Software Engineering and Construction Methods
With great sadness, we report the loss of Matthias Riebisch, who passed away on January 11th, 2023.
Matthias Riebisch led the research group on Software Engineering and Construction Methods at the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg, since 2012. Prior, he was at Technische Universität Ilmenau. His research focused on software architecture, reengineering, and modeling to enable change and evolution in complex software systems.
He was active within Universität Hamburg and in many regional, national, and global communities, in particular, the groups Software Architectures (FG ARC) and Modeling (QFAM) in the German Informatics Society (GI). In recent years, he hosted the conferences ICSA 2019 and Modellierung 2022 in Hamburg.
A book of condolences is offered at the Department of Informatics (building A, first floor) for approx. two weeks starting January 16th, 2023. An online board is available at recocards.com (provided by Steffen Becker). Alternatively, condolences may be sent via email to Stephanie Schulte Hemming or by post to Universität Hamburg, Arbeitsbereich SWK, Vogt-Kölln-Str. 30, 22527 Hamburg, Germany.
His death is a tremendous loss to us and we will miss him dearly.
Software Engineering and Construction Methods
In German: Softwareentwicklungs- u. -konstruktionsmethoden - SWK
We focus on research and teaching in the field of Software Engineering.
The challenges of the development and introduction of engineering practises to software development are inherent in the highly creative character of the problem solution activities as well as in the complexity of the tasks. Moreover, software is hard to comprehend even to experts due to the invisibility of dependencies between interacting elements. We develop models to visualize these dependencies, to provide customized views to the different stakeholders to manage complexity. Systematic procedures facilitate a replication of successful results, for example for software architecture development and system families. We effect an abstraction and generalization of building blocks, e.g. design patterns and architectural styles to permit a re-use of gainful solutions, similar to other engineering disciplines. We develop technologies for an improved quality of solutions and for resolving tasks of increasing complexity.
