Abstract The emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) has marked a significant
change in education. The appearance of these LLMs and their associated chatbots has …

[Context] The correct selection of a software testing technique can positively influence the
quality of the software in development. In previous work, a mapping study was conducted to …

Automatic grading based on unit tests is a key feature of massive open online courses
(MOOC) on programming, as it allows instant feedback to students and enables courses to …

[Background]: A variety of software testing techniques have been published by the academia
in the last years, however, the industry rarely embraces their use. The transference of …

Because of the wide use of randomized scheduling in concurrency testing research, it is
important to understand randomized scheduling and its limitations. This work analyzes how …

Thread Sharing Analysis (TSA) plays an important role in concurrent program testing.
Providing a TSA to a data race detector may speed up the runtime logging and improve the …

Concurrent software testing is a challenging activity due to factors that are not present in
sequential programs, such as communication, synchronization, and non-determinism, and …

Automatic grading based on unit tests is a key feature of massive open online courses
(MOOC) on programming, as it allows instant feedback to students and enables courses to …

As the usage of concurrency in software has gained importance in the last years, and is still
rising, new types of defects increasingly appeared in software. One of the most prominent …

With the increasing advances in the hardware technology and the massive presence of
multicore processors in personal computers, concurrent programming has been becoming …