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Excellent doctoral dissertation

02.12.2011, Verena Geist got an award of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research at the 22nd of November.

Verena Geist from the Software Competence Center Hagenberg (SCCH) wrote her PHD thesis at the Institute for Application Oriented Knowledge Processing (FAW), where she was supported by her doctoral thesis supervisor, Professor Dr. Josef Küng. She did her research on workflow intensive systems.

(Source: Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research)

EuroSPI²

23.01.2012, 25th - 27th June, Vienna

The EuroSPI2 conference presents and discusses results from systems, software and services process improvement (SPI) projects in industry and research, focusing on the benefits gained and the criteria for success. This year's event is the 19th of a series of conferences to which international researchers contribute their lessons learned and share their knowledge as they work towards the next higher level of software management professionalism.

Dr. Miklos Biro from the SCCH is the Marketing-Chair of the conference.

Further information

Estimation and Prediction in Software & Systems Engineering

15.02.2012, Call for papers

The Software Competence Center Hagenberg organizes this year the session EsPreSSE - Estimation and Prediction in Software Engineering within the framework of the der Euromicro SEAA 2012.

The conference will take place from the 5th to the 8th of September in Cesme-Izmir.

Beside Rudolf Ramler from SCCH, Dietmar Winkler from the Technical University of is part of the organization team.

You would like to present your topic – please submit your paper!

Call for papers:

Deadline: 30th of March 2012

A Practitioner’s Guide to Integrating Model-Based Testing

23.03.2012, in a Project’s Tool Landscape

by Bernhard Peischl, Rudolf Ramler, Vitalina Turlo, Stefan Mohacsi, Valery Safronau & Tobias Walter

Success stories from industry and business show that model-based testing is able to fulfill the promises of detecting faults in early stages of the development cycle and that the maintenance effort of test scripts can be considerably reduced. In model-based testing, automated test cases can be generated from models of the software system’s dynamic behavior. A series of tools are available to support the tasks, including modeling, test case generation and automated test execution. To fully take advantage of model-based testing, a seamless integration of these tools is essential.

The article investigates the impact of the testing infrastructure on automated testing and highlights improvement potential in terms of testing activities frequently performed manually. It, furthermore, provides an overview of the workflow as well as practical tips for integrating model-based testing in a software project. The approach is illustrated by three cases of successful tool integration: Octopus Automated Testing
Control System, Atos TEMPPO Designer (IDATG) and Ranorex Test Automation Framework.

The work described in this article has been partially carried out within the competence network Softnet Austria II (www.soft-net.at) a COMET K-Projekt involving the Institute for Software Technology (IST) of Graz University of Technology, Software Competence Center Hagenberg (SCCH), Applied
Systems Ltd., Atos IT Solutions and Services GmbH and Ranorex GmbH.

Full text in te Testing Experience, nr. 17, March 2012.
Online: http://www.testingexperience.com/testingexperience17_03_12.pdf

Trade fair: Ressources and Materials

14.05.2012, 19.-21. June, Wels

The Software Competence Center Hagenberg prese the topic of system analysis as a key to energy efficiency.

By collecting and optimization of user-relevant data (eg, consumption rates, stress gradients) is an efficient use of energy is possible. Due to rising energy prices rise, the need for analytics that show the relationships of the energy balance of complex systems (eg for buildings as well). SCCH uses mathematical methods of computational intelligence and advanced software technologies to analyze complex energy systems, to forecast and thus to optimize the energy efficiency.

The SCCH has started a research program for the optimization of energy management systems in buildings. Energy, cooling and heating systems should take into account factors such as weather and user behavior.

Interested companies can still participate in the project.

Visit us at the 20 sector, hall D at the R & D Pavilion Upper Austrian Research.

The Long Night of Research

03.05.2012, Research experience at first hand in the region.

At the 27th of April nealry 1,000 visitors and visitors took the opportunity to gain a fascinating insight into the research activities in the Software Park Hagenberg. At 36 stations in the buildings of IT Center and amsec presented research institutes, enterprises and the University of Applied Sciences Upper School of computer science, communications and media under the theme "Bits, Bytes & Brains - Is really nothing without software," the latest developments and research results on the attack for large and small.

Optical quality inspection at SCCH

The Software Competence Center Hagenberg is researching the topics in industrial image processing, 3D inspection and texture analysis. During the long night of research, the researchers showed how to detect errors SCCH on surfaces and can function as optical quality control systems. Functional properties as well as aesthetic aspects such as discoloration or structural variations of the surface can be evaluated exactly.

Research in the regions

The "Long Night of Research" is an initiative of the participating states to promote awareness of research and development in Austria, which was held this year for the first time not only in the provincial capitals, but also in the regions. So the long night of research, celebrated on Friday in the Software Park Hagenberg, one of the most dynamic and successful technology centers in Austria, Premiere.