Oriol Hilari

Oriol Hilari is a researcher at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), affiliated with the Facultat d'Informàtica de Barcelona (FIB) and the Departament d'Enginyeria de Serveis i Sistemes d'Informació. He is part of the GESSI - Group of Software and Service Engineering and the inSSIDE research groups. His work focuses on software engineering methodologies, requirements engineering, and AI-driven systems. He has been involved in over 78 academic activities including 40 conference presentations, 13 journal articles, and 13 competitive R+D+I projects.

• Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science (implied by research output)

Research interests span software quality management, agile development, DevOps automation, and sentiment analysis applied to user feedback. He leads projects like QaSD: Quality-aware Strategic Dashboard and Human-centred collaborative framework for software development.

Key contributions include work on requirements mining from app reviews, context-aware monitoring architectures, and integrating gamification in learning environments. His research emphasizes practical applications in industry collaborations and educational tools for software teams.

• Awards: Best Forum Paper Award at RCIS 2023

He has secured funding through programs like Horizon Europe and the Spanish National Research Plan, collaborating with institutions like the Catalan Government and EU frameworks. His work bridges academia and industry, addressing challenges in AI system governance and trustworthy autonomous systems.