Program

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Keynote

Abstract: We’ve all felt it: the gap between what stakeholders say, what developers understand, and what actually gets built. Requirements Engineering has always been a delicate dance—and often, a painful one. Enter Large Language Models (LLMs), and suddenly the dance floor is crowded with auto-generated specs, hallucinated user stories, and AI-powered enthusiasm. But enthusiasm alone doesn’t bridge RE gaps. Over the past year or so, I’ve been experimenting with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) as a way to anchor LLMs in real, contextual information—whether that’s domain documents, UI wireframes, or stakeholder updates. And it turns out: when you ground generation with the right retrieval, things start to click. In this keynote, I’ll talk about how RAG can help tackle some of RE’s automation problems with LLMs alone by keeping the generation focused. I’ll share what worked, what didn’t, and why RAG isn’t just another AI buzzword, but a potentially transformative enabler of RE practice. This isn’t a silver bullet. But it might just be the thread that helps us stitch together better conversations, better tools, and—just maybe—better requirements.

About the speaker: Dr Chetan Arora is a senior lecturer in software engineering and deputy associate dean for international engagement at Monash University, Australia. Chetan is passionate about requirements engineering, software quality assurance, and applied AI research. He has extensive experience in industry and academia, focusing on responsible AI, trustworthy AI-driven systems, and compliance in software development. His work spans various domains, including space systems, healthcare, finance and legal information systems. He has played a key role in bridging industry and academia through applied research initiatives, with several research outcomes adopted in practice. Chetan has won several best paper awards and is an active member of the requirements engineering community. More details here: https://www.drchetanarora.com/.