Research

We explore new methods and technologies that push the boundaries of quality assurance and testing.

Publications Presentations

Research Drives Our Professional Development

Our team conducts research in the following areas:

  • Model-Based Testing
  • Machine Learning-Based Test Data Generation
  • Search-Based Software Testing
  • Empirical Software Engineering
  • Software Product Line Engineering
  • Evolutionary Computation
  • Cyber-Physical Systems

Research Projects

Some of the research projects our team members have been involved in include:

  • “A Model-Based Approach to Generate Dynamic Synthetic Test Data” – Industrial PhD project, University of Oslo
  • “Simulation-Based Testing of Highly Configurable Cyber-Physical Systems: Automation, Optimization and Debugging” – Mondragon University, Spain
  • “Automated Model-Based Testing with ecFeed PRO” – Skattefunn 2019 – Research Council of Norway
  • “Automated Model-Based Testing with ecFeed” – Skattefunn 2017–2018 – Research Council of Norway
  • “Approaches for Test Oracle Generation in ecFeed” – Support Scheme for Regional R&D and Innovation (VRI), 2017 – Simula Research Laboratory

Organization

Testify team members contribute to the organization of conferences worldwide, both in academia and industry. Here are our most recent activities:

  • 2021: Hager Debech & Minh Nguyen – Member of Organizing Committee – ODIN 2021
  • 2020: Hager Debech & Minh Nguyen – Member of Organizing Committee – ODIN 2020
  • 2019: Hager Debech & Minh Nguyen – Member of Organizing Committee – ODIN 2019
  • 2019: Minh Nguyen – Program Chair – ODIN 2019
  • 2019: Shuai Wang – Program Chair & Member of Program Committee – 15th Workshop on Advances in Model-Based Testing (A-MOST) 2019
  • 2012: Erik Arisholm – Member of Program Committee – IEEE International Conference on Software Testing 2012
  • Minh Nguyen – Board Member – DND Software Testing Østlandet

Awards

Awards received by Testify team members for their work:

Research Collaborations

Testify collaborates with universities and research institutions. Some of the topics and partners include:

  • Shuai Wang & Mondragon University, Spain (Aitor Arrieta, lecturer/researcher) – Highly Configurable Cyber-Physical System Testing
  • Testify & Simula Research Laboratory – Approaches for Test Oracle Generation in ecFeed

Publications

Testify team members produce research published in various conferences and academic journals. Here is a list of recent contributions:

Pareto efficient multi-objective black-box test case selection for simulation-based testing

Employing rule mining and multi-objective search for dynamic test case prioritization

Search-based test case implantation for testing untested configurations

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Presentations

We regularly present at conferences, seminars, workshops, and other events. Below is a list of recent presentations delivered by Testify team members:

2024-09-26

Annette Borge Saksvik & Christine Ursin Steen Lunde (Skatteetaten) – Dataproduktutvikling i sky – hvordan sikrer vi da kvalitet? – ODIN 2024

2024-09-26

Lorraine Mei – Wanted: Testable performance requirements – ODIN 2024

2024-09-26

Chao Tan – How AI Could Help Relieve Your Test Automation Pain – ODIN 2024

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