Xavier Devroey

Xavier Devroey is an Assistant Professor of Software Engineering at the Faculty of Computer Science, University of Namur, where he co-leads the SNAIL Team. His research focuses on test automation for search-based and model-based software testing, test suite augmentation, DevOps, and variability-intensive systems.

• PhD in Computer Science (University of Namur, 2017)
• Master in Computer Science (University of Namur, 2010)

Recent research highlights include:

• Automated Android safety/security audits (A3S3, 2025)
• REST API benchmarking infrastructure (2025)
• Energy consumption analysis through test execution (2025)
• Fuzzing approaches for Odoo integration testing (FuzzE, 2025)

Scientific recognitions:

• 1st place Java Test Case Generation Tool Competition (2025)
• VAMOS 2024 Ten-Year Most Influential Paper
• SSBSE 2020 Best Paper Award
• ICST 2024 Distinguished Reviewer
• AST 2023 PC Reviewer Star

He actively supervises PhD and master's students while organizing international conferences like ISSTA (2025) and Belgium-Netherlands Software Evolution Workshops (2024).