Olek Osikowicz

Hi there! I am a 2nd year PhD student at the University of Sheffield, supervised by Dr Donghwan Shin and Prof Phil McMinn. I joined the Testing Lab in the School of Computer Science in October 2023.
My research focuses on testing Autonomous Driving Systems (ADS) in simulated environments.
As part of this work, I investigated flakiness in ADS testing, with my first accepted paper on the topic available here. Currently, I am researching methods to improve the efficiency of ADS testing by applying Multi-Fidelity Bayesian Optimization within a scenario-based testing framework.
Alongside my research, I work as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the COM3523 Software Re-engineering module, supporting both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
For more details, you can find my full CV here.
news
May 15, 2025 | 📢: This summer, I’ll be supervising two students as part of the research internship! Together we’ll be building infrastructure to facilitate autonomous driving system testing research! |
---|---|
Apr 27, 2025 | 🌐: Attended ICSE 2025 in Canada 🇨🇦 - Presented My First Paper! |
Feb 27, 2025 | ✈️: I received Billy Ibberson Travel Fund bursary. This stipend will help me attend the 2025 International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) in Ottawa ![]() |
Dec 01, 2024 | 📔: My first paper on Empirically Evaluating Flaky Tests for Autonomous Driving Systems in Simulated Environments has been accepted at FTW 2025! |
publications
- Empirically Evaluating Flaky Tests for Autonomous Driving Systems in Simulated EnvironmentsIn 2025 IEEE/ACM International Flaky Tests Workshop (FTW) Proceedings, 2024