Software testing is one of the key activities to achieve software quality in practice. To that end, both researchers and tool builders have made considerable efforts to make software testing more efficient and more effective. We have the tools, but where do we put our money? In other words, what do we know about software engineers or software testers that actually write and execute tests? What stimulates them, what blocks them, and what do they need from tools, documentation, production code, or their team?

Andy Zaidman is a full professor at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. He received his MSc and PhD from the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He has been at Delft University of Technology since 2006.

His research interests include software testing, software evolution and software analytics. He is an active member of the research community and has been involved in the organisation of conferences such as ICSME, WCRE (general chair & program chair), CSMR, VISSOFT (program chair) and MSR (general chair). In 2015 he gave a talk a TEDxDelft “Making Testing Fun”.

In 2013 he received a prestigious NWO Vidi career grant from NWO, the Dutch science foundation, for his work in the area of software testing and software evolution. In 2019, he received the Vici career grant, the most prestigious career grant from the Dutch science foundation.

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