27 July 2026
It has been almost half a year since we welcomed the (mostly but not exclusively German-speaking) software engineering community to in Bern. Once again, thanks to everyone who joined us and contributed to an inspiring conference!
Looking back at the contributions and discussions from SE 2026, the article has been published in the latest issue (June 2026) of IE Perspectives, the Informatics Europe Magazine. The article reflects on the conferences’ discussions on the evolving landscape of software engineering research, highlighting its strategic importance and discussing key challenges and opportunities that may shape the next generation of software engineering research and innovation.
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15 February 2025
We are happy to share that our paper , by Elias Kuiter, Thomas Thüm and , received the best paper award at . We are glad to see that our efforts in designing a new course on software product lines have been recognized by the community.
23 May 2024
Our paper titled by , , , and , to be presented at the , has received a Distinguished Paper Award.
08 August 2024
Our collaboration paper titled by Paul Maximilian Bittner, , Benjamin Moosherr, and Thomas Thüm, presented at the , has received a Best Demonstration Award.
25 August 2022
IWST 2022 Best Paper Award (1st prize) for by , Alexandre Bergel, Lino Hess, and Oscar Nierstrasz at the in Novi Sad, Serbia.
25 March 2024
To promote STEM subjects, the in cooperation with the awards every year ten excellent students with a . In addition to financial support, the fellowship provides opportunities to participate in networking events of the Werner Siemens Program.
Our new PhD student, , is one of the fellows 2023/24 and was recently featured in a on the WSS homepage. Among others, he talks about his research conducted during his Master’s thesis at IBM Research in Rüschlikon.
17 September 2024
Our paper titled by , , Paul Maximilian Bittner, Thomas Thüm and , presented at the , has received a Best Research Paper award.
31 January 2023
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27 July 2026
At ICSE 2026, we presented our NIER paper . The paper explores a new perspective on merge conflicts: instead of resolving them immediately, we propose to treat them as explicit variability that can be analyzed, managed, and resolved more systematically. By turning conflicts into first-class variability, developers can postpone resolution, compare alternatives, and make more informed integration decisions.
28 February 2025
We are organizing the here in Bern! It will take place from 23rd - 27th February 2026 in various locations around the city. The main conference will be held at the .
The Software Engineering (SE) conference of the of the is the reference conference series on Software Engineering in the German-speaking regions of Europe with an established record of engaging with Academia and Industry. It is held annually, and it serves as a platform for both software engineers from industry and researchers from academia to share their experiences and knowledge and to foster community building.
31 January 2023
01 February 2023
We are very happy to announce that we are hosting the . The aim at bringing together “researchers and practitioners to share ideas, results and experiences about their quest for mastering variability”. serves as general chair and will organize the conference together with his team and further renown researchers on variability modeling of software-intensive systems. The conference will take place in the buildings of the university from February 7th to 9th, 2024.
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21 November 2025
We are excited to host the next week on 24th – 28th November 2025 here in Bern, where serves as General Chair and serves as Web Chair. The Winter School is part of the EU-funded project.
This inaugural Winter School brings together academic and industrial researchers, along with Ph.D. students, to explore cutting-edge topics at the intersection of Software Engineering, Hybrid Intelligence, and Generative AI, with a special focus on Large Language Models (LLMs) and their transformative role in next-generation software systems.
28 February 2025
We are organizing the here in Bern! It will take place from 23rd - 27th February 2026 in various locations around the city. The main conference will be held at the .
The Software Engineering (SE) conference of the of the is the reference conference series on Software Engineering in the German-speaking regions of Europe with an established record of engaging with Academia and Industry. It is held annually, and it serves as a platform for both software engineers from industry and researchers from academia to share their experiences and knowledge and to foster community building.
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21 November 2025
We are excited to host the next week on 24th – 28th November 2025 here in Bern, where serves as General Chair and serves as Web Chair. The Winter School is part of the EU-funded project.
This inaugural Winter School brings together academic and industrial researchers, along with Ph.D. students, to explore cutting-edge topics at the intersection of Software Engineering, Hybrid Intelligence, and Generative AI, with a special focus on Large Language Models (LLMs) and their transformative role in next-generation software systems.
14 July 2025
and are organizing the workshop in collaboration with the and the . The workshop will take place on 29th July 2025, 14:30 - 15:30, in person or online.
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28 February 2025
We are organizing the here in Bern! It will take place from 23rd - 27th February 2026 in various locations around the city. The main conference will be held at the .
The Software Engineering (SE) conference of the of the is the reference conference series on Software Engineering in the German-speaking regions of Europe with an established record of engaging with Academia and Industry. It is held annually, and it serves as a platform for both software engineers from industry and researchers from academia to share their experiences and knowledge and to foster community building.
26 February 2024
At the in Linz, Austria, co-organized the sixth edition of the . The Software Engineering (SE) conference is a gathering organized by the of the .
01 February 2023
We are very happy to announce that we are hosting the . The aim at bringing together “researchers and practitioners to share ideas, results and experiences about their quest for mastering variability”. serves as general chair and will organize the conference together with his team and further renown researchers on variability modeling of software-intensive systems. The conference will take place in the buildings of the university from February 7th to 9th, 2024.
11 September 2022
At this year’s hybrid conference in Graz, Austria, co-organized the fifth edition of the workshop. The workshop aims to bring together researchers studying software evolution and variability from different angles as well as practitioners encountering these phenomena in real-world applications and systems.
28 August 2023
At the in Tokyo, Japan, co-organized the sixth edition of the workshop. The workshop aims at bringing together researchers studying software evolution and variability from different angles as well as practitioners encountering these phenomena in real-world applications and systems.
27 July 2026
At ICSE 2026, we presented our NIER paper . The paper explores a new perspective on merge conflicts: instead of resolving them immediately, we propose to treat them as explicit variability that can be analyzed, managed, and resolved more systematically. By turning conflicts into first-class variability, developers can postpone resolution, compare alternatives, and make more informed integration decisions.
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27 July 2026
It has been almost half a year since we welcomed the (mostly but not exclusively German-speaking) software engineering community to in Bern. Once again, thanks to everyone who joined us and contributed to an inspiring conference!
Looking back at the contributions and discussions from SE 2026, the article has been published in the latest issue (June 2026) of IE Perspectives, the Informatics Europe Magazine. The article reflects on the conferences’ discussions on the evolving landscape of software engineering research, highlighting its strategic importance and discussing key challenges and opportunities that may shape the next generation of software engineering research and innovation.
15 February 2025
We are happy to share that our paper , by Elias Kuiter, Thomas Thüm and , received the best paper award at . We are glad to see that our efforts in designing a new course on software product lines have been recognized by the community.
27 July 2026
At ICSE 2026, we presented our NIER paper . The paper explores a new perspective on merge conflicts: instead of resolving them immediately, we propose to treat them as explicit variability that can be analyzed, managed, and resolved more systematically. By turning conflicts into first-class variability, developers can postpone resolution, compare alternatives, and make more informed integration decisions.
23 May 2024
Our paper titled by , , , and , to be presented at the , has received a Distinguished Paper Award.
08 August 2024
Our collaboration paper titled by Paul Maximilian Bittner, , Benjamin Moosherr, and Thomas Thüm, presented at the , has received a Best Demonstration Award.
11 July 2025
We are happy to announce that our paper titled Decades of GNU Patch and Git Cherry-Pick: Can We Do Better? by , , Paul Maximilian Bittner, , Thomas Thüm, and has been accepted to the .
25 August 2022
IWST 2022 Best Paper Award (1st prize) for by , Alexandre Bergel, Lino Hess, and Oscar Nierstrasz at the in Novi Sad, Serbia.
01 February 2022
Paper by Luca Beurer-Kellner, Jens von Pilgrim, , and to appear in the [IEEE Transactions on Services Computing]/(.
17 September 2024
Our paper titled by , , Paul Maximilian Bittner, Thomas Thüm and , presented at the , has received a Best Research Paper award.
29 July 2025
At this year’s FSE 2025 conference in Trondheim, we presented our vision paper . It’s about the beautiful chaos in open-source, decentralized software ecosystems – such as Bitcoin – that exhibit multi-dimensional variability, yet strive for interoperability. We discuss this phenomenon of Community-Driven Variability (CDV), highlight emerging problems, and outline research goals to tackle them.
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27 July 2026
In 2026, joined the Informatics Europe Board of Directors. As a Board Director, he contributes to shaping the strategic direction of Informatics Europe and representing the interests of the European informatics research and education community. He serves as the Board Representative for the .
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02 February 2022
The University of Bern offers various courses in the area of computer science - from computer vision to software engineering. Explore various directions in the upcoming . We will talk about the software engineering research aspect and what makes it to pursue on 23rd March and 24th March at 17:00 - 18:00.
26 February 2024
At the in Linz, Austria, co-organized the sixth edition of the . The Software Engineering (SE) conference is a gathering organized by the of the .
02 February 2022
Am Donnerstag, 10. November 2022, findet der diesjährige für Kinder und Jugendliche der 5. bis 7. Klasse statt. Am Nationalen Zukunftstag sind die Kinder und Jugendlichen eingeladen, die Berufswelten ihrer Eltern oder Bekannten kennenzulernen.
Auch das bietet mit einem eigens konzipierten Programm den Kindern und Jugendlichen die Möglichkeit, Einblicke in die spannende Welt der Informatik zu erhalten.
01 February 2023
We are very happy to announce that we are hosting the . The aim at bringing together “researchers and practitioners to share ideas, results and experiences about their quest for mastering variability”. serves as general chair and will organize the conference together with his team and further renown researchers on variability modeling of software-intensive systems. The conference will take place in the buildings of the university from February 7th to 9th, 2024.
11 September 2022
At this year’s hybrid conference in Graz, Austria, co-organized the fifth edition of the workshop. The workshop aims to bring together researchers studying software evolution and variability from different angles as well as practitioners encountering these phenomena in real-world applications and systems.
09 November 2023
We are pleased to announce several in the field of software engineering, each of them being funded for at least 4 years. We are looking for highly motivated and dedicated individuals to join our research group and to advance software engineering knowledge and methods.
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21 November 2025
We are excited to host the next week on 24th – 28th November 2025 here in Bern, where serves as General Chair and serves as Web Chair. The Winter School is part of the EU-funded project.
This inaugural Winter School brings together academic and industrial researchers, along with Ph.D. students, to explore cutting-edge topics at the intersection of Software Engineering, Hybrid Intelligence, and Generative AI, with a special focus on Large Language Models (LLMs) and their transformative role in next-generation software systems.
Tag ‘Workshop’ used to categorise the news of SEG.
26 February 2024
At the in Linz, Austria, co-organized the sixth edition of the . The Software Engineering (SE) conference is a gathering organized by the of the .
11 September 2022
At this year’s hybrid conference in Graz, Austria, co-organized the fifth edition of the workshop. The workshop aims to bring together researchers studying software evolution and variability from different angles as well as practitioners encountering these phenomena in real-world applications and systems.
28 August 2023
At the in Tokyo, Japan, co-organized the sixth edition of the workshop. The workshop aims at bringing together researchers studying software evolution and variability from different angles as well as practitioners encountering these phenomena in real-world applications and systems.
14 July 2025
and are organizing the workshop in collaboration with the and the . The workshop will take place on 29th July 2025, 14:30 - 15:30, in person or online.