Mariano Ceccato

Short bio:

Mariano Ceccato is associate professor in the Computer Science department in University of Verona, Italy. He was principal investigator of several publicly funded research projects and private industrial research contracts. He received the PhD in Computer Science from the University of Trento in 2006. He is author or coauthor of more than 100 peer-reviewed research papers published in international journals and conferences. He was recently visiting research scientist in University of Luxembourg. His research interests include security testing, penetration testing, code hardening and empirical studies.

Mariano Ceccato

Computer Science department
University of Verona
Strada le Grazie 15 
37134 Verona, Italy

email:    name dot surname at univr dot it
homepage: https://profs.scienze.univr.it/~ceccato/
Institutional page: https://www.di.univr.it/?ent=persona&id=60574&lang=en

University assignments:

• Referent for the Computer Science Park - Computer Science Department;
• Spin off commission - Computer Science Department;
• Intellectual property and Spin off commission - University of Verona;
• Faculty Board of PhD in Computer Science - Department Computer Science;
• Computer Science Teaching Committee - Department Computer Science;
• Mathematics and Data Science Teaching Committee - Department Computer Science;
• Information Engineering Teaching Committee - Department Department of Engineering for Innovation Medicine;
• Scientific committee of the Comitato Scientifico Master in Computer game development - Department Computer Science;

Editorial boards:

• Journal of Software: Evolution and Process. Wiley. Guest Editor: Special Issue on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation.
• Board of Distinguished Reviewers. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, ACM.
• Review Board. Empirical Software Engineering, Springer.

Steering Committee:

• SCAM 2022-2025: IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation.

Organizer of:

• SCAM 2022 22nd IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation 2022, Limassol, Cyprus General chair.
• SCAM 2022 22nd IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation 2022, Limassol, Cyprus Most influential paper co-chair .
• Itasec20 Italian Conference on Cybersecurity, 2020, Ancona. PhD Forum Program co-chair.
• SCAM 2012 Twelfth IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation 2012, Riva del Garda (Trento) Italy. Program chair.
• ICSM 2012 28th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance September 23-30, 2012, Riva del Garda (Trento) Italy. Local arrangement chair.
• ISSTA 2010 International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis July 12-16, 2010. Trento, Italy. Local arrangement chair.
• MAOS 2009 Workshop on Maintenance of Aspect Oriented Systems March 24, 2009 - Fraunhofer IESE, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
• RE-TRUST 2009 Second International Workshop on Remote Entrusting September 30 - October 1, 2009 - Riva del Garda, Italy
• RE-TRUST 2008 First International Workshop on Remote Entrusting October 15-16, 2008 - Trento, Italy
• EWAS'06 3rd European Workshop on Aspects in Software August 31 - September 1, 2006. University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
• LATE workshop 2006 Linking Aspect Technology and Evolution workshop held in conjunction with the 5th Aspect-Oriented Software Development Conference (AOSD 2006). Bonn, Germany, March 20, 2006.
• LATE workshop 2005 Linking Aspect Technology and Evolution workshop held in conjunction with the 4th Aspect-Oriented Software Development Conference (AOSD 2005). Chicago, USA, March 14, 2005.

Reviewer for journals:

• IEEE
  • IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, IEEE computer society.
  • IEEE Transactions on Computers, IEEE computer society.
  • IEEE Software, IEEE computer society.
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security
  • IEEE Computer, IEEE computer society.
• ACM
  • ACM ransactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, ACM.
  • ACM Transactions on information and System Security, ACM.
  • ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security, ACM.
• Springer
  • Journal of Automated Software Engineering, Springer.
  • Empirical Software Engineering, Springer.
  • International Journal of Information Security, Springer.
  • Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society, Springer.
  • International Journal of Information Security, Springer
• Wiley
  • Software Testing, Verification and Reliability, Wiley.
  • Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice, Wiley and Sons.
  • Software: Practice and Experience, Wiley.
• Elsevier
  • Computers & Security, Elsevier.
  • Science of Computer Programming, Elsevier.
• IET
  • IET software, IET.
  • IET Information Security, IET.

Program committee member:

• ISSTA 2025 ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA 2025) 25 - Sat 28 June 2025 Trondheim, Norway
• CheckMATE 2024 workshop October 18, 2024 - Salt Lake City, U.S.A.
• SCAM 2024 (Research Track and NIER Track) 24rd IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM 2024) Mon 7 - Tue 8 October 2024. Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
• SECUTE 2024 1st International Workshop on Security Testing for Complex Software Systems. Jun 21, 2024 - Salerno, Italy.
• ICST 2024 17th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation Mon 27 - Fri 31 May 2024. Toronto, Canada.
• ICSME 2024 40th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2024) Mon 6 - Tue 11 October 2024. Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
• A-TEST 2023 Workshop on Automating Test Case Design, Selection and Evaluation (A-TEST 2023) September 15, 2023, Luxembourg.
• SCAM 2023 (RENE Track) 23rd IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM 2023) Replication and Negative Results track. October 2-3, 2023. Bogotà, Colombia.
• ICSEM 2023 39th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2023) October 1-6, 2023. Bogotà, Colombia.
• MobileSoft 2023 10th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems (MOBILESoft 2023) Mon 15 - Tue 16 May 2023. Melbourne, Australia.
• INTUITESTBEDS 2023 International Workshop on User Interface Test Automation and Testing Techniques for Event Based Software (INTUITESTBEDS 2023) Sun 16 - Thu 20 April 2023. Dublin, Ireland.
• ICST 2023 (Research + Testing tools + Tool demo tracks) 16th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST 2023) Sun 16 - Thu 20 April 2023. Dublin, Ireland.
• CheckMATE 2022 Research on offensive and defensive techniques in the context of Man At The End (MATE) attacks (CheckMATE 2022) November 11, 2022. Los Angeles, U.S.A.
• A-TEST 2022 Workshop on Automating Test Case Design, Selection and Evaluation (A-TEST 2022) November 17-18, 2022. Singapore.
• ESORICS 2022 27th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS 2022) 26-30, Sep., 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• MOBILESoft 2022 9th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems (MOBILESoft 2022) Tue 17 - Wed 18 May 2022. Pittsburgh. PA, USA.
• INTUITESTBEDS 2022 International Workshop on User Interface Test Automation and Testing Techniques for Event Based Software (INTUITESTBEDS 2022)
• ICPC 2022 30th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Program Comprehension (ICPC 2022)
• ICST 2022 (Research paper + Tool + Demo Track) 15th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST) 2022
• GAUSS 2021 3rd International Workshop on Governing Adaptive and Unplanned Systems of Systems
• 12th A-Test A-Test workshop 2021
• CheckMATE 2021 CheckMATE workshop 2021
• INTUITESTBEDS 2021 International Workshop on User Interface Test Automation and Testing Techniques for Event Based Software 2021
• MobileSoft-2021 (Research paper + Tool Demos Track-track) 8th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems 2021
• ICST 2021 (Research paper + Tool Demos Track) IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation. 2021
• SAD 2021 Workshop on Software Attacks and Defenses. 2021
• ICST 2021 IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation 2021. April 12, 2021 – April 16, 2021.
• GAUSS-2020 ndInternational Workshop on Governing Adaptive and Unplanned Systems of Systems. October 12, 2020. Coimbra, Portugal
• A-TEST2020 11th Workshop on Automating TEST Case Design, Selection and Evaluation. November 9, 2020
• SCAM 2020 20th IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation. September 27-September 28, 2020 - Adelaide, Australia
• INTUITESTBEDS 2020 International Workshop on User Interface Test Automation and Testing Techniques for Event Based Software October 28. Porto, Portugal.
• mobilesoft-2020 7th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems 2020 (Vision Track & Research Track). Mon 13 - Wed 15 July 2020. Seul, South Korea.
• SPRO 2019 3rd International Workshop on Software PROtection 15 Nov 2019. London, UK.
• GAUSS 2019 (workshop colocated with ISSRE) 1st International Workshop on Governing Adaptive and Unplanned Systems of Systems. Oct 28 - 31, 2019. Berlin, Germany.
• SCAM 2019 19th IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation. September 30 - October 01, 2019. Cleveland, OH, USA
• ATEST 2019 10th Workshop on Automating TEST Case Design, Selection and Evaluation. 26-27 Aug 2019. Tallinn, Estonia
• INTUITESTBEDS'19 2nd International Workshop on User Interface Test Automation and Testing Techniques for Event Based Software. 2019. Xi'an, China.
• ICST 2019 - Testing Tools Track 12th IEEE Conference on Software Testing, Validation and Verification. April 22-27, 2019. Xi'an, China.
• SSPREW 2018 8th Software Security, Protection, and Reverse Engineering / Software Security and Protection Workshop (SSPREW-8). December 3-4, 2018. San Juan, Puerto Rico
• 1st INTUITESTBEDS The Joint Workshop of 4th INTUITEST and 8th TESTBEDS 2018. Amsterdam.
• ICST2018 11th IEEE Conference on Software Testing, Validation and Verification (tool track) April 9 – 13, 2018. Vasteras, Sweden.
• SCAM 2018 18th IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and ManipulationSeptember 23-24, 2018. Madrid, Spain.
• ICPC 2018 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Program Comprehension 2018Sun 27 - Mon 28 May 2018. Gothenburg, Sweden.
• ESORICS 2017 ESORICS 2017 - 22nd European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (Additional Reviewer) September 11-15, 2017. Oslo, Norway.
• ICST 2018 11th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation. Apr 9, 2018 - Apr 13, 2018. Vasteras, Sweden
• SANER 2018 25th IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering Mar 20, 2018 - Mar 23, 2018. Campobasso, Italy.
• SSPPREW-7 7th Software Security, Protection, and Reverse Engineering / Software Security and Protection Workshop (SSPREW-7) December 4-5, 2017. Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, FL, USA.
• SCAM 2017 17th IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation September 17-18, 2017 - Shanghai, China.
• ICST 2017 IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation March 13 2017 to March 17 2017. Tokyo
• ICPC 2017 25th International Conference on Program Comprehension May 22 and 23, 2017. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• SSPREW 2016 6th Software Security, Protection, and Reverse Engineering Workshop. (Co-located with the Annual Computer Security Applications Conference ACSAC). December 5-6, 2016.Los Angeles, CA, USA.
• SPRO 2016 2nd International Workshop on Software PROtection (Co-located with the 23rd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, CCS). October 28, 2016. Vienna, Austria.
• SoftwareMining 2016 The fifth International Workshop on Software Mining. Sep 3, 2016. Singapore.
• ICPC 2016 24th International Conference on Program Comprehension May 16-17, 2016. Austin, Texas, USA.
• SBST 2016 9th International Workshop on Search-Based Software Testing IEEE, May 16-17 2016, Austin, TX, United States.
• SPRO 2015 1st International Workshop on Software PROtection (Co-located with the 37th International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE). May 19, 2015. Florence, Italy.
• ICPC 2015 International Conference on Program Comprehension (ICPC) 2015 May 18-19, 2015. Florence, Italy.
• SBST 2015 8th International Workshop on Search-Based Software Testing, May 18-19, 2015. Florence, Italy.
• SCAM 2014 14th IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation 28-29 September 2014 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
• SBST 2014 7th International Workshop on Search-Based Software Testing May 2014. Hyderabad, India.
• CSMR-WCRE 2014 Conference on Software Maintenance, Reengineering and Reverse Engineering (Software Evolution Week). February 3-7, 2014. Antwerp, Belgium.
• PDP 2014 22nd Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Network-Based Processing. 12th - 14th Feb 2014, Turin, Italy.
• WCRE 2013 20th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering, IEEE. October 14 - 17, 2013. Koblenz, Germany.
• STPSA 2013 8th IEEE International Workshop on Security, Trust, and Privacy for Software Applications, in conjunction with the IEEE Conference on Computers, Software, and Applications (COMPSAC). July 22-26, 2013 - Kyoto, Japan.
• SCAM 2013 13th IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation, 25th-26th September 2011, Williamsburg, VA, USA,
• ICSM 2013 29th International Conference on Software Maintenance 22-23 September 2013 - Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
• SBST 2013 6th International Workshop on Search-Based Software Testing IEEE, May 20th-21st, 2013 San Francisco, California, USA.
• ICPC 2013 21th International Conference on Program Comprehension 20-21 May 2013, San Francisco, California, United States.
• CSMR2013-era 17th European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, Early Research Achievements (ERA) track March 5-8, 2013, Genova, Italy.
• PDP 2013 21st Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Network-Based Processing. 27th February - 1st March 2013, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• WCRE 2012 19th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering, IEEE. October 15-18, 2012. Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
• ICSM 2012 28th International Conference on Software Maintenance IEEE, September 23rd - 30th, 2012 Riva del Garda, Italy.
• SBST 2012 5th International Workshop on Search-Based Software Testing 21st April, 2012, Montreal, Canada. In conjunction with ICST 2012 IEEE International Conference on Testing, Verification and Validation
• GECCO 2012 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference July 7-11, 2012. Philadelphia, USA.
• PDP 2012 19th Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and network-based Processing 15-17 February 2012, Garching, Germany.
• WCRE 2011 18th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering, IEEE. October 17 - 20, 2011. Limerick, Ireland.
• SCAM 2011 Eleventh IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation, 25th-26th September 2011, Williamsburg, VA, USA,
• ICSM 2011 27th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, September 25 - October 1, 2011
• PDP 2011 Special Session "Security in Networked and Distributed Systems" in 19th Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and network-based Processing (PDP 2011) February 9-11, 2011, Ayia Napa, Cyprus
• MMM-ACNS 2010 International Conferences on Mathematical Methods, Models and Architectures for Computer Network Security. September 6-8, 2010. St.Petersburg, Russia.
• SA&PS4CS-2010 First International Workshop on Scientific Analysis and Policy Support for Cyber Security. September 9, 2010. St.Petersburg, Russia.
• WCRE 2010 17th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering. October 13-16, 2010. Boston's North Shore in Beverly, Massachusetts USA.
• SCAM 2010 Tenth IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation. September 12-13, 2010. Timisoara, Romania.
• PDP 2010 Special Session "Security in Networked and Distributed Systems" in 18th Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and network-based Processing (PDP 2010) February 17-19, 2010. Pisa, Italy.
• SSP 2009 First International Workshop on Software Security Process held in conjunction with the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Information Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust. August 29, 2009 - Vancouver, Canada
• RE-TRUST 2008 First International Workshop on Remote Entrusting October 15-16, 2008 - Trento, Italy
• EWAS'06 3rd European Workshop on Aspects in Software August 31 - September 1, 2006. University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
• LATE workshop 2005 Linking Aspect Technology and Evolution workshop held in conjunction with the 4th Aspect-Oriented Software Development Conference (AOSD 2005). Chicago, USA, March 14, 2005.