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Recent publications
- Alex Mattukat,
Florian Braun,
Horst Lichter (2026)
Can ChatGPT Generate Realistic Synthetic System Requirement Specifications? Results of a Case Study. In Computing Research Repository (CoRR), Vol. 2603.09335, arXiv.
DOI URL - Ada Slupczynski (2026)
A Modernization Decision Framework for Legacy Information Systems. In Francesca Zerbato, Jelena Zdravkovic, Luise Pufahl, Geert Poels, Marite Kirikova (eds.) Intelligent Information Systems CAiSE 2026, Verona, Italy, Jun 8-12, Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Vol. 587, ISBN 978-3-032-27997-2, 269-277.
DOI URL - Ada Slupczynski (2026)
Toward a Holistic Enterprise Modernization Lifecycle - Comparison of Existing Processes and Frameworks. In Proceedings des 28. Workshop Software-Reengineering und -Evolution, GI, Bonn, Vol. 46, No. 2, 44-45. PDF - Selin Coban,
Patrick Chrestin,
Horst Lichter (2026)
Knowledge Reuse in ML Prototyping: Insights from an Interview Study. In Tsuyoshi Nakajima (ed.) The Twelve International Conference on Advances and Trends in Software Engineering (SOFTENG 2026), Venice, Italy, May 24-28, IARIA Press, ISBN 978-1-68558-398-9, 1-8. PDF - Selin Coban,
Miguel Perez,
Çağatay Akpınar,
Baran Tanriverdi,
Horst Lichter (2026)
An LLM-based Approach for Automatic ML Prototype Review. In 2026 IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering - Companion (SANER-C), Limassol, Cyprus, March, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, 277-284.
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