<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Alexandra Mendes | VeriFixer Project</title><link>https://verifixer.github.io/author/alexandra-mendes/</link><atom:link href="https://verifixer.github.io/author/alexandra-mendes/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Alexandra Mendes</description><generator>Hugo Blox Builder (https://hugoblox.com)</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://verifixer.github.io/author/alexandra-mendes/avatar_hu7773455750886187938.jpg</url><title>Alexandra Mendes</title><link>https://verifixer.github.io/author/alexandra-mendes/</link></image><item><title>Alexandra Mendes</title><link>https://verifixer.github.io/author/alexandra-mendes/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://verifixer.github.io/author/alexandra-mendes/</guid><description>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://archimendes.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandra Mendes&lt;/a> is an Assistant Professor at &lt;a href="https://dei.fe.up.pt/en/home-page" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Departamento de Engenharia Informática&lt;/a>, &lt;a href="https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/en/web_page.inicial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Faculty of Engineering&lt;/a>, &lt;a href="https://www.up.pt/portal/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Porto&lt;/a>, and a researcher at &lt;a href="https://www.inesctec.pt/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">INESC TEC&lt;/a>. She is also a member of the &lt;a href="https://fme-teaching.github.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Formal Methods Teaching Committee&lt;/a> and a a &lt;a href="https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/fellowship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (HEA)&lt;/a>.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Her research focuses on innovative user interfaces for formal methods and mathematical approaches to software quality. Through her research she aims at encouraging a wider adoption of software verification by creating tools and methods that hide the complexities of verifying software. She is also interested on innovative and fun ways to teach Computer Science.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>For more details, visit &lt;a href="https://archimendes.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandra&amp;rsquo;s website&lt;/a>.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Can Large Language Models Help Students Prove Software Correctness? An Experimental Study with Dafny</title><link>https://verifixer.github.io/publication/2025/sefm_dafnystudy/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://verifixer.github.io/publication/2025/sefm_dafnystudy/</guid><description/></item><item><title>Specification-Guided Repair of Arithmetic Errors in Dafny Programs using LLMs</title><link>https://verifixer.github.io/publication/2025/sefm_repair/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://verifixer.github.io/publication/2025/sefm_repair/</guid><description/></item><item><title>What Challenges do Developer Face when using Verification-Aware Languages?</title><link>https://verifixer.github.io/publication/2025/issre/</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://verifixer.github.io/publication/2025/issre/</guid><description/></item><item><title>Contract Usage and Evolution in Android Mobile Applications</title><link>https://verifixer.github.io/publication/2025/ecoop/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://verifixer.github.io/publication/2025/ecoop/</guid><description/></item></channel></rss>