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DR. RONNIE DE SOUZA SANTOS

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JOURNAL ARTICLES​

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1. Ronnie de Souza Santos; Felipe Fronchetti; Sávio Freire; Rodrigo Spinola. Software Fairness Debt: Building a Research Agenda for Addressing Bias in AI Systems. In: ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM).

 

2. Ronnie de Souza Santos, Cleyton de Magalhaes, Cesar Franca. Hybrid Work Well-being: Software Professionals Finding Equilibrium. In: IEEE Software - Special Issue on the Wellbeing for Resilience (2024).

 

3. Ronnie de Souza Santos; Paul Ralph; Arham Arshad; Klaas-Jan Stol. Distributed Scrum: A Case Meta-Analysis. In: ACM Computing Surveys. (2023)

 

4. Ronnie de Souza Santos; Luiz Fernando Capretz; Cleyton de Magalhaes; Rodrigo Souza. Myths and Facts about a Career in Software Testing: A Comparison between Students' Beliefs and Professionals' Experience. In: IEEE Software - Special Issue on Developing your Software Engineering Career. (2023)

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5. Ronnie de Souza Santos; Brody Stuart-Verner; Cleyton de Magalhaes. What do Transgender Software Professionals say about a Career in the Software Industry? In: IEEE Software - Special Issue on Developing your Software Engineering Career. (2023)

 

6. Ronnie E. S. Santos; Fabio Q. B. da Silva; Maria Teresa Baldassare, Cleyton V. C. Magalhães. "Benefits and limitations of project-to-project job rotation in software organizations: A synthesis of evidence." Information and Software Technology 89 (2017): 78-96.

 

7. Ronnie E. S. Santos. "Uses, Benefits, and Limitations of Job Rotation in Software Engineering. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes 41, no. 6 (2017): 1-6.

 

8. Cleyton V. C. Magalhães; Fabio Q. B. da Silva; Ronnie E. S. Santos; Marcos Suassuna. Investigations about replicating empirical studies in software engineering: A systematic mapping study. Information and Software Technology, v. 64, p. 76-101, 2015.

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RECENT CONFERENCE PAPERS

1. Sonja M. Hyrynsalmi; Grischa Liebel; Ronnie de Souza Santos; Sebastian Baltes. Not Real or Too Soft? On the Challenges of Publishing Interdisciplinary Software Engineering Research. In: 47th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2025).​

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2. Matheus Marinho Leça; Ronnie de Souza Santos. Curious, Critical Thinker, Empathetic, and Ethically Responsible: Essential Soft Skills for Data Scientists in Software Engineering. In: 47th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2025).

 

3. Matheus Marinho Leça; Ronnie de Souza Santos. Responsible AI in the Software Industry: A Practitioner-Centered Perspective. In: 3rd Workshop on Responsible AI Engineering, co-located with the 47th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2025).

 

4. Breno Felix de Sousa; Ronnie de Souza Santos; Kiev Gama. Integrating Positionality Statements in Empirical Software Engineering Research. In: 2nd Workshop on Methodological Issues in Empirical Software Engineering, co-located with the 47th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2025).

 

5. Matheus de Morais Leça; Lucas Valença; Reydne Santos; Ronnie de Souza Santos. Applications and Implications of Large Language Models in Qualitative Analysis: A New Frontier for Empirical Software Engineering. In: 2nd Workshop on Methodological Issues in Empirical Software Engineering, co-located with the 47th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2025).

 

6. Ronnie de Souza Santos; Italo Santos; Robson Santos; Cleyton Magalhães. Diversity in Software Engineering Education: Exploring Motivations, Influences, and Role Models Among Undergraduate Students. In: 37th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T 2025), co-located with the 47th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2025).

 

7. Fardin Aryan; Lucas Valença; Ronnie de Souza Santos. Exploring Fairness Debt Through Evidence from Studies on Algorithmic Discrimination. In: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Technical Debt (TechDebt 2025).

 

8. Ronnie de Souza Santos; Italo Santos; Robson Santos; Cleyton Magalhães. Hidden Figures in Software Engineering: A Replication Study Exploring Undergraduate Software Students' Awareness of Distinguished Scientists from Underrepresented Groups. In: 32nd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2025)

 

9. Matheus Marinho Leça; Ronnie de Souza Santos. Towards User-Focused Cross-Domain Testing: Disentangling Accessibility, Usability, and Fairness. In: Workshop on Software Quality Assurance for Artificial Intelligence (SQA4AI), co-located with the 32nd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2025).

 

10.  Ronnie de Souza Santos; Felipe Fronchetti; Savio Freire; Rodrigo Spinola. Software Fairness Debt. In: 2030 Software Engineering Workshop (SE2030).

 

11.  Ronnie de Souza Santos; Cleyton Magalhães; Robson Santos; Jorge Correia-Neto. Exploring Hybrid Work Realities: A Case Study with Software Professionals From Underrepresented Groups. In: ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE 2024).

 

12.  Kleice Silva; Ann Barcomb; Ronnie de Souza Santos. Paths to Testing: Why Women Enter and Remain in Software Testing? In: ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE 2024).

 

13.  Tatalina Oliveira; Ann Barcomb; Ronnie de Souza Santos; Helda Barros; Maria Teresa Baldassarre; Cesar Franca. Navigating the Path of Women in Software Engineering: From Academia to Industry. In: 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2024).

 

14.  Ramandeep Singh Dehal; Mehak Sharma; Ronnie de Souza Santos. Exposing Algorithmic Discrimination and Its Consequences in Modern Society: Insights from a Scoping Study. In: 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2024).

 

15.  Ronnie de Souza Santos; Willian Grillo; Djafran Cabral; Catarina de Castro; Nicole Albuquerque; Cesar Franca. Post-Pandemic Hybrid Work in Software Companies: Findings from an Industrial Case Study. In: 17th International Conference on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE 2024).

 

16.  Fernando Padoan; Ronnie de Souza Santos; Rodrigo Pessoa Medeiros. Charting a Path to Efficient Onboarding: The Role of Software Visualization. In: 17th International Conference on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE 2024).

 

17.  Ronnie de Souza Santos; Kiev Gama. Hidden Populations in Software Engineering: Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Opportunities. In: 1st International Workshop on Methodological Issues with Empirical Studies in Software Engineering (WSESE2024).

 

18.  Robson Santos; Italo Santos; Cleyton Magalhães; Ronnie de Souza Santos. Are We Testing or Being Tested? Exploring the Practical Applications of Large Language Models in Software Testing. In: 17th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST 2024).

 

19.  Lucas Neves; Oscar Campos; Robson Santos; Cleyton Magalhães; Italo Santos; Ronnie de Souza Santos. Elevating Software Quality in Agile Environments: The Role of Testing Professionals in Unit Testing. In: 17th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST 2024).

 

20.  Ronnie de Souza Santos; Luiz Fernando de Lima; Maria Teresa Baldassarre; Rodrigo Spínola. Preliminary Insights on Industry Practices for Addressing Fairness Debt. In: 18th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM 2024).

 

21.  Thanh Nguyen; Maria Teresa Baldassarre; Luiz Fernando de Lima; Ronnie de Souza Santos. From Literature to Practice: Exploring Fairness Testing Tools for the Software Industry Adoption. In: 18th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM 2024).

 

22.  Felipe Jansen; Ronnie de Souza Santos. Remote Communication Trends Among Developers and Testers in Post-Pandemic Work Environments. In: 40th International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2024).

 

23.  Danilo Lima; Ronnie de Souza Santos; Guilherme Pires; Sildemir Silva; Cesar Franca; Luiz Fernando Capretz. Software Testing and Code Refactoring: A Survey with Practitioners. In: 39th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2023).

 

24.  Ronnie de Souza Santos; Luiz Fernando de Lima; Cleyton Magalhães. The Perspective of Software Professionals about Algorithmic Racism. In: International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM 2023).

 

25.  Gustavo da Silva; Ronnie de Souza Santos. Comparing Mobile Testing Tools Using Documentary Analysis. In: International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM 2023).

 

26.  Ronnie de Souza Santos; Gianisa Adisaputri; Paul Ralph. Post-pandemic Resilience of Hybrid Software Teams. In: 16th International Conference on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (2023).

 

27.  Ronnie de Souza Santos; Brody Stuart-Verner; Cleyton de Magalhaes. LGBTQIA+ (In)Visibility in Computer Science and Software Engineering Education. In: 16th International Conference on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (2023).

 

28.  Ronnie de Souza Santos; Brody Stuart-Verner; Cleyton de Magalhaes. Diversity in Software Engineering: A Survey about Computer Scientists from Underrepresented Groups. In: 16th International Conference on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (2023).

 

29.  Ronnie de Souza Santos; Cleyton de Magalhaes, Paul Ralph. (2023). Benefits and Limitations of Remote Work to LGBTQIA+ Software Professionals. In: 45th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2023).

 

30.  Ronnie E. de Souza Santos; Paul Ralph. (2022). Practices to Improve Teamwork in Software Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ethnographic Study. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE 2022).

 

31.  Ronnie E. de Souza Santos; Paul Ralph. (2022). A Grounded Theory of Coordination in Remote-First and Hybrid Software Teams. In: 44th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2022).

 

32.  Rodrigo C. Souza; Ronnie E. S. Santos; Luiz Fernando Capretz; Cleyton V. C. Magalhães. (2022) Roadblocks to Attracting Students to Software Testing Careers: Comparisons of Replicated Studies. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC 2022).

 

33.  Cleyton V. C. Magalhães; Fabio Q. B. da Silva; Ronnie E. de Souza Santos. (2022). The Role of Job Specialization in the Software Industry. In: The 2022 International Conference on Information Technology & Systems (ICITS 2022).

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