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Biography
My research is in the intersection of Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. Together with my wonderful students, research fellows and colleagues, we have developed new techniques for testing and evaluating AI-based systems. As we all know, ensuring that AI systems we deploy in the real world are trustworthy is become ever more important. In addition, we are developing approaches for detecting and preventing misinformation. Together with colleagues from academia and industry, we are working on developing trustworthy AI-based systems for the pharmaceutical domain, additive manufacturing, and drug discovery.
Honors and awards
- 2024 Humboldt Research Fellowship Award for Experienced Researchers
- 2024 Editor of the year award, Journal of Systems and Software.
- 2024 Finalist of Women Leading Tech in the Research and Education Track
- 2023 Invited talk, Future of Software Engineering, International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE).
- 2023 Women Leading Tech Finalist
- 2023 Keynote, Digital Public Infrastructure, Digital Bangladesh, Office of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- 2023 Invited Talk at the Academic Heads Network at Monash University on Generative AI Safety
- 2022 Outstanding Service on the Technical Track of the Foundations of Software Engineering conference.
- 2022 Keynote at SSBSE on the “Effectiveness of SBSE Techniques through Instance Space Analysis”
- 2020 Guest Editor, Empirical Software Engineering journal
- 2020 Keynote at A-Test, FSE on The Effectiveness of Automated Software Testing
- 2020 Invited panellist of Women at the Automated Software Engineering conference
- 2020 Invited talk at ACS Tech and Employability Skills Half-Day Conference, audience >500
- 2020 Steering committee member, Realising Artificial Intelligence Synergies in Software Engineering.
- 2020 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research Supervision, Faculty of Information Technology.
- 2020 Facebook Faculty Research Award.
- 2020 Distinguished Reviewer at ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM).
- 2019 Outstanding Service Award, Technical Track, International Conference on Software Engineering
- 2019 Best Paper Award, International Workshops, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- 2016 FIT Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research by an early career researcher, Monash University.
- 2015 Best Paper Award, International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems.
- 2015 Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier.
- 2014 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), Australian Research Council
- 2013 ACM Software Engineering Notes reported our paper in the list of Top 10 Most Downloaded Articles.
- 2012 Dean’s Commendation for Best PhD Thesis, Swinburne University.
- 2012 Best paper nomination, World Congress on Computational Intelligence.
- 2011 ACM SIGBED/SIGSOFT Frank Anger Memorial Award for significant contributions to Software Engineering.
- 2011 ACM Sigsoft Distinguished Paper Award, International Conference on Quality of Software Architectures.
Monash teaching commitment
Aldeida has experience as the Chief Examiner for the following units in the Faculty of IT:
- FIT4002 Software Engineering Industry Experience Studio Project
- FIT4012 Advanced topics in computational science
- FIT5136 Software Engineering
Aldeida has experience as the Lecturer for the following units in the Faculty of IT:
- FIT3077 Software Engineering Architecture and Design
- FIT5136 Software Engineering
- FIT1008 Introduction to computer science
- FIT4012 Advanced topics in computational science
Community service
Selected roles
- 2027 Program Committee Chair, International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
- 2025 Chair of ACM SIGSOFT Junior Awards
- 2025 Program Committee Chair, International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation
- 2025 Senior Associate Editor ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
- 2024 Selection Committee for the Editor in Chief of the ACM Software Engineering and Methodology
- 2024 Chair of the Award committee of the prestigious ACM SIGSOFT Junior Awards
- 2023 Member of the Award committee of the prestigious Technical Community on Software Engineering (TCSE)
- 2023 Chair of New Faculty Symposium, International Conference on Software Engineering
- 2022 Senior Associate Editor, Journal of Systems and Software
- 2022 Chair of the Journal First Track, Foundations of Software Engineering
- 2022 Chair of the Doctoral Symposium, International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis
- 2021 Chair Artifact Track at the Automated Software Engineering Conference
- 2020 Chair of Tutorials at Automated Software Engineering Conference
- 2020 Program Committee Chair at the Symposium on Search-Based Software Engineering
Education/Academic qualification
Software Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Swinburne University of Technology
Award Date: 17 Oct 2012
Computer Engineering, Master of Computer Engineering, Universiteti Politeknik i Tiranës (Polytechnic University of Tirana)
Award Date: 1 Dec 2008
Computer Engineering, Bachelor Honours Degree, Yildiz Technical University
Award Date: 15 Jun 2005
Research area keywords
- Software Engineering
- Artificial Intelligence
- Testing
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Teaching and Assessing Human–AI Team Competence via AI-Orchestrated Software Engineering Studios
Tian, Y. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Aleti, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chen, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Zhang, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Grundy, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Mi, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cheng, X. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Fehnker, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Liu, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chen, T. Y. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Shahin, M. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Macquarie University, Swinburne University of Technology, RMIT University
31/08/26 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Software Engineering for Social Good PhD Scholarship
Aleti, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & Tack, G. (Chief Investigator (CI))
9/02/25 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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Intelligent Robotics for Pharmaceutical Formulation Development
Kulic, D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Burke, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Pham, H. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Vong, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Aleti, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Say, B. (Chief Investigator (CI))
15/09/24 → 14/09/27
Project: Research
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Quantum Information Technology: Quantum Information Technology: Industry Readiness & Applications
Steinfeld, R. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), simmons, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Usman, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Phung, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Tack, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Pas, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Sakzad, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Cui, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Aleti, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Garcia De La Banda Garcia, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Nakashima, P. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Schmidt, D. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Esgin, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Fay, J. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/01/23 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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RAISE: RAISE: Creating Responsible AI Software Engineering Capability
Tantithamthavorn, K. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Grundy, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Abdelrazek, M. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Thongtanunam, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Aleti, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nakisa, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Treude, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Zahedi, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Arora, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Hoda, R. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Chen, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Chen , J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Cooray, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Bigdeli, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Uzunov, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Hurse, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Saunders, S. (Associate Investigator (AI))
Episoft Pty Ltd, Swordfish Computing Pty Ltd
1/01/23 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Introduction to the special issue on metamorphic testing
Liu, H., Aleti, A. & Arrieta, A., Jul 2026, In: Information and Software Technology. 195, 2 p., 108094.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other
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A Bayesian Optimisation with segmentation approach to optimising liquid handling parameters
Yap, E., Huynh, V., Vong, C., Vogel, P., Louzado, V., Barnes, T., Say, B., Burke, M., Kulic, D. & Aleti, A., Dec 2025, In: Journal of Process Control. 156, 10 p., 103571.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Artificial Intelligence for Software Engineering: The Journey So Far and the Road Ahead
Ahmed, I., Aleti, A., Cai, H., Chatzigeorgiou, A., He, P., Hu, X., Pezzè, M., Poshyvanyk, D. & Xia, X., 28 May 2025, In: ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology. 34, 5, 27 p., 119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A Semantic-Aware Layer-Freezing Approach to Computation-Efficient Fine-Tuning of Language Models
Gu, J., Aleti, A., Chen, C. & Zhang, H., 2025, ACL 2025, The 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL 2025), Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics. Che, W., Nabende, J., Shutova, E. & Pilehvar, M. T. (eds.). Kerrville TX USA: Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), p. 8019-8033 15 p. (Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
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Enhancing large language models for text-to-testcase generation
Alagarsamy, S., Tantithamthavorn, C., Takerngsaksiri, W., Arora, C. & Aleti, A., Dec 2025, In: Journal of Systems and Software. 230, 14 p., 112531.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Activities
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Course Director, Bachelor of Software Engineering
Aleti, A. (Member)
2017 → 2020Activity: External Academic Engagement › Committees and working groups
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Athena Swan
Aleti, A. (Member)
2016 → 2018Activity: External Academic Engagement › Committees and working groups
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Faculty Research Committee - Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
Aleti, A. (Member)
2016 → …Activity: External Academic Engagement › Committees and working groups
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Early Career Researcher committee
Aleti, A. (Chair/ Co-Chair)
2015 → 2018Activity: External Academic Engagement › Committees and working groups