Barbara Weber (Software Systems Programming and Development)

The Software Systems Programming and Development Chair covers both the development and evaluation of software artifacts. Our research focuses on adaptive software systems and event-driven systems to neuro-adaptive software systems and software development tools.

Development of neuro-adaptive software systems

We conduct research on the development of neuro-adaptive software systems, that are able to adjust themselves in response to the emotional and/or cognitive state of the user. At the moment we investigate the usage of neuro-physiological measurements in the context of digital learning and develop a platform for analyzing neuro-physiological data.

Flexible and adaptive business process support

Our research on flexible and adaptive business process support focusses on the integration of business process management and Internet-of-Things (IoT). We investigate the application of feedback loops using complex event processing on IoT sensors to detect relevant situations and context in the IoT environment and to dynamically adapt the process execution at runtime. Use cases comprise processes in Industrial IoT based on the Fischertechnik Learning Factory as well as in the smart home domain.

Human and Cognitive aspects of software and process engineering

We investigate human and cognitive aspect of software and process engineering by conducting empirical research. This includes studies on how users engage with hybrid process model representations or different software artifacts. We often collect multi-modal data combining subjective measurements with behavioral measurements, neurophysiological measurements, and performance measurements.