Vittorio Cortellessa
Full Professor · DISIM · Università degli Studi dell'Aquila
Bio
Vittorio Cortellessa is Full Professor of Computer Science at the Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics (DISIM) of the University of L'Aquila, and a member of the SWEN research group. His research focuses on software performance, software reliability, and model-driven engineering. He received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Roma Tor Vergata in 1995, held postdoctoral positions there and at the European Space Agency, and was Research Assistant Professor at West Virginia University before joining the University of L'Aquila. He has published more than 150 papers in international conferences and journals, co-authored a monograph on software performance, and is Co-Chair of the Steering Committee of the ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE).
Teaching
- Operating Systems with Lab ↗ BSc · 2025/2026
Year 2 · First semester · 12 CFU · DT0009
- Advanced Models for Software Engineering ↗ MSc · 2025/2026
Year 2 · Second semester · 6 CFU · DT0230
- Advanced Verification and Validation ↗ MSc · 2025/2026
Year 2 · Second semester · 3 CFU · DT0319
- Software Quality Engineering ↗ MSc · 2025/2026
Year 1 · First semester · 6 CFU · DT0224
Recent publications
All publications (62) →- 2026
An Empirical Investigation on the Use of Large Language Models for Performance Bug Detection
SANER
- 2026
Forecasting software runtime metrics: A comparative study of classical statistical, neural network, and foundation models
J. Syst. Softw.
- 2026
Model-Driven Quality Analysis of Cyber-Physical Systems: State of the Art and Perspectives
MODELSWARD
- 2025
Introducing Interactions in Multi-Objective Optimization of Software Architectures
ACM Trans. Softw. Eng. Methodol.
- 2025
Investigating Execution-Aware Language Models for Code Optimization
ICPC
- 2025
Is code coverage of performance tests related to source code features? An empirical study on open-source Java systems
Empir. Softw. Eng.
- 2024
AI-driven Java Performance Testing: Balancing Result Quality with Testing Time
ASE
- 2024
An Empirical Study on Code Coverage of Performance Testing
EASE
- 2024
Architectural support for software performance in continuous software engineering: A systematic mapping study
J. Syst. Softw.
- 2024
Exploring Sustainable Alternatives for the Deployment of Microservices Architectures in the Cloud
ICSA