Shaukat Ali
Chief Research Scientist/Research ProfessorHead of Department
- Department
- Engineering Complex Software Systems
- Organisation
- Simula Research Laboratory
- Research Interests
- Verification and Validation Search-Based Software Engineering Autonomous Driving Cyber-Physical Systems Digital Twins Quantum Software Engineering

- shaukat@simula.no
Publications
2025
Journal Articles
M. Bano, S. Ali and D. Zowghi
Envisioning responsible quantum software engineering and quantum artificial intelligence
Automated Software Engineering
X. Wang, S. Ali and P. Arcaini
BQTmizer: A Tool for Test Case Minimization with Quantum Annealing
IEEE Software
X. Wang, S. Ali and D. Taibi
The Landscape of Quantum Software Testing Tools Publisher
IEEE Software
H. Sartaj, J. Boudjadar, M. Frasheri, S. Ali and P. G. Larsen
Identifying Uncertainty in Self-Adaptive Robotics with Large Language Models
IEEE Software
A. Muqeet, S. Ali and P. Arcaini
QUIET: A Tool for Sampling-Based Quantum Noise Error Mitigation
IEEE Software
E. Mendiluze, S. Ali, T. Yue and P. Arcaini
Quantum circuit mutants: Empirical analysis and recommendations
Empirical Software Engineering
P. Valle, A. Arrieta, L. Han, S. Ali and T. Yue
Defining and generating multi-level and uncertainty-wise test oracles for cyber-physical systems
Software and Systems Modeling
J. M. Murillo, J. Garcia-Alonso, E. Moguel, J. Barzen, F. Leymann and S. Ali
Quantum Software Engineering: Roadmap and Challenges Ahead
ACM Trans. Softw. Eng. Methodol
N. Oldfield
Faster and Better Quantum Software Testing through Specification Reduction and Projective Measurements
Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
A. Muqeet, H. Sartaj, A. Arrieta, S. Ali, P. Arcaini, M. Arratibel, J. M. Gjøby, N. R. Veeraragavan and J. Nygård
Assessing Quantum Extreme Learning Machines for Software Testing in Practice
Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
Proceedings, refereed
S. Ali, A. Cavalcanti, C. Â. G. Gomes, P. G. Larsen, H. Sartaj, A. Tefas, J. Woodcock and H. Zhang
Software Engineering for Self-Adaptive Robotics: A Research Agenda
2030 Software Engineering - 2025
H. Sartaj and S. Ali
Search-Based Software Engineering in the Landscape of AI Foundation Models
2030 Software Engineering - 2025
J. Wu, C. Lu, A. Arrieta, S. Ali and T. Peyrucain
Vision Language Model-based Testing of Industrial Autonomous Mobile Robots
The 40th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2025
G. Pontolillo, A. Muqeet, S. Ali and M. Mousavi
From Ideal to Noisy: Adapting Property-Based Testing for Real-World Noisy Quantum Computers
IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE)
C. Lu, P. Valle, J. Wu, E. Isaku, H. Sartaj, A. Arrieta and S. Ali
Foundation Models for Software Engineering of Cyber-Physical Systems: the Road Ahead
2030 Software Engineering - 2025
C. Lu, J. Wu, S. Ali and M. L. Olsen
Assessing the Uncertainty and Robustness of the Laptop Refurbishing Software
2025 IEEE Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST)
E. Isaku, C. Laaber, H. Sartaj, S. Ali, T. Schwitalla and J. Nygård
LLMs in the Heart of Differential Testing: A Case Study on a Medical Rule Engine
ICST 2025, 18th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation
Technical reports
H. Araujo, X. Wang, M. Mousavi and S. Ali
Using quantum annealing to generate test cases for cyber-physical systems
X. Wang, S. Ali and P. Arcaini
Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Software Engineering: the Road Ahead
X. Wang, S. Ali, P. Arcaini, N. R. Veeraragavan and J. Nygård
Quantum Neural Network Classifier for Cancer Registry System Testing: A Feasibility Study
X. Wang, Q. Xu, P. Arcaini, S. Ali and T. Peyrucain
Quantum Machine Learning-based Test Oracle for Autonomous Mobile Robots
J. Wu, C. Lu, A. Arrieta, S. Ali and T. Peyrucain
Vision Language Model-based Testing of Industrial Autonomous Mobile Robots
J. Wu, C. Lu, A. Arrieta and S. Ali
Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning for Critical Scenario Generation of Autonomous Vehicles
P. Valle, C. Lu, S. Ali and A. Arrieta
Evaluating Uncertainty and Quality of Visual Language Action-enabled Robots
Talks, invited
S. Ali
AI-enabled Digital Twins for Anomaly Detection in IT-OT Systems
2nd NESIOT Conference
S. Ali
Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Classical Software Engineering
IEEE Services, Quantum Software Symposium
S. Ali
Testing Cyber-Physical Systems with AI Foundation Models
Future of Internetware
S. Ali
Quantum Extreme Learning Machines: Industrial and Societal Applications
Q2B, Tokyo, Japan
S. Ali
The Convergence of Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence
EU-Korea Digital Partnership Quantum Researcher’s Networking Forum
S. Ali, X. Wang, A. Muqeet and E. Mendiluze
AI for Quantum & Quantum for AI
Kongsberg Agenda
S. Ali and E. Mendiluze
Towards Real-World Quantum Computing Applications
Simula Research Laboratory
Talks, contributed
S. Ali, X. Wang and A. Muqeet
Quantum Software Testing
Tutorials and Technical Briefings in ICSE 2025
Miscellaneous
S. Ali, P. Arcaini, A. Miranskyy and J. Zhao
Shonan Seminar on Quantum Software Engineering
S. Ali
Quantum Computing and Software Engineering
S. Ali
ICST 2025 Panel: Research, Industry, and Emerging Frontiers
S. Ali and P. Arcaini
Quantum Software Engineering: Future Trends in Software Engineering Body of Knowledge
Conference proceedings
K. Nylænder, A. Arrieta, S. Ali and P. Arcaini
Search-based Generation of Waypoints for Triggering Self-Adaptations in Maritime Autonomous Vessels
GECCO '25: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
2024
Journal Articles
X. Wang, S. Ali, T. Yue and P. Arcaini
Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm for Test Case Optimization
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
P. G. Larsen, S. Ali, R. Behrens, A. Cavalcanti, C. Â. G. Gomes, G. Li, P. De Meulenaere, M. L. Olsen, N. Passalis, T. Peyrucain, J. Tapia, A. Tefas and H. Zhang
Robotic safe adaptation in unprecedented situations: the RoboSAPIENS project
Research Directions: Cyber-Physical Systems
A. Muqeet, T. Yue, S. Ali and P. Arcaini
Mitigating Noise in Quantum Software Testing Using Machine Learning
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
C. Laaber, S. Ali, T. Schwitalla and J. F. Nygård
Testing Medical Rules Web Services in Practice
arXiv
Proceedings, refereed
A. Muqeet, S. Ali and P. Arcaini
Quantum Program Testing Through Commuting Pauli Strings on IBM's Quantum Computers
ASE '24: Proceedings of the 39th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
Proceedings, non-refereed
S. Ali, P. Arcaini and R. Abreu
The 3rd International Workshop on Quantum Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (Q-SANER 2024)
The IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER)
S. Ali, J. Kim, S. Park and J. Park
International Workshop on Quantum Algorithms, Optimization, and A.I (QAI2024)
International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Talks, keynote
S. Ali
The Convergence of Quantum Computing, Software Testing, and Artificial Intelligence
JYU Quantum Electronics, Superconductivity, and Topology workshop
Talks, invited
S. Ali
Responsible Quantum Software Engineering
2nd Symposium on Diversity and Inclusion in Artificial Intelligence
S. Ali
The Triad of Quantum Computing, Software Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence
University of Southern Denmark
S. Ali
Future Trends and Technological Innovations of AI System Evaluation
Future Advanced Testing Technology Workshop
Talks, contributed
S. Ali
AI Foundation Models for Cyber-Physical Systems Testing
Future Advanced Testing Technology Workshop
S. Ali
Norwegian Quantum Technology Landscape
The Quantum Technology Landscape: Catalyzing Regional Collaboration and Innovation