Ayushi Rastogi

Ayushi Rastogi is an Assistant Professor at the University of Groningen, affiliated with the Software Engineering group in the Bernoulli Institute under the Faculty of Science and Engineering. She holds a PhD from IIIT-Delhi and has conducted postdoctoral research at TU Delft and the University of California, Irvine, with additional experience as a visiting researcher at Microsoft Research. Her research focuses on data analytics and AI-driven solutions for software engineering challenges, particularly in open-source ecosystems and developer communities. Key interests include psychological safety in OSS, pull request dynamics, and fairness in software practices. She actively contributes to EDI initiatives through Informatics Europe and the Netherlands' IPN EDI committee.

Her work combines empirical software engineering and repository mining to address real-world software challenges. Notable contributions include analyzing fork sustainability in developer communities and exploring code review velocity. She has received the MSR Rich Holt Early Career Achievement Award 2025 and serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Software. Her GitHub repository 'fsoc' investigates fork impact on developer community sustainability, and she leads projects like OpenDataology for AI dataset compliance.

Awards include the 2022 Best Disruptive Paper Award (ISSRE) and supervision of the MSR 2024 Distinguished Doctoral Award-winning thesis by Dr. Gunnar Kudrjavets. She chairs MSR 2025 and frequently presents on topics like gender equality in tech and burnout prevention. Her research spans compiler analysis, memory management, and EDI policy design in ICT sectors.