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Emma Söderberg is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Lund University's Faculty of Engineering with key roles as Project Manager for ELLIIT (Linköping-Lund IT initiative), Coordinator of the LTH AI and Digitalization Profile Area, and Researcher in the NEXTG2COM competence centre.
She earned her academic credentials from Lund University: M.Sc. (2007), Licentiate (2011), and Ph.D. (2013) in Computer Science and Engineering, with doctoral research on semantic editors using reference attribute grammars. After a Google tenure (2013-2018) developing Chromium infrastructure, she returned to Lund to pioneer human-centered software engineering research.
Her work focuses on the intersection of programming tools, software engineering, and human-computer interaction, specifically how tools can support human needs in development workflows. Recent investigations examine cognitive aspects of code review, AI augmentation (not replacement) of developer judgment, and gamification for tool feedback collection.
Analysis of her 2025 publications reveals a cohesive research trajectory centered on developer behavior modeling—spanning cognitive code review frameworks, AI-supported quality assurance, educational program analysis applications, and gamified static analysis feedback systems—all emphasizing human-tool symbiosis over full automation.
She actively supervises four PhD candidates:
- N. Korkakakis on continuous automotive software engineering (CASE-SDV)
- N. Hagatulah on safeguards for LLM-assisted refactoring (REFORGE)
- P. Palesetti on AI-driven DevOps for cyber-physical systems
- A. Bexell on semi-automatic code improvement (SACI)
Her leadership extends to organizing NEXTG2COM workshops, delivering industry outreach talks (e.g., 'This thing called programming & AI and programming'), and contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals through software engineering advancements. Current projects funded through 2030 address critical challenges in automotive software and AI-enhanced development environments.
