Nowadays, we use mobile applications for many of our daily activities, including reading the news, streaming content, and communicating with family and friends. Because mobile applications are used daily by millions of users, it is fundamental to ensure their software quality, both before and after release. To that end, researchers have invested a great deal of effort in developing automated testing and maintenance techniques. However, although potentially useful, most of these techniques have yet to fully demonstrate their practical effectiveness, and testing and maintenance of mobile applications still remain challenging, time-consuming, and human-intensive activities. This talk will provide an overview of past research in automated testing and maintenance of mobile applications, discuss recent techniques, and sketch future research directions that may help address challenges in the areas.

Mattia Fazzini is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Minnesota. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests lie primarily in the area of software engineering, with emphasis on techniques for improving software quality. The central theme of his research is the development of techniques for software testing and maintenance. He is also interested in defining techniques for investigating software attacks and securing software.