Wha is he (po en ial) ole o gene a i e AI in RSE aining &
esea ch?
Oppo uni ies, Challenges, and Ou look
Ca los U illa Gue e o
AI Resea che UPM, ( o me T aine a TU Del Uni .)
E en : LA Re e encia Webina
Da e: No 20, 2025
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h ps://ca losug.gi hub.io/
TU Del & Resea ch So wa e Enginee ing (RSE)
-Teaching co e RSE skills & ac i i ies in cou ses & wo kshops o esea che s
-De eloping in e media e & ad anced RSE aining cou ses
-De ining GenAI essen ials & good p ac ices o RSE
TU Del Digi al Compe ence Cen e is helping shape he uni e si y´s
s a egy owa ds AI and RSE h ough:
Resea ch Da a and So wa e Uni - T aining o Resea che s Landscape
Resea ch So wa e (RS), Sus ainabili y, and Gene a i e AI (GenAI)
RS de ine as “any so wa e c ea ed du ing he esea ch p ocess o a esea ch p opose” [1]
Ka z [2] iewpoin s o RS sus ainabili y “as he p ocess o de eloping and main aining so wa e ha mee s i s pu pose o e ime”
Uni o bi-di ec ional
Scien i ic
Publica ion
Re e s o
“Any so wa e a e ac which is linked o a scien i ic
publica ion” [3]
So wa e
Bes P ac ices & T aining
Rep oducible
Endu ance
E ol abili y
RS Sus ainabili y
How GenAI ools*
suppo Sus ainable
RS?
*End use ool [...] whose echnical implemen a ion includes gene a i e based model such as
ans o me a chi ec u e o deep lea ning [4] (So y o he simpli ica ion)
Can AI* id us o all esea ch so wa e euse issues?
Comp ehend
In e p e
In eg a e
Execu e
Reuse
I wan o euse epo: gi /nlp
Success
Concep ual Wo k low o e iew RSE Assis an
[5]: ca losug/agen . se a e e- e sion
Resea ch Goal: De eloping AI-based assis an o au onomously ans o m esea ch so wa e documen a ion in o
machine-ac ionable wo k lows, educing esea che bu den and accele a ing disco e y [6]
*LLM-powe ed assis an s a e ele an in ou app oach, bu in e es in o mal easoning (i.e. symbolic me hods) is ising again. Neu o-symbolic applica ions (i.e. me ging LLMs wi h
Logical-based easoning) is inc easingly ele an
README
.md
PhD aining needs a eboo in an AI wo ld
As machines ge be e a da a analysis and so wa e de elopmen , doc o al aining mus e ol e
DOI: h ps://www.na u e.com/a icles/d41586-025-03572-w (No 3, 2025)
Wo kshop on explo ing GenAI o RS in a nu shell
P o ide a pla o m o knowledge sha ing & discussion on ele an ools & se ices o imp o ing RS quali y
GenAI o RS O e iew
Wha is
GenAI?
Wha
challenges
a e in RSE?
Wha ools
exis s &
Demo
50 Min | 20 TU Del Resea che s
Published ma e ial: h ps://zenodo.o g/ eco ds/11492084
h ps://www. udel .nl/2024/del -ai/sp
ing-symposium-2024-showcases-ai-
educa ion
Build RS as e using
GenAI ools, bu hink
wice be o e in eg a e in o
he esea ch wo k low
Pu pose: Dependency sol e
(+) In eg a ed in o IDE
(-) Ha d e i ica ion
(-) Limi ed in ha de asks
Gi Hub Copilo
Pu pose: Gene al Ques ions
(+) Easy o use
(-) No eplicabili y
(-) Pe sonal da a isk
Cha GPT
Pu pose: Sys em De elopmen
(+) access local LLMs
(-) agmen ed ools
(-) lack o s anda ds
Gen AI De s S ack*
Pu pose: Resea ch Le el
(+) access o open LLMs
(-) Token Limi s
(-) Limi ed ee e sion
LLMs local
Lea ne s a e al eady making ex ensi e use o he ools
in hei wo k
* h ps://www.xenons ack.com/hs- s/hub s/gene a i e-ai-de elopmen -s ack.png?wid h=1280&heigh =922&name=gene a i e-ai-de elopmen -s ack.png
Towa ds esponsible adop ion o GenAI o RSE
Main aining solid RSE p ac ices while le e aging GenAI ools
Unde s and how o e icien ly:
1. Apply p omp ing s a egies
2. Audi models esponses
ensu ing legal & logical &
quali y s anda ds
By openly discussing ou challenges, we s eng hen he en i e RSE communi y
Wo kshop Su ey Resul s (N = 15) : h ps://zenodo.o g/ eco ds/11492084/ iles/AI o RS-men ime e .pd ?download=1
Look o wa d
Oppo uni ies o alignmen o RSE p ac ices/ aining ini ia i es wi hin RDA and beyond
E alua ing GenAI models ou pu o RSE
- De eloping s anda ds o audi ing GenAI esponse
- Examining legal & e hical issues o e ec i e adop ion
Examining sui abili y o ools and se ices
- Ca aloging ools and se ices (EVERSE Technology Rada )
- Expe imen ing exis ing echnical esea ch s ack
Explo ing new educa ional app oaches
- De e mining app op ia e le el o au oma ion in RSE
- Re iewing cu icula ac i i ies o be augh in GenAI o RSE
h ps://e e se.so wa e/TechRada /
h ps://e e se.so wa e/RSQKi /
Rep oducibili y
IG
PRO4
RS
WG
So wa e
Code IG
FAIR4
RS WG
Gen
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