Automated Verification

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MENTOR: Automated Feedback for Introductory Programming Exercises

This PhD thesis presents MENTOR, a semantic automated program repair (APR) framework designed to provide Automated Feedback for Introductory Programming Exercises.

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Pedro Orvalho
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Counterexample Guided Program Repair Using Zero-Shot Learning and MaxSAT-based Fault Localization

In this paper, we propose a novel approach that combines the strengths of both FM-based fault localization and LLMs, via zero-shot learning, to enhance APR for IPAs. Our method …

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Pedro Orvalho
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Model-Based Diagnosis for Software

Localising system faults has long been recognised as one of the most time-consuming and costly tasks in software engineering. Given a buggy system, fault localisation (FL) refers …

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Pedro Orvalho
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📄 Paper accepted @ AAAI 2025!! 🎉

I am very happy to share that our paper that combines the strengths of both MaxSAT-based fault localisation and Large Language Models, via zero-shot learning, to enhance automated …

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Pedro Orvalho
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Automated Feedback for Introductory Programming Exercises

Delivering valuable and personalised feedback to students remains one of the greatest challenges in programming education, particularly in courses with large enrollments. Providing …

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Pedro Orvalho
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CFaults: Model-Based Diagnosis for Fault Localization in C with Multiple Test Cases

In this talk I will introduce a novel fault localization approach for C programs with multiple faults. CFaults leverages Model-Based Diagnosis (MBD) with multiple observations and …

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Pedro Orvalho
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CFaults: Model-Based Diagnosis for Fault Localization in C with Multiple Test Cases

This paper introduces a novel fault localization approach for C programs with multiple faults. CFaults leverages Model-Based Diagnosis (MBD) with multiple observations and …

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Pedro Orvalho
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