Denis Neumüller

My general research interest lies in the area of software engineering, with a focus on the design and development of software systems. As part of my PhD at the University of Ulm I am conducting research on the (pattern-based) detection of algorithms in source code. This is intended to support, among others, the following use cases:

• Software comprehension:
  • Which problems are solved in the code?
  • How are they solved and which components are involved?
• Software optimization: Detection and optimization of inefficient algorithm implementations.
• Source code search: Search and retrieval of source code examples for reference.

For this purpose, I work on:

• The development of domain-specific languages (to describe search patterns).
• Static code analysis, e.g. data flow analysis, based on the abstract syntax tree.
• Graph or tree search for locating the specified patterns.
• Applying LLMs for algorithm detection

I employ empirical methods to validate and ensure the quality of my research.
Besides my PhD, I am also involved in research projects such as GENIAL! and assist in teaching the courses “Model Driven Software Engineering”, "Empirical Research Methods" and "Software Quality Assurance.

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