Silvia Abrahão

Silvia Abrahão is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, where she also serves as Director of the Master's Program in Software Systems Engineering and Technology.

Her research expertise encompasses:

• Model-driven development
• Integration of usability/UX in software development
• Cloud services monitoring
• Empirical software engineering
• User Interface Adaptation using AI techniques
• Quality assurance in software engineering

Dr. Abrahão has led eighteen research projects involving academic and industrial partners, including the MULTIPLE project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation with Rolls-Royce Software Centre of Excellence, and the Spanish Network of Excellence on Software Quality and Sustainability. Her publication portfolio demonstrates a clear trajectory toward adaptive user interfaces and AI-enhanced development approaches, with recent works exploring reinforcement learning applications and empirical validation methods.

Her editorial leadership includes:

• Associate Editor for ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
• Associate Editor for IEEE Software
• Editor-in-Chief of TOSEM's Continuous Special Section on Human-Centric Software Engineering
• Department Editor for IEEE Software
• Member of editorial boards for Springer's Journal of Software and Systems Modeling and Wiley's Journal of Software: Practice and Experience

Dr. Abrahão maintains significant conference leadership roles as Chair of the MODELS Steering Committee, ACM Women in Computing Rising Star Award Committee Chair, and previously served as General Co-Chair of MODELS 2014 and PC Co-Chair of MODELS 2020. She actively contributes to numerous program committees across ASE, ICSE, EASE, and ESEM conferences.