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Institute of Software Engineering and Programming Languages
Ulm University
James-Franck-Ring
D-89069 Ulm
Building O27, Level 4
Phone: +49 (0)731 / 50 - 24161
Email: in.sp-office@uni-ulm.de
Institute of Software Engineering and Programming Languages
Research
Our research covers many aspects of software engineering and programming languages. In particular, we focus on domain-specific languages, software configuration, and constraint programming. We employ formalized theories, develop open-source tools, and apply empirical research methods.
Teaching
The institute represents the areas software engineering and programming languages in the bachelor and master programs of computer science and related fields. We offer the following mandatory courses in the Bachelor's program:
- Interactive Systems Programming
- Software Engineering
- Software Project
Furthermore, we are responsible for the bachelor and master program Software Engineering.
Overview of the courses in the bachelor and master programs
News
Waddle Receives iwimint Funding
Waddle, a serious game to teach programming concept, got funded as an iwimint project!
Book on Algorithmic Game Theory
Florian Sihler co-authored a book on Algorithmic Game Theory together with Jacobo Torán and Julian Nickerl.
Florian Sihler Accepted at the 12th Heidelberg Laureate Forum
Florian got accepted at the 12th HLF which connects researchers with scientific pioneers.
"FreeCHR – An Algebraic Framework for Constraint Handling Rules Embeddings" published in "Theory and Practice of Logic Programming"
Our article "FreeCHR – An Algebraic Framework for Constraint Handling Rules Embeddings" by Sascha Rechenberger and Thom Frühwirth was published in the…
Principles of Rule-Based Programming
Thom Frühwirth published his book "Principles of Rule-Based Programming".
Newest publications
2025
721.
Kuiter,
Elias;
Sundermann,
Chico;
Thüm,
Thomas;
Heß,
Tobias;
Krieter,
Sebastian;
Saake,
Gunter
How Configurable is the Linux Kernel? Analyzing Two Decades of Feature-Model History
Trans. on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM) (To Appear)
2025
Publisher: ACM
How Configurable is the Linux Kernel? Analyzing Two Decades of Feature-Model History
Trans. on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM) (To Appear)
2025
Publisher: ACM
| DOI: | 10.1145/3729423 |
| File: |  https://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2025/2025-TOSEM-Kuiter.pdf |
720.
Krupke,
Dominik Michael;
Moradi,
Ahmad;
Perk,
Michael;
Keldenich,
Phillip;
Gehrke,
Gabriel;
Krieter,
Sebastian;
Thüm,
Thomas;
Fekete,
Sandor P.
How Low Can We Go? Minimizing Interaction Samples for Configurable Systems
Trans. on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM) (To Appear)
2025
Publisher: ACM
ISSN: 1049-331X
How Low Can We Go? Minimizing Interaction Samples for Configurable Systems
Trans. on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM) (To Appear)
2025
Publisher: ACM
ISSN: 1049-331X
| DOI: | 10.1145/3712193 |
719.
Krupke,
Dominik Michael;
Moradi,
Ahmad;
Perk,
Michael;
Keldenich,
Phillip;
Gehrke,
Gabriel;
Krieter,
Sebastian;
Thüm,
Thomas;
Fekete,
Sandor P.
How Low Can We Go? Minimizing Interaction Samples for Configurable Systems (Technical Report)
Technical Report arXiv:2501.06788
January 2025
How Low Can We Go? Minimizing Interaction Samples for Configurable Systems (Technical Report)
Technical Report arXiv:2501.06788
January 2025
| DOI: | 10.48550/arXiv.2501.06788 |
718.
Rechenberger,
Sascha;
Frühwirth,
Thom
Optimized Execution of FreeCHR
2025
Optimized Execution of FreeCHR
2025
| File: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14485 |
2024
717.
Sundermann,
Chico;
Raab,
Heiko;
Heß,
Tobias;
Thüm,
Thomas;
Schaefer,
Ina
Reusing d-DNNFs for Efficient Feature-Model Counting
Trans. on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
November 2024
Publisher: ACM
Reusing d-DNNFs for Efficient Feature-Model Counting
Trans. on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
November 2024
Publisher: ACM
| DOI: | 10.1145/3680465 |
| File: | https://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2024/2024-TOSEM-Sundermann.pdf |