Advancing Software Engineering Practices through Gamification and Automated Techniques

• Candidatura ai premi di merito per l'anno 2025 (2025)

Master of Science

• Challenge@PoliTo by Firms - Hitachi Rail. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
• Information systems. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
• Information systems. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
• Information systems. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
• Software engineering. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Software engineering. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Software engineering. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Ingegneria del software. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso

• SOFTENG - Software Engineering Group

• Garaccione, Giacomo; Coppola, Riccardo; Ardito, Luca; Torchiano, Marco (2026)
  Gamification of conceptual modeling education with UML class diagrams: an experimental analysis. In: SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS MODELING, vol. 25, pp. 239-270. ISSN 1619-1374
  Contributo su Rivista
• Garaccione, Giacomo (2026)
  Advancing Software Engineering Practices through Gamification and Automated Techniques. relatore: ARDITO, LUCA; COPPOLA, RICCARDO; , 38. XXXVIII Ciclo, P.: 232
  Doctoral Thesis
• Garaccione, Giacomo; Coppola, Riccardo; Ardito, Luca (2026)
  An Automated Diagram Generator of Reference Solutions for Modeling Educators. In: 51st Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2025, Salerno (IT), September 10–12, 2025, pp. 383-392. ISSN 0302-9743. ISBN: 9783032041890
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Straubinger, Philipp; Fulcini, Tommaso; Garaccione, Giacomo; Ardito, Luca; Fraser, Gordon (2025)
  Gamifying Testing in IntelliJ: A Replicability Study. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACM ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, vol. 2, pp. 2407-2429. ISSN 2994-970X
  Contributo su Rivista
• Garaccione, Giacomo; Vega Carrazan, Pablo Federico; Coppola, Riccardo; Ardito, Luca (2025)
  Evaluating Large Language Models in Exercises of UML Use Case Diagrams Modeling. In: 2025 IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Natural Language-Based Software Engineering (NLBSE), Ottawa (CA), 27-28 April 2025, pp. 41-44. ISBN: 979-8-3315-3864-4
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Garaccione, Giacomo; Coppola, Riccardo; Ardito, Luca; Torchiano, Marco (2025)
  Gamification of conceptual modeling education: an analysis of productivity and students’ perception. In: SOFTWARE QUALITY JOURNAL, vol. 33. ISSN 0963-9314
  Contributo su Rivista
• Garaccione, Giacomo; Calabrese, Diego Maria; Coppola, Riccardo; Ardito, Luca (2025)
  A comparison of different Large Language Models for the generation of UML class diagrams. In: ACM / IEEE 28th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS), Grand Rapids, Michigan (USA), 05-10 October 2025, pp. 541-545. ISBN: 979-8-3315-7990-6
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Garaccione, Giacomo; Coppola, Riccardo; Ardito, Luca (2024)
  Gamifying Business Process Modeling Education: A Longitudinal Study. In: International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering- EASE, Salerno (IT), June 18 - 21, 2024, pp. 580-589. ISBN: 979-8-4007-1701-7
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Garaccione, Giacomo; Coppola, Riccardo; Ardito, Luca; Torchiano, Marco (2024)
  Gamification of business process modeling education: an experimental analysis. In: SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS MODELING. ISSN 1619-1374
  Contributo su Rivista
• Garaccione, Giacomo; Fulcini, Tommaso; Stefanut Bodnarescul, Paolo; Coppola, Riccardo; ... (2024)
  Gamified GUI testing with Selenium in the IntelliJ IDE: A Prototype Plugin. In: IDE '24: 1st ACM/IEEE Workshop on Integrated Development Environments, Lisbon (PT), 20 April 2024, pp. 76-80. ISBN: 979-8-4007-0580-9
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• De Bari, Daniele; Garaccione, Giacomo; Coppola, Riccardo; Torchiano, Marco; Ardito, Luca (2024)
  Evaluating Large Language Models in Exercises of UML Class Diagram Modeling. In: ESEM '24:18th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, Barcelona (ES), October 24 - 25, 2024, pp. 393-399. ISBN: 979-8-4007-1047-6
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Garaccione, Giacomo; Coppola, Riccardo; Ardito, Luca; Torchiano, Marco (2024)
  Gamification of a BPMN Modeling Course: an Analysis of Effectiveness and Student Perception. In: ESEM '24:18th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, Barcelona (ES), October 24 - 25, 2024, pp. 223-233. ISBN: 979-8-4007-1047-6
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Garaccione, Giacomo; Coppola, Riccardo; Ardito, Luca; Torchiano, Marco (2023)
  Gamification of Business Process Modeling Notation education: an experience report. In: Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, Oulu (FIN), 14 June 2023, pp. 460-464. ISBN: 979-8-4007-0044-6
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Cagnazzo, Christian; Garaccione, Giacomo; Coppola, Riccardo; Ardito, Luca; Torchiano, ... (2023)
  UMLegend: A Gamified Learning Tool for Conceptual Modeling with UML Class Diagrams. In: Gamify '23: 2nd International Workshop on Gamification in Software Development, Verification, and Validation, San Francisco (USA), 04 December 2023, pp. 2-5. ISBN: 9798400703737
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Coppola, Riccardo; Ardito, Luca; Fulcini, Tommaso; Garaccione, Giacomo; Torchiano, ... (2023)
  A Framework for the Gamification of GUI Testing. In: Software Engineering for Games in Serious Contexts / Cooper K.M.L., Bucchiarone A., S.L., Springer, Cham, pp. 215-242. ISBN: 978-3-031-33337-8
  Contributo in Volume
• Bedwell, Kylie; Garaccione, Giacomo; Coppola, Riccardo; Ardito, Luca; Morisio, Maurizio (2023)
  BIPMIN: A Gamified Framework for Process Modeling Education. In: INFORMATION, vol. 14, pp. 1-34. ISSN 2078-2489
  Contributo su Rivista
• Fulcini, Tommaso; Garaccione, Giacomo; Coppola, Riccardo; Ardito, Luca; Torchiano, Marco (2022)
  Guidelines for GUI Testing Maintenance: A Linter for Test Smell Detection. In: A-TEST 2022: 13th Workshop on Automating Test Case Design, Selection and Evaluation, Singapore, November 17-18, 2022, pp. 17-24
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Garaccione, Giacomo; Fulcini, Tommaso; Torchiano, Marco (2022)
  GERRY: A Gamified Browser Tool for GUI Testing. In: Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Gamification of Software Development, Verification, and Validation (Gamify '22), Singapore, November 17, 2022, pp. 2-9
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)