====== Web Application Testing Lab (WATL) ======

{{:webapptesting:watl.png?direct&200 |}} The web application testing group focuses on automated testing of the correctness of Web applications, including //test-case generation//, //replaying test cases//, and //oracle comparators//.  The work has an empirical focus: we evaluate our techniques on real Web applications to assess their effectiveness.  See the [[projects|projects]] page for more information about what projects we're currently working on and what we've done in the past and our [[news|news]] page to see what we've been up to.



===== Members =====

**Faculty Lead:** [[http://www.cs.wlu.edu/~sprenkle|Dr. Sara Sprenkle]]\\
**Current Undergraduate Researchers:** 
  * Lakpa Sherpa '25
  * Ignas Volcokas '25
  
**Previous Undergraduate Researchers:** 
  * Abdelrahman AboEitta '23
  * Jae Jung '22
  * George Barker '20
  * Hammad Ahmad '19
  * Liam McCann '20
  * Ruinan Liu '20
  * Gunnar Bowman '19
  * Michael Dik '19
  * Azmain Amin '17
  * Jamie White '17
  * Johanna Goergen '16
  * Mithra Muthukrishnan '16
  * Mina Shnoudah '17
  * Maggie Weatherly '15
  * Paul Jang '15
  * Samantha O'Dell '15
  * Gabi Tremo '15
  * Olivier Mahame '14
  * Richard Marmorstein '14
  * Jean Paul Mugabe '14
  * Haley Archer-McClellan '15
  * Deirdre Tobin '15
  * Camille Cobb '12
  * Lucy Simko '11
  * Anna Pobletts '12
  * Charles Gould '12
  * Carrie Hopkins '12
  * Katie Baldwin '10, University of Delaware

**Collaborator:** [[http://www.cis.udel.edu/~pollock|Dr. Lori Pollock]], University of Delaware\\
**Master's Student Researchers:** Natallia Robinson, University of Delaware '09\\

We are actively looking for motivated students, interested in a research experience in Web applications, specifically in testing or related topics.

During the summers of 2008 and 2009, we worked in Dr. Lori Pollock's [[http://hiper.cis.udel.edu|Software Analysis and Compilation Lab]] at the University of Delaware.


===== Tools =====
  * [[http://www.cis.udel.edu/~hiper/webvizor|WebVizor]] - A Visualization Tool for Applying Automated Oracles and Analyzing Test Results of Web Applications



===== Sponsors =====

We want to acknowledge our sponsors, who make this research possible.

  * [[http://www.wlu.edu/provost/resources-for-faculty/faculty-development-and-funding-opportunities/lenfest-grants|W&L Lenfest grant]] - faculty summer research stipend and expenses, 2009-2023
  * [[http://www.wlu.edu/provost/resources-for-faculty/faculty-development-and-funding-opportunities/summer-research-scholars|W&L Summer Scholar Research Fellowships]] - student summer research stipends, 2008, 2009, 2012-2023
  * [[http://www.cra-w.org/creu|CRA-W/CDC Collaborative Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREU)]] - student research stipends and travel funding for academic year, 2010-2011
  * [[http://www.cra-w.org/dmp|CRA-W Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates]] - student summer research stipends and travel funding, 2009
  * W&L Hess fellow - faculty summer research stipend and expenses, 2008