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Today, students presented the results of the 10 ECTS research project in Nailing your Thesis, our course on how to perform research. Here is the line-up. Anja Pohan on "The Motivations and Preconditions for Participating in an Open Source Project in an Early Phase" Michael Dorner on "Validati...

Abstract: In this thesis a prototypical implementation of the Open Data Service is performed in order to solve the problem of data and information overload. After a reflection and evaluation of related and existing solutions the requirements for the Open Data Service and the reflective REST-API were...

The purpose of this professorship is to perform software engineering research and teaching. Within software engineering, we pay particular attention to software product development with the goal of turning University innovation into software product startups. Together with our colleagues of the appl...

Today, Prof. Dr. Klaus Meyer-Wegener lectured in Nailing your Thesis, our research course, on how to perform database research. Thank you, Prof. Meyer-Wegener, for teaching us!

Abstract: The design of a domain-specific language, DSL, requires extensive technical and professional know-how. Essential is not only the creation of syntax, semantics and related tools of language, but also an extensive knowledge of the domain. In order to acquire the knowledge of domain experts, ...

As of today, we are back to Martensstr. 3, the "blaues Hochhaus". Please come see us in our new old offices for some coffee and sweets. Below please find some photo impressions.

Prof. Lichter of RWTH Aachen (software construction group) is looking for Mitarbeiter (Ph.D. students), please see this job offer.

The Open Source Research Group is returning to the blue tower at Martensstraße 3.  Starting from the next colloquium on 19 January, the course will be held in Martensstraße 3, room 11.150 (as you exit the elevators, turn right, then left - it is at the end of the hall). Also, the colloquium on 26...

Come Thursday, January 15th, this week, and we will be moving back from our temporary home in Tennenlohe to good old Martenstr. 3, a.k.a. "blaues Hochhaus". Goodbye food trucks, we will miss you (not)!

Abstract: Episodic volunteers work irregularly and very often for only a short time. The frequency of this phenomenon is recently increasing in non-profit organizations. This is a change in volunteer behavior that influences volunteer management. Is this type of volunteering also present in open sou...