Dr. Soneya Binta Hossain

Principal Investigator, AS²ERT Lab · Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, The University of Texas at Dallas.

Principal Investigator, AS²ERT Lab

Dr. Soneya Binta Hossain

Assistant Professor · Department of Computer Science · The University of Texas at Dallas

I lead the AS²ERT Lab, AI for Safe Software Engineering and Testing, at UTD. My research focuses on verification and validation of both classical and quantum software systems. We aim to effectively combine AI with established software engineering techniques to improve software correctness checking and ensure reliability. A major part of my work also seeks to better understand the failure modes of AI-based development tools.

My path to the AS²ERT Lab began at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), where I earned my B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering, and continued at the University of Virginia, where I earned my Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science under the guidance of Prof. Matthew Dwyer. During my Ph.D., I studied AI-driven approaches to automated software testing, work that now shapes the lab’s broader vision of building safer and more trustworthy software systems.

Education

  • Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Virginia, 2025. Dissertation: Assessing and Improving Critical Properties of Test Oracles for Effective Software Bug Detection.
    Advisor: Matthew B. Dwyer. Committee Members: Sebastian Elbaum, Yangfeng Ji, Matthew Bolton, and Antonio Filieri.
  • M.C.S., Computer Science, University of Virginia, 2024. Project: TOGLL: Correct and Strong Test Oracle Generation with Large Language Models.
  • B.Sc., Computer Science and Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2016. Thesis: Balanced Coverage in Fault-Tolerant Broadcasting for Wireless Multi-hop Networks.
    Advisor: Dr. A.K.M. Ashikur Rahman.

Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2025–present.
  • Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia, 2019–2025.
  • Applied Scientist Intern, AWS CodeCatalyst, 2023.
  • Applied Scientist Intern, AWS CodeGuru, 2022.
  • Software Development Engineer II, R&D, REVE Systems, 2016–2019.

Service

External Professional Service

  • Invited Panel Reviewer, National Science Foundation (NSF).
  • Program Committee Member, ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE 2027), Research Papers track.
  • Program Committee Member, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2026), The New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER) track.
  • Program Committee Member, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2026), Tools and Datasets track.
  • Program Committee Member, ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE 2026), Ideas, Visions, and Reflections (IVR) track.
  • Program Committee Member, 3rd ACM International Conference on AI-Powered Software (AIware 2026).
  • Program Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST 2025 and 2026).
  • Social Events Co-Chair, ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Systems, Programming, Languages, and Applications: Software for Humanity (SPLASH) / ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA) 2026.
  • Reviewer, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM).
  • Reviewer, Automated Software Engineering (Springer Nature)

Institutional and Community Service

  • Ph.D. Admissions Committee, UTD CS, Fall 2025–present.
  • Course Coordinator, CS/CE/SE 3354 Software Engineering, UTD, Fall 2025–present.
  • Leadership Chair, UVA Computer Science Graduate Student Group, 2020–2022.
  • Student Volunteer: WE24/Society of Women Engineers and ESEC/FSE 2023.

Honors, Recognition, and Research Support

Research Awards

  • John A. Stankovic Outstanding Graduate Research Award, UVA, 2023 (Ph.D.).
  • Outstanding Research Award, UVA, 2021 and 2023 (Ph.D.).
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award, BUET, 2016 (undergraduate).

Service Awards

  • Grace Hopper Spirit Award, Department of Computer Science, UTD, 2026.
  • Outstanding Graduate Service Award, UVA Computer Science, 2022 (Ph.D.).

Fellowships and Travel Support

  • UVA Endowed Ph.D. Fellowship, competitive fellowship, 2024-2025.
  • ACM SIGSOFT Travel Award, 2025.
  • CRA Travel Grants, 2014, 2020, and 2023.

Research Group Support at UTD

  • Presidential Fellowship for one Ph.D. student, UTD, 2026, $37,000.
  • UTD Undergraduate Research Support, $10,500.

Teaching and Mentoring

Teaching at UTD

  • CS/SE/SYSM 6356: Software Maintenance, Evolution & Re-engineering, UTD.
  • CS/CE/SE 3354: Software Engineering, UTD.

Mentoring

  • Research mentor for high school, undergraduate, M.S., and Ph.D. students across multiple institutions.
  • RIDE: Research, Inquiry, Design Experience, UTD undergraduate research program.

Prior Teaching Experience (Ph.D.)

  • Graduate TA: CS 4620 Undergraduate Compilers and CS 6620 Graduate Compilers, UVA.

Academic Timeline

  • Aug 2025Joined CS@UTD as a tenure-track Assistant Professor.
  • Jun 2025Attended FSE 2025 in Trondheim, Norway, and presented our paper.
  • Apr 2025Defended my Ph.D. dissertation and attended ICSE 2025 in Ottawa, Canada, where I presented our paper.
  • May 2024Defended my Ph.D. dissertation proposal. [gallery]
  • Apr 2024Attended ICSE 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal, participated in the Doctoral Symposium, and presented my paper. [gallery]
  • Dec 2023Attended FSE 2023 in San Francisco, CA, and presented our paper. [gallery]
  • May 2023Attended ICSE 2023 in Melbourne, Australia, and presented our paper. [gallery]
  • Sep 2021Passed the Ph.D. qualifying exam.
  • Aug 2019Began my Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Virginia.