Thomas Leich

Finding Lost Features in Cloned Systems

2017

Copying and adapting a system, also known as clone-and-own, is a common reuse approach that requires little initial effort. However, the drawbacks of clones are increasing maintenance costs as bug fixes and updates must be …

(Automated) literature analysis

2018

The number of scientific publications is increasing each year, specifically in the field of computer science. In order to condense existing knowledge, evidence-based software engineering is concerned with systematic literature reviews, surveys, and other kinds …

Tool demo: testing configurable systems with FeatureIDE

2016 · ACM SIGPLAN Notices

Most software systems are designed to provide custom functionality using configuration options. Testing such systems is challenging as running tests of a single configuration is often not sufficient, because defects may appear in other configurations. …

How Explicit Feature Traces Did Not Impact Developers' Memory

2021 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

This dataset comprises the supplementary material for the paper "How Explicit Feature Traces Did Not Impact Developers’ Memory" by Jacob Krüger, Gül Çalıklı, Thorsten Berger, and Thomas Leich, accepted at SANER 2021. - questions.html: A …

A Practitioners Perspective on Addressing Cyber Security and Variability Challenges in Modern Automotive Systems

2024

Modern cars are becoming increasingly software-driven and interconnected, including new innovative functions, such as over-the-air updates. Such functions are typically based on configurable features, making adequate variability management essential. However, the growing system complexity based …