conf.researchr.org / Ronnie de Souza Santos
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Name:Ronnie de Souza Santos
Bio:
Dr. Ronnie de Souza Santos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Software Engineering at the University of Calgary. He completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil) in 2019 (ECA: University of Toronto 2022). His research focuses on various aspects of software engineering, including software development processes, project management, quality assurance, fairness in software systems, and integrating equity, diversity, and inclusion principles in software engineering. In addition to his academic pursuits, Dr. de Souza Santos brings over eight years of hands-on experience as a software practitioner, specializing in software testing and agile development at prominent software companies.
Country:Canada
Affiliation:University of Calgary
Personal website: https://www.drdesouzasantos.ca/
X (Twitter): https://x.com/softwaronnie
Research interests:software engineering
Contributions
2026
2025
RAIE
ICSME
EASE
- Committee Member in Program Committee within the Research Papers-track
- Committee Member in Program Committee within the Short Papers, Emerging Results-track
- Committee Member in Program Committee within the Research Papers-track
- Author of Understanding Underrepresented Groups in Open Source Software within the Learnings/Reflections of Evaluation and Assessment projects in Software Engineering-track
CSEE&T
- Committee Member in Organization Committee within the Software Engineering Education-track
- Committee Member in Organization Committee within the Software Engineering Education-track
- Author of Diversity in Software Engineering Education: Exploring Motivations, Influences, and Role Models Among Undergraduate Students within the Software Engineering Education-track
GE@ICSE
ICSE
- Session Chair of Gender, Equity and Diversity (part of Research Track)
- Committee Member in Software Engineering in Society within the SE in Society (SEIS)-track
- Committee Member in Research Track within the Research Track-track
- Author of Not real or too soft? On the challenges of publishing interdisciplinary software engineering research within the SE in Society (SEIS)-track
- Sustainability Co-chair in Organizing Committee
- Co-chair of LGBTQI+@ICSE Sponsored by Elsevier within the Social, Networking and Special Rooms-track
- Author of Keynote within the Student Mentoring Workshop (SMeW)-track
- Panelist of Conversation on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) within the Social, Networking and Special Rooms-track
- Session Chair of Break area for SEs from the Global South and allies to meet each other (part of Social, Networking and Special Rooms)
- Session Chair of Break for Indigenous SEs from any country (part of Social, Networking and Special Rooms)
- Session Chair of Keynote (part of Student Mentoring Workshop (SMeW))
- Author of Curious, Critical Thinker, Empathetic, and Ethically Responsible: Essential Soft Skills for Data Scientists in Software Engineering within the SE in Society (SEIS)-track
WSESE
- Author of Integrating Positionality Statements in Empirical Software Engineering Research within the Empirical Studies in SE-track
- Author of Applications and Implications of Large Language Models in Qualitative Analysis: A New Frontier for Empirical Software Engineering within the Empirical Studies in SE-track
International Conference on Technical Debt
CHASE
- Session Chair of Day 2 Opening and Keynote (part of Research Track)
- Session Chair of Day 1 Opening / Human Aspects and Machine Learning Session (part of Research Track)
- Chair of Day 1 Opening within the Research Track-track
- Session Chair of Responsible SE Session / Day 1 Closing (part of Research Track)
- Author of CHASE 2025 Closing within the Research Track-track
- PC Chair in Program Committee within the Research Track-track
- Session Chair of Keynote / Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in Software Engineering (part of Research Track)
- Session Chair of Journal First Session / Book Launch / CHASE 2025 Closing (part of Research Track)
- Program Co-Chair in Organizing Committee
International Conference on Program Comprehension
ICST
SANER
- Session Chair of Software Maintenance and Evolution (part of Research Papers)
- Committee Member in Program Commitee within the Tool Demo Track -track
- Author of Towards User-Focused Cross-Domain Testing: Disentangling Accessibility, Usability, and Fairness within the Workshops-track
- Author of Hidden Figures in Software Engineering: A Replication Study Exploring Undergraduate Software Students’ Awareness of Distinguished Scientists from Underrepresented Groups within the Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track -track
2024
ESEM
- Author of Preliminary Insights on Industry Practices for Addressing Fairness Debt within the ESEM IGC-track
- Author of From Literature to Practice: Exploring Fairness Testing Tools for the Software Industry Adoption within the ESEM IGC-track
- Session Chair of Human aspects and stakeholders (part of ESEM Technical Papers)
- Committee Member in Program Committee within the ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track-track
ICSME
- Author of Remote Communication Trends Among Developers and Testers in Post-Pandemic Work Environments within the Industry Track-track
- Session Chair of Session 13: Software Development Practices and Tools (part of Research Track)
- Diversity & Inclusion Chair in Organizing Committee
- Committee Member in New Ideas and Emerging Results Track - Program Committee within the New Ideas and Emerging Results Track-track
ESEC/FSE
- Panelist of Life After PhD Panel within the Doctoral Symposium-track
- Organizer of LGBTQIA+ Lunch within the Social Events-track
- Committee Member in Program Committee within the Research Papers-track
- Author of Exploring Hybrid Work Realities: A Case Study with Software Professionals From Underrepresented Groups within the Industry Papers-track
- Session Chair of Empirical Aspects + Life After PhD Panel + Closing (part of Doctoral Symposium)
- Mentor in Program Committee within the Doctoral Symposium-track
- Session Chair of Empirical Studies 1 (part of Research Papers)
- Session Chair of Human Aspects (part of Doctoral Symposium)
- Author of Paths to Testing: Why Women Enter and Remain in Software Testing? within the Industry Papers-track
ICSE
- Session Chair of BIPOC@ICSE Café (part of Social Events)
- Session Chair of LGBTQI+@ICSE Lunch (part of Social Events)
- Author of Navigating the Path of Women in Software Engineering: From Academia to Industry within the Software Engineering in Society-track
- Committee Member in Artifact Evaluation within the Artifact Evaluation-track
- Committee Member in Software Engineering in Society within the Software Engineering in Society-track
- Author of Exposing Algorithmic Discrimination and Its Consequences in Modern Society: Insights from a Scoping Study within the Software Engineering in Society-track
- Session Chair of Conversation Café on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) (part of Social Events)
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Co-Chair in Organising Committee
CHASE
- Committee Member in Program Committee within the Full Papers-track
- Committee Member in Program Committee within the Short Papers-track
- Author of Post-Pandemic Hybrid Work in Software Companies: Findings from an Industrial Case Study within the Full Papers-track
- Author of Charting a Path to Efficient Onboarding: The Role of Software Visualization within the Full Papers-track
2023
ESEM
- Author of The Perspective of Software Professionals on Algorithmic Racism within the ESEM IGC-track
- Author of Comparing Mobile Testing Tools Using Documentary Analysis within the ESEM IGC-track
- Author of What do Transgender Software Professionals say about a Career in the Software Industry? within the ESEM Journal-First Papers-track
- Session Chair of 6A - Requirements engineering and tool selection (part of ESEM Technical Papers)
ICSME
ICSE
CHASE
- Author of Diversity in Software Engineering: A Survey about Computer Scientists from Underrepresented Groups within the Research Track-track
- Author of LGBTQIA+ (In)Visibility in Computer Science and Software Engineering Education within the Research Track-track
- Author of Post-pandemic Resilience of Hybrid Software Teams within the Research Track-track