Automated Software Testing: Foundations, Applications and Challenges

Ajay Kumar Jena is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the School of Computer Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He received his Ph.D. in Software Engineering from KIIT Deemed to be University in 2016. His main teaching areas are software engineering, programming languages, OS, data mining, and cryptography. Dr. Jena has published more than 15 papers in international journals and conference proceedings, and two book chapters.Himansu Das is working as an Assistant Professor at the School of Computer Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He received his B.Tech and M.Tech degrees from Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Odisha, India. He has published several research papers in various international journals and conference proceedings. He has also edited several books of international repute. He is an editorial/reviewer board member for various journals and conferences. He is also affiliated with various educational and research societies, e.g. the IACSIT, ISTE, UACEE, CSI, IET, IAENG, ISCA, etc. Holding 10 years of teaching and research experience, his main research interests include grid computing, cloud computing, and machine learning. Durga Prasad Mohapatra received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and is presently serving as a Professor at the NIT Rourkela, Odisha. His research interests include software engineering, real-time systems, discrete mathematics, and distributed computing. He has published more than 30 research papers in these fields in various international journals and conference proceedings. He has received several project grants from the DST and UGC, Government of India. He received the Young Scientist Award for the year 2006 from Orissa Bigyan Academy. He also received the Prof. K. Arumugam National Award and the Maharashtra State National Award for outstanding research work in Software Engineering from the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi, for the years 2009 and 2010, respectively.