Catia Trubiani

Short bio
I am Associate Professor in Computer Science at the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), L’Aquila (AQ), Italy. Before joining the GSSI, I have been with various international research institutes like the Imperial College of London (UK) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany). Among various national and international projects in which I was involved, I am scientific coordinator for the MUR-PRIN project DREAM (Young Line action) and the MUR-PRO3 project Software Quality. Moreover, I am principal investigator of the GSSI unit for the MUR-PRIN project SEDUCE (Young Line action) and the MUR-FISR project MVM-Adapt. My main research interests include the quantitative modelling and analysis of interacting heterogeneous distributed systems. I am especially interested in model-based performance analysis, software performance antipatterns, uncertainty, model-based testing, software quality optimisation, and software architectures.


Awards
2023: Best Paper Award for Journal of Systems and Software (JSS) submissions in 2022, [paper]
2022: Best Reviewer Award for the European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA), [certificate]
2022: Best Reviewer Award for the International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST), [certificate]
2021: 10-year Most Influential Paper Award at ICPE 2021, together with Anne Koziolek, [certificate]
2021: Best Reviewer Award for the International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA), [certificate]
2019: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship Action Seal of Excellence provided by the European Commission for the project proposal "PLUS: Performance Learning for Uncertainty of Software", together with Sven Apel [certificate]
2018: Exceptional Reviewer Award for the International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA), [certificate]
2017: selected for participation as Young Global Changer to The Think 20 Summit G20 Germany 2017 (acceptance: 8%) [certificate]
2016: Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing from the Editors of the Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier [certificate]
2015: Best Paper Award at ECSA (conference rank A in the core classification), together with Achraf Ghabi and Alexander Egyed [certificate]
2015: selected for participation to 3rd Heidelberg Laureate Forum HLF 2015 (acceptance: 10%) [certificate]
2014: Microsoft Azure Research Award for the project DESPACE (DEtecting and Solving Performance Antipatterns in Cloud Enviroments)
2014: Best Poster Award at CompArch , together with L. Etxeberria, V. Cortellessa, and G. Sagardui [certificate]
2013: ACM SIGSOFT Sof. Eng. Notes reports our QoSA paper in the list of Top 10 Downloaded Articles, together with I. Meedeniya, V. Cortellessa, A. Aleti, and L. Grunske
2011: Best Paper Award at ICPE , together with Anne Koziolek [certificate]


Program Committee (latest)
International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2024, ICSME 2023)
International Conference on Software Engineering - Artifact Evaluation Track (ICSE-Artifacts 2023)
International Conference on Software Engineering - Software Engineering in Practice Track (ICSE-SEIP 2023)
Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems (SEAMS 2024, SEAMS 2023, SEAMS 2022)
International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE 2024, ICPE 2023, ICPE 2022, ICPE 2021)
International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA 2024, ICSA 2023, ICSA 2022, ICSA 2021)
International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST 2024, ICST 2022)
European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2022, ECSA 2021)
International Conference on Automated Software Engineering - Artifact Evaluation Track (ASE-Artifacts 2021)
International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems - Student Research Competition Track (Models-SRC 2021)
ACM Celebration of Women in Computing - Workshops and Tutorials (womENcourage 2021)
Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) - Track on Software Architecture: Theory, Technology, and Applications (SA-TTA 2022, SA-TTA 2021)


Organizing Committee (latest)
Program co-Chair (together with Chouki Tibermacine) of the Research Track for the European Conference on Software Architecture (Research Track @ ECSA 2023)
Program co-Chair (together with Jeff Offutt) of the Doctoral Symposium Track for the International Conference on Software Testing (Doctoral Symposium @ ICST 2023)
Program co-Chair (together with Alessio Bucaioni) of the Artifact Evaluation Track for the International Conference on Software Architecture (Artifact Evaluation @ ICSA 2023)
Program co-Chair (together with Robert Heinrich) of the Tools and Demos Track for the European Conference on Software Architecture (Tools and Demos @ ECSA 2022)
Program co-Chair (together with Xuan Bach D. Le) of the Student Research Competition Track for the International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (Student Research Competition @ ASE 2021)
Program co-Chair (together with Philippe Kruchten) of the Early Career Researchers Forum Track for the International Conference on Software Architecture (Early Career Researchers Forum @ ICSA 2021)
Program co-Chair (together with Tse-Hsun (Peter) Chen) of the Artifact Evaluation Track for the International Conference on Performance Engineering (Artifact Evaluation @ ICPE 2021)
Program co-Chair (together with Alexandru Iosup) of the International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE 2020), Flexibility Is Key in Organizing a Global Professional Conference Online: The ACM/SPEC ICPE 2020 Experience in the COVID-19 Era, [report]
Program co-Chair (together with Javier Camara) of the Gender Diversity Track for the European Conference on Software Architecture (Gender Diversity @ ECSA 2020)


Editorial service
Editorial Board member for Journal of Systems and Software (JSS), Elsevier [more details].

Co-Editor for Empirical Software Engineering, Springer, special Issue on ``Software Performance'' together with: Tse-Hsun (Peter) Chen, Concordia University, Canada; Cor-Paul Bezemer, University of Alberta; Andre van Hoorn, University of Stuttgart, Germany; Weiyi Shang, Concordia University, Canada [more details].

I have been reviewer for the following journals: IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE), Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), Journal of Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM), IEEE Software.

Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of L’Aquila (AQ), Italy.
Title of the thesis: "Automated generation of architectural feedback from software performance analysis results".
Advisor: Prof. Vittorio Cortellessa, [PhD Thesis - download].

Master’s Degree in Computer Science at the University of L’Aquila (AQ), Italy, final rank: 110/110 cum laude.
Title of the thesis: "Design and composition of Performance models for Osi Security Architecture".
Advisor: Prof. Vittorio Cortellessa.

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science at the University of L’Aquila (AQ), Italy, final rank: 110/110 cum laude.
Title of the thesis: "Evaluation of services in Publisher/Subscriber architectures with Petri Nets".
Advisor: Prof. Francesco Lo Presti.

Maturity at the Scientific Secondary School "Albert Einstein" of Teramo (TE), Italy, final rank: 100/100.

Latest Publications

Riccardo Pinciroli, Connie U. Smith, Catia Trubiani
"Modeling More Software Performance Antipatterns in Cyber-Physical Systems",
accepted for International Journal on Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM), Springer, 2023, [preprint]

Catia Trubiani, Riccardo Pinciroli, Andrea Biaggi, Francesca Arcelli Fontana
"Automated Detection of Software Performance Antipatterns in Java-based Applications",
accepted for IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), [Early Access]

Riccardo Pinciroli, Catia Trubiani
"Performance Analysis of Fault-Tolerant Multi-Agent Coordination Mechanisms",
accepted for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII), [Early Access]

Riccardo Pinciroli, Raffaela Mirandola, Catia Trubiani
"Modular Quality-of-Service Analysis of Software Design Models for Cyber-Physical Systems",
accepted for International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE), 2023, [preprint]

Riccardo Pinciroli, Aldeida Aleti, Catia Trubiani
"Performance Modeling and Analysis of Design Patterns for Microservice Systems",
accepted for International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA), 2023, [preprint]

Francesca Arcelli Fontana, Matteo Camilli, Davide Rendina, Andrei Gabriel Taraboi, Catia Trubiani
"Impact of Architectural Smells on Software Performance: an Exploratory Study",
accepted for International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE), 2023, [preprint]

Thomas Laurent, Paolo Arcaini, Catia Trubiani, Anthony Ventresque
"JSIMutate: Understanding Performance Results through Mutations",
accepted for ESEC/FSE Demonstrations Track 2022, [link]



Publications from the DBLP

Project title: modular software Design to Reduce uncertainty in Ethics-based cyber-physicAl systeMs – DREAM, 2023-2025.
Project type: MUR PRIN (Programmi di Ricerca Scientifica di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale) projects, Young line/Linea Giovani
Other research units: University of Trieste (Laura Nenzi).

Project title: Software Quality, 2022 - 2024.
Project type: MUR PRO3 (Programma Scuole ad Ordinamento Speciale) projects.
GSSI team: Omar Inverso, Patrizio Pelliccione, Catia Trubiani, Emilio Tuosto.
Other research units: IMT Lucca, main contacts: Rocco De Nicola, Mirco Tribastone.

Project title: Adaptive Mechanical Ventilator Milano under Uncertainty – MVM-Adapt, 2021.
Project type: MUR FISR (Fondo Integrativo Speciale per la Ricerca) projects.
Other research units: University of Bergamo (Angelo Gargantini), University of Milano (Elvinia Riccobene).

Project title: Designing Spatially Distributed Cyber-Physical Systems under Uncertainty – SEDUCE, 2019-2022.
Project type: MUR PRIN (Programmi di Ricerca Scientifica di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale) projects, Young line/Linea Giovani
Other research units: IMT Lucca (Mirco Tribastone, coordinator), University of Trieste (Luca Bortolussi), University of Camerino (Francesco Tiezzi).

Project title: Efficient Analysis of Genetic Data – DANTE Labs, 2019-2022.
Project type: Industrial funding, one four-years PhD scholarship at GSSI, starting from the 2019/2020 academic year, selected candidate: Nicola Cotumaccio.

Tools (latest)

Tool name: JPAD, 2023.
Tool description: JPAD is a tool that automatically detects seven software antipatterns capturing a variety of performance issues in Java-based applications. It has been applied to real-world case studies from different domains, and it captures four real-life performance issues of Hadoop and Cassandra that were not predicted by state-of-the-art approaches.
Team: Catia Trubiani, Riccardo Pinciroli, Andrea Biaggi, Francesca Arcelli Fontana.
[paper], [JPAD web link]

Tool name: COORDINATE, 2023.
Tool description: COORDINATE is a tool that simulates and compares the performance characteristics of different coordination mechanisms for MAS while considering fault-tolerant and corrupted agents. Experimental results indicate that the inter-arrival time of tasks to be accomplished, the failure probability of agents, and the ratio of faithful to malicious agents contribute to determining the efficiency of different coordination mechanisms.
Team: Riccardo Pinciroli, Catia Trubiani.
[paper], [COORDINATE web link]

Tool name: JSIMutate, 2022.
Tool description: JSIMutate is a tool that makes use of queueing network performance models and enables the analysis of mutations of a model reflecting possible design changes to support designers in identifying the model elements that contribute to improving or worsening the system's performance.
Team: Thomas Laurent, Paolo Arcaini, Catia Trubiani, Anthony Ventresque.
[paper], [JSIMutate web link]

Tool name: fm2qn, 2020.
Tool description: fm2qn is a tool that transforms feature models (FM) into queueing networks (QN). It takes as input feature models annotated with performance-related characteristics and it derives queueing network performance models. Model-based performance analysis is carried out on the obtained qn models by selecting the products that show the maximum and minimum performance-based costs.
Team: Paolo Arcaini, Omar Inverso, Catia Trubiani.
[paper], [fm2qn web link]

Tool name: PADprof, 2018.
Tool description: PADprof is a tool that detects software performance antipatterns from load testing and profiling data. It takes as input the profiler results provided by YourKit that show features to profile CPU, memory, and threads. It provides as output a report including, for each detected antipattern, statistics on the antipattern detection analysis and the involved suspicious methods.
Team: Catia Trubiani, Alexander Bran, André van Hoorn, Alberto Avritzer, Holger Knoche.
[paper], [PADprof web link]

Tool name: SoEfTraceAnalyzer, 2017.
Tool description: SoEfTraceAnalyzer is a tool that automates the traceability between software architectural models and extra-functional analysis results by investigating the uncertainty while bridging these two domains. It makes use of performance antipatterns and security patterns to deduce the logical consequences between the architectural elements and analysis results and automatically build a graph of traces to identify the most critical causes of performance and security flaws.
Team: Catia Trubiani, Achraf Ghabi, Alexander Egyed.
[paper], [SoEfTraceAnalyzer web link]

How to - Introductory Lectures for PhD program at Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
Syllabus: How to write a paper. How to give a scientific talk. How to referee a scientific paper [more details].

Introduction to Formal Methods at Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
Syllabus: introduction to Stochastic Processes, Markov Processes,
Lab lectures on Discrete-time Markov chains (DTMCs) and Generalized Stochastic Petri Nets (GSPNs) [more details].

Formal Methods @ Work at Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
Syllabus: modelling, analysis, and testing of probabilistic systems: Stochastic Process Algebras,
Markov Decision Processes, Timed Automata, Queueing Networks [more details].

Invited lectures (latest)
2022: "Quantitative Analysis of Software Designs" course at University of Stuttgart, Germany
Topics: software quality engineering, trade-off analysis, cyber-physical systems, architectural patterns for dynamic spaces.

2022: "Software Evolution and Reverse Engineering" course at the University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
Topics: software performance engineering, performance antipatterns, model-based performance analysis, performance-based profiling tools.