Laura M. Castro
I am a professor at Universidade da Coruña (UDC).
I am the chair of Cátedra CICAS, a joint project between UDC and Sngular to boost Open Science through Software.
I am part of the BEAM community, and the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation.
Last but not least, I am a member of CEXEF (Gender and Feminist Studies Centre, UDC),
and of AMIT-GAL (Women Researchers and Technologists Association).
Research
My research focuses on software testing (automated, model, and property-based testing),
applied to software in general, and distributed, concurrent, functional systems in particular.
Most of my work takes place inside the BEAM.
You can check my latest publications of particular relevance in the sites below.
If you happen to be interested in related areas, I am always open to collaboration!
If your institution or company does not provide access to the following websites,
or if you are browsing them from a personal device and cannot reach the
linked publications, do not hesitate to contact me and ask me for a copy.
Teaching
I am the coordinator of two undegraduate courses offered as part of the Degree in Software Engineering at UDC.
Software Architecture
Compulsory subject for 3rd-year students with a concentration on Software Engineering. Elective subject for 4th-year students with a concentration on Computer Science.
Software Verification and Validation
Compulsory subject for 4th-year students with a concentration on Software Engineering. Elective subject for 4th-year students with a concentration on Computer Science.
Looking for a supervisor? I am always open to hear you out if you want to work with Erlang, Elixir,...
Do you feel like diving into testing automation, model generation, distributed systems validation or similar?
Perhaps you are interested in more transversal aspects of technology: social media, societal impact, open source...
Just get in touch!
Dissemination
Here's a list of recorded talks I've given or co-authored.
If you're into podcasts, here's a list of pieces where I've been featured.
Last but not least, these are some initiatives I run, take part in, or collaborate with:
