QA Series: AI - An Automation Superpower & Managing QA in 40 companies

// This meetup will be online only.

// Agenda
18:00 - 19:00 - "AI for Testing Everything: An Automation Superpower" - Tariq King
19:00 - 20:00 - "A quick guide for "How to manage QA in 40 companies at the same time?" - Shy Frenkel

// AI for Testing Everything: An Automation Superpower

AI for software testing (AIST) is one of the latest trends in the industry. Many software vendors and startup companies are building and promoting AI-driven test automation tools, platforms and frameworks, and the number of offerings seems to increase exponentially each year. After more than two years since his "Rise of the Machines" keynote, updates you on the current state-of-the-art and practice in AIST. He takes you on a journey to show you the true strength of applying AI to test automation. You won't want to miss this tour de force as Tariq covers the use of AI for testing different application levels, quality attributes, and domains. Come and learn about test automation's newest superpower, and see how real AI is being applied in production today.

// Bio:

Tariq King enjoys breaking things and is currently the Chief Scientist at test.ai, where he leads research and development of their core platform for AI-driven testing. He started his career in academia as a tenure-track professor and later transitioned into the software industry. Tariq previously held positions as a test architect, manager, director, and head of quality. He has published over 40 articles in peer-reviewed software testing books, journals, conferences, and workshops. He is a member of the ACM and IEEE Computer Society and serves as a board member and keynote speaker for several international software engineering and testing conferences.

// "A quick guide for "How to manage QA in 40 companies at the same time?"

Shy is going to share his most challenging dilemmas, that arise from managing QA in 40 separate companies within Wix – each with its special characteristics. Such a wide perspective requires a flexible and fresh QA role approach in the SW development “game”.
Is QA a bottleneck or just gatekeepers? Are we the saviors of quality? Is there more to testing than just automation or manual? Can developers replace us?
Following a few insights, you will be surprised to learn how choosing the right QA approach per company, can be considered a work of art.

// Bio:

With more than 20 years of experience in the SW development world, Shy leads Wix’s QA & Automation guild of more than 150 talented QA engineers. As an Entrepreneur in heart, he had the opportunity to play different roles in the high-tech industry: a startup founder, a development process consultant, a developer & an automation manager. Backing his adventures, Shy holds a B.A in both computer science and film & television and an executive M.B.A of the Recanati school, all from his studies at the Tel Aviv University.