Gabriele Bavota

Gabriele Bavota is a Full Professor in the Faculty of Informatics at the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI). He holds a Laurea (cum laude) and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Salerno (2013). Before joining USI in 2016, he was an Assistant Professor at the Free University of Bolzano-Bozen (2014–2016) and a research fellow at the University of Sannio (2013–2014).

• Research Focus: Software maintenance, mining software repositories, empirical software engineering, and AI-driven code analysis.
• Awarded the 2018 ACM Sigsoft Early Career Researcher Award and leads the ERC Starting Grant project DEVINTA, exploring deep learning applications in software engineering.
• Authored over 180 publications in top venues like ICSE, FSE, and TOSEM, with multiple best/distinguished paper awards.

His work bridges empirical studies, AI tools, and developer-centric solutions, addressing challenges in code quality, refactoring, and automated testing. He has served as program chair for ICPC 2016, SANER 2017, and ICSME 2023, and holds editorial roles in TSE, EMSE, and JSS.

Labs/Teams: Principal Investigator of the DEVINTA project and part of the Software Institute at USI, fostering collaborations in AI, software engineering, and empirical research.