Afonso Fontes,
PhD researcher in
Software Engineering.

1. 2025Exploring the Interaction of Code Coverage and Non-Coverage Objectives in Search-Based Test GenerationSoftware Testing, Verification and Reliability 35 (6-7)
2. 2025Context-Infused Automated Software Test GenerationLicentiate thesis, Chalmers University of Technology
3. 2023The Integration of Machine Learning into Automated Test Generation: A Systematic Mapping StudyarXiv 2206.10210 · 45 cites
4. 2023Automated Support for Unit Test GenerationBook chapter in Optimising the Software Development Process with Artificial Intelligence · 9 cites
5. 2022AI-empowered data offloading in MEC-enabled IoV networksarXiv 2204.10282 · 7 cites
6. 2022Visual Odometry for RGB-D CamerasarXiv 2203.15119 · 6 cites
7. 2022Development of a robotic manipulator: applying interdisciplinarity in Computer Assisted Project, Microcontrollers and Industrial RoboticsarXiv 2203.16924 · 1 cite
8. 2022Applying PBL in the Development and Modeling of Kinematics for Robotic Manipulators with Interdisciplinarity between Computer-Assisted Project, Robotics, and MicrocontrollersarXiv 2203.16927 · 1 cite
9. 2022Criação e aplicação de ferramenta para auxiliar no ensino de algoritmos e programação de computadores (a tool for teaching algorithms and programming)arXiv 2204.01468
10. 2022Desenvolvimento de ferramenta de simulação para auxílio no ensino da disciplina de robótica industrial (a simulation tool for teaching industrial robotics)arXiv 2203.16920
11. 2022Aplicação de ROS como ferramenta de ensino a robótica (using ROS as a robotics teaching tool)arXiv 2203.16923
12. 2021Emerging drone trends for blockchain-based 5G networks: open issues and future perspectivesIEEE Network 35 (1) · 54 cites
13. 2021Efficient and effective generation of test cases for pedestrian detection: search-based software testing of Baidu Apollo in SVLIEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Testing (AITest) 2021 · 43 cites
14. 2021Using machine learning to generate test oracles: a systematic literature review1st International Workshop on Test Oracles · 36 cites
15. 2021Automated support for unit test generation: a tutorial book chapterarXiv 2110.13575 · 6 cites
16. 2020Industrial internet-of-things security enhanced with deep learning approaches for smart citiesIEEE Internet of Things Journal 8 (8) · 116 cites
17. 2019PBL in the development and stability control of a UAV with interdisciplinarity between digital control and computer-assisted designInternational Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Science · 4 cites

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1. Sep 2026 — Oct 2026Independent AI/ML ConsultantOwn practice (enskild firma) · client: EggAI Technologies, Munich Shipped production agent infrastructure (configurable-agent-python): agent-bus transport, multi-modal input, tool-call history. Built and evaluated a GenAI multiclass classifier with its evaluation harness. Delivered infrastructure for two more client projects and contributed to a TRE specification and K8TRE compliance audit.
2. Jun 2021 — nowFounder & Lead ML/AI EngineerNext Action Guides (SaaS) Directs a team of 4 developers and owns the full ML/AI stack of a live platform (13,700 users, 3,200 paying subscribers): training, serving, CI/CD, monitoring, retraining. No ML change ships without a defined quality metric and a benchmark pass.
3. Sep 2020 — Aug 2025PhD Candidate & ResearcherUniversity of Gothenburg Search-based software test generation with classical ML, reinforcement learning and LLM-driven techniques, and multi-objective optimisation for coverage and fault detection; a case study on pedestrian-detection robustness on Baidu Apollo (SVL simulator). 17 published papers.
4. Dec 2018 — Aug 2020Business Partner & Head of DevelopmenttaskOne (Autonomous Systems) Led applied AI and autonomous-systems R&D for drones/UAVs, from prototype to field deployment: 3D mapping, surveillance and intruder detection, manatee monitoring, pipe-leak and power-line inspection.
5. May 2017 — Aug 2020Assistant Professor, AI, Robotics & Autonomous SystemsUNIFOR Taught AI, Computer Vision, Autonomous Systems, Robotics, Algorithms, OOP and Control; led research groups on RL-based locomotion, behavioral cloning, SLAM and lidar-based navigation.
6. Dec 2014 — Aug 2020Founder & CEO, lecturerSkyRobotics Practical microcontroller and electronics courses; grew from two to more than ten courses per semester.
7. May 2014 — Jun 2017Product Marketing EngineerAPC by Schneider Electric Product offer lifecycle and pricing; trained and enabled distributors and resellers.
8. 2005 — 2014Earlier rolesEngineering, sales and management in Fortaleza, Brazil Technical Support Specialist, Hexing Group (2013–14) · Control and Automation Engineer, Nexo Automação (2013) · Sales Consultant, HomeTech Premium and Habitat Automação (2011–13) · Home-automation developer, StudioVip (2011) · General Manager, Swedish Taste (2009–11) · Trainee, INACE (2009) · Sales team leader, Red Fish (2005–08).
9. 2020 — 2025Licentiate (ongoing PhD), Software EngineeringUniversity of Gothenburg Thesis: Search-based Software Testing: Infusing Context into Automatic Unit Test Case Generation.
10. 2015 — 2016MSc, Computer ScienceUECE, Brazil Thesis: SLAM from a single RGB-D camera.
11. 2008 — 2012BSc, Control and Automation EngineeringUniversity of Fortaleza (UNIFOR), Brazil

Languages

Python (primary, 8+ years) · JavaScript/TypeScript · SQL

ML & data

TensorFlow · Keras · PyTorch · scikit-learn · training, evaluation and serving · data from APIs, databases and sensors

Validation

Search-based test generation · benchmark design · robustness testing · regression evaluation · failure-case triage

MLOps

Docker · CI/CD · REST APIs · deployment and monitoring · retraining workflows · cloud-native tooling

Practices

Git with mandatory code review · automated testing · agile cross-functional work

Spoken

English (fluent) · Portuguese (native) · Swedish (intermediate)