STARWEST 2018 - Test Analytics, AI/ ML
Wednesday, October 3
Fighting Test Flakiness: A Disease that Artificial Intelligence Will Cure
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making it possible for computers to diagnose some medical diseases more accurately than doctors. Such systems analyze millions of patient records, recognize underlying data patterns, and generalize them for diagnosing previously unseen patients. A key challenge is determining whether a patient's symptoms and history are attributed to a known disease or other factors. Software testers face a similar problem when triaging automation failures. They investigate questions like, Is the failure due to a defect, environmental issue, or nondeterministic test script?...
Marrying Artificial Intelligence with Software Testing: Challenges & Opportunities
Emerging technologies such as the internet of things (IoT) and cloud computing have introduced a significant software variety and complexity. Wendy Siew Wen Chin and Heng Kar Lau explain that testers are challenged to support a wide product portfolio within harsh time, resource and budget constraints. More test automation may seem to be a solution to test efficiency, however there are many inefficient hot spots throughout the test automation life cycle. Join Wendy and Heng Kar as they share their experiences from the Intel IoT team. They share how to make use of artificial intelligence (AI...
Thursday, October 4
AI for Testing Today (Panel: Part I)
How can we apply AI to the testing problems of today? What works and what doesn't work? Are there any critical lessons that have been learned? This panel discusses AI frameworks and approaches that are most useful today for testing real world systems. Hear advice from the folks that have had successes and failures applying AI to real world testing problems so you can avoid the same mistakes and bring back proven techniques for applying AI to software testing challenges.
AI for Testing Tomorrow (Panel: Part II)
What does AI mean for the future of testing? What aspects of testing will the machines replace? What things will AI soon be better than humans at and what things will humans always do better than AI? This panel explores the future of AI for testing including thoughts on how humans can prepare for a future of testing where we work alongside AI. Hear experts discuss their views on the future impact of AI in testing and where the boundary between human and AI-powered testing truly lives.