M.Sc. Chico Sundermann

The main focus of my research lies on analyzing large configurable systems with propositional logic. Hereby, I am especially interested in #SAT, knowledge compilation, and exploiting both techniques to analyze configurable systems. I always aim to find additional applications for #SAT in an industrial context.  In addition, I explore several ways to improve the scalability of such applications to allow analyzing complex systems.

Research Projects

Eclipse Plugin for Feature Oriented Software Development

Materials

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I served as a (sub-)reviewer for

  • Journals: EMSE, TSE, SCP, JSS
  • Conferences: VaMoS'20, GPCE'21, SPLC'21, VaMoS'21, VaMoS'22

I participated in the following program committees:

  • VariVolution@SPLC2022: 5th Intl. Workshop on Variability and Evolution of Software-Intensive Systems

  • ISSTA2022 AE: ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis - Artifact Evaluation Track

Winter Term 2022/23

Compilerbau: Exercise instructor and main contact

Winter Term 2021/22

Compilerbau: Exercise instructor and main contact

Winter Term 2020/21

Compilerbau: Exercise instructor and main contact

Publications

2023

19.
Kuiter, Elias; Krieter, Sebastian; Sundermann, Chico; Thüm, Thomas; Saake, Gunter
Tseitin or not Tseitin? The Impact of CNF Transformations on Feature-Model Analyses - Summary
Proc. Software Engineering (SE), Page 83-84
Publisher: Gesellschaft für Informatik, Bonn, Germany
February 2023
File:pdfhttps://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2023/2023-SE-Kuiter-Tseitin.pdf
18.
Feichtinger, Kevin; Sundermann, Chico; Thüm, Thomas; Rabiser, Rick
It's Your Loss: Classifying Information Loss During Variability Model Roundtrip Transformations - Summary
Proc. Software Engineering (SE), Page 51-52
Publisher: Gesellschaft für Informatik, Bonn, Germany
February 2023
File:pdfhttps://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2023/2023-SE-Feichtinger.pdf
17.
Sundermann, Chico; Heß, Tobias; Nieke, Michael; Bittner, Paul Maximilian; Young, Jeffrey M.; Thüm, Thomas; Schaefer, Ina
Evaluating State-of-the-Art #SAT Solvers on Industrial Configuration Spaces
Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE)
January 2023
Publisher: Springer
DOI:10.1007/s10664-022-10265-9
File:pdfhttps://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2023/2023-EMSE-Sundermann.pdf

2022

16.
Hentze, Marc; Pett, Tobias; Sundermann, Chico; Krieter, Sebastian; Thüm, Thomas; Schaefer, Ina
Generic Solution-Space Sampling for Multi-Domain Product Lines
Proc. Int'l Conf. on Generative Programming: Concepts and Experiences (GPCE)
Publisher: ACM, New York, NY, USA
December 2022
DOI:10.1145/3564719.3568695
File:pdfhttps://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2022/2022-GPCE-Hentze.pdf
15.
Hentze, Marc; Sundermann, Chico; Thüm, Thomas; Schaefer, Ina
Quantifying the Variability Mismatch Between Problem and Solution Space
Proc. Int'l Conf. on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS), Page 322-333
Publisher: IEEE, Washington, DC, USA
October 2022
DOI:10.1145/3550355.3552411
ISBN:9781450394666
File:pdfhttps://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2022/2022-MODELS-Hentze.pdf
14.
Kuiter, Elias; Krieter, Sebastian; Sundermann, Chico; Thüm, Thomas; Saake, Gunter
Tseitin or not Tseitin? The Impact of CNF Transformations on Feature-Model Analyses
Proc. Int'l Conf. on Automated Software Engineering (ASE), Page 110:1-110:13
Publisher: ACM, New York, NY, USA
October 2022
DOI:10.1145/3551349.3556938
ISBN:9781450394758
File:pdfhttps://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2022/2022-ASE-Kuiter.pdf
13.
Heß, Tobias; Müller, Tobias; Sundermann, Chico; Thüm, Thomas
ddueruem: A Wrapper for Feature-Model Analysis Tools
Proc. Int'l Systems and Software Product Line Conf. (SPLC), Page 54-57
Publisher: ACM, New York, NY, USA
September 2022
DOI:10.1145/3503229.3547032
ISBN:9781450392068
File:pdfhttps://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2022/2022-SPLC-Hess.pdf
12.
Feichtinger, Kevin; Sundermann, Chico; Thüm, Thomas; Rabiser, Rick
It's Your Loss: Classifying Information Loss During Variability Model Roundtrip Transformations
Proc. Int'l Systems and Software Product Line Conf. (SPLC), Page 67-78
Publisher: ACM, New York, NY, USA
September 2022
DOI:10.1145/3546932.3546990
ISBN:9781450394437
File:pdfhttps://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2022/2022-SPLC-Feichtinger.pdf
11.
Sundermann, Chico; Feichtinger, Kevin; Galindo, Jose A.; Benavides, David; Rabiser, Rick; Krieter, Sebastian; Thüm, Thomas
Tutorial on the Universal Variability Language
Proc. Int'l Systems and Software Product Line Conf. (SPLC), Page 260:1
Publisher: ACM, New York, NY, USA
September 2022
DOI:10.1145/3546932.3547024
ISBN:9781450394437
File:pdfhttps://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2022/2022-SPLC-Sundermann.pdf

2021

10.
Sundermann, Chico; Feichtinger, Kevin; Engelhardt, Dominik; Rabiser, Rick; Thüm, Thomas
Yet Another Textual Variability Language? A Community Effort Towards a Unified Language
Proc. Int'l Systems and Software Product Line Conf. (SPLC), Page 136-147
Publisher: ACM, New York, NY, USA
September 2021
DOI:10.1145/3461001.3471145
ISBN:9781450384698
File:pdfhttps://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2021/2021-SPLC-Sundermann.pdf
9.
Krieter, Sebastian; Arens, Rahel; Nieke, Michael; Sundermann, Chico; Heß, Tobias; Thüm, Thomas; Seidl, Christoph
Incremental Construction of Modal Implication Graphs for Evolving Feature Models
Proc. Int'l Systems and Software Product Line Conf. (SPLC), Page 64-74
Publisher: ACM, New York, NY, USA
September 2021
DOI:10.1145/3461001.3471148
ISBN:9781450384698
File:pdfhttps://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2021/2021-SPLC-Krieter.pdf
8.
Sundermann, Chico; Heß, Tobias; Engelhardt, Dominik; Arens, Rahel; Herschel, Johannes; Jedelhauser, Kevin; Jutz, Benedikt; Krieter, Sebastian; Schaefer, Ina
Integration of UVL in FeatureIDE
Proc. Int'l Workshop on Languages for Modelling Variability (MODEVAR), Page 73-79
Publisher: ACM, New York, NY, USA
September 2021
DOI:10.1145/3461002.3473940
ISBN:9781450384704
File:pdfhttps://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2021/2021-MODEVAR-Sundermann.pdf
7.
Heß, Tobias; Sundermann, Chico; Thüm, Thomas
On the Scalability of Building Binary Decision Diagrams for Current Feature Models
Proc. Int'l Systems and Software Product Line Conf. (SPLC), Page 131-135
Publisher: ACM, New York, NY, USA
September 2021
DOI:10.1145/3461001.3474452
ISBN:9781450384698
File:pdfhttps://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2021/2021-SPLC-Hess.pdf
6.
Sundermann, Chico; Nieke, Michael; Bittner, Paul Maximilian; Heß, Tobias; Thüm, Thomas; Schaefer, Ina
Applications of #SAT Solvers on Feature Models
Proc. Int'l Working Conf. on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VaMoS)
Publisher: ACM, New York, NY, USA
February 2021
DOI:10.1145/3442391.3442404
ISBN:9781450388245
File:pdfhttps://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2021/2021-VaMoS-Sundermann.pdf

2020

5.
Sundermann, Chico
Applications of #SAT Solvers on Product Lines
Master's Thesis
TU Braunschweig, Germany
August 2020
DOI:10.24355/dbbs.084-202009161329-0
File:pdfhttps://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/dbbs_derivate_00047722/Masters_Thesis_Chico_Sundermann_4633286_22072020.pdf
4.
Sundermann, Chico; Thüm, Thomas; Schaefer, Ina
Evaluating #SAT Solvers on Industrial Feature Models
Proc. Int'l Working Conf. on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VaMoS)
Publisher: ACM, New York, NY, USA
February 2020
DOI:10.1145/3377024.3377025
ISBN:9781450375016
File:pdfhttps://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2020/2020-VaMoS-Sundermann.pdf
3.
Sprey, Joshua; Sundermann, Chico; Krieter, Sebastian; Nieke, Michael; Mauro, Jacopo; Thüm, Thomas; Schaefer, Ina
SMT-Based Variability Analyses in FeatureIDE
Proc. Int'l Working Conf. on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VaMoS)
Publisher: ACM, New York, NY, USA
February 2020
DOI:10.1145/3377024.3377036
ISBN:9781450375016
File:pdfhttps://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2020/2020-VaMoS-Sprey.pdf

2019

2.
Sundermann, Chico
Evaluating #SAT-Solvers on Industrial Feature Models
Project Thesis
TU Braunschweig, Germany
December 2019
File:pdfhttps://github.com/SoftVarE-Group/Papers/raw/main/2020/2020-VaMoS-Sundermann.pdf

2018

1.
Sprey, Joshua; Sundermann, Chico
Computing Attribute Ranges for Partial Configurations with JavaSMT
Bachelor's Thesis
TU Braunschweig, Germany
April 2018
DOI:10.24355/dbbs.084-201807060926-0
File:pdfhttps://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/dbbs_derivate_00044588/Thesis_Sprey_Sundermann.pdf