Xavier Devroey
@xdevroey.bsky.social
Prof. of software engineering and testing at the University of Namur, Belgium. Check our teamwork at https://snail.info.unamur.be 🇧🇪👨💻🏳️🌈
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ICST has always took pride in the diversity of workshop it offers - please help us continue the tradition in 2026 :)
📣 #ICST2026: Call for Workshop Proposals!
Organize a workshop at #ICST2026. Academic & Industry topics welcome!
📅 Proposal Deadline: Jan 16, 2026 🎓 Workshop Chairs: Shin Yoo & Gunel Jahangirova 🔗 More information: conf.researchr.org/track/icst-2...
#SoftwareTesting #Workshops #IEEE
Organize a workshop at #ICST2026. Academic & Industry topics welcome!
📅 Proposal Deadline: Jan 16, 2026 🎓 Workshop Chairs: Shin Yoo & Gunel Jahangirova 🔗 More information: conf.researchr.org/track/icst-2...
#SoftwareTesting #Workshops #IEEE
ICST 2026 - Workshops - ICST 2026
Call for Papers for the Research Papers Track is Now Open!
We are pleased to announce that the Call for Papers for ICST 2026 is now open!
We welcome original and high-quality submissions on a wide ra...
conf.researchr.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
ICST has always took pride in the diversity of workshop it offers - please help us continue the tradition in 2026 :)
Embarquer le sac avec le portable comme si j’allais au boulot … pour aller faire des courses… À nos actes manqués. 😑😅
November 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Embarquer le sac avec le portable comme si j’allais au boulot … pour aller faire des courses… À nos actes manqués. 😑😅
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Can #OpenAccess stay fair & sustainable as publishing costs rise?
Informatics Europe’s new position statement calls for fairer costs, transparency & support for alternative publishing models to build an equitable & sustainable publishing ecosystem across #Europe.
Full statement: tinyurl.com/mzzhz3hm
Informatics Europe’s new position statement calls for fairer costs, transparency & support for alternative publishing models to build an equitable & sustainable publishing ecosystem across #Europe.
Full statement: tinyurl.com/mzzhz3hm
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Can #OpenAccess stay fair & sustainable as publishing costs rise?
Informatics Europe’s new position statement calls for fairer costs, transparency & support for alternative publishing models to build an equitable & sustainable publishing ecosystem across #Europe.
Full statement: tinyurl.com/mzzhz3hm
Informatics Europe’s new position statement calls for fairer costs, transparency & support for alternative publishing models to build an equitable & sustainable publishing ecosystem across #Europe.
Full statement: tinyurl.com/mzzhz3hm
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📣📣 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀!
We're running a study at TU Delft on 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. We would love your insights! (takes 15 minutes)
👉 lnkd.in/dPPF6-Vq
The more voices, the better!
Thank you 💙
#SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareTesting
We're running a study at TU Delft on 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. We would love your insights! (takes 15 minutes)
👉 lnkd.in/dPPF6-Vq
The more voices, the better!
Thank you 💙
#SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareTesting
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
📣📣 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀!
We're running a study at TU Delft on 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. We would love your insights! (takes 15 minutes)
👉 lnkd.in/dPPF6-Vq
The more voices, the better!
Thank you 💙
#SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareTesting
We're running a study at TU Delft on 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. We would love your insights! (takes 15 minutes)
👉 lnkd.in/dPPF6-Vq
The more voices, the better!
Thank you 💙
#SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareTesting
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November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Reposted by Xavier Devroey
Oxford and Harvard libraries now publishing their own diamond open access journals. Love it. ❤️
Paying hundreds of millions to big commercial publishers isn't the only way of supporting researchers to publish their research.
Oxford: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/shox#collapse5381526
Harvard […]
Paying hundreds of millions to big commercial publishers isn't the only way of supporting researchers to publish their research.
Oxford: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/shox#collapse5381526
Harvard […]
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November 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Oxford and Harvard libraries now publishing their own diamond open access journals. Love it. ❤️
Paying hundreds of millions to big commercial publishers isn't the only way of supporting researchers to publish their research.
Oxford: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/shox#collapse5381526
Harvard […]
Paying hundreds of millions to big commercial publishers isn't the only way of supporting researchers to publish their research.
Oxford: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/shox#collapse5381526
Harvard […]
Reposted by Xavier Devroey
The first deadline for the research track @variabilityconf.bsky.social 2026 conference is Dec. 4 ! It covers all variability areas including software reuse, product lines, and configuration. It merges the 3 previous conferences in the domain (ICSR,SPLC, VaMoS).
conf.researchr.org/home/variabi...
conf.researchr.org/home/variabi...
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ALT: a boy and a girl are standing in front of a cyprus flag with a zhot logo on the bottom
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November 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The first deadline for the research track @variabilityconf.bsky.social 2026 conference is Dec. 4 ! It covers all variability areas including software reuse, product lines, and configuration. It merges the 3 previous conferences in the domain (ICSR,SPLC, VaMoS).
conf.researchr.org/home/variabi...
conf.researchr.org/home/variabi...
4 min et Geralt a déjà un sabre laser. Ça va être intéressant cette nouvelle saison de The Witcher. 😂
October 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
4 min et Geralt a déjà un sabre laser. Ça va être intéressant cette nouvelle saison de The Witcher. 😂
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📣 ICST 2026: Call for Research Papers!
The International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST) 2026 call for research-track submissions.
📅 Important Dates:
Abstract Due: Dec 15
Full Paper Due: Dec 22
🔗 Learn More & Submit:
conf.researchr.org/track/icst-2...
The International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST) 2026 call for research-track submissions.
📅 Important Dates:
Abstract Due: Dec 15
Full Paper Due: Dec 22
🔗 Learn More & Submit:
conf.researchr.org/track/icst-2...
ICST 2026 - Research Papers - ICST 2026
The Research Papers track of ICST 2026 invites high-quality submissions in all areas of software testing, verification, and validation. Papers for the research track should present novel and original ...
conf.researchr.org
October 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📣 ICST 2026: Call for Research Papers!
The International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST) 2026 call for research-track submissions.
📅 Important Dates:
Abstract Due: Dec 15
Full Paper Due: Dec 22
🔗 Learn More & Submit:
conf.researchr.org/track/icst-2...
The International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST) 2026 call for research-track submissions.
📅 Important Dates:
Abstract Due: Dec 15
Full Paper Due: Dec 22
🔗 Learn More & Submit:
conf.researchr.org/track/icst-2...
« Tu envoie ton PowerPoint à l’IA et là chocolat, c’est caisse ! » #entenduenreunion
September 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
« Tu envoie ton PowerPoint à l’IA et là chocolat, c’est caisse ! » #entenduenreunion
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The #LGBTIQ+ lunch at IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME) will be held on Sept 11 at Needo. If you would like to attend, please take a look at order.gomenuhq.com/menu?id=7843... and let me know about your mea preferences using docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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August 17, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The #LGBTIQ+ lunch at IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME) will be held on Sept 11 at Needo. If you would like to attend, please take a look at order.gomenuhq.com/menu?id=7843... and let me know about your mea preferences using docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Example of LaTeX technical debt: when students ignore warnings and compilation errors at the beginning of their MSc thesis writing and cannot figure out why some words disappear or listings overflow 42 hours before the deadline (all that on a public holiday before the weekend, of course).
August 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Example of LaTeX technical debt: when students ignore warnings and compilation errors at the beginning of their MSc thesis writing and cannot figure out why some words disappear or listings overflow 42 hours before the deadline (all that on a public holiday before the weekend, of course).
Avec un petit rhume pour bien terminer ces deux semaines de …
En « vacances » 😑
August 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Avec un petit rhume pour bien terminer ces deux semaines de …
À 500ml d'eau les 25 questions, ça fait quand même cinquante millions de litres d'eau consommés par jour, rien que pour reffroidir les serveurs.
ChatGPT reçoit plus de 2,5 milliards d’invites par jour, mais Google reste le roi de la recherche - Data News
ChatGPT reçoit plus de 2,5 milliards d’invites par jour, mais Google reste le roi de la recherche
datanews.levif.be
July 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
À 500ml d'eau les 25 questions, ça fait quand même cinquante millions de litres d'eau consommés par jour, rien que pour reffroidir les serveurs.
« Si vous voulez parier sur l’IA générative, vous devez être en mesure d’expliquer comment l’outil bénéficiera à la productivité de votre entreprise. » Sauf que ce que l’on a observé chez les développeurs, c’est qu’iels n’attendent pas une décision stratégique pour utiliser ChatGPT et Copilote. 🤷♂️
L’informatique durable repose sur la suffisance numérique - Data News
L’informatique durable repose sur la suffisance numérique
datanews.levif.be
July 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
« Si vous voulez parier sur l’IA générative, vous devez être en mesure d’expliquer comment l’outil bénéficiera à la productivité de votre entreprise. » Sauf que ce que l’on a observé chez les développeurs, c’est qu’iels n’attendent pas une décision stratégique pour utiliser ChatGPT et Copilote. 🤷♂️
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What types of Java code constructs impact energy consumption? ⚡️
In this first paper, our findings suggest a link between the energy consumption of the source code and the number of objects’ attributes created within that code.
📄 Preprint: shorturl.at/LwpXJ
#FSE2025 #DevOpsSustain2025
In this first paper, our findings suggest a link between the energy consumption of the source code and the number of objects’ attributes created within that code.
📄 Preprint: shorturl.at/LwpXJ
#FSE2025 #DevOpsSustain2025
July 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
What types of Java code constructs impact energy consumption? ⚡️
In this first paper, our findings suggest a link between the energy consumption of the source code and the number of objects’ attributes created within that code.
📄 Preprint: shorturl.at/LwpXJ
#FSE2025 #DevOpsSustain2025
In this first paper, our findings suggest a link between the energy consumption of the source code and the number of objects’ attributes created within that code.
📄 Preprint: shorturl.at/LwpXJ
#FSE2025 #DevOpsSustain2025
🔥🔥🔥
How much energy is needed to generate an image? 🎨🧠⚡️
Up to 4.08 Wh — like charging your phone to 40%!
In our new study we tested 17 models & 9,000+ runs.
Other key finds:
⚡️ Model energy use varies up to 46x
📐 Resolution matters, prompts don't
🛠️ Quantization ≠ savings
📄 Preprint: lnkd.in/dKWWAETW
Up to 4.08 Wh — like charging your phone to 40%!
In our new study we tested 17 models & 9,000+ runs.
Other key finds:
⚡️ Model energy use varies up to 46x
📐 Resolution matters, prompts don't
🛠️ Quantization ≠ savings
📄 Preprint: lnkd.in/dKWWAETW
July 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🔥🔥🔥
Non mais tous les logiciels qui utilisent un LLM font de même. Sans les gardes fous mis en place tout autour des ChatGPT, Copilot et autre Gemini, internet ressemblerait à un rassemblement de grands-oncles racistes bourrés un soir de nouvel an.
Le logiciel d'intelligence artificielle d'Elon Musk laisse échapper une tirade antisémite
Le logiciel d'intelligence artificielle d'Elon Musk laisse échapper une tirade antisémite - RTBF Actus
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July 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Non mais tous les logiciels qui utilisent un LLM font de même. Sans les gardes fous mis en place tout autour des ChatGPT, Copilot et autre Gemini, internet ressemblerait à un rassemblement de grands-oncles racistes bourrés un soir de nouvel an.
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✨️ Now that #ICSE25 is over, it's time to get your papers ready for #ASE25 (30th May)!
📢 Here is what's new:
* Major Revision v2.0
* Review criteria for tech. & experience papers
* Policy on LLM-assisted Reviews
* Auto-bidding (TPMS)
* Rapid Response Reliable Reviewers
👇 For more details, read on.
📢 Here is what's new:
* Major Revision v2.0
* Review criteria for tech. & experience papers
* Policy on LLM-assisted Reviews
* Auto-bidding (TPMS)
* Rapid Response Reliable Reviewers
👇 For more details, read on.
May 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
And just like that, MS OneDrive and PowerPoint mess up and waste one day of my work preparing my presentation for #CHASE25. 😭 At least the first two slides are still correct. 😑
April 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
And just like that, MS OneDrive and PowerPoint mess up and waste one day of my work preparing my presentation for #CHASE25. 😭 At least the first two slides are still correct. 😑
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The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
Students and reviewers are not the only ones to use ChatGPT. 😄 Here is how I generated a codebase for our Verification and Validation exam for our students to analyze: snail.info.unamur.be/post/2025-01...
ChatGPT, Could you please generate my exam? | SNAIL team
It’s time for the January exams. Three years ago, my colleague Benoît Vanderose and I created a verification and validation course for the MSc in Software Engineering students. From the start, we both...
snail.info.unamur.be
January 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Students and reviewers are not the only ones to use ChatGPT. 😄 Here is how I generated a codebase for our Verification and Validation exam for our students to analyze: snail.info.unamur.be/post/2025-01...
I thought we were past those kinds of “not enough subjects in your evaluation” and “you should cover multiple programming languages regardless of your implementation” comments in reviews. Especially for a short paper submitted to an early results track. 😑
January 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I thought we were past those kinds of “not enough subjects in your evaluation” and “you should cover multiple programming languages regardless of your implementation” comments in reviews. Especially for a short paper submitted to an early results track. 😑