Roland Würsching, M.Sc.
Technische Universität München
Informatik 4 - Lehrstuhl für Software & Systems Engineering (Prof. Pretschner)
Postadresse
Postal:
Boltzmannstr. 3
85748 Garching b. München
- Tel.: +49 (89) 289 - 17838
- Raum: 5611.01.040
- roland.wuersching@tum.de
About Me
I am interested in the field of software testing, especially the optimization of large test suites. My research is mainly concerned with tests written in natural language and manual testing processes.
Thesis Topics
Note: At the moment, I am not accepting further thesis applications!
Feel free to contact me if you are interested in any of the below open topics (click the links for a brief description). Please include your current CV and grade report, as well as a short motivation letter and when you intend to start your thesis.
| Title | Type |
|---|---|
| ▌ Open | |
| Build a Test Selection Tool for Mobile App Tests in Natural Language (iOS, Android) | GR |
| ▌ Ongoing / Assigned | |
| Development of a Scalable AI-Assisted Tutoring System | MA |
| Development of Instructor Workflows for an AI-Assisted Tutoring System | GR |
| Comparative Analysis of LLMs for Automated Code Refactoring (with SC) | MA |
| Speed Up Testing By Reusing Code Coverage | BA |
| Regression Testing With Non-Code Dependencies | BA |
| Increasing Test Selection Precision: When Are Tests (Not) Affected By Changes? | MA |
| Speed Up Testing By Identifying Code Refactorings | Seminar |
| Non-Code Dependencies in Software Testing | Seminar |
| ▌ Finished | |
| Automatically Detecting Flaky End-to-End Tests in Multi-Language Systems Using Code Coverage (with FL) | MA |
| Regression Test Optimization for Manual Tests | Seminar |
| Regression Test Selection in Rust (with DE) | GR |
| Coverage-Based Regression Test Selection for Manual UI Tests | Seminar |
| Increasing Data Sharing Appeal Through Incentive Mechanisms (with VZ) | MA |
| NLP-Based Manual Test Case Selection | Seminar |
| Prioritizing Regression Tests for Manual Testing of Mobile Applications | MA |
| Insights Into Java Code Coverage for Natural Language Tests | Seminar |
Teaching
| Semester | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|
| WS 22 | Seminar | |
| SS 23 | Robust DevOps - Exploring Stability Factors for UI Tests | Practical Course |
| SS 23 | Software Quality | Seminar |
| WS 23 | Lecture | |
| WS 23 | Software Quality | Seminar |
| SS 24 | Software Quality | Seminar |
| WS 24 | Software Quality | Seminar |
Publications
- Wuersching, R.*, Elsner, D.*, Leinen, F., Pretschner, A., Grueneissl, G., Neumeyr, T., Vosseler, T. (2023). Severity-Aware Prioritization of System-Level Regression Tests in Automotive Software. In Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation.
- Elsner, D., Wuersching, R., Schnappinger, M., Pretschner, A. (2022). Probe-based Syscall Tracing for Efficient and Practical File-level Test Traces. In Proceedings of the 3rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Automation of Software Test (pp. 126-137).
- Elsner, D., Wuersching, R., Schnappinger, M., Pretschner, A., Graber, M., Dammer, R., & Reimer, S. (2022). Build System Aware Multi-language Regression Test Selection in Continuous Integration. In Proceedings of the 44th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice (pp. 87-96).