SAGE Research Lab

Team

Lab Director

Dr. Kevin Moran

Dr. Kevin Moran

Kevin Moran is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Central Florida, where he directs the SAGE Research Lab. He earned his B.A. in Physics (with a Computer Science minor) from the College of the Holy Cross in 2013, his M.S. in Computer Science from William & Mary in 2015, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from William & Mary in 2018.

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Currently Advised Students

Ph.D. Alumni

  • Junayed Mahmud

    Dissertation: Multimodal Learning for Automated Bug Report Management

    Institution: University of Central Florida

    First Position after Graduation: Research Engineer at Deloitte

  • SM Hasan Mansur

    Dissertation: Automated User Interface Design and Understanding through Multimodal Artificial Intelligence

    Institution: George Mason University

    First Position after Graduation: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at Stephen F. Austin State University

  • Arun Krishna Vajjala

    Dissertation: Beyond the Pixel: AI-Augmented Programming Tools for the Design, Testing, and Generation of User Interfaces

    Institution: George Mason University

    First Position after Graduation: Machine Learning Research Engineer at Apple

Master's Student Alumni

  • Sabiha Salma

    First Position after Graduation: M.S. Student in Software Engineering at George Mason University

Undergraduate Alumni

  • Samar Karanch

    Undergraduate Research Student, Summer/Fall 2025

    First Position after Graduation: Master's Student at UC San Diego

  • Jasmine Obas

    GMU OSCAR Undergraduate Research Scholar, Fall 2022

    First Position after Graduation: Software Engineer at Bonne Terre Labs

  • Yule Zhang

    Undergraduate Student at GMU, 2021–2022

    First Position after Graduation: Software Engineer at UPS

  • Kristen Goebel

    Clarkson University, REU Student, Summer 2021

    First Position after Graduation: Ph.D. Student at Oregon State University

Senior Design Projects

  • James Chen, Darren Bansil, Camilo Alvarez-Velez, Patrick Ijeh, Terry Achille, Samar Karanch

    Fall 2024 – Spring 2025

    Project Title: LadyBug: An Automated GitHub Bot for GUI-based Fault Localization from Bug Reports

High School Student Alumni

  • Alyssa McGowan

    Thomas Jefferson High School of Science & Technology, ASSIP Summer Student, Summer 2022

    First Position after Graduation: Student at Georgetown University

  • Justin Jose

    South Lakes High School, ASSIP Student, Summer 2022

    First Position after Graduation: Undergraduate Student

  • Anish Pothireddy

    Osbourn Park High School, ASSIP Student, Summer 2021

    First Position after Graduation: Undergraduate Student at University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business

  • Damilola Awofisayo

    Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology, ASSIP Student, Summer 2021

    First Position after Graduation: Undergraduate Student at Duke University, Robertson Scholar

Ph.D. Committee Member

  • Arthur Amorim

    Ph.D. in CS, University of Central Florida (2026)

    First Position after Graduation: Research Scientist at MIT Lincoln Labs

  • Brent Pappas

    Ph.D. in CS, University of Central Florida (expected 2026)

  • Yanfu Yan

    Ph.D. in CS, William & Mary (2025)

    First Position after Graduation: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at Zheijiang University

  • Amit Seal Ami

    Ph.D. in CS, William & Mary (2025)

    First Position after Graduation: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida

  • Yang Song

    Ph.D. in CS, William & Mary (2024)

    First Position after Graduation: Co-Founder of AiMoray

  • Felipe Fronchetti

    Ph.D. in CS, Virginia Commonwealth University (2024)

    First Position after Graduation: Tenure-Track Assistant Profesor at Louisiana State University

  • Maryam Arab

    Ph.D. Student at GMU (2023)

  • Sunil Manandhar

    Ph.D. Student at William & Mary (2022)

    First Position after Graduation: Research Scientist at IBM Research

  • Kesina Baral

    Ph.D. Student at GMU (2022)

    First Position after Graduation: Software Quality Consultant at CQSE

  • Emad Aghayi

    Ph.D. Student at GMU (2022)

    First Position after Graduation: Principal Software Engineer at Walgreens