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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
"Rethinking Pivot Programming Languages in Code Language Models" accepted in Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP 2026)
We are pleased to announce that our paper "Rethinking Pivot Programming Languages in Code Language Models" has been accepted in Empirical Methods in…
"EditQL: A query language for evolving models" accepted in Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM)
We are pleased to announce that our paper "EditQL: A query language for evolving models" has been published in the Journal of Software and Systems…
"Inferring the Shape of Data Frames in R Programs using Abstract Interpretation" accepted at ASE '26
Our paper "Inferring the Shape of Data Frames in R Programs using Abstract Interpretation" by Oliver Gerstl, Florian Sihler and Matthias Tichy got…
New research area unlocked: Jun.-Prof. Bianca Wiesmayr joined the institute.
We are pleased to share that Bianca Wiesmayr has joined our institute as a new junior professor for software engineering (effective April 1, 2026).
Waddle at LaWi 2026
We participated in the Langer Abend der Wissenschaft 2026 at Ulm University.
Newest publications
2026
759.
Gerstl,
Oliver;
Sihler,
Florian;
Tichy,
Matthias
Inferring the Shape of Data Frames in R Programs using Abstract Interpretation
ASE '26: 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
October 2026
Inferring the Shape of Data Frames in R Programs using Abstract Interpretation
ASE '26: 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
October 2026
| DOI: | 10.1145/3832783.3834445 |
| Weblink: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.03889 |
758.
Wiesmayr,
Bianca;
Garmendia,
Antonio;
Wimmer,
Manuel;
Greiner,
Sandra
Towards Systematic Management of Semantic Variability in Real-World Executable Modeling Languages
MODELS '26: Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 29th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems
October 2026
Towards Systematic Management of Semantic Variability in Real-World Executable Modeling Languages
MODELS '26: Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 29th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems
October 2026
| DOI: | 10.1145/3822455.3838781 |
757.
Niehues,
Nils;
Arp,
Benjamin;
Heinrich,
Robert
Efficient Repair of Confidentiality Violations in Software Architectures
2026 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA),
Publisher: IEEE
August 2026
Efficient Repair of Confidentiality Violations in Software Architectures
2026 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA),
Publisher: IEEE
August 2026
| DOI: | 10.1109/ICSA66085.2026.00013 |
756.
Niehues,
Nils;
Heinrich,
Robert
Automatic Translation Of Data Flow Constraints Into Conjunctive Normal Form
52nd Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 16864,
Publisher: Springer
July 2026
Automatic Translation Of Data Flow Constraints Into Conjunctive Normal Form
52nd Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 16864,
Publisher: Springer
July 2026
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-36587-3_1 |
755.
Sihler,
Florian;
Pfrenger,
Lars;
Gerstl,
Oliver;
Tichy,
Matthias
Towards Automatically Inferring Constraints to Identify Implicit Assumptions in Data Analysis
2026 IEEE/ACM 48th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE-NIER ’26)
July 2026
Towards Automatically Inferring Constraints to Identify Implicit Assumptions in Data Analysis
2026 IEEE/ACM 48th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE-NIER ’26)
July 2026
| DOI: | 10.1145/3786582.3786806 |