Latest Publications on Industry and Research
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A key capability German car manufacturers are still missing
My first project as a professor with a German car manufacturer was in 2013, and our industry partner kicked off the first project meeting with the words: Ich bin ein Blechbieger und verstehe von Software nicht so viel.(I bend sheet metal and don’t know much about software.) I think he already was behind the times…
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Ten years of student startups
A main reason why I became a professor is to create and guide student startups, in general, and from my research projects in particular. It has been a bumpy ride, to say the least, but I guess, every learning curve is. Data points (startups) are still not plenty, but I can nevertheless discern some learnings.…
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Challenges of tracking and documenting open source dependencies in products: A case study (video)
Today, Andreas (Andi) Bauer presented some of our work on managing open source dependencies in software products. Please watch the talk below (local copy). The presentation is based on the same-name research paper.
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The ecosystem of openKONSEQUENZ, a user-led open source foundation (video)
Today, Nikolay Harutyunyan presented some of our work on openKONSEQUENZ, a user-led open source consortium that develops software for local energy distributors. Below, please watch the talk (local copy); the talk is based on the same-name research paper.
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Three open data sources made easy
What are the the top three most promising open data sources that you would like to combine for an innovative app or data analysis? Please let us know and we will try to make it easy for you. In more detail (for developers) Open data can be hard to use: Every data source is different,…
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The innovations of open source article republished in IEEE Computing Edge’s April 2020 issue
IEEE’s Computing Edge magazine is a practitioner-oriented publication that republishes particularly popular content from other IEEE publications. In the April 2020 issue, they republished last year’s The Innovations of Open Source article that I wrote to open IEE Computer magazine’s bimonthly open source column. Best of all, it is free! (Original version, local copy.) I…