Current PhD students

Emeralda Sesari, 2022-26
Fairness Problems in Software Industry and Solutions

Tien Tulili (co-supervisor) , 2022-26
Early Signs of Burnout in Software Engineering

Graduates

Dr. Gunnar Kudrjavets, Ph.D., 2021-23
The Need for Speed: The Road Ahead Towards Increased Code Review Velocity
Recipient of the MSR 2024 Distinguished Doctoral Research Award
Current role: Principal Engineer at Amazon Web Services, USA

Herman Lassche , MSc, 2023-24
Towards Reliable Dutch Conversational Support Agents: Automated Validation of Answer Correctness
/ in collaboration with AFAS software
/ graduated cum laude
Current role: Software Developer at AFAS Software

Arjan Tilstra, MSc, 2023-24
Improving Developer Experience through Insights on Belsimpel/Gomibo Workflow
/ in collaboration with Belsimpel
Current role: Software Engineer at Belsimpel

Willem Meijer , MSc, 2022-23
Influence of Ecosystem-wide Developer Participation on Pull Request Acceptance in Open-Source Software
/ graduated cum laude
Current role: Ph.D. student at Linköping University, Sweden

Frenk van Mil, MSc, 2019-20
Inferring Personality from GitHub Communications Data: Promises and Perils
Current role: Data Analyst at Lely

Elvan Kula, MSc, 2017-18
Time and Quality Characteristics of Projects with Different Release Cycles
Current role: Strategic Data Analyst, Schipol

Visiting Researchers

Dr. Xunhui Zhang , PhD, 2019-20
Pull Request Time and Decision Explained
Current role: Assistant Professor at NUDT, China

Dr. Leticia Machado, PhD, 2017
Improving Software Quality Using Crowdsourcing
Current role: Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul