SWEN Talks
Our research seminar series.
Monthly seminar hosting SWEN members and invited speakers from academia and industry. Talks are held in the Sala Seminari Alan Turing (DISIM, 3rd floor, UnivAQ). Open to students, researchers, and practitioners.
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22 Apr 2026
16:00–17:00
Towards LLM Agents for Model-Based Engineering: A Case in Transformation Selection
Zakaria Hacm · PhD Student at IMT Atlantique, Nantes (France)
In Model-Based Engineering, practitioners frequently face the challenge of selecting appropriate tools from a large number of options. LLM-based agents depend on Large Language Models to autonomously select and apply software tools to perform specific tasks. A…
Sala Seminari Alan Turing
Internal
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24 Mar 2026
15:30–16:30
LLMs for Software Design Exploration: Architect's Augmentation or Replacement?
Andres Diaz-Pace · Full Professor at UNICEN University (Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina); Principal Research Fellow of CONICET (Argentina)
The exploration of software architecture alternatives is a key part of the architecture design process. In this context, LLM-based techniques — particularly agents — can help architects sift through large design spaces and perform a variety of analyses, extend…
Sala Seminari Alan Turing
Internal
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18 Feb 2026
14:30–15:30
Optimising the Social and Environmental Sustainability of Stable Diffusion Models
Giordano d'Aloisio · Postdoc Researcher at SWEN (Università degli Studi dell'Aquila)
Text-to-image generation models are widely used across numerous domains. Among these, Stable Diffusion (SD) — an open-source text-to-image generation model — has become the most popular, producing over 12 billion images annually. However, the widespread use of…
Alan Turing Seminar Room (3rd floor)
Internal
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1 Dec 2025
14:30–16:30
User Research Methods for Digital Experiences
Simone Bassanelli · Researcher at Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), Trento (Italy)
A structured introduction to the main user research techniques applied to digital systems, gamified solutions, and games. The seminar illustrates how to integrate user research into an iterative design process, from defining goals to evaluating the final exper…
Aula A1.3, Alan Turing Building
Internal
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19 Nov 2025
14:30–15:30
Generative AI in Software Engineering: Ongoing research and emerging issues
Phuong Thanh Nguyen · Associate Professor at SWEN (Università degli Studi dell'Aquila)
The proliferation of disruptive large language models in recent years has enabled a plethora of applications across several domains. In software engineering, LLMs have shown remarkable capability in understanding and generating software artifacts. In our resea…
Alan Turing Seminar Room (3rd floor)
Internal
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16 Sep 2025
14:30–15:30
Semantic Transformations vs. Iterative Repair: Handling Bugs with LLMs
Max Hort · MSCA Research Fellow at Simula Research Laboratory (Norway)
Two recent papers on applying large language models to software bugs. The first explored using semantic code transformations to improve defect detection, but found they were often unreliable and did not boost accuracy. The second focused on automatic program r…
Sala Seminari Alan Turing
Internal
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18 Jun 2025
14:30–15:30
From Data to Decisions: Engineering Persona-Driven Tools for Smart Territories
Gennaro Zanfardino · PhD student at Università degli Studi dell'Aquila
This talk presents a software engineering approach for supporting urban resilience and planning through data-driven, user-centered design. It introduces an open-source software ecosystem for territorial monitoring that integrates diverse data sources such as s…
Alan Turing Seminar Room (3rd floor)
Internal
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7 May 2025
14:30–15:30
Energy-Aware Software: Designing and Evolving Greener Architectures
Roberta Capuano · Postdoctoral researcher at Università degli Studi dell'Aquila
The ICT sector consumes around 4% of global electricity and contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. According to Gartner, over 74% of organisations have adopted microservices architectures — highlighting the importance of understanding how to de…
Alan Turing Seminar Room (3rd floor)
Internal
Propose a talk
Interested in presenting at SWEN Talks?
We welcome proposals from researchers and practitioners working on software engineering, model-driven development, performance, software architecture, AI for SE, and adjacent areas. Contact the organising committee via the SWEN coordinator.