Nauman Ali
Professor
Department of Software Engineering
Room J2336, Karlskrona
Research domain: Software Engineering
Dr. Ali is a Senior Lecturer (Docent) at the Department of Software Engineering, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden. He received PhD (2015) and MSc. (2010) in software engineering from Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden.
His main areas of interest are lean software development, software process simulation modeling, software metrics, software testing, software visualization, and evidence-based software engineering. He has completed several research studies in collaboration with companies like Ericsson, Sony, Softhouse, Qvantel, Bombardier Transportation, and Axis Communications.
Dr. Ali has four years of industrial experience in software development working on embedded systems, network security, document composition and printing, and data warehousing.
Latest publications
- Muhammad Laiq, Nauman bin Ali, Jürgen Börstler, Emelie Engström, "What Do We Know About Software Analytics Research?", Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, ISSN 0302-9743, EISSN 1611-3349, pp. 389-404, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2026
- Nauman bin Ali, Jürgen Börstler, "On the Relevance of Paper-Type Information in Systematic Mapping Studies in Software Engineering", Proceedings - 2025 IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Methodological Issues with Empirical Studies in Software Engineering, WSESE 2025, pp. 44-47, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2025
- Umar Iftikhar, Jürgen Börstler, Nauman bin Ali, Oliver Kopp, "Supporting the identification of prevalent quality issues in code changes by analyzing reviewers’ feedback", Software quality journal, ISSN 0963-9314, EISSN 1573-1367, Vol. 33, No. 2, Springer, 2025
- Huynh Khanh Vi Tran, Nauman bin Ali, Michael Unterkalmsteiner, Jürgen Börstler, "A proposal and assessment of an improved heuristic for the Eager Test smell detection", Journal of Systems and Software, ISSN 0164-1212, EISSN 1873-1228, Vol. 226, Elsevier, 2025
- Huynh Khanh Vi Tran, Nauman bin Ali, Michael Unterkalmsteiner, Jürgen Börstler, Panagiota Chatzipetrou, "Quality attributes of test cases and test suites - importance & challenges from practitioners' perspectives", Software quality journal, ISSN 0963-9314, EISSN 1573-1367, Vol. 33, No. 1, Springer, 2025