Konstantinos Kitsios

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I am a Ph.D. student at the University of Zurich, supervised by Prof. Alberto Bacchelli and the ZEST group since September 2023. My research focuses on software testing, particularly fuzzing, search-based software testing, and AI for testing, though I also enjoy working on the broader software engineering research landscape. My research is also supported by the Bodossaki Foundation.

Previously, I worked as a software engineer at Tesla on distributed software systems and databases, and I obtained my M.Eng. from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

When I’m not doing research, I spend my time playing (beach) volleyball, chess, and music (bouzouki/guitar).

news

Jun 18, 2026 I attended the 18th International Summer School on Software Engineering in Salerno, Italy.
Feb 26, 2026 I presented a summary of our ASE ‘25 paper at SE ‘26, Bern.
Feb 6, 2026 I gave a talk at Voxxed Days Ticino on February 6.
Feb 6, 2026 Honored to serve as a PC Member for ICSE ‘27, MSR ‘26, and ISSTA ‘26!
Nov 13, 2025 I received the Distinguished Reviewer Award in ICSE 2026 Shadow PC Chair!

publications

  1. On Interaction Effects in Greybox Fuzzing
    Konstantinos Kitsios, Marcel Böhme, and Alberto Bacchelli
    In 48th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), 2026
  2. Automated Generation of Issue-Reproducing Tests by Combining LLMs and Search-Based Testing
    Konstantinos Kitsios, Marco Castelluccio, and Alberto Bacchelli
    In 40th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE), 2025
  3. Detecting Semantic Clones of Unseen Functionality
    Konstantinos Kitsios, Fransesco Sovrano, Earl T. Barr, and Alberto Bacchelli
    In 40th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE), 2025
  4. Convolutional recurrent neural network and LightGBM ensemble model for 12-lead ECG classification
    Charilaos Zisou, Andreas Sochopoulos, and Konstantinos Kitsios
    In Computing in Cardiology, 2020