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Ronnie de Souza Santos, Ph.D

@softwaronnie

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Software Engineering. @SchulichENGG - @UCalgary. My research goal is to make software engineering more colorful! 🌈

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We finished SENG 401 - Software Architecture (Winter 2025), and I am grateful for the energy and the kind words. Teaching these talented future 200 software engineers was a joyβ€”wishing you all success in your journeys ahead! πŸš€ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

11.04.2025 19:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@carlataciana.bsky.social as inscriΓ§Γ΅es estΓ£o abertas atΓ© eu encontrar a pessoa certa para a vaga. Mas eu gostaira que a pessoa comeΓ§asse no Fall, entΓ£o considerando immigration processes quero ter essa pessoa selecionada atΓ© o meio de abril pra ela se inscrever no programa.

25.03.2025 15:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Celebrating a major milestone: Alberta Innovates and NSERC have granted me $300K to support my research on fairness and bias testing in AI! This will fund 3 new SE-All Lab members and broaden outreach efforts beyond academia. I’m now hiring a postdoc and a PhD studentβ€”anyone out there interested?

25.03.2025 00:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just got another review asking about generalization in a grounded theory paper. Dear reviewers, please remember: every time you ask for generalizability in qualitative research, a puppy starts crying. Let’s not do that.

21.03.2025 19:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to my research community and honored to receive the Distinguished Reviewer Award for ICSE 2025! See you all in Ottawa! @icseconf.bsky.social

18.03.2025 18:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I am looking for a highly motivated PhD student to join the SE-ALL Lab at the University of Calgary, starting Fall 2025. This fully funded position focuses on Software Fairness Testing. Learn more: shorturl.at/mKCl0

18.03.2025 01:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Starting the week with some great news! I’m excited to share that two… | Ronnie de Souza Santos Starting the week with some great news! I’m excited to share that two Schulich undergraduate students will be joining the SE-ALL Lab this summer to boost our…

We have new members joining the SE-ALL Lab this summer to research fairness requirements and LLMs in healthcare. Plus, we have a lot to celebrate considering our participation at SANER 2025! I share all the details here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

11.03.2025 00:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The amazing Dr. Mariana Bento kicks off the Fairness Workshop afternoon with her keynote on β€œBetter AI” for Healthcare Applications, exploring how we can build more equitable and effective AI-driven solutions in healthcare.

04.03.2025 19:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The legendary Dr. Foutse Khomh opens the Fairness Workshop 2025 with a talk on the untold history of algorithmic discriminationβ€”a computational issue that has persisted since the 1980s. An important discussion on the past, present, and future of fairness in AI!

04.03.2025 14:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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I am grateful to receive the Schulich Momentum Award for my work in fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion in software engineering! Diversity drives the creativity and innovation necessary for building the systems that sustain our world, and we need to keep pushing for it!

21.02.2025 00:54 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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2 weeks to our Software Fairness Workshop at SANER in Montreal! Keynotes by Foutse Khomh and Mariana Bento + 9 great papers! Join us: conf.researchr.org/track/saner-.... Also, consider submitting to the IST Special Issue on Software Fairness (deadline Mar 30): www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

17.02.2025 03:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just finished reviewing the 7 papers I got from the EASE 2025 (International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering). Great stuff! Good luck to all the authors, and I hope to see some of these ideas out in the world soon!

17.02.2025 03:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out.

Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.

Say equity, which a just society should pursue.

Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

09.02.2025 14:10 πŸ‘ 28467 πŸ” 8837 πŸ’¬ 880 πŸ“Œ 480
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🌎 Did you know your participation at @icseconf.bsky.social 2025 will directly contribute to global reforestation? Yes! Your registration will help plant trees in Canada (where ICSE is being held) and across the globe! Learn more about our sustainability efforts: conf.researchr.org/attending/ic...

18.01.2025 21:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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As the Winter semester begins, I want to thank my Fall students for their kind feedback. Hearing how the project helped them grow and that the environment felt inclusive reminds me why I love teaching. Your success is my success, and you inspire me to keep improvingβ€”thank you!

17.01.2025 22:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Winter term kicks off today, and I’m thrilled to welcome 230 new students to my Software Architecture course!

14.01.2025 18:43 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re excited to join @TechDebt_Conf at @ICSEconf for the first time to present and discuss our newly accepted paper on fairness debt! I look forward to discussing our ideas and learning with this fantastic community. See you there!

10.01.2025 21:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ronnie de Souza Santos on LinkedIn: πŸŽ‰ Good news on a Sunday morning! Our paper was accepted at the 2nd… πŸŽ‰ Good news on a Sunday morning! Our paper was accepted at the 2nd International Workshop on Software Quality Assurance for Artificial Intelligence…

Good news on a Sunday morning! Our paper was accepted at the 2nd International Workshop on Software Quality Assurance for Artificial Intelligence, co-located with @SANERconf 2025. We will soon have a pre-print of the revised version. More about the paper: shorturl.at/Emm4H

05.01.2025 21:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I am excited to attend IEEE SANER for the first time! Our paper was accepted for the Reproducibility Studies Track. In this work, we replicated our CHASE 2023 study on how software engineering students’ familiarity with distinguished scientists from the field may influence their career choices.

19.12.2024 17:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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ESEM was the first international conference where I published, and for a decade now, I have studied and used the guidelines for empirical software engineering developed by the ISERN community. In a way, ISERN was my first academic community, and today I am honored and happy to join them as a member!

17.12.2024 17:34 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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After having my grounded theory papers rejectedβ€”surprise, surpriseβ€”due to 'lack of' statistical generalization (which was addressed in the threats to validity section along with data saturation and transferability), I thought, why not share a few more insightful review comments I've received today?

17.12.2024 01:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am scouring the guidelines to figure out what this super recommendation is based on: 'Expert interviewing requires to be complemented by real system evaluation and algorithmic bias evaluation to be considered valid.'

16.12.2024 20:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Of course, we wouldn't miss the chance to discuss EDI in education during @icseconf.bsky.social! So, we are also happy to share that our paper has been accepted to the IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training.

16.12.2024 20:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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I woke up to reviewers asking about statistical generalization ... in our QUALITATIVE research or, more importantly, discussing how my abstract is too long. But hey, 2 out of 5 papers were accepted at @ICSEconf-SEIS, so I am celebrating with my amazing collaborators! Cheers!

16.12.2024 17:37 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

I've got that too, in 3 papers! That and, 'your abstract is too long'.

16.12.2024 17:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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First time in Sweden, visiting Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg! Francisco Gomes invited us to discuss research collaborations on EDI in Software Engineering. @aserebrenik.bsky.social is also here, so you know some exciting studies are in the works!

11.12.2024 16:57 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning, world! We are starting the day on a high note as we gear up to participate in @icseconf.bsky.social - RAIE, where we’ll discuss how software practitioners address Responsible AI principles and the challenges they face in the industry.

10.12.2024 08:48 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here is some great news to kick off the week! Both of our papers have been accepted at @icseconf.bsky.social - WSESE! Shoutout to my two new Master's students, Matheus and Lucas, who joined the SE-ALL lab just three months ago and are already making incredible contributions! πŸš€

09.12.2024 14:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Software fairness is multifacetedβ€”it’s technical as much as it is social, and I can’t wait to read your study on these aspects! Submit your paper for the Fairness Workshop at SANER 2025 by Nov 29, and let’s discuss your work in Montreal this March. Don’t miss it! fairnessworkshop.com

20.11.2024 21:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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