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The mission of the Software Engineering research unit is to increase the reliability and usability of real-world systems of which software is key.

These are ubiquitous in everyday life, for instance including autonomous transportation, cyber-physical production, smart grid, secure communication, modern banking or health-care systems. To this end, we devise and evaluate both theoretical foundations as well as practical methods and tools for designing, developing, validating, and deploying such systems. In the process, we aim to increase productivity of novice programmers, experienced software developers, and teams of multi-disciplinary system engineers.

The four pillars supporting our research are:

  • Program analysis, including automated test generation, static analysis, and software verification, applied to different domains, such as traditional software, smart contracts, and machine-learning models;
  • Empirical software engineering and machine learning for helping developers and data scientists detect and debug non-functional issues in their code as well as discrepancies between development and production environments;
  • Quality analysis of models against specifications, tests, or natural language, and process improvement for systems engineering through modeling multi-disciplinary system dependencies as a foundation for effective team collaboration;
  • Computer-science education, with a particular focus on identifying the root cause of common mistakes, such as syntax errors or exceptions, enabling algorithmic thinking and enhancing understanding.

 
Stefan Biffl
Stefan Biffl S. Biffl

Associate Professor
Ao.Univ.Prof. DI Mag. Dr.

Maria Christakis
Maria Christakis M. Christakis

Head of Research Unit
Univ.Prof.in Dr.in

Jürgen Cito
Jürgen Cito J. Cito

Full Professor
Univ.Prof. DI Dr. / BSc

René Röpke
René Röpke R. Röpke

Assistant Professor
Asst.Prof. Dr. / BSc MSc

 

Gerald Futschek
Gerald Futschek G. Futschek

Retired Professor
Ao.Univ.-Prof.i.R. DI Dr.

 

Markus Böck
Markus Böck M. Böck

PreDoc Researcher
DI / BSc

Markus Fleischmann
Markus Fleischmann M. Fleischmann

PreDoc Researcher
DI / BSc

Christoph Hochrainer
Christoph Hochrainer C. Hochrainer

PreDoc Researcher
DI / BSc

Mahyar Karimi
Mahyar Karimi M. Karimi

PreDoc Researcher
MSc

Sonja Klein
Sonja Klein S. Klein

PreDoc Researcher
BA BA MSc

Iosif Lagouvardos
Iosif Lagouvardos I. Lagouvardos

PostDoc Researcher
PhD

Lukas Lehner
Lukas Lehner L. Lehner

PreDoc Researcher
DI / BSc

Kristof Meixner
Kristof Meixner K. Meixner

Senior Scientist
DI Dr. / BSc

Klaus Nigsch
Klaus Nigsch K. Nigsch

PreDoc Researcher
DI / BSc

Nathanael Nussbaumer
Nathanael Nussbaumer N. Nussbaumer

PreDoc Researcher
DI / BSc

Selina Reinhard
Selina Reinhard S. Reinhard

PreDoc Researcher
BSc MSc

Michael Schröder
Michael Schröder M. Schröder

PreDoc Researcher, on leave
DI / BSc

Alexander Stromberger
Alexander Stromberger A. Stromberger

PreDoc Researcher
DI / BSc

Sebastian Watzinger
Sebastian Watzinger S. Watzinger

PreDoc Researcher
DI / BSc

 

Samuel Pilz
Samuel Pilz S. Pilz

IT Services
DI / BSc

Eva Schenner
Eva Schenner E. Schenner

Office Services
Mag.a

Natascha Zachs
Natascha Zachs N. Zachs

Office Services
BSc

 

 

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  • Gerald Futschek: Fachdidaktik Informatik
    2020 / Ehrenmedaille des ABZ der ETH Zürich für Verdienste um den Informatikunterricht / Switzerland
  • Gerald Futschek: OCG
    2018 / Ehrenmitglied der Österreichischen Computer Gesellschaft / Austria
  • Gerald Futschek: Biber der Informatik
    2018 / eAward 2018, Sieger Kategorie Bildung / Austria / Website
  • Stefan Biffl: Best Paper Award - IEEE Int. Conf. on Industrial Informatics
    2009 / UK
  • Stefan Biffl: Int. Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) - Outstanding Service Award
    2009 / European Union
  • Stefan Biffl: Best Paper Award - Int. Conf. on Empirial Assessment of Software Engineering
    2008 / Italy (South Tyrol)
  • Edgar Weippl: Award for the 2nd highest CISA exam (2005) score in Europe and Africa.
    2006 / USA
  • Stefan Biffl: ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award
    2003 / USA
  • Stefan Biffl: Best Paper Award - 13th Annual International Symposium INCOSE (The International Council on Systems Engineering)
    2003 / USA