Tarek Mahmud, Ph.D.

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Texas A&M University–Kingsville. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from Texas State University in 2024, where my dissertation focused on detecting, analyzing, and repairing API evolution-induced issues in Android applications.

My research focuses on software engineering, software security, and artificial intelligence for software development. In particular, I study mobile software engineering, software evolution and maintenance, large language models for software engineering, and techniques for improving the reliability and security of modern software systems.

Research Interests

Mobile Software Engineering
AI in Software Engineering
Software Security
Software Evolution and Maintenance

Current Position

Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Texas A&M University–Kingsville
August 2025–Present

Selected News

2026: CONCUR: Benchmarking LLMs for Concurrent Code Generation accepted at ISSTA 2026.
2026: Published Enhancing LLM Code Generation with Ensembles: A Similarity-Based Selection Approach at ICSE 2026.
2025: Published work on document-guided fuzzing of OpenCV at ICSME 2025.
2025: Published work on automated Android deprecated API updates in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering.
2025: Published an empirical study of Android app testing in Empirical Software Engineering.
2025: Joined Texas A&M University–Kingsville as an Assistant Professor.