ASEAI 2025
Mon 24 - Thu 27 November 2025 Sousse, Tunisia
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Mon 24 Nov

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07:30 - 08:15
07:30
30m
Talk
Opening Remarks
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Ali Ouni ETS Montreal, University of Quebec, Maha Khemaja ISSAT Sousse, PRINCE Lab, University of Sousse, Montassar Ben Messaoud LARODEC, Tunis Business School
08:00
15m
Talk
Registration & Opening Talks
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI

08:15 - 09:15
Keynote: Agentic Software EngineeringAfrican Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
08:15
60m
Talk
The AIware Revolution: Forging the Future of Agentic Software Engineering
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Ahmed E. Hassan Queen’s University
09:15 - 09:45
09:15
30m
Coffee break
Coffe Break
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI

09:45 - 11:45
09:45
60m
Talk
How to write a great research paper
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Simon Peyton Jones Epic Games
10:45
45m
Talk
On Hard and Soft Skills for Surviving Your PhD Journey
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Walid Maalej University of Hamburg
11:30
15m
Meeting
Gathering and Group Photo
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI

11:45 - 13:00
Lunch (Monday)Catering
11:45
75m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

13:00 - 17:00
Graduate Mentoring and AI for SE PracticeAfrican Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
13:00
45m
Talk
Navigating Graduate School and Beyond
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Sarah Nadi New York University Abu Dhabi
13:45
45m
Talk
Towards a framework for the development of SPAs (smart process applications)
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Hafedh Mili Université du Québec à Montréal
14:30
30m
Coffee break
Coffe Break
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI

15:00
30m
Social Event
Student Mentoring and Networking
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI

15:30
45m
Talk
Human in the Loop: Responsible Use of Generative AI Tools in Software Engineering Practice
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Bruce Maxim University of Michigan - Dearborn
16:15
45m
Talk
LLM-Based Agents for Software Engineering: Benefits and Drawbacks
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Fatemeh Hendijani Fard University of British Columbia, Okanagan
17:00 - 19:30
Social EventCatering
17:00
2h30m
Dinner
Cultural Evening & Tunisian Dinner
Catering

Tue 25 Nov

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07:30 - 11:30
Keynote: LLMs, Requirements, and Software ArchitectureAfrican Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
07:30
60m
Talk
No Size Fits All: Goal-Driven Alignment of LLMs for Software Engineering Tasks
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Houari Sahraoui DIRO, Université de Montréal
08:30
60m
Talk
Generative Requirements Engineering and Design
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Walid Maalej University of Hamburg
09:30
30m
Coffee break
Coffe Break
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI

10:00
30m
Talk
Ask me anything: How to integrate AI into computer science and SE curriculum at the undergraduate levels
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Ahmed E. Hassan Queen’s University
10:30
60m
Talk
On Software Architecture
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Michel Chaudron Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
11:30 - 12:45
Lunch (Tuesday)Catering
11:30
75m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

12:45 - 15:45
12:45
45m
Talk
The Chronicles of a Professor
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Sarah Nadi New York University Abu Dhabi
13:30
60m
Talk
Automated Testing and Safety Analysis of Deep Learning Systems
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Lionel Briand University of Ottawa, Canada; Lero centre, University of Limerick, Ireland
14:30
30m
Coffee break
Coffe Break
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI

15:00
45m
Talk
Why and How to get a PhD?
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Lionel Briand University of Ottawa, Canada; Lero centre, University of Limerick, Ireland
15:45 - 17:15
Scientific Communication and ReviewingAfrican Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
15:45
45m
Talk
11 steps to structuring a manuscript
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
16:30
45m
Talk
Think like a reviewer
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI

Wed 26 Nov

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07:30 - 10:00
Modernization, Code Review, and Software AnalysisAfrican Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
07:30
45m
Talk
From Monolith to Microservices — A Journey Powered by LLMs and the Open Challenges Ahead.
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Mohamed Aymen saied Laval University
08:15
45m
Talk
Automating Code Review: From Heuristics to Agentic AI
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Moataz Chouchen Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
09:00
30m
Coffee break
Coffe Break
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI

09:30
30m
Talk
Code Clones and Beyond: My Reflections on Software Engineering Research
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Katsuro Inoue Nanzan University
10:00 - 12:30
10:00
45m
Talk
Phinally Done: Life Beyond the Ivory Tower.
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Zadia Codabux University of Saskatchewan
10:45
45m
Talk
Collaborations Result in Diverse Thinking, Novelty and Different Perspectives
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Raula Gaikovina Kula The University of Osaka
11:30
60m
Talk
How to write a great research paper
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Simon Peyton Jones Epic Games
12:30 - 13:00
Lunch (Wednesday)Catering
12:30
30m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

13:00 - 17:00
Software Quality, Trust, and AssuranceAfrican Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
13:00
75m
Talk
About Empirical Studies on Software Quality
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc Concordia University and Polytechnique Montréal
14:15
45m
Talk
Ensuring Trust: Testing and Safety Monitoring of Deep Learning-based Systems
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Manel Abdellatif École de Technologie Supérieure
15:00
30m
Coffee break
Coffe Break
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI

15:30
45m
Talk
System assurance in the era of Large Language Models
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
Alvine Boaye Belle York University
16:15
45m
Talk
Kickstart Your AI Journey with NVIDIA's Free Learning Resources
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI
17:00 - 17:30
17:00
15m
Day closing
Closing Remarks & Certificates
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI

17:15
15m
Day closing
Farewell Coffee
African Winter School on Software Engineering and AI

Thu 27 Nov

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09:00 - 10:00
NVIDIA Certification SessionAfrican Winter School on Software Engineering and AI

Building RAG Agents with LLMs: Agents powered by large language models (LLMs) have shown great retrieval capability. This certificate explains how to deploy an agent system in practice with the flexibility to scale the system to meet the demands of users and customers.

Building Conversational AI applications: Learn how to quickly build and deploy a conversational AI pipeline including transcription, NLP, and Speech