Other Activities

Journals

• Associate Editor-in-Chief for Neurocomputing, 2021-current
• Senior Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (TNNLS), 2022-2023
• Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (TNNLS), 2020-2021
• Editorial Board Member (Coordinating Editor) for Empirical Software Engineering Journal (EMSE), 2021-current
• Associate Editor for Neurocomputing, 2019-2021
• Associate Editor for Journal of Systems and Software (JSS), 2017-current
• Editorial Board Member for Progress in Artificial Intelligence (PRAI), 2015-current

Conference Organisation

• Program Chair -- IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI 2025)
• Technical Chair -- IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2023)
• Chair of Neural Networks Track -- IEEE Latin American Conference on Computational Intelligence (LA-CCI 2023)
• Journal First Co-Chair -- 17th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM 2023)
• Scholarships Chair -- IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA 2021)
• General Chair -- International Conference on Predictive Models in Software Engineering (PROMISE 2019 and 2020)
  
• Co-Chair -- Artifacts Evaluation Track at the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2020)
  
• PC Co-Chair -- International Workshop on Realizing Artificial Intelligence Synergies in Software Engineering, co-located at the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2018)
  
• Poster Sessions Chair -- International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2018)
  
• PC Chair -- International Conference on Predictive Models in Software Engineering (PROMISE 2015)
  
• Co-Chair -- Symposium on Search-Based Software Engineering (SSBSE 2015-2016) Challenge Track
• Steering Committee Member -- International Conference on Predictive Models in Software Engineering (PROMISE 2014--2020)
• Steering Committee Member -- International Workshop on Realising Artificial Intelligence Synergies in Software Engineering (RAISE 2014 -- current)
• Publications Chair -- International Conference on Predictive Models in Software Engineering (PROMISE 2014)
• Publicity Chair -- International Workshop on Realizing Artificial Intelligence Synergies in Software Engineering (RAISE 2014-2015), co-located with ICSE
• Co-Organiser of the 2014 NII Shonan Seminar on Computational Intelligence for Software Engineering.
• Co-Organiser of the 2017 NII Shonan Seminar on Data-Driven Search-Based Software Engineering.

PC Member

I worked as PC Member for several conferences. Some examples are:

• International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI)
• AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
  
• International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)
• ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE)
• IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)
  
• Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), Genetic Algorithms Track

Journal Reviews

I am a reviewer for several journals, such as:

• IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
• IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
• IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
• ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
• Empirical Software Engineering
• Information and Software Technology
• Journal of Systems and Software
• Automated Software Engineering
• ACM Computing Surveys
• IEEE Software
  
• Information Sciences
• Pattern Analysis and Applications
• Journal of Computer Science and Technology

IEEE Activities

• CIS VP for Conferences (2024)
• Chair of the CIS Technical Co-Sponsorship Subcommitee (2023)
• Chair of the CIS Conference Activities and Communications Subcommittee (2021-2022)
• Chair of the CIS Education Portal Subcommittee (2021)
• Editor of the Computational Intelligence Society Newsletter (2019-2020)
• Chair of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Social Media Subcommittee (2017-2018)
• Chair of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Webinars Subcommittee (2015-2016)
• IEEE CIS Student Activities Liaison Member (2015-current)
• IEEE CIS Webinars Liaison Member (2018)
• IEEE CIS Industry Liaison Member (2015-2016)
• IEEE Software Conference Correspondent (2015-2023)