Continuous Integration (CI) is a popular practice in modern software engineering.
Unfortunately, it is also a high-cost practice—Google and Mozilla estimate their CI systems …

Students often make mistakes in their introductory programming assignments as part of their
learning process. Unfortunately, providing custom repairs for these mistakes can require a …

The increasing number of software applications incorporating machine learning (ML)
solutions has led to the need for testing techniques. However, testing ML software requires …

Competitive programming has become a popular way for programmers to test their skills.
Competition-level programming problems are challenging in nature, and participants often …

Continuous Integration (CI) consists of an automated build process involving continuous
compilation, testing, and packaging of the software system. While CI comes up with several …

Continuous integration (CI) practices encourage developers to frequently integrate code into
a shared repository. Each integration is validated by automatic build and testing such that …

To ensure the proper testing of any software product, it is imperative to cover various
functional and non-functional requirements at different testing levels (eg, unit or integration …

DevOps is a key element in sustaining the quality and efficiency of software development.
Yet, the effectiveness of DevOps methodologies extends beyond just technological …

A hermetic build system manages its own build dependencies, isolated from the host file
system, thereby securing the build process. Although, in recent years, new artifact-based …

This thesis explores data-driven approaches for automated root cause analysis of CI/CD
build failures, focusing on identifying non-deterministic failures, locating root cause …