Cyber-physical systems
Automated, simulation-based testing for safety-critical and highly configurable industrial systems.
Software engineering · Trustworthy systems · Physical AI
Rigorous testing for software that matters.
I am Aitor Arrieta, Professor of Software Engineering at Mondragon University.
My research develops practical testing techniques for cyber-physical systems, Physical AI, AI-based systems, and generative AI. I work closely with industry to turn research into dependable real-world software.
Research focus
Engineering confidence into complex systems.
I earned my PhD in Software Engineering at Mondragon University in 2017. My work spans search-based software testing, the test oracle problem, regression testing, and dependable AI.
Physical AI & trustworthy AI
Safety, fairness, robustness, and validation for embodied, autonomous, and generative AI systems.
Explore the labTesting automation
Search-based, metamorphic, and regression testing methods that make validation more effective.
Current work
Research with a path to practice.
European research and long-term industrial collaborations provide the context for testing ideas against real engineering constraints.
InnoGuard
Hybrid and generative intelligence for trustworthy autonomous cyber-physical systems.
TRUST4AI
Trustable AI-driven internet search, co-led with Professor Sergio Segura.
Applied software engineering
Collaborations with Orona, Fagor Automation, and Developair on software testing and dependable systems.
Adeptness
An H2020 project coordinated from 2020 to March 2023. The project is retained here as part of the research portfolio.
People
Research is a team effort.
Current supervision and visiting collaborations across software engineering, robotics, and trustworthy autonomous systems.
Current doctoral supervision
PhD students
Primary doctoral supervision at Mondragon University and external co-supervision with Simula Research Laboratory.
Master’s & visiting researchers
Research across career stages
Current master’s supervision, incoming research visits, and an expanding record of former doctoral students, postdocs, and visitors.
Latest
News and milestones.
Recent publications, leadership roles, projects, and recognition.
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IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Joined the editorial board of the leading software engineering journal.
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ASE Area Chair
Serving as Area Chair for Security and Other Non-Functional Properties at ASE 2026.
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ICSE Research Track
Joined the ICSE 2027 Research Track program committee for the first time.
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New ICST paper
“Metamorphic Testing of Vision-Language Action-Enabled Robots,” led by Pablo Valle, was accepted at ICST 2026.
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Program committees
Joined the program committees of ISSTA 2026 and ICST 2026.
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InnoGuard launched
A new project applying generative AI techniques to autonomous cyber-physical systems.
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Editorial appointments
Appointed to the editorial boards of Science of Computer Programming and Information and Software Technology.
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Best Paper Award
Received the Best Paper Award at the 15th International Symposium on Search-Based Software Engineering.
Teaching
Teaching students to understand, question, and improve complex systems.
My teaching combines rigorous foundations with current industrial tools, hands-on engineering, and challenge-based learning across bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral education.
Explore teaching
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