Scholar
Ajitha Rajan
Google Scholar ID: Y8ROiBEAAAAJ
University of Edinburgh
Citations & Impact
Citations
698
H-index
15
i10-index
25
Publications
20
Co-authors
6
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- - Awards: ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Reviewer Award (ISSTA 2025), Best Paper Award at ESEM 2025, Best Paper Award at ICHI 2025
- - Publications: Multiple papers published in Machine Learning for Healthcare, ESEM, IJCAI, XAI, EASE, ICHI, and other venues
- - Projects: AutoTest (Royal Society Industry Fellowship), KATY (H2020), EPSRC Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node
Research Experience
- - Professor at the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh
- - Research Projects: MANIFEST (2024–2028), Huawei Joint Lab project (2024–2026), Royal Society Industry Fellowship (2022–2025), KATY (2021–2025)
- - Teaching Courses: Software Testing (ST), Introduction to Software Engineering (Inf2C-SE)
Education
- - PhD in Computer Science, University of Minnesota (Aug 2009), Advisor: Mats Heimdahl
- - Postdoctoral Positions: Oxford University, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble
Background
- - Research Interests: Automated Software Testing, Biomedical AI
- - Professional Field: Software Testing and Verification
- - Background: Professor at the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, focusing on test input generation, test oracles, and coverage; cancer survival models, interpretability for biological sequences & medical images.
Miscellany
- - Recruitment: Actively recruiting PhD students with strong programming and research skills in software testing/program analysis/compilers (C++/Python) or explainability for NLP/CV with familiarity in bioinformatics
- - Other: Supervising CDT-funded students in areas such as Machine Learning Systems, Biomedical Innovation, Responsible NLP, and Dependable & Deployable AI for Robotics
