About me

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zurich (with Prof. Alberto Bacchelli) since Sep, 2022. Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bern (with Prof. Timo Kehrer). I have received my PhD (with honors) in the Software composition group at University of Bern under the supervision of Prof. Oscar Nierstrasz and Dr. Sebastiano Panichella. I work on mainly supporting developers in comprehending source code in software maintenance and evolution aspect. My research area lie in the general area of Software Engineering (SE), Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine learning applied to SE, Program Comprehension, Object-Oriented Programming, Green Software Engineering, and Sustainable Software Engineering.

Prior to my PhD, I have worked in industry in different profiles of software engineering. I have worked as a software tester in Samsung, as a researcher in VMware, and as a developer in People Interactive Ltd. I can say that I have witnessed the instances of real software engineering happening in industry from various lenses. I graduated with a Master degree (M.E.) in Software System from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Campus (BITS Pilani) in 2017.

Recent Updates

• Paper accepted in FSE 2024
• Received a major Revision in EMSE
• Paper accepted in ICSE 2024 in the SEIS track
• Paper accepted in Findings at EMNLP 2023
• Gave an invited talk at University of Konstanz, 2023
• Received the Distinguished Reviewer Award at MSR, 2023
• Received the Distinguished Service Award at NLBSE, 2023
• Paper accepted in ICCS 2023
• Received the Best PhD Thesis Award in computer science institutes of the University of Bern, Neuchatel, and Fribourg (JAACS) at Bern, Switzerland, 2022
• Gave an invited talk at Women in STEM, 2022
• Received the Best Paper Award at IWST, 2022