Farideh Khalili

Ph.D. Candidate
Programming Research Laboratory (PRL)
Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Northeastern University

About Me

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at Northeastern University, advised by Professor Frank Tip. My research focuses on Automated Software Engineering, developing techniques to automatically analyze, test, transform, repair, and optimize software systems. I combine program analysis, software testing, and empirical evaluation with emerging AI techniques, particularly large language models (LLMs) and agentic systems, toward a broader vision of AI-powered automated software evolution. My goal is to improve software quality, reliability, and performance while preserving intended behavior.

Research Interests

Artificial Intelligence for Software Engineering (AI4SE) · Automated Software Engineering · Software Testing · Program Analysis · Program Transformation · Empirical Software Engineering