SustainAI / University of Southern Denmark
Software.
Intelligence.
Sustainability.
Better software systems.
Grounded in evidence. Shaped by AI.
We study how software is designed, built and evolved—bringing architecture, quality, security and intelligent development together.
Research with perspective.
SDU Vejle
01 / Research
Better software. From design to evolution.
01 / Software architecture
Software that adapts.
We investigate how microservices, cloud–edge systems and distributed architectures evolve. Our work combines architectural analysis, orchestration and evidence from real systems to support better design decisions.
02 / AI for software engineering
Intelligence with evidence.
We study generative AI and software agents across development and maintenance—from architectural reasoning to code generation. We evaluate what works, where it fails and how engineers can use it responsibly.
03 / Quality, security & sustainability
Systems we can trust.
We examine technical debt, maintainability, security and formal verification. Our goal is to help teams understand long-term trade-offs and build dependable software that remains useful as technologies and needs change.
02 / People
Different expertise.
Shared questions.
Led by Professors Davide Taibi and Valentina Lenarduzzi, SustainAI brings together research in architecture, software quality, AI and security.
03 / Publication showcase
Explore our research.
A changing selection of recent papers by our researchers and their collaborators.
Selected publications · updating from ORCID when viewed
Agents Don’t Just Think, They Communicate: Communication and Coordination Protocols for Agentic AI
Read paper ↗Analyzing the ripple effects of refactoring
Read paper ↗The New Generation of Code Translation Tools: Large Language Model–Based Versus Rule-Based Transpilers
Read paper ↗Explore the full ORCID records: Davide Taibi ↗ · Valentina Lenarduzzi ↗ · Matteo Esposito ↗ · Gianluca Caiazza ↗
04 / Projects & collaboration
Research meets
real-world challenges.
We work with companies, public organisations and academic partners on software systems that need to remain useful, adaptable and dependable.
Build with us
Joint research, architecture and technical debt assessments, and pilots for AI-assisted engineering.
Explore with us
Thesis supervision, visiting research and collaboration on empirical software engineering.
05 / From the group
News from SustainAI.
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Researcher spotlight: Valentina Lenarduzzi
SDU has published a portrait of Professor Valentina Lenarduzzi, SustainAI’s co-head, exploring her approach to research and building a lasting academic environment in Vejle.…
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