Priscila Santiesteban
Computer Science & Engineering Ph.D. Student
Aug. 2021 - Current
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Who Am I?
I'm a Ph.D. student working with Professor Westley Weimer at the University of Michigan.
My research interest are in software engineering and human studies of programming. My current work investigates the cognitive processes associated with debugging and
and comprehending programs at the pedagogical level. I am interested in learning more about how programmers of various backgrounds code.
Outside of work, I practice strength training and yoga. I enjoy playing games such as Magic the Gathering, something Nintendo related, or fast-paced board games.
Activities aside, I am a gluten-free cook and a coffee enthusiast ~
Academic Highlights
April 2023: Awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (Personal Statement, Research Statement)
Feb. 2023: Passed the Qualifying Exams
Aug. 2021: Started the CSE Ph.D. at the University of Michigan: Funded by the Rackham Merit Fellowship
May 2021: Graduated from Coe College with a BA in Computer Science and Physics
Research Interests
In the Works ...
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Further details can be found in my CV
- Priscila Santiesteban, Yu Huang, Hammad Ahmad, Westley Weimer: CirFix: Automated Hardware Repair and its Real World Applications: To be published in (TSE) IEEE Transations of Software Engineering Journal Issue, 2023.
- Priscila Santiesteban, Madeline Endres, Westley Weimer: An Analysis of Sex Differences in Computing Teaching Evaluations: GE@ICSE 3rd Workshop on Gender Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Software Engineering), 2022. [Dataset,Conference Talk]
- Chu-Pan Wong, Priscila Santiesteban, Christian Kästner, Claire Le Goues: VarFix: balencing edit effectivness in automated program repair: ESEC/FSE issue on the proceedings of the 29th ACM on European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering, 2021.