Alberto Martin-Lopez

Alberto Martin-Lopez is a postdoctoral fellow in the SEART research group at the Software Institute of Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) in Lugano, Switzerland. His academic journey includes a PhD from the SCORE Unit of Excellence at the University of Seville (Spain), where he also earned a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications Engineering and a Master's degree in Software Engineering and Technology. He has held positions as a Fulbright fellow at the University of California, Berkeley and as an external lecturer at Kristiania University College in Oslo, Norway.

His research focuses on software testing, service-oriented computing, and neuro-symbolic AI applications to software engineering problems. Martin-Lopez has made significant contributions to automated testing of web services, particularly RESTful APIs, developing tools and techniques for test oracle generation, test input generation, and metamorphic testing. His work bridges traditional software engineering methods with modern AI techniques to address longstanding challenges in software verification.

His publications in top-tier venues like ESEC/FSE, ISSTA, and TSE demonstrate consistent impact in the software engineering community. Analysis of his recent work shows a clear trajectory toward integrating neuro-symbolic AI approaches with traditional testing methodologies, particularly for solving the oracle problem in API testing and enhancing code generation systems.

His scientific achievements have been recognized with prestigious awards:

• First Prize of the ACM Student Research Competition at ICSE'20
• ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award at ESEC/FSE'22
• 2023 Early Career Researcher Award by the Spanish Society of Computer Science and Fundación BBVA

Martin-Lopez actively contributes to the software engineering community through service on program committees for major conferences including ASE, ESEC/FSE, ICSE, and ISSTA. His collaborative work spans institutions across Spain, Switzerland, the United States, and Norway, reflecting a strong international research network. At USI, he works within the SEART research group, focusing on advancing the state of the art in automated software testing through innovative combinations of traditional software engineering techniques and artificial intelligence.