Denini Gabriel Silva

PhD Student at CIn UFPE. Assistant Professor at UPE.

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CIn, UFPE

Recife, PE, Brazil.

Hi there! I am a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the Federal University of Pernambuco (Recife, PE – Brazil), advised by Prof. Dr. Marcelo d’Amorim. I’m 27 years old and passionate about computing, particularly software engineering.

I completed my M.Sc. in Computer Science in 2022, and since then I have been pursuing my Ph.D. with a focus on software testing, especially challenges related to flaky tests and test reliability. I have been actively involved in academic research since 2020.

I’m serving as an Assistant Professor at the University of Pernambuco (UPE).

My research interests include:

  • Software Engineering
  • Programming Languages
  • Software Testing
  • Software Development

news

Oct 01, 2025 Started working as Assistant Professor at UPE
Jul 15, 2025 Approved as Assistant Professor at UPE
Feb 28, 2025 PhD Qualification Exam Approved
Mar 01, 2022 Approved in the PhD Selection
Feb 20, 2022 Master's Degree Completed!

selected publications

  1. TSE
    The effects of computational resources on flaky tests
    Denini Silva, Martin Gruber, Satyajit Gokhale, and 6 more authors
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 2024
    DOI PDF
  2. ASE
    Shaker: a Tool for Detecting More Flaky Tests Faster
    Marcello Cordeiro, Denini Silva, Leopoldo Teixeira, and 2 more authors
    In IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (Tool Demonstrations), Melbourne City, Australia [Virtual, due to COVID-19], Nov 2021
    DOI PDF Video Code
  3. ICSME
    Soundy Automated Parallelization of Test Execution
    Shouvick Mondal, Denini Silva, and Marcelo d’Amorim
    In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME), Nov 2021
    DOI PDF Code
  4. ICSE
    Shipwright: A Human-in-the-Loop System for Dockerfile Repair
    Jordan Henkel, Denini Silva, Leopoldo Teixeira, and 2 more authors
    In IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering, Madrid, Spain [Virtual, due to COVID-19], May 2021
    arXiv PDF Code
  5. ICSME
    Shake It! Detecting Flaky Tests Caused by Concurrency with Shaker
    Denini Silva, Leopoldo Teixeira, and Marcelo d’Amorim
    In IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution, Adelaide, Australia [Virtual, due to COVID-19], Sep 2020
    DOI PDF Video