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.