Coen De Roover

Coen De Roover is a Professor at the Software Languages Lab of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, actively leading research in program analysis, software quality, and security. He chairs the Bachelor in Computer Science program and supervises a dynamic research group.

• Research Focus: Static/dynamic analysis, automated testing, software maintenance, AI for SE, infrastructure as code security.
• Projects: Bugatti (2025-2028), Cracy (2024-2027), CRPF (2024-2028), BaseCamp Zero (2022-2026), EcoPipe (2023-2025), APAX (2022-2024).

Scientific Awards:

• MSR 2025 Distinguished Dataset Award
• IEEE TCSE Distinguished Paper Award (SANER 2022)
• ICSE 2022 Best Artifact Award
• SCAM 2022 Best Artifact Award

Conference Leadership: General Chair of SCAM 2024, Program Co-Chair for GPCE 2024, and active in organizing summer schools on security testing.