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Maria Tortorella is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of Unisannio, Italy. Her research focuses on software engineering with particular emphasis on business-process and software-system alignment. She has published extensively in the field of software maintenance, evolution, and quality assessment, with a publication record spanning over two decades from 1994 to 2019.
Dr. Tortorella's primary research interests include:
- Software Maintenance and Evolution
- Software Comprehension and Reverse Engineering
- Software Quality Assessment
- Business Process Modelling
- Alignment between Business Processes and Software Systems
- Open Source Software Evaluation
Her research trajectory shows a clear evolution from foundational software engineering topics toward contemporary challenges in business-IT alignment and open source software evaluation. Early work focused on program comprehension and identifying reusable components, while more recent publications examine architectural instability, quality evolution trends, and reliability assessment in open source projects. This progression reflects the changing landscape of software engineering practice and research priorities over her career.
Dr. Tortorella has maintained strong collaborative relationships, particularly with Lerina Aversano, Gerardo Canfora, and Carmine Grasso, resulting in numerous co-authored publications. Her work demonstrates methodological rigor through empirical studies, case analyses, and framework development that bridges theoretical concepts with practical applications in software engineering and business process management.
