Saman Barakat

Saman Barakat

Ph.D. in Software Engineering

University of Seville

Biography

My name is Saman Barakat, and I have recently completed a Ph.D. in Software Engineering at the University of Seville. My doctoral research focused on automated support for managing inter-parameter dependencies in web APIs.

My current research interest lies in the application of Large Language Models for Mining Software Repositories (LLM4MSR). I am particularly interested in how LLMs can be used to analyze and generate software-related information, enabling new ways to understand, maintain, and automate software systems. I am eager to explore this area further and contribute to ongoing research at the intersection of language models and software engineering.



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Interests
  • LLMs Applications
  • LLM4MSR
  • Mining Software Repositories
  • Software Engineering
Education

  • Ph.D. in Software Engineering, 2025

    University of Seville

  • MSc. in Advanced Computer Science, 2012

    University of Newcastle upon Tyne

  • BSc in Computer Science, 2008

    University of Duhok

Skills

Angular
Java
Database
openapi
OpenAPI
API
REST APIs
spring
Spring Boot
Github
OpenAPIGenerator
OpenAPI Generator

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
University of Seville
PhD Student
University of Seville
Apr 2021 – Present Seville

Responsibilities include:

  • Maintaining IDL Projects.
  • Developing IDL Web editor.
  • Invistigating & Evaluating IDL Code Generation Project.
  • Developing & Invistigating IDLSmart Gateways.
 
 
 
 
 
University of Duhok
Lecturer.
University of Duhok
Dec 2015 – Apr 2021 Duhok
Teaching (OOP, Data Structures, Java)
 
 
 
 
 
University of Zakho
Assistant Lecturer
University of Zakho
Sep 2012 – Dec 2015 Zakho
Teaching (OOP, C#)
 
 
 
 
 
University of Duhok
Assistant Programmer.
University of Duhok
Oct 2008 – Mar 2011 Duhok
Assistant Programmer.

Recent Publications

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Saman Barakat, Sergio Segura (2025). Validation of inter-parameter dependencies in API gateways. Computer Standards & Interfaces.

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Saman Barakat, Alberto Martin-Lopez, Carlos Müller, Sergio Segura, Antonio Ruiz-Cortés (2024). The IDL tool suite: Specifying and analyzing inter-parameter dependencies in web APIs. SoftwareX.

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Saman Barakat, Alberto Martin-Lopez, Carlos Müller, Sergio Segura (2023). The IDL Tool Suite: Inter-Parameter Dependency Management in Web APIs. ICSOC (Demo).

Saman Barakat, Ana Belen Sanchez, Sergio Segura (2023). IDLGen: Automated Code Generation for Inter-parameter Dependencies in Web APIs. ICSOC.

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Saman Barakat, Ana B. Sánchez, Sergio Segura (2023). Toward Dependency-Aware API Gateways. JCIS.

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Saman Barakat, Enrique Barba Roque, Ana Belen Sanchez, Sergio Segura (2022). Automated Code Generation for Inter-parameter Dependencies in REST APIs. JCIS.

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Saman Barakat, Enrique Barba Roque, Ana Belen Sanchez, Sergio Segura (2022). Specification-Driven Code Generation for Inter-parameter Dependencies in Web APIs. WESOACS.

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Hassan B. Hassan, Saman A. Barakat, Qusay I. Sarhan (2021). Survey on serverless computing. Journal of Cloud Computing.

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Sarhan S Dawood, SamanBarakat (2020). Empirical Performance Evaluation of Knuth Morris Pratt and Boyer Moore String Matching Algorithms. Journal of Duhok University 23-1.

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Saman A Barakat, Qusay I Sarhan (2018). Performance evaluation of list iteration methods in Java: an empirical study. INNOVACIENCIA,Vol. 6, No. 1.

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Saman Barakat (2017). Monitoring and Analysis of Microservices Performance. JCSCS.

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Saman Barakat (2013). Design and Implementation of RESTful Non-repudiation Services. Journal of Information and Computing Science,Vol. 8, No. 3.

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Projects

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All IDL IDLReasoner IDLWebsite
IDLGen
IDLGen is an extension of the OpenAPI Generator designed to produce validation code for inter-parameter dependencies in Java and Python servers.
IDLGen
IDLFilter
IDLFilter is a custom filter for Spring Cloud Gateway, specifically designed to manage inter-parameter dependencies in web APIs.
IDLFilter
IDLPlayground
IDLPlayground is an online application developed to allow end users to explore the capabilities of IDL, IDL4OAS, and IDLReasoner web API.
IDLPlayground
IDLReasoner API
The IDLReasonerAPI is a web-based API designed to complement the IDLReasoner library.
IDLReasoner API
IDL Website
The IDL website is dedicated to managing inter-parameter dependency projects.
IDLWebsite
IDLReasoner
A Java tool for the automated analysis of IDL specifications using constraint programming.
IDLReasoner
IDL: Inter-parameter Dependency Language
A textual domain-specific language for the specification of dependencies among input parameters in web APIs.
IDL

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