M.Sc. Jakob Pietron

My general research interest is the tool usability in the field of Model-driven (Software) Engineering. In the context of my research activity I focus on collaboration features in graphical modeling tools. In addition to technical challenges, collaboration in MDSE creates new needs in terms of user experience. Especially if modelers collaboratively create a model, it becomes important for them to trace changes made by others and understand how a model has evolved over time. The goal of my research is to improve the comprehensibility of evolving models by developing operation-based and fine-grained model history and related exploration techniques.

In addition to modeling tools, I am also interested in the application of the MDSE, especially in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT). Developing and deploying IoT applications from scratch requires a widespread knowledge of different technologies. By encapsulating these heterogeneous technology stack MDSE helps users to develop IoT applications with less effort.

Research Projects

Tools to accelerate innovation along the automotive value chain

Self-organizing resilient execution platform for IoT services

Topics for Theses and Projects

Publications

2023

17.
Pietron, Jakob; Raschke, Alexander; Exelmans, Joeri; Tichy, Matthias
Collaboration And Versioning Framework – a Systematic Top-Down Approach
2nd International Hands-on Workshop on Collaborative Modeling (HoWCoM),, co-located with MODELS'23, Västerås, Sweden
October 2023
DOI:10.1109/MODELS-C59198.2023.00124
16.
Pietron, Jakob; Raab, Heiko; Tichy, Matthias
Efficient Caching for Operation-based Versioning
16th Workshop on Models and Evolution (ME) 2023, co-located with MODELS'23, Västerås, Sweden
October 2023
DOI:10.1109/MODELS-C59198.2023.00152
15.
Exelmans, Joeri; Pietron, Jakob; Raschke, Alexander; Vangheluwe, Hans; Tichy, Matthias
A new versioning approach for collaboration in blended modeling
Journal of Computer Languages
August 2023
DOI:10.1016/j.cola.2023.101221
14.
Sihler, Florian; Pietron, Jakob; Tichy, Matthias
One-Way Model Transformations in the Context of the Technology-Roadmapping Tool IRIS
Journal of Object Technology
July 2023
DOI:10.5381/jot.2023.22.2.a2

2022

13.
Pietron, Jakob; Funk, Lenard; Tichy, Matthias
Improving the Comprehension of Evolving Graphical Models
2022 Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT)
October 2022
DOI:10.1109/VISSOFT55257.2022.00018
12.
Exelmans, Joeri; Pietron, Jakob; Raschke, Alexander; Vangheluwe, Hans; Tichy, Matthias
Optimistic Versioning for Conflict-tolerant Collaborative Blended Modeling
FPVM 2022: 2nd International Workshop on Foundations and Practice of Visual Modeling
July 2022
File:http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3250/fpvmpaper1.pdf
11.
David, Istvan; Latifaj, Malvina; Pietron, Jakob; Zhang, Weixing; Ciccozzi, Federico; Malavolta, Ivano; Raschke, Alexander; Steghöfer, Jan-Philipp; Hebig, Regina
Blended modeling in commercial and open-source model-driven software engineering tools: A systematic study
Journal of Software and Systems Modeling
June 2022
DOI:10.1007/s10270-022-01010-3
10.
Breckel, Alexander; Pietron, Jakob; Juhnke, Katharina; Sihler, Florian; Tichy, Matthias
A domain-specific language for modeling and analyzing solution spaces for technology roadmapping
Journal of Systems & Software (JSS)
February 2022
DOI:10.1016/j.jss.2021.111094

2021

9.
Pietron, Jakob; Füg, Fabian; Tichy, Matthias
An Operation-based Versioning Approach For Synchronous and Asynchronous Collaboration in Graphical Modeling Tools
FPVM 2021: 1st International Workshop on Foundations and Practice of Visual Modeling, Bergen, Norway
June 2021
File:pdfhttp://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2999/fpvmdata4mdepaper3.pdf
8.
Heß, Alexander; Hauck, Franz J.; Mödinger, David; Pietron, Jakob; Tichy, Matthias; Domaschka, Jörg
Morpheus: A Degradation Framework for Resilient IoT Systems
MeSS'21: International workshop on MDE for Smart IoT Systems, Bergen, Norway (To Appear)
June 2021

2020

7.
Pietron, Jakob
Enhancing Collaborative Modeling
In ACM/IEEE 23rd International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS ’20 Companion), October 18–23, 2020, Virtual Event, Canada
October 2020
DOI:10.1145/3417990.3419490
6.
Breckel, Alexander; Pietron, Jakob; Juhnke, Katharina; Tichy, Matthias
A Domain Specific Language and Interactive User Interface for Model-Driven Engineering of Technology Roadmaps
Proceedings of the 46th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA 2020), Portorož, Slovenia
August 2020
DOI:10.1109/SEAA51224.2020.00035
5.
Tichy, Matthias; Pietron, Jakob; Mödinger, David; Juhnke, Katharina; Hauck, Franz J.
Experiences with an Internal DSL in the IoT Domain
Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Model-Driven Engineering for the Internet-of-Things (MDE4IoT 2020)
July 2020
File:pdfhttp://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2707/mde4iotpaper1.pdf

2019

4.
Domaschka, Jörg; Berger, Christian; Reiser, Hans P.; Eichhammer, Philipp; Griesinger, Frank; Pietron, Jakob; Tichy, Matthias; Hauck, Franz J.; Habiger, Gerhard
Sorrir: A resilient self-organizing middleware for iot applications [position paper]
M4IoT '19: Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Middleware and Applications for the Internet of Things
December 2019
DOI:10.1145/3366610.3368098

2018

3.
Pietron, Jakob; Raschke, Alexander; Stegmaier, Michael; Tichy, Matthias; Rukzio, Enrico
Study Design Template for Identifying Usability Issues in Graphical Modeling Tools
2nd Workshop on Tools for Model Driven Engineering (MDETools'18) at MODELS'18, Copenhagen
October 2018
File:pdfhttp://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2245/mdetools_paper_4.pdf

2017

2.
Erb, Benjamin; Meißner, Dominik; Pietron, Jakob; Kargl, Frank
Chronograph: A Distributed Processing Platform for Online and Batch Computations on Event-sourced Graphs
, VolumeDEBS '17 Proceedings of the 11th ACM International Conference on Distributed and Event-based Systems
June 2017
DOI:10.1145/3093742.3093913
1.
Erb, Benjamin; Meißner, Dominik; Habiger, Gerhard; Pietron, Jakob; Kargl, Frank
Consistent retrospective snapshots in distributed event-sourced systems
, Volume2017 International Conference on Networked Systems (NetSys)
March 2017
DOI:10.1109/NetSys.2017.7903947