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Funded Research Projects

Since our establishment in 2017, we have secured a total of 59 projects, raising over 17.5 million CHF in competitive research grants and development mandates. Our work spans various research areas, including Software Engineering, Software Modeling and Verification, Programming Languages, Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing.
These projects pertain to different categories, including base research (27), applied research (10), education (5), and development mandates (17). Below, you will find a list of the currently active projects.

Base Research

USI
EverTest: Continual Learning for Black-box Software Testing
Matteo Biagiola · USI FIR · Apr 2025 - Mar 2027
SNF
FORCE – eXtended Reality Software Engineering
Michele Lanza · SNF Individual · Jan 2025 - Dec 2028
SNF
PARSED – Personalized and contextuAlized Recommendations for SoftwarE Developers
Gabriele Bavota · SNF Individual · Mar 2024 - Feb 2028
EU
Sec4AI4Sec – Cybersecurity for AI-Augmented Systems
Paolo Tonella · EU Horizon · Oct 2023 - Sep 2026
SNF
TopoScope: a Topographical Approach to Software Testing
Paolo Tonella · SNF Individual · Jul 2023 - Jun 2027
SNF
LastMile: Narrowing the Usability Gap of Software Verification
Carlo Alberto Furia · SNF Individual · Oct 2022 - Sep 2026
SNF
Institutional Foundations of Industrialization, Financialization, and Globalization of the Swiss Economy. Evidence from 140 Years of the Commercial Registry
Marco D'Ambros · SNF Sinergia · Sep 2022 - Aug 2026
SNF-DFG
Modeling and Deployment of Flexible Choreographies in Multi-chain Environments
Cesare Pautasso · SNF-DFG Lead Agency · Jul 2021 - Nov 2025
ERC
DEVINTA – An Artificial Assistant for Software Developers
Gabriele Bavota · ERC Starting · Feb 2020 - Jul 2025

Applied Research

SNF
Self-Driving Cars on Interactive Dynamic Tracks: An Exhibition at Phänomena 2026
Paolo Tonella, Roberto Minelli · SNF Agora · Apr 2025 - Apr 2027
Repubblica e Cantone Ticino
CROCSIT – Cross-border rules on commuters between Switzerland and Italy
Marco D'Ambros · Repubblica e Cantone Ticino Interreg · Jan 2025 - Dec 2026
ASTRA
TUML – Using UML and BPMN to model the Structure, Operation and Maintenance of Road Tunnels. Comprehensive Digitalization of a Tunnel
Michele Lanza · ASTRA R&D · Jan 2023 - Jun 2025

Development Mandates

Swissnex
Sphere Two: Swiss Pavilion @ Expo 2025
Marco D'Ambros · Swissnex · Nov 2024 - May 2025
University of Zurich
Development and Instrumentation of IDEs and Code Review Tools for Research
Marco D'Ambros · University of Zurich · Nov 2024 - Dec 2025