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Claudia Patricia Ayala Martinez serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Service and Information Systems Engineering at the Barcelona School of Informatics (FIB), Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). She is actively involved in research through the GESSI - Group of Software and Service Engineering and the UPC inSSIDE - integrated Software, Services, Information and Data Engineering research groups. Her career spans over two decades of academic contributions in software engineering with consistent publication output. Dr. Ayala Martinez's research focuses on Empirical Software Engineering, Off-The-Shelf Adoption, Requirements Engineering, and Software and Architectural Quality. Her work demonstrates an evolution from traditional software engineering topics toward increasing integration with machine learning and AI systems. Recent publications show particular emphasis on software quality indicators, ML pipeline design principles, trustworthiness of ML models, and green computing in software systems. Analyzing her publication trends reveals a consistent research trajectory with growing focus on AI/ML integration in software engineering. Her work spans empirical studies, systematic literature reviews, and practical industrial applications. The research shows strong connections between software quality metrics, architectural decisions, and emerging technologies, with increasing attention to ethical considerations in ML systems and sustainability in software development. Most-Influential Paper Award at the 30th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Dr. Ayala Martinez has participated in numerous competitive R&D projects including those funded by the Spanish National Research Plan, Horizon 2020, and the Catalan Innovation Strategy. Her collaborative network includes extensive work with Professor Javier Franch Gutierrez (69 joint publications), Silverio Juan Martinez Fernandez (26 joint publications), and Cristina Gomez Seoane (20 joint publications). Her research has been supported by various national and European funding programs focusing on software engineering, quality assessment, and open source adoption. She is actively involved with the GESSI and inSSIDE research groups at UPC, which focus on integrated software, services, information, and data engineering. These groups maintain strong industry connections and have produced significant research in empirical software engineering, reference architectures, and quality assessment methodologies. Her recent work shows increasing collaboration with researchers working at the intersection of software engineering and artificial intelligence.

• Empirical Software Engineering
• Off-The-Shelf Adoption
• Requirements Engineering
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