 506]

Session Chair: Leonardo Mariani

[11:00] Requirements Engineering for Agentic AI systems: sustainability, transparency and observability, Rui Carvalho (SEDES) [30 minutes]
[11:30] Obfuscation by Simplification: How LLMs Transform Code for Security, Lorenzo De Tomasi (SEDES) [30 minutes]

12:00-13:00 Doctoral Symposium (SEDES) Keynote [Room 506]

Session Chair: Leonardo Mariani

Show me your data. How to (not) visualize research data in SE, Marco Torchiano

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-14:30 Conference Opening Session [Room 506]

QUATIC'26 Opening by the program and organising chairs

14:30-15:30 Keynote [Room 506]

Session Chair: Ayşe Tosun

Generating Tests that Matter: Breaking the Boundaries of In-House Testing, Leonardo Mariani

15:15-15:30 Coffee break

15:30-17:25 Session 1. Requirements Engineering [Room 506]

Session Chair: Oliver Karras

[15:30] Does Model Size Matter? A Comparison of Small and Large Language Models for Requirements Classification, Mohammad Amin Zadenoori, Vincenzo De Martino, Jacek Dabrowski, Xavier Franch and Alessio Ferrari (RE) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[15:55] Optimising Requirements Elicitation: An Iterative Rule-Based and LLM-Driven Approach, Anna Arnaudo, Riccardo Coppola, Maurizio Morisio and Antonio Ianiero (RE) [Short paper - 20 minutes]
[16:15] Interactive Optimization of System Configurations Using Feature Models, Shaker Mahmud Khandaker, Fitsum Meshesha Kifetew, Davide Prandi and Angelo Susi (RE) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[16:40] Quality-Aware Vibe Coding (QAVC): Ensuring Continuous Quality in AI-Assisted Software Development, Hamid Mcheick, Rima Msheik, Ali Mcheick and Wissam Salhab (RE) [Short paper - 20 minutes]
[17:00] Let Domain Experts Speak: Refining PReM to Engage Non-Technical Stakeholders through Direct Resource Identification, Linda Rosenkron, Sonja Pedell, Leon Sterling, Mohamad Gharib and Kuldar Taveter (RE) [Full paper - 25 minutes]

Session 2. Process Improvement Assessment and Human Factors [Room 505]

Session Chair: Miguel Goulão

[15:30] Adaptive Gamification as a Software Process Analytics Instrument: An Industrial Case Study in a High-Maturity Environment, Bruno Mello Andrade and Sergio Antônio Andrade de Freitas (PIA) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[15:55] Understanding the Concepts behind Ethics in Designing Cyber-Physical Systems, Yelyzaveta Kurkchi, Ivan Compagnucci and Catia Trubiani (HESA) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[16:20] Validating Quality-Oriented Dimensions for User-Centered Virtual Reality Interventions: A Modified Delphi Study, Marco Antonio Proença, Sergio Moro, Ricardo Ramos and Fabiane Meneses (HESA) [Short paper - 20 minutes]

18:00-20:00 Welcome Reception

Thursday, September 10, 2026

8:30-9:00 Registration - Hall

9:00-10:30 Session 3. Verification, Validation and Testing I [Room 506]

Session Chair: Ayşe Tosun

[9:00] Online Machine Learning Prediction of Failed Calls to Enhance REST API Fuzzing, Mohsen Taheri Shalmani, Amid Golmohammadi, Juan Pablo Galeotti and Andrea Arcuri (VVT) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[9:25] Context-Specific Automated Quality Assessment for System Models in MBSE, Konstantin Rupert Blaschke, Andreea-Diana Folea, Michael Unterkalmsteiner, Javier Gonzalez Huerta and Simon Barner (VVT) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[9:50] Can Language Models Pass Software Testing Certification Exams? a case study, Fitash Ul-Haq and Jordi Cabot (VVT) [Full paper - 25 minutes]

Session 4. Generative AI in Education I [Room 505]

Session Chair: Porfirio Tramontana

[9:00] AI sprawl and Agent Governance: Re-centering Software Engineering Education in the Age of Generative AI, Antonello Calabrò (GenAIEdu) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[9:25] AI Workouts: Deliberate Practice for AI Literacy, Edward Abel (GenAIEdu) [Short paper - 20 minutes]
[9:45] Toward AI-Native Programming Education: A Vision for Pedagogically Aware AI, Anh Nguyen Duc et al. (GenAIEdu) [Short paper - 20 minutes]
[10:05] Prompt Literacy and Software Quality: A Cross-Cultural Study on the Impact of Prompt Engineering Training on Generative AI Use by Undergraduate Students, Rafaele Stefani Campos dos Santos et al. (GenAIEdu) [Short paper - 20 minutes]

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-13:00 Session 5. Verification, Validation and Testing I [Room 506]

Session Chair: Fitash Ul-Haq

[11:00] Context Matters: Assessing LLM-Based Assertion Generation for Selenium End-to-End Tests, Mattia Moretti et al. (VVT) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[11:25] Search-Based Model-Based Testing of Usage Control Systems: An Evaluation, Davide Prandi and Nicola Zannone (VVT) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[11:50] A Model-based Testing Technique for Amazon Lex Task-based Chatbots, Diego Clerissi, Alessandro Vasina and Leonardo Mariani (VVT) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[12:15] Bootstrapping GUI Model-Based Testing from Scriptless Exploration, Fernando Pastor Ricos, Machiel Van der Bijl, Olivia Rodriguez Valdes, Beatriz Marin and Tanja E. J. Vos (VVT) [Short paper - 20 minutes]

Session 6. Quality for AI [Room 505]

Session Chair: Fernando Brito e Abreu

[11:00] A Multi-Paradigm Change Impact Analysis for System Model Histories, Konstantin Rupert Blaschke (QAI) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[11:25] Execution-Aware Comment Generation for Computational Notebooks: An Empirical Comparison with Lightweight LLMs, Giacomo Fantino, Antonio Vetrò, Marco Torchiano and Federica Cappelluti (QAI) [Short paper - 20 minutes]
[11:45] Improving Source Code Similarity Detection Through GraphCodeBERT and Integration of Additional Behavior Features, Jorge Martinez-Gil and Rudolf Ramler (QAI) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[12:10] Agentic Generation of GUI End-to-End Tests for Microservice-Based Systems, Elena Ovsiannikova et al. (QAI) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[12:35] A Hybrid Decision-Support Platform for Quality Assessment of GenAI-enabled Applications in Software Engineering Education, Buse Esirik and Ebru Gökalp (QAI) [Short paper - 20 minutes]

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-14:15 Awards Ceremony [Room 506]

14:15-14:45 Most Influential Paper (MIP) Award [Room 506]

Session Chair: Maurizio Leotta

Software Development Process Mining - Discovery, Conformance Checking and Enhancement, João Caldeira, Fernando Brito e Abreu

14:45-15:15 Coffee break

15:15-16:50 Session 7. Green Software and Computing I [Room 506]

Session Chair: Marina Ribaudo

[15:15] Green Eco-Performance Driven Energy-Aware AutoML for Sustainable Clinical Decision Systems, Rekha R Nair, Tina Babu, Deepika Nayak and Balamurugan Balusamy (GSC) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[15:40] Energy-Aware AI Orchestration for Smart Grid Digital Twins: A Green Software Engineering Approach for Sustainable Energy Systems, Rebeca Gutierrez Salgado, Maria Dolores de Acuña and Maria Jose Escalona Cuaresma (GSC) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[16:05] Exploring a Design Space for Federated Digital Twins in Food Supply Chains, Salvador Alonso Figueroa Vásquez et al. (GSC) [Short paper - 20 minutes]
[16:25] Automated Energy Smell Refactoring of Java Code: an LLM Agents-based Approach, Guido Maria Di Fiore, Juri Di Rocco and Henry Muccini (GSC) [Full paper - 25 minutes]

Session 8. Generative AI in Education II [Room 505]

Session Chair: João Caldeira

[15:15] G-EduFlow: A Generative AI Pipeline for Pedagogical Diagnosis and Personalized Learning Paths in ICT Education, Jorge Osvaldo Alves de Lima Torres et al. (GenAIEdu) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[15:40] Interpretable Educational Data Mining and Controlled Generative AI for Inclusive Academic Feedback in Engineering Education, Fábio Lúcio Lopes de Mendonça et al. (GenAIEdu) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[16:05]Towards Institutional Governance of Generative AI in Engineering Education: An Inclusion-Oriented Framework, Tayná Gabriela Araújo Albuquerque, Jorge Osvaldo Alves de Lima Torres et al. (GenAIEdu) [Short paper - 20 minutes]
[16:25] Integrity and Automated Assessment of Civil Servant Training Data in AI-Assisted Learning Environments, Flávio Gracia Praciano et al. (GenAIEdu) [Short paper - 20 minutes]

18:00-23:00 Guided tour on Genoa's city centre, followed by Conference Dinner

Friday, September 11, 2026

8:30-9:00 Registration - Hall

9:00-10:15 Session 9. Green and Sustainable Computing II [Room 506]

Session Chair: Marina Ribaudo

[9:00] Static Metrics Are Insufficient: Predicting Java Method Energy Usage with Execution Time, Muhammad Imran, Vincenzo Stoico and Ivano Malavolta (GSC) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[9:25] How Small and Medium-Sized Organizations Adapt to Sustainable & Green ICT Models?, Marko Jäntti (GSC) [Full paper - 25 minutes]
[9:50] Green Track: A Design Science Study of a Jira Plugin for Integrating Sustainability Criteria into Agile Workflows, Prachi Prachi et al. (GSC) [Full paper - 25 minutes]