# Collaborative Research: SHF: Medium: A General Framework for Automated Test Transfer

> **NSF 01002425DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT** · University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc (GA) · $400,000

## Abstract

Because software is increasingly prevalent in day-to-day life, it is extremely important to ensure its quality. Among the various techniques used to assess and improve the quality of software, testing is by far the most used. Unfortunately, writing tests is a tedious and time-consuming task that is often performed manually and mostly from scratch for every new application developed. In fact, whereas it is common practice to reuse code in modern software engineering, test reuse has been mostly neglected. Testing could greatly benefit from the fact that many software applications share functionality, and test cases for many of these applications are readily available, although in need of adaptation to be transferred to different test scenarios.

To tap into this potential, this project is advancing software testing by enabling test transfer: automated reuse of User Interface (UI) tests across systems that share at least part of their functionality. While the initial focus of the project is on mobile and web applications, its ultimate goal is to develop a modular framework that can be extended to support additional types of software. This project promises to advance automated testing on multiple fronts. First, by employing various analysis techniques to identify conceptually similar UI elements across apps, test transfer is intended to enable the reuse of test inputs that are otherwise difficult to produce automatically. Second, by migrating tests written for similar features,

## Key facts

- **NSF award ID:** 2538540
- **Awardee organization:** University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc (GA)
- **SAM.gov UEI:** NMJHD63STRC5
- **PI:** Alessandro Orso
- **Primary program:** 01002425DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
- **All programs:** MEDIUM PROJECT, SOFTWARE ENG & FORMAL METHODS
- **Estimated total:** $400,000
- **Funds obligated:** $143,333
- **Transaction type:** Continuing Grant
- **Period:** 07/01/2025 → 09/30/2026

## Primary source

NSF Award Search: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2538540

## Citation

> US National Science Foundation, Award 2538540, Collaborative Research: SHF: Medium: A General Framework for Automated Test Transfer. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-06 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nsf/2538540. Licensed CC0.

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