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Recent publications
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Ada Slupczynski,
Michal Slupczynski (2026)
Beyond Development: Navigating Stakeholder Friction in Legacy Software Modernization. In Proceedings des 28. Workshop Software-Reengineering und -Evolution, GI, Bonn, Vol. 46, No. 2, 48-49. PDF
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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
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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.
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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
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Alex Mattukat,
Vincent Schmandt,
Timo Langstrof,
Michael Zerbe,
Horst Lichter (2026)
A Faceted Classification of Authenticator-Centric Authentication Techniques. In 21st International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering (ENASE 2026), Benidorm, Spain, May 22-24, SciTePress – Science and Technology Publications, Lda, Vol. 1, ISBN 978-989-758-828-0, 568-578.
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