SBQS 2026 - Accepted Papers

Research Track 54 papers

A Case Study on Challenges when Adopting Continuous Practices

André Portela; Breno Bernard Nicolau de França; Sandro Rigo
A Quality-Driven Architectural Approach for Trustworthy Decision Support Systems in Regulated Domains

Lucas Almeida Aguiar; Paulo Maia
A Reproducible Process for Reliability Verification of LLM-based Chatbots: Tool Support and Empirical Validation

Mateus Orlando Ribeiro; Johnny Lopes; Elaine Venson
A Software Framework for LGPD Compliance in IoT Ecosystems

Andre Gheventer; Igor Telles Barbosa; Carlos Brito; Claudio Miceli de Farias; Rafael Maiani de Mello
A systematic review on the impact of DevOps Culture and Artificial Intelligence on the Quality and Modernization of Government Legacy Systems

Carlos André Dias; Marcos Paulino Roriz Junior
Adoption of Technical Sustainability in Brazilian Organizations: An Analysis of Organizational and Professional Factors

Vitor Lorençone; Jemison Santos; Hélio Toshio Kamakawa; Karina Kimura; Gislaine Camila Lapasini Leal; Renato Balancieri
Algorithms, Tools, and Trends in Automated Software Testing for Video Games and Virtual Simulators: A Systematic Literature Review

Isadora Fenner Spohr; Gabriel F. Schuster; João Pedro M. C. de Sousa; Lisandra Manzoni Fontoura; Raul Ceretta Nunes
An Empirical Comparison of an LLM and PyTeRor for Identifying Test Clones in Python Test Suites

Alisson Otávio Brito Pereira; Melina Mongiovi; Everton L.G. Alves
An Empirical Comparison of Python Static Analysis Tools: A Case Study on the HTTPie Repository

Mylena Cristina Flavio Assis; Rai Haddad Valdemarin; Marcio Ribeiro; Bento Rafael Siqueira; Samira Santos da Silva
An Empirical Comparison of Traditional and LLM-Based Automated Test Generation Across Python and Java

Enzo Augusto Valentim; Sergio Vinicius Santos; Breno Borges; Marcio Ribeiro; Bento Rafael Siqueira; Samira Santos da Silva
An Empirical Evaluation of Large Language Models for Microservices Bad Smell Detection

Mateus Dutra; João Luiz Cerqueira; Diego Silva; Gustavo Andrade Vale; Eduardo Figueiredo
An iStar Extension for Requirements Modeling to Support Code Smell Prevention

Eduardo Sousa; Enyo Gonçalves; Erlene Santos; Erlânio Freire; Marcos A. de Oliveira
Análise da Qualidade de Histórias de Usuário com o Modelo INVEST: Um Estudo baseado em Requirements Smells e Large Language Models (LLMs)

Felipe Oliveira; Enyo Gonçalves; Jeferson Vieira; Antônia Diana Braga Nogueira; Edivar FIlho
Apoio à elicitação de requisitos em domínios regulamentados por meio da detecção de problemas de qualidade em documentos normativos

Flávio Henrique Oliveira; André Luís Andrade Menolli; Lucca Alves Bertolaccini; Miguel Melo; Sophia Pardinho; Gabriel Gonçalves Costa
Architecture Conformance Checking in Microservice-based Systems: A Systematic Review

Ednilson Geraldo Rossi; Valter Vieira Camargo; Daniel San Martin
Beyond Accuracy: Disentangling Prompt Specialisation from Typed-State Quality Assurance in Multi-Agent LLM Pipelines

Maria Gabriela Alves Zuppardo; Vinicius Cardoso Garcia
Beyond Information Seeking: Proactive Behaviors and Task Mastery in Software Developer Onboarding

Rafaela Otemaier; Sheila Reinehr; Andreia Malucelli
Can We Trust NLP Retrieval to Support Requirements Work on a Long-Lived Agile Backlog?

Talita Ribeiro; Isabelle Mamprim; Rebeca Motta; Thaiana Lima; Cassius Figueiredo; Gustavo Rocha Barreto Pinto; Geraldo Zimbrao
Consolidação e Sequenciamento de Etapas para Testes Manuais de Software: Uma Abordagem Baseada em Trie/DAG e um Estudo Empírico com Testadores

Marcelo Saraiva; Jânio Dias da Silva; Renilson dos Santos Oliveira; Cleuton Almeida; Nícolas Riccieri Gardin Assumpção; Laura Costa Sarkis; Olacir Rodrigues Castro Junior; Silvana Andrade Gonçalves
Context Matters: Improving LLM-Based Code Summarization with Hierarchical Information

Alexandre Petrachini; Breno Bernard Nicolau de França; Guido Araujo
ContrastTCP: Contrastive Siamese Neural Network for Black-Box Test Case Prioritization

Ronaldo Soares; Vinícius Hernandes; Alexandre de Lima; Acauan Cardoso Ribeiro; Yan Soares; José Carlos Rangel do Nascimento; Bruno Gadelha; Eulanda Santos; André Carvalho
Dark Patterns as Quality Risks in GPT-Generated Geospatial Interface Prototypes

Fabrício Pereira Diniz; João Pedro de Souza Olivo Tardivo; Gabriel Colete; Renato Balancieri; Guilherme Guerino; Rodrigo Clemente Thom de Souza
Elicit4Safety: Elicitation and Modeling of Safety Requirements Using PHA and iStar4Safety

Mozart Alves-Junior; Sthéfanie Dal Magro; Alisson Oliveira; Bruno Nascimento; Abimael Furtuoso; Maria Lencastre; Leandro Antonelli; Jaelson Castro
Geração Automática de Casos de Teste para Apoiar a Qualidade de Software em Dispositivos IoT Usando Ontologias e LLMs

Maicon Roger do Rosario; André Luís Andrade Menolli
Geração de Casos de Teste com Base em Reclamações de Usuários

Luck Araújo de Oliveira; João Carlos Pacifico Dias; Dimitris Calixto; Raoni Simoes Ferreira; Nícolas Riccieri Gardin Assumpção; Laura Costa Sarkis; Olacir Rodrigues Castro Junior; Silvana Andrade Gonçalves
Human Factors as Data Governance Enablers: Evidence from Information Security Awareness Assessment

Sabrina Delmondes da Costa Feitosa; Rafael Dittberner; Edna Dias Canedo
Identifying and Analyzing Architectural Smells in LLM-Generated Code

Diegton Rodrigues; Humberto Torres Marques-Neto
Impact of Code Refactoring on Cloud Execution Costs in Web Applications

Eduardo Sousa; Erlene Santos; Alberto Sampaio; Carla Bezerra
Impacts of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Knowledge Models

Otávio Cury da Costa Castro; Guilherme Avelino
Improving Cybersecurity Incident Response Process Quality through LGPD-Aware BPMN Modeling: A Case Study in a Brazilian Federal University

Fabio André Barcelos; Stefano Luppi Spósito; Heloise Acco Tives; Edna Dias Canedo
Improving the Quality of AI-Generated User Interfaces through Multimodal Retrieval of Proprietary Design System Artifacts

Alison Alain de Oliveira; Douglas Eduardo Rocha de Sousa; Nádia Félix Felipe da Silva; Anderson da Silva Soares; Renato Bulcão-Neto
Integrating Accessibility as a Software Quality Attribute Across the Software Development Lifecycle

Richard Jeremias; Carlo Marcelo Revoredo da Silva; Wylliams Barbosa Santos
Knowledge Transfer in Software Testing Onboarding: A Triangulated Study of Literature and Industry Practice

Luiza Kouketsu da Silva; Vitoria Silva Millnitz; Érica F. Souza; Katia Romero Felizardo
Large Language Models for Static Software Analysis: A Scoping Review

Yasmin das Neves Silva; Gustavo Vitor da Silva; Marcio Ribeiro; Bento Rafael Siqueira; Samira Santos da Silva
Large Language Models for UML Diagram Generation, Extraction, and Validation: A Systematic Mapping Study

Maria Fernanda Aguiar; Érica F. Souza; Luciana Brasil Rebelo dos Santos
LLM-based Unit Test Generation in a Continuous Integration Pipeline: Approach Definition and Case Studies

Amanda Silva; Vinicius Durelli; Fabiano Cutigi Ferrari
Management, Psychological Safety, and Software Quality in Agile Teams: A Survey of QA Professionals

Ana Beatriz de Almeida Lima; Isabely Costa; Sávio Freire; Ismayle Santos
MATE: A Multi-LLM Orchestrator for Cost Reduction in Agentic Software Development

Jean Carlos Londero; Alinne Souza; Francisco Carlos Monteiro Souza
Meta-Auditor: A Meta-Auditing Approach for Web Accessibility Quality Assessment

Fernando Freire; Tayana Conte; Márcia S. Lima
MIAPI: Micro Frontends Inspection Method for Anti-pattern Identification

Lucas Santos; Nabson Paiva Souza Silva; Tayana Conte
NodeRock: An Approach for Selecting Tests Prone to Event Races in Node.js Applications

Pedro Vicente; Rogério Negri; Vinicius Durelli; Andre Takeshi Endo
One Sense is not Enough: Combining Perspectives to Identify Community Smells and Understand Collaboration Dynamics in a Software Project

Felipe Oliveira; Hugo Cristo Sant'Anna; Paulo Sérgio Santos Júnior; Gleison Santos; Monalessa P. Barcellos
Scentinel: Detecting Quality Deficiencies in Natural Language Test Cases via Multi-Stage LLM Reflection and Self-Consistency

Igor Lima; Andres David Peralta de Aguas; Gabriel Carvalho; Giulia Duarte; Yan Soares; Silvia Meireles Ascate; Johnatas Silva; Bruno Gadelha; André Carvalho
SIGMMA: Skill-Based Multi-Agent Generation of Test Cases from Multimodal User Manuals

Andres David Peralta de Aguas; Gabriel Carvalho; Yan Soares; Nikson Bernardes Fernandes Ferreira; Hallyson Melo; Bruno Gadelha; André Carvalho
Structural Quality of Artificial Intelligence-Generated Java Software: an Evaluation Based on Software Metrics

Samyris Alves Rodrigues; Gabriela Guerra Malvar Pereira; Kecia Ferreira; Rogério Martins Gomes
Test Co-Evolution and Coding Agent Adoption in Open-Source Software Repositories

Charles Miranda; Guilherme Avelino; Pedro de A. dos Santos Neto
Towards an Unsupervised Fault Detection Mechanism in Microservices

Matheus Rodrigues Mota; Valéria Lelli; Ismayle Santos; Francisco Silva
Tracing the Use of IDEA Diagrams in Technical Debt Prevention and Repayment: An Observational Case Study in an Academic Agile Setting

Gilberto de Sousa Leite; Sávio Freire; Manoel Mendonca
Understanding Ageism in Software Engineering: Evidence From Stack Exchange and DEV Community Forums

Emerson da Cruz Bomfim; Lucca de Almeida Hora Coutinho; Ricardo Vieira; Beatriz Santana; Manoel Mendonça; José Amancio Macedo Santos
Understanding Product Discovery in Software Engineering: A Systematic Mapping Study

Daniel Kuhn; Alinne Souza; Jéssica Iara Pegorini; Lucas Gonzalez Martin Junior; Francisco Carlos Monteiro Souza
What Changes When Generative Artificial Intelligence Enters Project Management? Insights from Software Project Managers

Dione Amâncio; Ivanilso Soares; Alicia Paiva; Ismayle Santos; Matheus Paixão; Sávio Freire
What Defines a Strong Agile Team? An Exploratory Study

Rodolpho Dutra; Gleison Santos
When Risk-Taking Is Collaboration: Psychological Safety and Interactional Behaviors in Pair Programming

Jardiana Galvao; Ana Klyssia Martins Vasconcelos; Beatriz Santana; Sávio Freire
When Unit Tests Have an Identity Crisis: A Structural Analysis of the Elasticsearch Test Suite

Leonardo Schroeder; Plinio Vilela; Ricardo Vilela

Experience Reports Track 22 papers

AI Integration and Shift-Left Testing: An Experience Report on Structuring the QA Process in the Oil and Gas Industry

Vinicius Gomes; Jayne Carvalho; João Costa
An Empirical Study on Enhancing Code Generation for Proprietary Languages Using RAG in Industry

Lucas Lucio da Silva; Igor Scaliante Wiese; Andre Luiz Kawamoto; Ivanilton Polato; Reginaldo Ré; Guilherme Guerino
Applying ISO/IEC 25000 Family for Software Functional Suitability Analysis: An Experience Report on a Government Land Tenure Regularization System

Lucas Silva; Ivan C Machado; Cláudio Sant`Anna
Automação de Testes e Integração Contínua em um Sistema Web Acadêmico: Relato de Experiência do StudyLLab

Ingrid Sousa; Daniel Vítor Oliveira Nascimento; Jacilane de H. Rabelo
Between Rigid Contracts and Agile Practices: An Experience Report on the Management of a Public Innovation Agreement

Gabrielly Oliveira; Gracielle Ázara; Maurício Souza; Paulo Afonso Parreira Júnior
CodeChallenge: Early Signals of Sofware Qality before Onboarding — An Experience Report

Hélio Toshio Kamakawa; Thales Jodar; Victor Fadoni; Thelma Elita Colanzi; Gislaine Camila Lapasini Leal; Renato Balancieri
Corporate Technical Debt Management at Scale: Results from Implementing a Technical Debt Lever at a Large Brazilian Financial Institution

Lucas Linard; Tiago Velloso Silva; Alissa Ferro; Sergio Antonio Andrade de Freitas
Designing a Software Quality Platform: Applying Service Design in a Large Financial Institution

Tiago Velloso Silva; Rejane Maria da Costa Figueiredo; Lucas Linard
Developing DevOps Competencies through Organizational Learning: Lessons from a Public University

Everton de Vargas Agilar; Edna Dias Canedo; Rodrigo Bonifacio
Evaluating Answer Quality of a RAG System: An Experience Report on LLM-as-a-Judge with a Human-in-the-Loop

Douglas Inácio Fragoso Ferreira; Felipe Henrique Pereira Alves; David Brandao; Filipe Castro
Experience Report on Deploying an Expert Organizational Agent Based on Generative AI to Support Software Process Dissemination and Execution using RAG

Iuri V. F. Costa; Igor Costa; Elziane Soares
From Distributed to Unified: An Experience Report on Migrating from a Microservices Architecture to a Modular Monolith

Angela Vieira; Tiago Costa; Eduardo Nogueira; Ramayana Assunção Menezes Júnior; Neide Ferreira Alves; Tiago Francisco; Robinson Schincariol
LLM-supported Automatic Generation of Test Scenarios: An Experience Report

Nathaelly Boni; Renata Bianchi; Elis Ervolino; Vinicius Durelli; Fabiano Cutigi Ferrari
Migrating a Design System as a Service from Microservices to a Modular Monolith: An Experience Report

Eduardo Rocha; Rodrigo Nascimento; Fabio Soares; Lucas De Lima; Mario Meireles Teixeira; Luis Rivero; Davi Viana
Migration and Comparison of Automated Testing Frameworks: From Robot Framework to Cypress Assisted by Generative AI

Paulo Afonso Pamplona; MatheusHenrique Santos Eufrasio; Nicolas Lima da Silva; Thiago Alves Rocha; Carlos Henrique Leitão Cavalcante
Observability-Guided Verification and Validation of LLM Agents: An Exploratory Case Study

Rafael Henrique Rodero; Diges Guizelini; Elaine Venson
Perceived Quality of AI-Generated User Stories: An Empirical Study with Software Professionals in an Industrial Context

Rebeca Bertolim Lopes; Lucas Prado; Ivanilton Polato; Reginaldo Ré; Cleidson de Souza; Igor Scaliante Wiese
Preserving 35 Years of Academic Data: An Experience Report on Legacy System Modernization

Eric Ricardo A. Inamorato; João Anilson Carvalho de Lara Filho; Lucas Viapiana; Mariane Alberge; Andreia Malucelli; Sheila Reinehr
Product Ownership: A Socio-Technical Perspective

Eriky Rodrigues; Andrezza Bonfim; Lais Silva; Adriana Cota Fonseca; Gilberto E. Santos; Rogério Caetano
Service Design Prototyping for Digital Transformation in the Public Sector: An Experience Report

George Marsicano; Flavio Costa; Lislaynne Gonçalves; John Lenon Cardoso Gardenghi; Maria Eduarda Santos; Rejane Maria da Costa Figueiredo; Thays Lacerda
Technical Debt in Software Documentation and Its Impact on Test Coverage

Lutero Lima Goulart; Yuska Paola Costa Aguiar; Michel Diniz Medeiros; Marcelo Iury de Sousa Oliveira
Using Service Blueprint in Software Engineering: A Case Study on Requirements and Stakeholder Alignment

Ana Luiza Soares de Carvalho; Ian Costa Guimaraes; Joao Antonio Ginuino Carvalho; Elaine Venson; Rejane Maria da Costa Figueiredo

Education Track 19 papers

A Framework for Inclusive Pedagogical Reorganization in Teaching Software Quality to Students with ADHD

Tatiana Cartagena; Cristiane Ellwanger; Natalya Marjana Goelzer; Karina Kohl; Sabrina dos Santos Marczak
Designing an Industry-Oriented Full Stack Training Program for Software Quality Education: An Experience Report

Nathalia Silva; Lucas Viana; Luana Maria de Araújo Lobão; Maria Alcimar Costa Meireles
DevEvolution: A Web-Based Educational Game for Teaching Software Measurement and Analysis

Vanessa Rodrigues de Oliveira; Vanusa Rodrigues de Oliveira; Bento Rafael Siqueira; Cristiane Aparecida Lana; Samira Santos da Silva
Exploring AI-Assisted Test-Driven Development in Introductory Programming Education

Igor Roberto Michalski de Souza; Felipe Restrepo Calle; Kauan Henrick Teixeira da Silva; Victor Rech Vendruscolo; Silvana Morita Melo; Jorge Marques Prates
From Ad Hoc Teaching to AI-Based Adaptive Support: A Didactic Sequence for Software Testing in IoT

Lavínia Matoso Freitas; Valéria Lelli; Liana M. C. de Menezes
From Perception to Action: Identifying Factors to Reduce Workload in Capstone Courses in Software Engineering Education

Gabriel Freitas; Rayfran Rocha Lima; Leonardo Marques; Ana Carolina Oran; Bruno Gadelha
From Technical Expertise to Teaching: Developing a Training Program to Strengthen Software Quality Education

Ângelo César Coppo Brasil; Luana Maria de Araújo Lobão; Maria Alcimar Costa Meireles
“I Didn’t Know My Software Project Was in Debt”: An Experience Report on Teaching Technical Debt

Elizamary Souza Nascimento; Sávio Freire; Ana Carolina Oran
Impacts of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Cognitive Debt in Software Engineering Students: A Quantitative Study

Ana Carolina dos Santos; Mariana Maia Peixoto
Improving Requirements Quality Education through Design Thinking and Structured Reflection: Insights from a Reflective Classroom Study

Maria Alcimar Costa Meireles; Ana Carolina Oran; José Carlos Maldonado; Tayana Conte
LearnSE AI: A Repository for Exploring Generative AI Evidence in Software Engineering Education

Sávio Sampaio; Igor Steinmacher; Andreia Malucelli; Sheila Reinehr; Ana Carolina Oran; Tayana Conte
Perceived Readiness for Practice in Software Architecture Education: An Empirical Study in a Cloud-Based Course

Manoel Valerio da Silveira Neto; Andreia Malucelli; Sheila Reinehr
Selenium vs. Cypress in the Classroom: A Multi-Semester Case Study on GUI Test Quality and Student Experience

Gabriela Virginia Melo Mendes; Everton L.G. Alves
Software Quality Integrated into Development: Educational Conditions That Make Quality Practices Necessary

Hélio Toshio Kamakawa; Iolanda Stange Goldoni; Arthur Ramo da Silva; Thelma Elita Colanzi; Gislaine Camila Lapasini Leal; Renato Balancieri
Students' Use of Large Language Models in Challenge-Based Learning Mobile App Development Education: Findings from Reflective Practice

Anna Quezia dos Santos; Rodrigo Freese Gonzatto; Luiz Fernando Veloso Borba Navolar; Ana Carolina de Souza Costa; Fabio V. Binder; Andreia Malucelli; Sheila Reinehr
Supporting Collaborative Solution Design through LEGO® Serious Play® in Challenge-Based Learning

Geovana Vincensi; Rodrigo Freese Gonzatto; Luiz Fernando Veloso Borba Navolar; Ana Carolina de Souza Costa; Fabio V. Binder; Andreia Malucelli; Sheila Reinehr
Supporting Requirements Engineering Education with Design Thinking Techniques: An Empirical Study with Service Blueprint and User Journey Map

Hannah Barreto; Maria Alcimar Costa Meireles; Eriky Rodrigues; Nabson Paiva Souza Silva; Tayana Conte
Teaching Requirements Quality: Making the Investigative Process Observable with AI-Supported Personas

Hélio Toshio Kamakawa; Iolanda Stange Goldoni; Victor Fadoni; Thales Jodar; Arthur Ramo da Silva; Thelma Elita Colanzi; Gislaine Camila Lapasini Leal; Renato Balancieri
What Would I Do Differently? Exploring Professional Skills Through Reflection After an Immersive Requirements Elicitation Role-Playing Experience

Regina Albuquerque; Rafaela Otemaier; Bianca Trinkenreich; Márcia S. Lima; Tayana Conte; Sheila Reinehr; Andreia Malucelli