Publications

Martin Schwaighofer, Martim Monis, Nuno Saavedra, João F. Ferreira, Rene Mayrhofer (2026). Vibenix: An AI Assistant for Software Packaging with Nix. In LAST-X 2026.

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Carolina Carreira, Nuno Saavedra, Alexandra Mendes, João F. Ferreira (2026). The Ultimate Configuration Management Tool? Lessons from a Mixed Methods Study of Ansible's Challenges. In EASE 2026.

Ruben Opdebeeck, Mahmoud Alfadel, Akond Rahman, Yutaro Kashiwa, João F. Ferreira, Raula Gaikovina Kula, Coen De Roover (2026). An Empirical Study of Policy as Code: Adoption, Purpose, and Maintenance. In MSR 2026.

Nuno Saavedra, João F. Ferreira, Alexandra Mendes (2025). InfraFix: Technology-Agnostic Repair of Infrastructure as Code. In ISSTA 2025, Tool Demonstrations Track.

Sogol Masoumzadeh, Nuno Saavedra, Rungroj Maipradit, Lili Wei, João F. Ferreira, Dániel Varró, Shane McIntosh (2025). Do Experts Agree About Smelly Infrastructure?. In TSE 2025.

David Ferreira, Alexandra Mendes, João F. Ferreira, Carolina Carreira (2025). Contract Usage and Evolution in Android Mobile Applications. In ECOOP 2025.

Nuno Saavedra, João Gonçalves, Miguel Henriques, João F. Ferreira, Alexandra Mendes (2023). Polyglot Code Smell Detection for Infrastructure as Code with GLITCH. In ASE 2023, Tool Demo Track.

Nuno Saavedra, João F. Ferreira (2022). GLITCH: Automated Polyglot Security Smell Detection in Infrastructure as Code. In ASE 2022.