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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
"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.
Award for the Best Bachelor's Degree
Lukas Rohde receives the award for the best bachelor's degree in the field of computer science at Ulm University.
"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,…
Newest publications
2026
754.
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
Oktober 2026
Inferring the Shape of Data Frames in R Programs using Abstract Interpretation
ASE '26: 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
Oktober 2026
| DOI: | 10.1145/3832783.3834445 |
| Weblink: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.03889 |
753.
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)
Juli 2026
Towards Automatically Inferring Constraints to Identify Implicit Assumptions in Data Analysis
2026 IEEE/ACM 48th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE-NIER ’26)
Juli 2026
| DOI: | 10.1145/3786582.3786806 |
752.
Niehues,
Nils;
Hahner,
Sebastian;
Heinrich,
Robert
Mitigation strategies for confidentiality violations in software architecture using ranked feature importance
Journal of Systems and Software, Volume 235
Mai 2026
Herausgeber: Elsevier
Mitigation strategies for confidentiality violations in software architecture using ranked feature importance
Journal of Systems and Software, Volume 235
Mai 2026
Herausgeber: Elsevier
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jss.2025.112761 |
| ISBN: | 0164-1212 |
751.
Neumüller,
Denis;
Boll,
Sebastian;
Schüler,
David;
Tichy,
Matthias
Combining Static Code Analysis and Large Language Models Improves Correctness and Performance of Algorithm Recognition
33. International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER)
Herausgeber: IEEE
2026
Combining Static Code Analysis and Large Language Models Improves Correctness and Performance of Algorithm Recognition
33. International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER)
Herausgeber: IEEE
2026
| ISBN: | 979-8-3315-8582-2 |
| Datei: | http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.03048 |
750.
Schultheiß,
Alexander;
Boll,
Alexander;
Bittner,
Paul Maximilian;
Greiner,
Sandra;
Thüm,
Thomas;
Kehrer,
Timo
Decades of GNU Patch and Git Cherry-Pick: Can We Do Better?
Proc. Int'l Conf. on Software Engineering (ICSE) (To Appear)
2026
Decades of GNU Patch and Git Cherry-Pick: Can We Do Better?
Proc. Int'l Conf. on Software Engineering (ICSE) (To Appear)
2026