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We have several Ph.D. student positions available for a doctoral degree of the engineering faculty of Friedrich-Alexander University. Our topic is software engineering, and we are looking for people with either a degree in computer science or information systems. The first three topics have a ... Continue

The BMBF is sponsoring a new project of ours. Summary Die Erstellung einer konsistenten, vollständigen und nachvollziehbaren (traceable) Anforderungsspezifikation hat einen maßgeblichen Einfluss auf den Erfolg eines Softwareprojektes. Dennoch ist es aktuell immer noch schwer diese Qualitätskr... Continue

The BMBF is sponsoring a new project of ours. Summary Vorreiter wie Amazon und Netflix nutzen Microservices, um skalierende und wartbare Systeme zu bauen und der nötigen Innovationsgeschwindigkeit gerecht zu werden. Eine für die Eigenschaften des Systems wegweisende Design-Entscheidung ist di... Continue

We will be hosting an industry talk on “Case Study Research in Software Engineering” in NYT, our course on Nailing Your Thesis. The talk is free and open to the public. by: Michael Felderer, University of Innsbruck, Austriaabout: Case Study Research in Software Engineeringon: December 14th, 2020... Continue

This semester, Dr. Thomas Otter of Otter Advisory will be teaching COSS, our course on Commercial Open Source Startups, with Prof. Dr. Dirk Riehle. Dr. Thomas Otter of Otter Advisory writes: Sometime ago Prof Dirk  Riehle and I connected on Linkedin, via Ross Mayfield, who is now a produ... Continue

Our research project on managerial / economic accounting for software code flows in firm-internal software development (inner source) was awarded a follow-on grant by the DFG. Hence, we are looking for a new person to perform this research project (and possibly earn a Ph.D. along the way). You ... Continue

We will be hosting an industry talk on “Survey Research” in NYT, our course on Nailing Your Thesis. The talk is free and open to the public. by: Prof. Dr. Stefan Wagner, University of Stuttgartabout: Survey Researchon: January 11th, 2021, 10:30-11:30 Uhron: Zoom (link after registration)as part ... Continue

We will host an industry talk on “Software Product Management” in COSS, our course on Commercial Open Source Startups. The talk is free and open to the public. by: Dr. Thomas Otter, Otter Advisory GmbHabout: Software Product Managementon: December 23rd, 2020, 10:45-11:45 Uhron: Zoom (link after ... Continue

We will be hosting an industry talk in COSS, our course on Commercial Open Source Startups. The talk is free and open to the public. by: Cornelius Schumacher, DB Systelabout: Upstream - What makes an open source project successful?on: December 16th, 2020, 10:45-11:45 Uhron: Zoom (link after regi... Continue

We will host an industry talk on “Software Vendors” in COSS, our course on Commercial Open Source Startups. The talk is free and open to the public. by: Dr. Thomas Otter, Otter Advisory GmbHabout: Software Vendorson: November 25th, 2020, 10:45-11:45 Uhron: Zoom (link after registration)as part o... Continue

Welcome to this newsletter from the Professorship of Open Source Software! Upcoming talks on commercial open sourceCall for participation in remote work researchCall for participation in interview study on microservicesIs your product legally defective?Subscribe / unsubscribe 1. Upcoming talk... Continue