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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
"Combining Static Code Analysis and Large Language Models Improves Correctness and Performance of Algorithm Recognition" accepted at SANER'26
Our paper "Combining Static Code Analysis and Large Language Models Improves Correctness and Performance of Algorithm Recognition" by Denis Neumüller,…
flowR Receives Unrestricted Gift From Posit
flowR, a static analyzer for R, receives an unrestricted gift from Posit to support the flowR's security analysis
Rising Star Award at RSECon25
Florian Sihler received the Rising Star Award at RSECon25.
"Statically Analyzing the Dataflow of R Programs" accepted at OOPSLA '25
Our paper on "Statically Analyzing the Dataflow of R Programs" got accepted at SPLASH/OOPSLA '25
Waddle Receives iwimint Funding
Waddle, a serious game to teach programming concepts, got funded as an iwimint project!
Newest publications
2025
748.
Neumüller,
Denis;
Raschke,
Alexander;
Tichy,
Matthias
Providing Information About Implemented Algorithms Improves Program Comprehension: A Controlled Experiment
29. International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE)
December 2025
Providing Information About Implemented Algorithms Improves Program Comprehension: A Controlled Experiment
29. International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE)
December 2025
| DOI: | 10.1145/3756681.3756968 |
| File: | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.19225 |
747.
Weber,
Sebastian;
Pace,
Vincenzo;
Weber,
Thomas;
Henß,
Jörg;
Heinrich,
Robert
Machine Learning Surrogate Models for Performance Prediction with Architectural Models
16th Symposium on Software Performance
November 2025
Machine Learning Surrogate Models for Performance Prediction with Architectural Models
16th Symposium on Software Performance
November 2025
746.
von Normann,
Frederic;
Aliyu,
Mansur Masama;
Kannengießer,
Niclas;
Le,
Lan Bao Quang;
Heinrich,
Robert;
Sunyaev,
Ali
On the Trade-Off between Degree of Decentralization and Scalability in Proof-of-Stake–based Blockchain Systems
Conference on Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services
Publisher: IEEE
November 2025
On the Trade-Off between Degree of Decentralization and Scalability in Proof-of-Stake–based Blockchain Systems
Conference on Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services
Publisher: IEEE
November 2025
745.
Sihler,
Florian;
Tichy,
Matthias
Statically Analyzing the Dataflow of R Programs
Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages, OOPSLA 2025, Page 1034-1062
October 2025
Statically Analyzing the Dataflow of R Programs
Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages, OOPSLA 2025, Page 1034-1062
October 2025
| DOI: | 10.1145/3763087 |
744.
Straub,
Raphael;
Sihler,
Florian;
Torbati,
Ali;
Wang,
Cong;
Groner,
Raffaela;
Klös,
Verena;
Tichy,
Matthias
Explainability in Self-Adaptive Systems: A Systematic Literature Review
Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications 2025,
September 2025
Explainability in Self-Adaptive Systems: A Systematic Literature Review
Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications 2025,
September 2025
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-032-04200-2_19 |