His groundbreaking work on ‘Functional Bug-Aware Software Testing via Intelligent Computer Use Agents’ impressed the international jury and prevailed against numerous competitors in the global competition.
“I am proud that our research on building LLM agents for software testing has been recognized by the IT giant, and I appreciate its support in furthering our research in this direction,” says Professor Chen. His words reflect the significance of the award: it is not only recognition but also motivation for the further development of an innovative field of research.
Access to a Wealth of Data
The Amazon Research Award is one of the most internationally renowned funding programs for university research. In the current round of awards, the jury received a wide range of proposals from all over the world – in the end, 63 researchers from 41 universities in 8 countries were honored.
The award gives Professor Chen unrestricted research funding and access to a wide range of modern tools. These include more than 700 public Amazon data sets, versatile AI and ML services, and specialized tools that are essential for large-scale experimental research.
A Milestone Along the Way
The award underscores the special significance of his scientific contributions and opens up undreamt-of possibilities for him in the further development of modern AI-supported software quality assurance. The development of intelligent agent systems that operate software like real users while systematically identifying sources of error is creating a completely new way of ensuring software robustness and reliability in the age of large language models.
The Research Award is a significant milestone and a strong signal for Chen's chair and the entire TUM Heilbronn Campus: his research is among the most innovative and forward-looking contributions in the field of agentic AI. We warmly congratulate him on this extraordinary award and look forward to the impetus that will come from his work.