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25APR 2023
5 Events and Talks
Upcoming Talk: Jens Dietrich of Victoria University of Wellington (Te Herenga Waka) on Static Program Analysis Blind Spots
We will host a talk on “Static Program Analysis Blind Spots” in FAU’s computer science colloquium. The talk is free and open to the public. Abstract: Static program analyses usually overapproximate program behaviour, i.e. they are sound but not precise, and research has traditionally focused on boosting precision and scalability. However, modern programming languages have […]
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17FEB 2023
2 Research
Research Paper: Challenges of Working from Home in Software Development During Covid-19 Lockdowns
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020/2021/2022 and the resulting lockdowns forced many companies to switch to working from home, swiftly, on a large scale, and without preparation. This situation created unique challenges for software development, where individual software professionals had to shift instantly from working together at a physical venue to working remotely from home. […]
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01JUL 2022
2 Research
Research Paper: The Benefits of Pre-Requirements Specification Traceability
Abstract: Requirements traceability is the ability to trace requirements to other software engineering artifacts. Traceability can be classified as either pre- or post-requirements specifications (RS) traceability. Pre-RS traceability is the ability to trace between requirements and their origin. However, the benefits of pre-RS traceability are often not clear. In this article, we systematically lay out […]Abstract: Requirements traceability is the ability to trace requirements to other software engineering artifacts. Traceability can be classified as either pre- or post-requirements specifications (RS) traceability. Pre-RS traceability is the ability to trace between requirements and their origin. However, the benefits of pre-RS traceability are often not clear. In this article, we systematically lay out […]
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08APR 2020
2 Research
Research Paper: Managing Episodic Volunteers in Free/Libre/Open Source Software Communities (TSE)
Abstract: We draw on the concept of episodic volunteering (EV) from the general volunteering literature to identify practices for managing EV in free/libre/open source software (FLOSS) communities. Infrequent but ongoing participation is widespread, but the practices that community managers are using to manage EV, and their concerns about EV, have not been previously documented. We […]
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12MAR 2020
2 Research
Research Paper: Challenges of Tracking and Documenting Open Source Dependencies in Products: A Case Study (OSS 2020)
Abstract: Software vendors need to manage the dependencies of the open source components used in their products. Without this management, license compliance would be impossible, export restrictions could not be maintained, and security vulnerabilities would remain unknown to the vendor. The management of these dependencies has grown in an ad-hoc fashion in most companies. As […]
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12MAR 2020
2 Research
Research Paper: The Ecosystem of openKONSEQUENZ, a User-Led Open Source Foundation (OSS 2020)
Abstract: Companies without expertise in software development can opt to form consortia to develop open source software to meet their needs, as an alternative to the build-or-buy decision. Such user-led foundations are little understood, due to a limited number of published examples. In particular, almost nothing is known about the ecosystems surrounding user-led foundations. Our […]
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