RisingSTAR Finalists 2025
These are the finalists of the EuroSTAR 2025 RisingSTAR Award. This award fosters new ideas, and helps bring those ideas into being through the mentorship and support of industry experts called ‘The Supporters‘.
The winner is chosen by the Supporters, based on the idea they think will benefit the testing community the most.
Sara Martínez Giner - Spain
Testing for a Secure Digital Future
The main point of my research is that security testing has a large functional part that is not discussed in any forum. Nowadays, everything is code and about 85% of cybersecurity expoited weaknesses and vulnerabilities are related to those implementations. I think testers are the main barrier before a product release and we need to encorauge teams to make our products secure. My latest research is about using web testing as DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing) feed, increasing the attack surface of this analysis and decreasing the complexity of using of this kind of tools. I have really good results on this research and the next step is about using AI on web scraping to easily detect vulnerabilities.
Sara tests Cybersecurity Software at TestingSoul
Jarle Carli - Sweden
Jarle is works at CCSR-Den and his approach is grounded in exploratory testing.
Cognitive Bias Radar
is a simple, flexible toolkit to help testers become more aware of how their thinking might be getting in the way. It’s not a checklist or a certification, it’s more like a mirror. It includes reflection prompts, bias reminders, and lightweight structures teams can drop into their exploratory sessions, retros, or even bug triage meetings. It’s meant for anyone who thinks seriously about testing; exploratory testers, quality coaches, even developers who test. The goal is to build habits of noticing: “Am I stuck in a pattern? Am I assuming too much? Am I ignoring signals that don’t fit my narrative?”
Geosley Andrades - India
AITHORITY: The Testing Framework to Ensure Trustworthy and Reliable AI
As AI continues to shape our world, ensuring that AI systems are reliable, trustworthy, and performant is essential. “AITHORITY: The Testing Framework to Ensure Trustworthy and Reliable AI” is designed to meet this challenge. It offers a structured approach to testing AI models, ensuring robustness, fairness, and compliance throughout their lifecycle—from development to deployment.
Geosley is currently Product Evangelist & Community Builder at ACCELQ.
Willem Keesman - Netherlands
Willem is Practice lead Auto|Q at Ordina Noord a Sopra Steria company.
AI: Automated inclusivity, a public repository for Automation which emphasizes diversity & inclusivity
With A.I. “Automated inclusivity” my goal is to create a publicly accessible repository of inclusive test data and utility classes to generate inclusive test data. What is inclusive test data?
Data which takes cultural and country specific differences into account and Data which contains a representative distribution of gender, ethnicity and social-economic status. The problems it will address are:
– First and last names are not in the same format all over the globe
– Dates of birth might not be present for refugees
– Formats of addresses are very diverse around the globe.
– Datasets often contain more men than women and emphasize certain nationalities.
Lokesh Gulechha - India
Intelligent Test-suit Generator
Our innovative idea aims to transform the way test suits are created by leveraging artificial intelligence to incorporate production-based scenarios. This groundbreaking approach is designed to benefit the testing community, particularly testing teams, quality assurance professionals, and software developers. By simulating real user behavior and integrating production like data and scenarios into test suites, our solution facilitates early issue identification, reduces missed defects and enhances use-case coverage through progression and regression.
Lokesh consistently implements innovative ideas to transform business operations at Coupa Software.
Clara Ramos González - Spain
Clara guides companies through their digital transformation and cultural changes as a Senior QA Manager
Balancing Code with Calm: A Journey of Work and Spiritual Growth
In today’s fast-paced IT industry, productivity hinges on more than just technical skills; it requires a deep sense of well-being and mental clarity. “Balancing Code with Calm” is an innovative workshop series designed for the QA and IT community to incorporate patience, mindfulness, meditation, and yoga stretching into the workday. This transformative approach aims to increase productivity, enhance concentration, and significantly reduce burnout and mental fatigue.
Best of Luck to All!
Join us in congratulating this year’s RisingSTAR Award Finalists and wish them well as The Supporters now review their entries and choose the 2024 RisingSTAR Award winner.
See our RisingSTAR Award introduction page for more information about this award and see further details about the 33nd EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference.