Sheikh Umar Farooq

My research interests include Empirical Software Engineering Specifically Empirical Software Testing with Focus on Software Testing Techniques Evaluation and Software Reliability Improvement using effective testing. 

 

The primary focus of my research is to evalaute and compare different software testing methods. The research is based on empirical methods; experiments and surveys. I believe that replication is a good science and can yield significant results if applied in correct and effective manner. Presently, i am also trying to learn how to the test the cloud and other allied things. On these research topics, I am open to collaborate or share ideas with anyone, because in research operational infrastructure,  i believe 1+1=11.

 

My research aims to contribute towards building a knowledge base which can help testing community to understand effcetiveness, efficiency and applicability conditions of various testing techniques. My doctoral thesis entitled "Evaluating Effectiveness of Software Testing Techniques with Emphasis on Enhancing Software Reliability" was also focused on evalaution of sofware testing techniques. 



Till date, I have 29 Refereed papers published in International Journals and Conference Proceedings. Two Books have also been published by me in reputed international and national publishing houses. I have given keynotes and invited talks at numerous events. My h-index is 10 and my articles have been cited 378 times on Google Scholar. I also received UGC BSR Start-up Grant for project entitled "Design and Development of Standard Framework for Evaluating Software Testing Techniques in an Open Source Fashion" and JK DST ST&IC Grant for project entitled "Engineering Education during CoVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond" .