Alumni

PhD students

Hechen (Sunny) Wang, Doctor of Philosophy in Software Engineering (2024)
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Kelly Blincoe, Dr Reza Shahamiri
Thesis: Understanding User Feedback from Software Product Forums for Product Improvement Insight Classification

Peter Devine, Doctor of Philosophy in Software Engineering (2023)
Supervisor(s): Dr Kelly Blincoe, A/Prof Yun Sing Koh
Thesis: Improved Techniques for Identifying Software Product Development Insights

Haris Mumtaz, Doctor of Philosophy in Software Engineering (2023)
Supervisor(s): Dr Kelly Blincoe, Dr Paramvir Singh
Thesis: Social and Technical Quality Analysis in Software Projects

Sanuri Dananja, Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (2023)
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Ewan Tempero, Dr Kelly Blincoe
Thesis: Exploring the Potential of Non-programmer Contributions in Code Review

James Tizard, Doctor of Philosophy in Software Engineering (2022)
Supervisor(s): Dr Kelly Blincoe, Dr Nasser Giacaman
Thesis: Voice of the users: Mining software requirements from online user feedback

Zainab Masood, Doctor of Philosophy in Software Engineering (2021)
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Rashina Hoda, Dr Kelly Blincoe
Thesis: Theory of Practicing and Making Self-Assignment Work

Masters students

Xiaoqi Chai, Master of Engineering in Software Engineering (2024)
Supervisor(s): A/Prof Kelly Blincoe, Dr James Tizard
Thesis: Accessibility Rank: A Machine Learning Approach for Prioritizing User Reviews Based on Accessibility Need

Run Qin, Master of Engineering in Software Engineering (2023)
Supervisor(s): Dr Kelly Blincoe, Dr James Tizard
Thesis: Bert-based Feature Extraction Approach for Software Forum Posts

Chinmay Deshmukh, Master of Engineering in Software Engineering (2022)
Supervisor(s): Dr Valerio Terragni, Dr Kelly Blincoe
Thesis: AuMi-Tests: Automated Generation of a Regression Test Suite for Libraries by Mining Tests from Open Source Client Projects

Eddie Chiang, Master of Engineering in Software Engineering (2021)
Supervisor(s): Dr Kelly Blincoe
Thesis: Program Comprehension Challenges Detection for Pull Requests with Machine Learning

Sunny Wang, Master of Engineering in Software Engineering (2019)
Supervisor(s): Dr Kelly Blincoe
Thesis: Classification of Software Forum Data with Machine Learning