Christoph Csallner

Christoph Csallner is a Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). He previously worked at Google and Microsoft Research and holds a Diplom-Informatiker degree from Universität Stuttgart, Germany, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Georgia Tech. His research has received numerous best paper awards at top software engineering conferences including ASE, ISSTA, and ISSRE.

Dr. Csallner's research interests focus on software engineering, with particular expertise in program analysis, automated bug finding, software security, and mobile software development. His work bridges theoretical foundations with practical applications, developing tools that have real-world impact in improving software quality and security. Recent research has concentrated on analyzing Simulink models for cyber-physical systems, mobile app screen search and generation, and applying deep learning techniques to software testing problems.

His publications show a consistent trajectory of innovation in software testing and analysis, with recent work exploring the intersection of machine learning and software engineering. The research spans from foundational program analysis techniques to practical tools addressing challenges in mobile development and cyber-physical systems. His work on Simulink model analysis has created valuable resources for the research community, including large open-source corpora of Simulink models.

Scientific awards include:

• Best Paper Award at IEEE ISSRE 2010
• ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Awards at ISSTA 2006 and 2012
• Best Paper Award at PPREW 2014
• ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Awards at ASE 2007 and 2015
• Distinguished Referee Award at ASE 2019

Dr. Csallner has successfully advised numerous Ph.D. and Master's students who have gone on to prominent positions at companies like Meta, Google DeepMind, and Bloomberg. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, MathWorks, the Alzheimer's Association, and other organizations. He leads the Software Engineering Research Center (SERC) lab at UTA, where his team develops innovative tools for software analysis, testing, and development.