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TraVarT: An Approach for Transforming Variability Models (Dissertation Kevin Feichtinger (Supervisor: Rick Rabiser))
- Kevin Feichtinger, Dario Romano, Rick Rabiser
- JKU Projects: LIT CPS Lab, opens an external URL in a new window (SECPS Group) und CDL VaSiCS
- Coop. with: TU Wien, Uni Ulm, SE/WIN JKU
- Publications/More Information:
- D. Romano, K. Feichtinger, D. Beuche, U. Ryssel, R. Rabiser: Bridging the Gap between Academia and Industry: Transforming the Universal Variability Language to pure::variants and back. Proc. of the Fifth International Workshop on Languages for Modelling Variability (MODEVAR 2022), collocated with the 26th ACM International Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2022), Graz, Austria, ACM, 2022 (accepted for publication).
- K. Feichtinger, C. Sundermann, T. Thüm, R. Rabiser: Classifying Information Loss During Variability Model Roundtrip Transformations. Proc. of the 26th ACM International Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2022), Graz, Austria, ACM, 2022 (accepted for publication).
- K. Meixner, K. Feichtinger, S. Biffl, R. Rabiser: Efficient Production Process Variability Exploration, opens an external URL in a new window. 16th International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems, ACM, 2022, pp. 14:1-14:9.
- K. Feichtinger, J. Stöbich, D. Romano, and R. Rabiser: TRAVART: An Approach for Transforming Variability Models, opens an external URL in a new window. 15th International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VaMoS 2021), ACM, 2021.
- K. Feichtinger, K. Meixner, R. Rabiser, and S. Biffl: Variability Transformation from Industrial Engineering Artifacts: An Example in the Cyber-Physical Production Systems Domain, opens an external URL in a new window, 3rd Intl. Workshop on Variability and Evolution of Software-Intensive Systems (VariVolution), co-located with SPLC 2020, ACM, 2020, pp. 65-73.
- TraVarT, opens an external URL in a new window
Multidisciplinary Delta-Oriented Variability Management in Cyber-Physical Production Systems (Dissertation Hafiyyan Sayyid Fadhlillah (Supervisors: Rick Rabiser, Alois Zoitl))
- Hafiyyan Sayyid Fadhlillah, Philipp Bauer, Kevin Feichtinger, Antonio Gutierrez, Lisa Sonnleithner, Bianca Wiesmayr, Alois Zoitl
- JKU Projects: CDL VaSiCS und LIT CPS Lab, opens an external URL in a new window (CPSforEP und SECPS Groups)
- Partner: Primetals Technologies, opens an external URL in a new window, Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft, opens an external URL in a new window
- Publications/More Information:
- H. S. Fadhlillah: Multidisciplinary Variability Management for Cyber-Physical Production Systems. Proc. of the 26th ACM International Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2022), Doctoral Symposium, Graz, Austria, ACM, 2022.
H. S. Fadhlillah, K. Feichtinger, P. Bauer, E. Kutsia, R. Rabiser: V4rdiac: Tooling for Multidisciplinary Delta-Oriented Variability Management in Cyber-Physical Production Systems. Proc. of the 26th ACM International Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2022), Graz, Austria, ACM, 2022 (accepted for publication). - H. S. Fadhlillah, K. Feichtinger, K. Meixner, L. Sonnleithner, R. Rabiser, A. Zoitl: Towards Multidisciplinary Delta-Oriented Variability Management in Cyber-Physical Production Systems, opens an external URL in a new window. Proc. of the 16th International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems, ACM, 2022, pp. 13:1-13:10.
- H. S. Fadhlillah, K. Feichtinger, L. Sonnleithner, R. Rabiser, and A. Zoitl: Towards Heterogeneous Multi-Dimensional Variability Modeling in Cyber-Physical Production Systems, opens an external URL in a new window. 4th Intl. Workshop on Variability and Evolution of Software-intensive Systems (VariVolution), 25th ACM International Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2021), ACM, 2021.
- H. S. Fadhlillah, B. Wiesmayr, M. Oberlehner, R. Rabiser, and A. Zoitl: Towards Delta-Oriented Variability Modeling for IEC 61499, opens an external URL in a new window. 26th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), IEEE, 2021.
- R. Rabiser and A. Zoitl: Towards Mastering Variability in Software-Intensive Cyber-Physical Production Systems, opens an external URL in a new window. Procedia Computer Science, 2nd International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing (ISM 2020), vol. 180, pp. 50-59, 2021.
- CDL VaSiCS
Better Control Software Design (Bad Smells, Metrics, Design Patterns, etc. for IEC 61499; Dissertation Lisa Sonnleithner (Supervisors: Alois Zoitl, Rick Rabiser))
- Lisa Sonnleithner, Elene Kutsia, Philipp Bauer, Alois Zoitl, Rick Rabiser
- JKU Projects: EU Project 1-SWARM, CDL VaSiCS, und LIT CPS Lab, opens an external URL in a new window (CPSforEP Group)
- Partner: EU Project Consortium, opens an external URL in a new window, Primetals Technologies, opens an external URL in a new window, Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft, opens an external URL in a new window
- Publications/More Information:
- L. Sonnleithner, R. Rabiser, A. Zoitl: Bad Smells in Industrial Automation: Sniffing out Feature Envy, Proc. of the 48th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), IEEE, 2022 (accepted for publication).
- L. Sonnleithner, S. Bácsi, M. Oberlehner, E. Kutsia, and A. Zoitl: Do you smell it too? Towards IEC 61499 Bad Smells, opens an external URL in a new window. 26th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), IEEE, 2021.
- L. Sonnleithner, B. Wiesmayr, V. Ashiwal, and A. Zoitl: IEC 61499 Distributed Design Patterns, opens an external URL in a new window. 26th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), IEEE, 2021.
- L. Sonnleithner and A. Zoitl: A Software Measure for IEC 61499 Basic Function Blocks, opens an external URL in a new window. 25th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), IEEE, 2020, pp. 997-1000.
- 1-SWARM
- CDL VaSiCS
Mining from (4diac/IEC 61499) function block networks: modularity analysis, variability mining, clone detection/similarity analysis
- Markus Unterdechler, Antonio Gutierrez, Alois Zoitl, Rick Rabiser
- JKU Projects: CDL VaSiCS and LIT CPS Lab, opens an external URL in a new window (SECPS Group)
- Partner: Primetals Technologies, opens an external URL in a new window, Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft, opens an external URL in a new window
- Publications/More Information:
- M. Unterdechler, A. Gutierrez, L. Sonnleithner, R. Rabiser, A. Zoitl: Identifying repeating patterns in IEC 61499 systems with machine learning. Proc. of the 27th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), Stuttgart, Germany, IEEE, 2022 (accepted for publication).
- CDL VaSiCS
Clone Detection in 4diac/IEC 61499 (Bachleor Thesis Elene Kutsia)
Clustering/Complexity/Modularization in/of 4diac/IEC 61499 (PhD Thesis Shubham Sharma (Supervisors: Alois Zoilt, Rick Rabiser), Bachelor Thesis Philipp Bauer)
- Shubham Sharma, Philipp Bauer, Lisa Sonnleithner, Alois Zoitl, Rick Rabiser
- JKU Projects: CDL VaSiCS and LIT CPS Lab, opens an external URL in a new window (SECPS Group)
- Partner: Primetals Technologies, opens an external URL in a new window, Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft, opens an external URL in a new window
- Publications/More Information:
- Lisa Sonnleithner, Philipp Bauer, Rick Rabiser, Alois Zoitl: Applying Visualization Concepts to Large-Scale Software Systems in Industrial Automation. Proc. of the 10th IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT 2022), Limassol, Cyprus, IEEE, 2022 (accepted for publication).
- CDL VaSiCS
A Variability Modeling Body of Knowledge
A Reusable Set of Real-World Product Line Case Studies for Comparing Variability Models in Research and Practice
Testing of Highly Configurable Cyber-Physical Systems
MODEVAR: Variability modeling language the community can agree on
- David Benavides, Thomas Thüm, Chico Sundermann, Philippe Collet, Mathieu Acher, Don Batory, Kevin Feichtinger, Rick Rabiser, and many more
- JKU Projects: LIT CPS Lab, opens an external URL in a new window (SECPS Group) and CDL VaSiCS
- Coop with: University of Sevilla, Uni Ulm, University of Rennes, Université Côte d’Azur, and many more
- Publications/More Information:
- C. Sundermann, K. Feichtinger, J. A. Galindo, D. Benavides, R. Rabiser, S. Krieter, T. Thüm: Tutorial on the Universal Variability Language. Proc. of the 26th ACM International Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2022), Graz, Austria, ACM, 2022 (accepted for publication).
- C. Sundermann, K. Feichtinger, D. Engelhardt, R. Rabiser, and T. Thüm: Yet Another Textual Variability Language? A Community Effort Towards a Unified Language., opens an external URL in a new window 25th International Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2021), ACM, 2021.
- D. Benavides, R. Rabiser, D. Batory, and M. Acher: First International Workshop on Languages for Modelling Variability (MODEVAR 2019), opens an external URL in a new window. 23rd International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, ACM, 2019.
- MODEVAR Homepage, opens an external URL in a new window
- UVL, opens an external URL in a new window
- UVL Model Repository, opens an external URL in a new window
Investigate and improve relation of research and practice in Software Engineering, particularly in Systems and Software Product Lines
- Klaus Schmid, Rick Rabiser, Martin Becker, Goetz Botterweck, Matthias Galster, Iris Groher, Danny Weyns
- JKU Projects: LIT CPS Lab, opens an external URL in a new window (SECPS Group) and CDL VaSiCS
- Coop with: Uni Hildesheim, SE WIN JKU, Fraunhofer IESE, Canterbury University NZ, KU Leuven, Lero/Trinity College Dublin
- Publications/More Information:
- R. Rabiser, K. Schmid, M. Becker, G. Botterweck, M. Galster, I. Groher, and D. Weyns: A Study and Comparison of Industrial vs. Academic Software Product Line Research Published at SPLC, opens an external URL in a new window, 22nd International Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2018), ACM, 2018, pp. 14-24.
- R. Rabiser, K. Schmid, M. Becker, G. Botterweck, M. Galster, I. Groher, and D. Weyns: Industrial and Academic Software Product Line Research at SPLC: Perceptions of the Community, opens an external URL in a new window, 23rd International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, ACM, 2019, pp. 189-194.
- K. Schmid, R. Rabiser, M. Becker, G. Botterweck, M. Galster, I. Groher, and D. Weyns: Bridging the Gap: Voices from Industry and Research on Industrial Relevance of SPLC, opens an external URL in a new window, 25th International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, ACM, 2021.
- SPLC, opens an external URL in a new window
SECPPS (Software Engineering in Cyber-Physical Production Systems)
- Rick Rabiser, Alois Zoitl, Birgit Vogel-Heuser, Manuel Wimmer, a.o.
- JKU Projects: LIT CPS Lab, opens an external URL in a new window (SECPS Group) and CDL VaSiCS
- Coop. with: TU Munich, SE/WIN JKU, TU Vienna/CDL SQI, RWTH Aachen, University of Hildesheim, University of Stuttgart, University of Gothenburg, University of Koblenz-Landau, Universität Hamburg, and others
- Publications/More Information:
- K. Feichtinger, K. Meixner, F. Rinker, I. Koren, H. Eichelberger, T. Heinemann, J. Holtmann, M. Konersmann, J. Michael, E.-M. Neumann, J. Pfeiffer, R. Rabiser, M. Riebisch, K. Schmid: Industry Voices on Software Engineering Challenges in Cyber-Physical Production Systems Engineering. Proc. of the 27th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), Stuttgart, Germany, IEEE, 2022 (accepted for publication).
- R. Rabiser, B. Vogel-Heuser, M. Wimmer, A. Wortmann, A. Zoitl: Workshop on Software Engineering in Cyber-Physical Production Systems (SECPPS), 2nd Edition, opens an external URL in a new window. in Software Engineering 2022, LNI, Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., 2022, pp. 105-106.
- R. Rabiser, B. Vogel-Heuser, M. Wimmer, and A. Zoitl: Workshop on Software Engineering in Cyber-Physical Production Systems (SECPPS), opens an external URL in a new window. Software Engineering, LNI, Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., 2021, pp. 133-134.
- SECPPS-WS, opens an external URL in a new window
IFAC Technical Committee 3.1 on “Computers for Control”
- Lisa Sonnleithner, Antonio Gutierrez, Hafiyyan Sayyid Fadhlillah, Rick Rabiser, Alois Zoitl, a.o.
- JKU Projects: LIT CPS Lab, opens an external URL in a new window (SECPS Group and CPSforEP Group) and CDL VaSiCS
- Coop. mit: TU Munich, ETSI Bilbao/Basque Country University, University of Jaén, Universidad de los Andes, a.o.
- Publications/More Information:
- Static Code Analysis
- Control Software Architecture
- Assessment of modularity and reuse using quality indicators
- Conduction of international questionnaire studies
- B. Vogel-Heuser, E.-M. Neumann, J. Fischer, M. Marcos, E. Estévez Estévez, G. Barbieri, L. Sonnleithner, R. Rabiser: Automation Software Architecture in CPPS – Definition, Challenges and Research Potentials. Proc. of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS), 2022 (accepted for publication).
- Birgit Vogel-Heuser, Eva-Maria Neumann, Alois Zoitl, Antonio M. Gutierrez Fernandez, Rick Rabiser, Hafiyyan Sayyid Fadhlillah: An International Case Study on Control Software Development in Large-Scale Plant Manufacturing Companies of One Industrial Sector at Different Locations, opens an external URL in a new window. Proc. of the 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), IEEE, 2021, pp. 1-8.
- IFAC TC 3.1, opens an external URL in a new window
Usability Studies of Software Engineering Tools
- Paul Grünbacher, Rick Rabiser
- JKU Projects: LIT CPS Lab, opens an external URL in a new window (SECPS Group), ISSE, CDL MEVSS, opens an external URL in a new window, CDL VaSiCS
- Publications/More Information:
- B. Wiesmayr, A. Zoitl, R. Rabiser: Assessing the Usefulness of a Visual Programming IDE for Large-Scale Automation Software, opens an external URL in a new window (Summary). Software Engineering, GI, 2022, pp. 91-92.
- B. Wiesmayr, A. Zoitl, and R. Rabiser: Assessing the Usefulness of a Visual Programming IDE for Large-Scale Automation Software, opens an external URL in a new window. ACM/IEEE 24th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS), IEEE, 2021.
- L. M. Kritzinger, T. Krismayer, R. Rabiser, and P. Grünbacher: A User Study on the Usefulness of Visualization Support for Requirements Monitoring, opens an external URL in a new window. 7th IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT), IEEE, 2019, pp. 56-66.
- R. Rabiser, M. Vierhauser, and P. Grünbacher: Assessing the Usefulness of a Requirements Monitoring Tool: A Study Involving Industrial Software Engineers, opens an external URL in a new window. 38th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2016), SEIP Track, ACM, 2016, pp. 122-131.
- R. Rabiser, P. Grünbacher, and M. Lehofer: A Qualitative Study on User Guidance Capabilities in Product Configuration Tools, opens an external URL in a new window. 27th IEEE/ACM International Conference Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2012), ACM, 2012, pp. 110-119.
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