Peer Review & Editorial Expertise

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

Reviewing for the Journals

• IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
• ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
• ACM Computing Surveys
• Empirical Software Engineering
• European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS)
• 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

• 26th International Conference on Agile Software Development (XP 2025)
• 18th International Conference on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE2025)
• 16th International Conference on Software Business (ICSOB 2025)
• ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering - Software Engineering Education Track (FSE-SEET 2025)
• Track on Software Management: Measurement, Peopleware and Innovation of the 51st Euromicro Conference Series on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA 2025)
• 15th 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

• Organizer of the  9th International Workshop on Software-Intensive Business (IWSiB)  hosted by ICSE 2026.
• Main organizer of the  8th International Workshop on Software-Intensive Business (IWSiB)  hosted by ICSE 2025.
• Main organizer of the  7th International Workshop on Software-Intensive Business (IWSiB)  hosted by ICSE 2024.
• Lightning talks co-chair of the  25th International Conference on Agile Software Development (XP).
• Proceedings chair of the  14th International Conference on Software Business (ICSOB).
• Main organizer of the  6th International Workshop on Software-Intensive Business (IWSiB)  hosted by XP 2023.
• Companion proceedings chair of the  13th International Conference on Software Business (ICSOB).
• Proceedings chair of the  5th International Workshop on Software-Intensive Business (IWSiB)  hosted by ICSE 2022.
• Social media co-chair of the  22nd International Conference on Agile Software Development (XP).
• Student volunteer of the  19th International Conference on Agile Software Development (XP).

Supervision of theses

Master's theses

1. Linus Albert Scheibe. "LEOpARD-CC: Assured Refactoring of JavaScript projects with Large Language Models." Master in Software Engineering, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. 2025.
2. Amir Jalal Mousa Altork. "Motivation and Psychological Well-Being of Software Engineers using Generative AI." Master in Software Engineering, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. 2025.
3. Seyedmahdi Masoumi. "Exploring AI Engineering Practices for the Development of Price Prediction Systems in the Precious Metals Market." Master in Software Engineering for Information Systems, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. 2024.
4. Mehdi Al Housseini. "A taxonomy for Reinforcement Learning in Penetration Testing." Master in Software Engineering for Information Systems, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.  Available here. 2023.
5. Luiz Viviani. "Anti-patterns related to uncertainty in non-functional requirements." Master in Applied Computing, Institute for Technological Research (São Paulo, Brazil). 2023. Co-supervision.
6. Moritz Mock. "Detection of self-admitted vulnerabilities with machine learning." Master in Software Engineering for Information Systems, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.  Available here. 2023. Co-supervision.
7. Prasad Akshy Sripad Raghavendra. "Current State of Research on Artificial Intelligence-based Startups: A Systematic Mapping Study." Master in Computational Data Science, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.  Available here. 2023. Co-supervision.

Bachelor theses

1. Angelina Dibenedetto Pavynska. "How do Software Development Teams adapt Agile Practices to Remote Settings: a Survey on Remote Agile Implementation." Bachelor in Informatics and Management of Digital Business, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.  Available here. 2022. Co-supervision.
2. Felipe Brigalante, Hugo Mitsumori, and Mateus Rocha Mazzari (joint thesis). "Paratii." Bachelor in Computer Science, University of São Paulo., subject: agile methods.  Available here. 2018. Co-supervision.
3. Danilo Aleixo Gomes de Souza. "Teaching Kids Financial Education: The Digital Way" Bachelor in Computer Science, University of São Paulo.  Available here. 2017. Co-supervision.
4. Caio Teixeira da Quinta e Eugênio Augusto Jimenes (joint thesis). "Desenvolvimento de uma Plataforma Web para divulgação e centralização de eventos aplicando conceitos de Métodos Ágeis e Lean Startup." Bachelor in Computer Science, University of São Paulo., subject: agile methods.  Available here. 2016. Co-supervision.

Teaching

• Course: Software Engineering Laboratory (year: 2025/26, 36 hours), University of Porto, Master in Software Engineering.
• Course: Requirements Engineering and Software Modelling (year: 2025/26, 18 hours), University of Porto, Master in Software Engineering.
• Course: Sofware Design and Testing Laboratory (year: 2025/26, 48 hours), University of Porto, Bachelor in Informatics and Computer Engineering.
• 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.