QualITA Program
The workshop will be held at Innovation Center in Room A.
May 5
09:00 – 09:15
🔹 Introduction
QualITA 2026 Introduction
09:15 – 10:00
🎤 Keynote
We Optimized the Models and Broke the Community: Social Awareness as a Missing Requirement in ML-Enabled Software Engineering
10:00 – 10:15
📄 Short Paper
Software Rejuvenation for Resilient, Secure, and Dependable Cyber-Physical UAV Systems
10:15 – 10:30
💡 Emerging Idea
Enhancing Time Series-based Software Runtime Analysis via Meta-Learning
☕ 10:30 – 11:00 — Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:20
📘 Full Paper
Beyond Microservices: Testing Web-Scale RCA Methods on GPU-Driven LLM Workloads
11:20 – 11:40
📘 Full Paper
Principles Over Preferences: Quality-Aware Metric Selection for Machine Learning Systems
11:40 – 12:00
📘 Full Paper
ShapBPT in Perspective: A Consolidated Review and an eXplainable Anomaly Detection Case Study
12:00 – 12:20
📘 Full Paper
Predicted In-Sync Digital Twin for fast decision making
🍽️ 12:30 – 14:00 — Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:15
📄 Short Paper
Quality assessment and privacy/performance trade-off in information systems
14:15 – 14:30
📄 Short Paper
Decoupling Complexity from Population Size: A Macro-Agent Architecture for Scalable Stochastic Simulations
14:30 – 14:45
📄 Short Paper
Auto-scaling in Scenarios with Heterogeneous Cloud Resources
14:45 – 15:00
💡 Emerging Idea
SMASH: a Non-Preemptive Window-Based Scheduler for Multiserver Jobs
15:00 – 15:15
💡 Emerging Idea
Ask, Then Think: Enhancing LLM Performance with Socratic Reasoning
15:15 – 15:30
💡 Emerging Idea
Towards Prompt Engineering Language: A Formal Hierarchical Representation for LLM Prompts
☕ 15:30 – 16:00 — Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:15
📄 Short Paper
Compositional coordinated resource provisioning for workflows with stochastic durations in Kubernetes
16:15 – 16:30
💡 Emerging Idea
Workload Optimization using Learning and Fitness
16:30 – 16:45
💡 Emerging Idea
An AI-supported Architecture for Trusted Cyber Threat Intelligence in Industrial IoT systems
16:45 – 17:00
💡 Emerging Idea
A Multi-Dimensional Approach to AI Assurance
Accepted contributions
Keynote
- We Optimized the Models and Broke the Community: Social Awareness as a Missing Requirement in ML-Enabled Software Engineering
G. Catolino, University of Salerno
Short Papers
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Quality assessment and privacy/performance trade-off in information systems
M. Iacono, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Y. Levit, , M. Mastroianni, University of Foggia, C. Riccio, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, B. Viscardi, Independent Researcher -
Compositional coordinated resource provisioning for workflows with stochastic durations in Kubernetes
T. Botarelli, University of Florence, L. Carnevali, University of Florence, L. Scommegna, University of Florence, E. Vicario, University of Florence -
Software Rejuvenation for Resilient, Secure, and Dependable Cyber-Physical UAV Systems
M. Giacobbe, University of Messina, M. Scarpa, University of Messina, S. Distefano, University of Messina -
Decoupling Complexity from Population Size: A Macro-Agent Architecture for Scalable Stochastic Simulations
M. Pennisi, University of Eastern Piedmont, G. Franceschini, University of Eastern Piedmont
Full Papers
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Beyond Microservices: Testing Web-Scale RCA Methods on GPU-Driven LLM Workloads
D. Scheinert, Technische Universität Berlin, A. Acker, logsight.ai GmbH, T. Wittkopp, Technische Universität Berlin, S. Becker, logsight.ai GmbH, H. Yous, Technology Innovation Institute Abu Dhabi, K. Reddy, Technology Innovation Institute Abu Dhabi, I. Farhat, Technology Innovation Institute Abu Dhabi, H. Hacid, Technology Innovation Institute Abu Dhabi, O. Kao, Technische Universität Berlin -
Principles Over Preferences: Quality-Aware Metric Selection for Machine Learning Systems
D. Grillmeyer, University of Wuerzburg, V. Jahn, University of Wuerzburg, M. Hadry, University of Wuerzburg, V. Lesch, University of Wuerzburg, S. Kounev, University of Wuerzburg -
ShapBPT in Perspective: A Consolidated Review and an eXplainable Anomaly Detection Case Study
E. Amparore, University of Torino, M. Rashid, University of Torino, E. Ferrari, University of Torino, D. Verda, University of Torino -
Predicted In-Sync Digital Twin for fast decision making
C. Colarusso, University of Sannio, I. Falco, University of Sannio, L. Goglia, University of Sannio, P. Perugini, University of Sannio, E. Zimeo, University of Sannio -
Auto-scaling in Scenarios with Heterogeneous Cloud Resources
L. Zanussi, Universita di Pavia, D. Tessera, Universita di Pavia, L. Massari, University of Pavia, B. Bermejo, University of the Balearic Islands, C. Juiz, University of the Balearic Islands, M. Calzarossa, University di Pavia
Emerging Idea
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SMASH: a Non-Preemptive Window-Based Scheduler for Multiserver Jobs
D. Olliaro, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, S. Rossi, Ca Foscari University of Venice, A. Anggraito, Ca Foscari University of Venice, A. Marin, Ca Foscari University of Venice, M. Marsan, IMDEA Networks Institute -
Ask, Then Think: Enhancing LLM Performance with Socratic Reasoning
A. Della Porta, University of Salerno, J. Richards, Radboud University, L. Cammarota, University of Salerno, S. Lambiase, Aalborg University, F. Palomba, University of Salerno, M. Wessel, Radboud University -
Towards Prompt Engineering Language: A Formal Hierarchical Representation for LLM Prompts
G. Scorziello, University of Salerno, A. Cannavale, University of Salerno, A. De Lucia, University of Salerno, F. Palomba, University of Salerno -
Workload Optimization using Learning and Fitness
I. Ahmad, University of L’Aquila, V. Cortellessa, University of L’Aquila, D. Di Pompeo, University of L’Aquila, M. Tucci, University of L’Aquila -
Enhancing Time Series-based Software Runtime Analysis via Meta-Learning
F. Di Menna, University of L’Aquila, L. Traini, University of L’Aquila, V. Cortellessa, University of L’Aquila -
An AI-supported Architecture for Trusted Cyber Threat Intelligence in Industrial IoT systems
D. Granata, University of Naples Parthenope, A. Iannaccone, University of Naples Parthenope -
A Multi-Dimensional Approach to AI Assurance
M. Anisetti, University of Milan, C. A. Ardagna, University of Milan, N. Bena, University of Milan, A. Nasim, University of Milan/ IMT School of Advanced Studies Lucca
Presentation Guidelines
To ensure the session stays on track and every presenter gets their fair share of the spotlight, please adhere to the following timing:
🕒 Full Paper
Total Time: 20 Minutes
- Presentation: ~15 Minutes
- Q&A: ~5 Minutes
🕒 Short Paper
Total Time: 15 Minutes
- Presentation: ~10 Minutes
- Q&A: ~5 Minutes
🕒 Emerging Idea Paper
Total Time: 15 Minutes
- Presentation: ~10 Minutes
- Q&A: ~5 Minutes