MCMorakot Choetkiertikul

Faculty of ICT · Mahidol University

Morakot Choetkiertikul

ผศ.ดร.มรกต เชิดเกียรติกุล

Assistant Professor · Software engineering researcher

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Associate Editor

Automated Software EngineeringSpringer Nature, since January 2026

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1,233citations
As of September 2026

About

Morakot Choetkiertikul is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Mahidol University, Thailand. His research covers empirical software engineering, mining software repositories, and AI for software engineering. Since January 2026, he has served as an Associate Editor of the Automated Software Engineering journal (Springer Nature). He also works with the Thai software industry and public agencies as an ISO/IEC 29110 consultant and IT auditor.

Beyond the university

  • ISO/IEC 29110 consultant and trainer
  • IT auditor for public agencies
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News

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Sunset over a sea temple in Bali
Sep 2026

Two papers from student internships at Kyushu University were accepted at APSEC 2026 in Bali, Indonesia.

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Two interns beside their poster
Sep 2026

Summer interns presented their research from partner labs in Japan at the ICT Internship Poster Exhibition 2026.

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The DepSecLens team beside their poster
Aug 2026

DepSecLens, a dependency security tool built by a student team he advised, received an Honorable Mention at the 28th National Software Contest (NSC 2026).

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Research

  • Software Engineering Analytics and Empirical Software Studies

    • Sprint2Vec, TSE 2025
    • Story points, TSE 2019
    • Issue risks, MSR 2015

  • Artificial Intelligence for Software Engineering (AI4SE)

    • Component recommendation, EMSE 2021
    • Privacy requirements, ASE journal 2023

  • Human-AI Collaboration in Software Development

    • AILinkPreviewer, APSEC 2025
    • ChatGPT and Gemini, APSEC 2024

  • Security and Trustworthiness in Open-Source Software

    • SECURITY.md policies, EMSE 2026
    • Vulnerability reporting, SANER 2025
    • V-Achilles, ASE 2022

Selected publications

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EMSE

Security by Documentation? Characterizing GitHub SECURITY.md Policy and Their Adoption in Python Libraries

M. Choetkiertikul, S. Kancharoendee, C. Jongyingyos, T. Phichitphanphong, C. Ragkhitwetsagul, B. Reid, R.G. Kula, T. Sunetnanta

Empirical Software Engineering, 31(3), 65, 2026

TSE

Sprint2Vec: A Deep Characterization of Sprints in Iterative Software Development

M. Choetkiertikul, P. Banyongrakkul, C. Ragkhitwetsagul, S. Tuarob, H.K. Dam, T. Sunetnanta

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 51(1), pp. 220–242, 2025

TSE

A Deep Learning Model for Estimating Story Points

M. Choetkiertikul, H.K. Dam, T. Tran, T. Pham, A. Ghose, T. Menzies

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 45(7), pp. 637–656, 2019

MSR

Characterization and prediction of issue-related risks in software projects

M. Choetkiertikul, H.K. Dam, T. Tran, A. Ghose

12th Working Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR 2015), pp. 280–291

ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award

Service and awards

Service

  • Associate Editor, Automated Software Engineering (Springer Nature), since January 2026
  • Local Chair, Organizing Committee of SANER 2026
  • Program committees, FORGE, CAIN, ICSME, SANER, APSEC, ICPC, and MSR, 2022 to 2026
  • Journal reviewer, TOSEM, IEEE TSE, EMSE, JSS, and IST

Awards

  • 2026MUAI Global Talent, Innovator category, Mahidol University
  • 2023Distinguished Reviewer Award, ICPC 2023
  • 2020Best Tool Demo Award, ICSME 2020
  • 2019Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, University of Wollongong
  • 2015ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award, MSR 2015