Andreas Zeller has dedicated his academic career to software security. In his research, he develops tools and techniques that help to make software products more reliable and robust. For instance, Zeller and his research group have developed an open-source tool for automated software testing. Based on an evolutionary algorithm, the tool generates countless high-quality test inputs that precisely meet the requirements defined by software developers. About his induction into acatech, Andreas Zeller says: “I am very much looking forward to contributing my scientific expertise to acatech’s mission of providing political and social consulting that is oriented towards the common good. The dialogue between science and society as well as the transparent communication of scientific findings are important pillars of a democratic society.”
Professor Dr. Andreas Zeller is tenured Faculty at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security and professor for Software Engineering at Saarland University. His research focuses mainly on automated debugging, mining software archives, specification mining, and security testing. The sustained international significance of his research is evidenced by a total of 11 Test of Time Awards. These awards honor the lasting impact of individual research contributions. He is also one of the few researchers to have received two ERC Advanced Grants from the European Research Council. Andreas Zeller is an ACM Fellow, an IEEE Fellow, and a member of the Academia Europaea. He holds an ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Research Award as well as an ACM SIGSOFT Influential Educator Award.
About acatech:
Funded by the Federal Government and the Länder, acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering is the voice of the technological sciences at home and abroad. It provides advice on strategic engineering and technology policy issues to both policymakers and the public. Under the patronage of the Federal President, acatech fulfils its mandate providing independent, evidence-based advice that is in the public interest. The Academy’s over 700 members are prominent scientists from the fields of engineering, the natural sciences, medicine, the humanities and the social sciences.
