Although paramount for a safe society, software testing is often perceived as a boring, unrewarding activity. Moreover, the assessment of those few who wish to enter the field, is not always fast, reliable and unbiased. Recently developed at the department of Computer Science, DBugIT is an interactive online tool that solves these problems by engaging users in an exciting bug-hunting game, replacing the traditional job interviews and pen-and-paper exams.
The grant of 40.000 euros will be used to investigate the possibilities of bringing DBugIT to the market for software testing training and assessment in both academia and industry. The DBugIT team consists of Marc Went, Robert Jansma, Caesar de Keijzer, Viktor Bonev, Emil Apostolov and Martynas Rimkevicius. Take-off is one of the NWO instruments for knowledge utilization.
41 new Take-off projects granted | NWO
31 feasibility studies and ten early phase route projects can start with the spring 2023 round of Take-off. Academic and innovative starters can use the feasibility study to research whether their inventive ideas can be commercially or societally applied. If this turns out to be achievable they get the opportunity to start an enterprise. The feasibility studies are both for academic applicants and starters from Applied Research Organisations (TO2). Four projects were awarded again this time within the Commit2Data cluster.