Software Testing Laboratory

Focus:

Quality assurance and testing of embedded software and systems.


Division:

Division of Networked and Embedded Systems

The Software Testing Laboratory (STL) focuses on contemporary and future challenges in testing of embedded software systems, primarily in research projects conducted in close collaboration with industrial partners. 

With an emphasis on method and tool development, as well as industrial and practical real life case studies, our research focus includes (but is not limited to) test design, model-based testing, search-based software testing, decision-support for software testing, and test automation. In short, we develop, refine, and evaluate methods, theories and tools for testing of industrial software systems.

The objectives of STL are to improve the current body of knowledge in software testing, and to disseminate our results with the broader research community as well as with our industrial partners. To achieve this, we regularly publish in the main software testing venues, try to keep an open mind, and continuously engage in diverse academic and industrial collaboration

Project TitleStatus
AIDOaRt - AI-augmented automation for efficient DevOps, a model-based framework for continuous development At RunTime in cyber-physical systems active
ARRAY ++, Automation Region Research Academy active
ARRAY - Automation Region Research Academy active
CEST - Commissioned Education in Software Testing active
Q-Test: Startup Activities: Quality Increment in Embedded Electronic System Testing (Volvo CE APP) active
SmartDelta: Automated Quality Assurance and Optimization in Incremental Industrial Software Systems Development active
Software Center active
Trustworthy and Human-Centered Test Automation active
ADEPTNESS - Design-Operation Continuum Methods for Testing and Deployment under Unforeseen Conditions for Cyber-Physical Systems of Systems (Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Framework Programme) finished
Adequacy-based Testing of Extra-Functional Properties of Embedded Systems (VR) finished
AGENTS - Automated Generation of Tests for Simulated Software Systems (KKS) finished
ATAC - Advanced Test Automation for Complex Software-Intensive System (ITEA2/Vinnova) finished
ESS-H - Embedded Sensor Systems for Health Research Profile finished
EXACT - Experimental Analysis of the Coupling Effect Hypothesis in Software Testing finished
IMPRINT - Innovative Model-Based Product Integration Testing (Vinnova) finished
ITS-EASY Post Graduate School for Embedded Software and Systems finished
Less Bugs finished
MBAT - Combined Model-based Analysis and Testing (Artemis/Vinnova) finished
MegaMaRt2 - Megamodelling at Runtime (ECSEL/Vinnova) finished
PROMPT - Professional Master’s in Software Engineering (step II) finished
SWELL - Swedish V&V Excellence finished
SYNOPSIS - Safety Analysis for Predictable Software Intensive Systems finished
TESTMINE - Mining Test Evolution for Improved Software Regression Test Selection (KKS) finished
TESTOMAT Project - The Next Level of Test Automation finished
TOCSYC - Testing of Critical System Characteristics (KKS) finished
TRUSTCM - TRUSTed decision-making system for Cognitive Manufacturing finished
VeriDevOps - Automated Protection and Prevention to Meet Security Requirements in DevOps Environments finished
XIVT - eXcellence in Variant Testing finished

[Show all publications]

Gaps in Software Testing Education: A Survey of Academic Courses in Sweden (May 2025)
Ayodele Barrett, Eduard Paul Enoiu, Wasif Afzal
IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T25)

State of Test Optimization for Variability in Industry (Apr 2025)
Muhammad Abbas Khan, Mehrdad Saadatmand, Eduard Paul Enoiu, Bernd-Holger Schlingloff
22nd International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG 2025)

Automated Test Generation: Taxonomy and Tool Applications (Apr 2025)
Eduard Paul Enoiu, Nasir Mehmood Minhas, Michael Felderer , Wasif Afzal
Fundamentals of Software Engineering 2025 (FSEN'25)

SmartDelta Methodology: Automated Quality Assurance and Optimization for Incremental System Engineering (Apr 2025)
Benedikt Dornauer , Michael Felderer , Mehrdad Saadatmand, Muhammad Abbas Khan, Nicolas Bonnotte , Andreas Dreschinski , Eduard Paul Enoiu, Baykal Mehmet Uçar , Ömercan Devran , Robin Gröpler
22nd International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG 2025)

ReqRAG: Enhancing Software Release Management through Retrieval-Augmented LLMs: An Industrial Study (Apr 2025)
Md Saleh Ibtasham , Sarmad Bashir, Muhammad Abbas Khan, Zulqarnain Haider, Mehrdad Saadatmand, Antonio Cicchetti
Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ 2025)

An Empirical Investigation of Requirements Engineering and Testing Utilizing EARS Notation in PLC Programs (Mar 2025)
Mikael Ebrahimi Salari, Eduard Paul Enoiu, Wasif Afzal, Cristina Seceleanu
Springer Nature Computer Science (SNCS)



Wasif Afzal, Professor

Room: U1-138
Phone: +46 21107393