SE-ALL
SE-ALL - THE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING FOR ALL LAB
SE-ALL (Software Engineering for All Lab) focuses on the human aspects of software engineering, including development practices, project management, software testing, fairness, and EDI. Understanding behaviors, cognitive skills, teamwork, and diverse user perspectives is vital for creating effective and innovative technology. As society becomes increasingly reliant on software across work, education, politics, and leisure, and with the rise of AI-powered systems, ensuring fairness and bias-free solutions in software is essential.
At SE-ALL, our research priorities include:
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Theories, models, and practices to enhance software development processes.
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Policies and recommendations to advance EDI in the software industry.
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Techniques to ensure fairness in algorithms and prevent bias.
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Support for software companies in leveraging diversity to boost team performance and software quality.
For research and collaboration, contact Dr. Ronnie de Souza Santos!
THE TEAM
LUCAS VALENÇA
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. Master's student in Software Engineering, researching the impact of biased algorithms on underrepresented groups in society, aiming to uncover and mitigate the impacts of these biases in software systems.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. Master's student in Software Engineering, researching the development of a framework to streamline fairness testing in the software industry, with the goal of improving the detection and mitigation of biases in AI systems.
MATHEUS MARINHO
REYDNE SANTOS
PhD Candidate at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Visiting Researcher in Software Engineering, focusing on strategies to support underrepresented groups in software development teams.
MADELINE JENNINGS
4th-year Software Engineering student. Undergraduate research assistant focusing on exploring and defining the characteristics of fairness requirements in software engineering, aiming to contribute to more inclusive practices in technology development.
ALUMNI
YOUSSEF ELSHENAWY
5th-year Electrical and Digital Engineering student. Summer Undergraduate Research Assistant focused on exploring trends in discussions about algorithmic discrimination among software engineers, aiming to identify key challenges and develop strategies to support them.
FARDIN
ARYAN
4th-year Software Engineering student. Summer Undergraduate Research Assistant focused on researching instances of fairness debt in the literature, including its roots and effects on society, aiming to map its impact and propose managerial strategies.
THANH
NGUYEN
4th-year Software Engineering student. Summer Undergraduate Research Assistant focused on investigating the practical application of fairness testing tools in the software industry, seeking to understand how these tools meet the needs.