• 2015

  • Invited Talk at Fraunhofer ESK, Munich

    15.12.2014

    Monday afternoon, a crowd of 60 attended Harald's talk on our empirical results on UML diagram layout. The Fraunhofer Society is the largest German research organization in applied sciences. It employs over 20,000 engineers and scientists. The ESK Institute focuses on embedded systems and communication technologies.

  • Invited Talk at Regional SIG "Requirements Engineering"

    15.12.2014

    The German Chapter of the ACM/GI Munich Special Interest Group on Requirements Engineering (AK RE), gathered for the last time this year in the new Munich office of method park for a synopsis of what evidence-based Software Engineering research has learned about RE over the last two decades.

  • Visit to Augsburg University

    10.-13.12.2014

    This week, Harald visits again the Elite Software Engineering Graduate Program in Augsburg. He will be giving a talk in the CS Colloquium, where he provides an introduction to RE, highlighting current topics and research trends.

  • Visit to Gothenburg

    17.-18.11.2014

    On invitation by the head of the CS department, Michel Chaudron, Harald visits Chalmers/Gothenburg University. He'll be giving a talk on the layout of diagrams, conducting some interviews with people from industry, and explore cooperation possibilities with Michel and his group.

  • Visit to the Berlin/Brandenburg Regional Professional Chapter

    20.10.2014

    GChACMThe /Brandenburg Regional Professional Chapter has invited Harald to speak at its monthly gathering. The talk given will be "In god we trust, everyone else bring data". The Regional Professional Chapters are a cooperation between the German Chapter of the ACM and the German Informatics Society (GI).

  • Awards at MODELS & SAM Conferences in Valencia

    30.9./2.10.2014

    Vlad and Harald have won the 2nd price in the Best Poster Contest of MODELS! Before that, the paper by Alexander and Harald was a runner up to the best paper award at the SAM conference.

  • MODELS Conference in Valencia

    28.9.-3.10.2014

    The ACM/IEEE 17th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS) takes place in Valence. Harald is presenting a full paper in the technical programs of MODELS, and also one at the co-located SAM conference. Plus a paper at the CMSEBA workshop, four (4) posters, and a demo or two. Furthermore, he'll try to assess the contributions to the ACM Student Research Competition. If he manages to get hold of a cloning device or some such.

  • Presentation of Master's Thesis

    27.9.2014

    Henrik and Nick present their Master's thesis "Towards Diagram Understanding" where they study the impact of layout quality to UML diagram comprehension using eye tracking.

  • Invitation to Dagstuhl Seminar 15222

    2.9.2014

    Harald got invited to the Dagstuhl Seminar 15222 "Human-Centric Development of Software Tools".

  • International Summer School on Empirical Research Methods in Informatics

    18.-22.8.2014

    After the great success last year, the invited spring school earlier this year, and the tutorial at ECOOP'13, we are very happy to announce the 2014 International PhD Summer School on Empirical Research Methods in Informatics. Attendance is free, and includes catering and course material, possibly also a social event. There are still some seats left, so sign up quickly at !

  • STAF multi-conference in York

    21.-25.07.2014

    The Software Technologies: Applications and Foundations multi-conference is held in York. It co-locates, among others, the 10th European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications where Harald is a co-host to the Doctoral Symposium. If you are a PhD student and want to get high quality feedback on your thesis (and maaybe win a prize), come to York!

  • Visit to Gabi Taentzer's group at Marburg.

    12.06.2014

    On occasion of the doctoral thesis defence of Thorsten Arendt, Harald is visiting Gabi Taentzer's group at Marburg University. He'll be giving an invited talk on "Empirical Research Methods in Software Engineering".

  • Paper at MODELS accepted!

    4.6.2014

    My paper "On the impact of UML diagram layout to model understanding: Size matters" has been accepted as a full paper at MODELS'14 in Valencia - wupti! It defines and justifies a practical metric for diagram size, and shows, empirically, what the optimal size is for a number of UML diagrams. This concludes a trilogy of similar studies on various factors in UML diagram understanding. The existence of this effect can now be considered a fact - time to move on and explore the why behind this effect...

  • Vacancy: Full Professor in SE

    3.6.-1.10.2014

    There is a new job opening (full professor) as head of the Software Engineering Section at DTU Compute. The deadline for applications is October 1st.

  • ERMI spring course in Trentino

    19.-23.05.2014

    The successful Empirical Research Methods in Informatics course/summer school/tutorial series has a new branch: Harald was invited to give it as a special course for the PhD students of Trento University.

  • Dissertation Price Workshop

    08.05.2014

    Every year, the Informatics societies in German-speaking countries award the price for the best Computer Science doctoral dissertation. Every Faculty in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland is entitled to nominate one candidate, and they present their thesis at the IBFI Dagstuhl, itself a prestigious place. Harald is a member of the jury, and while he cannot revela anything about the status and results so far, he can assert that the line-up was impressive this year, as every year!

  • New Censor-Corps instated

    25.03.2014

    In Denmark, major exams are not graded by the teacher/supervisor, but a so-called censor from an outside organisation. The new Censor Corps has now been instated for 4 years, and Harald has been appointed as a member. So he will be able to take exams and assess final theses at any institution of higher education in Denmark.

  • MODELLIERUNG 2014, Vienna, Austria

    19.-21.03.2014

    Harald is going to attend the MODELLIERUNG conference in Vienna, co-chairing the Free Models Initiative. We will host a workshop to kick-off the initiative, discuss how best to publish models as data sets to foster research.

  • Visit by Professor Alexander Knapp

    10.-14.03.2014

    Alexander KnappThis week, Prof. Alexander Knapp from Augsburg University, Germany, is visiting for some joint research. He will also give a guest lecture in course 02341.

  • Visit by Professor Björn Regnell

    04.03.2014

    Björn RegnellOn Tuesday, Prof. Björn Regnell comes visiting. Björn is the Vice Dean of Research of the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University, Sweden. He's a member of the Software Engineering Research Group. He will give a talk on "What are the (really) essential modelling concepts and capabilities needed in software requirements engineering teaching and practice?". Come to listen to Björn in room 060, building 324, on Tuesday, 14:00!

  • Course "Model Based Software Development"

    07.02.2014

    02341The 2014 issue of the course "Model Based Software Development" (02341) starts next today - welcome to all new students! Have a look at the "FileShare" section of CampusNet to find the slides/lecture notes, and several auxiliary documents. In particular, read the course guide - it tells you about course objectives, assignments, and grading.

  • New Board of the German Chapter of the ACM

    13.01.2014

    GChACMAfter serving on the board of the German Chapter of the ACM for eight years, Harald's term has finally expired - my congratulations and best wishes go to the newly elected board!.

  • 2013