Claire Le Goues

Claire Le Goues is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, affiliated with the Software and Societal Systems Department (formerly Institute for Software Research). She holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Virginia and a B.A. in Computer Science from Harvard College.

Her research focuses on software engineering with emphasis on program analysis, transformation, and search-based repair. She leads the squaresLab group and co-directs the REUSE@CMU summer program. Her work spans automated program improvement (stochastic/formal approaches), software assurance, quality metrics, and systems from open source to robotics.

Recent scientific awards include the ACM FSE 2025 Test of Time Award Honorable Mention and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). She mentors students in software engineering and actively collaborates on projects like SearchRepair and GenProg, supporting empirical benchmarks such as ManyBugs and IntroClass.

She teaches software engineering and program analysis at undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels, addressing challenges in scaling modern systems. Her lab focuses on software repair, code transformation, and AI-driven testing.