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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
ImplicitR project proposal accepted by DFG
We are delighted to announce that the German Research Foundation (DFG) has decided to fund our project proposal “Inferring Implicit Assumptions in…
"Rethinking Pivot Programming Languages in Code Language Models" accepted in Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP 2026)
We are pleased to announce that our paper "Rethinking Pivot Programming Languages in Code Language Models" has been accepted in Empirical Methods in…
"EditQL: A query language for evolving models" accepted in Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM)
We are pleased to announce that our paper "EditQL: A query language for evolving models" has been published in the Journal of Software and Systems…
"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).
Newest publications
2026
763.
Weber,
Sebastian;
Scheerer,
Max;
Heinrich,
Robert
Auditable Simulation Evidence for Reliability and Safety Assessment: Provenance of Multi-Level Simulation Runs
10th International Conference on System Reliability and Safety,
Publisher: IEEE
November 2026
Auditable Simulation Evidence for Reliability and Safety Assessment: Provenance of Multi-Level Simulation Runs
10th International Conference on System Reliability and Safety,
Publisher: IEEE
November 2026
762.
Scheerer,
Max;
Weber,
Sebastian;
Heinrich,
Robert
KAMP4AS: Architecture-Based Change Propagation Analysis for Safety-Critical Automotive E/E Systems
10th International Conference on System Reliability and Safety,
Publisher: IEEE
November 2026
KAMP4AS: Architecture-Based Change Propagation Analysis for Safety-Critical Automotive E/E Systems
10th International Conference on System Reliability and Safety,
Publisher: IEEE
November 2026
761.
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
October 2026
Inferring the Shape of Data Frames in R Programs using Abstract Interpretation
ASE '26: 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
October 2026
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760.
Di Agostino,
Manuel;
Sihler,
Florian;
Arceri,
Vincenzo;
Gerstl,
Oliver;
Tichy,
Matthias
Towards Statically Reasoning about R Vectors
NSAD '26: Proceedings of the 11th ACM SIGPLAN International Workshop on Numerical and Symbolic Abstract Domains
October 2026
Towards Statically Reasoning about R Vectors
NSAD '26: Proceedings of the 11th ACM SIGPLAN International Workshop on Numerical and Symbolic Abstract Domains
October 2026
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759.
Wiesmayr,
Bianca;
Garmendia,
Antonio;
Wimmer,
Manuel;
Greiner,
Sandra
Towards Systematic Management of Semantic Variability in Real-World Executable Modeling Languages
MODELS '26: Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 29th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems
October 2026
Towards Systematic Management of Semantic Variability in Real-World Executable Modeling Languages
MODELS '26: Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 29th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems
October 2026
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