Team

My team investigates software testing and empirical software engineering, with particular emphasis on learning-enabled, autonomous, cyber-physical, and security-critical systems.

Current researchers

Michele Lizzit — PhD Researcher

Research: Static analysis, software supply-chain security, and LLM-assisted vulnerability detection.

Supervision: Co-supervised with Marino Miculan.

Current MSc researchers

Alessandro De Biasi

Oliver Stevanovic

Matteo Pittis

Alumni

Maryam Maryam — PhD, 2026

Thesis: Generative AI Models and Automated Validators for Deep Learning Test Input Generation

Tahereh Zohdinasab — PhD, 2024

Thesis: Exposing and Explaining Misbehaviours of Deep Learning Systems

Supervision: Co-supervised with Paolo Tonella.

5 M.Sc. Theses

Riccardo Del Chin, 2025
Francesco Pinzauti, thesis title: “An Empirical Assessment of Vulnerabilities of the CERN Internal Python ecosystem”, co-advised with Marino Miculan, 2024
Lodovico Azzini, thesis title: “Opening the Black Box: Heatmap Clustering to Understand the Misbehaviors Exposed by Automatically Generated Test Inputs”, co-advised with Paolo Tonella and Tahereh Zohdinasab, 2022
Kiarash Jamshidi, thesis title: “Exploiting Video Games to Test Autonomous Vehicles”, co-advised with Paolo Tonella and Tahereh Zohdinasab, 2021
Raffaele Sellitto, thesis title: “Tools and Techniques for Memory Leak Detection in Android Mobile Applications”, co-advised with Anna Rita Fasolino and Domenico Amalfitano, 2017

35 B.Sc. Theses

2023: Dario Simone, Stefano Monte
2024: Lorenzo Biribin, Lorenzo Basoc, Oliver Stevanovic, Gabriele Saba, Gaia Simeoni, Giacomo Zampieri, Gianluca Fabris, Matteo Blonda, Iury Fior, Alessandro Gerotto, Alberto Movio, Nicolò Pettarin, Federica Zamparo, Nicola Revelant
2025: Lorenzo Campo, Federico Del Bello, Federico Salvatore Delia, Federico Magnabosco, Thomas Omiciuolo, Filippo Salvatore Sturniolo, Jessica Tavano
2026: Cristian Aquilino, Giulio Benes, Elvedin Dobrnjic, Alessandro Fabbri, Roland Gjopalaj, Filippo Mecozzi, Samuele Moro, Carlo Nordio, Gabriele Polizzotto, Cristian Radulescu, Moreno Scozzi, John Toniutti