Dr. Josef Pichler

Scientific Head Software Analytics and Evolution
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H. Prähofer, I. Wesp, J. Pichler. Interview study on the practice of software documentation. Technical Report, number SCCH-TR-17008, February, 2017.

B. Dorninger, M. Moser, J. Pichler. Multi-language re-documentation to support a COBOL to Java migration project. In M. Pinzger, G. Bavota, A. Marcus (editors), Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE 24th International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering (SANER 2017), pages 536-540, DOI 10.1109/SANER.2017.7884669, February, 2017.

G. Czech, B. Dorninger, M. Pfeiffer, M. Moser, J. Pichler. Software Analytics and Evolution Team Report 2016. Technical Report, number SCCH-TR-17013, February, 2017.

M. Moser, M. Pfeiffer, J. Pichler. Towards reverse engineering of intermediate code for documentation generators. In M. Pinzger, G. Bavota, A. Marcus (editors), Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE 24th International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering (SANER 2017), pages 553-554, DOI 10.1109/SANER.2017.7884673, February, 2017.

R. Ramler, M. Moser, J. Pichler. Automated static analysis of unit test code. Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2016), pages 25-28, DOI 10.1109/SANER.2016.102, IEEE, March, 2016.

M. Moser, J. Pichler, G. Fleck, M. Witlatschil, W. Kirchmayr, L. Nocke, R. Tober. Experience report on building ASTM based tools for multi-language reverse engineering. Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2016), pages 683-687, DOI 10.1109/SANER.2016.33, IEEE, March, 2016.

W. Kirchmayr, M. Moser, L. Nocke, J. Pichler, R. Tober. Integration of static and dynamic code analysis for understanding legacy source code. Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2016), pages 543-552, DOI 10.1109/ICSME.2016.70, IEEE, October, 2016.

M. Moser, J. Pichler. POSITION PAPER: Documentation generation from annotated source code of scientific software. Proceedings of the 2016 International Workshop on Software Engineering for Science - SE4Science 2016, pages 12-15, DOI 10.1145/2897676.2897679, ACM, May, 2016.

M. Moser, M. Pfeiffer, J. Pichler, C. Salomon, M. Winterer. Iterative design and evaluation of a DSL for end-user programming in an industrial domain. Technical Report, December, 2015.

M. Moser, J. Pichler. Lessons learned from the adoption of documentation generators in scientific software development. Technical Report, December, 2015.

R. Stumptner, C. Lettner, B. Freudenthaler, J. Pichler, W. Kirchmayr, E. Traxler. Maintaining and analyzing production process definitions using a tree-based similarity measure. In E. Hüllermeier, M. Minor (editors), Case-Based Reasoning Research and Development - Proc. ICCBR 2015, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, volume 9343, pages 366-380, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-24586-7_25, Springer, September, 2015.

M. Moser, J. Pichler, G. Fleck, M. Witlatschil. RbG: A documentation generator for scientific and engineering software. In Y. Guéhéneuc, B. Adams, A. Serebrenik (editors), Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution (SANER'15), pages 464-468, IEEE, March, 2015.

M. Moser, J. Pichler. Static code analysis for domain knowledge extraction from fortran and C++ software. Technical Report, September, 2015.

B. Dorninger, J. Pichler, A. Kern. Using static analysis for knowledge extraction from industrial user interfaces  . In R. Koschke, J. Krinke, M. Robillard (editors), Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2015), pages 497-500, September, 2015.

M. Moser, M. Pfeiffer, J. Pichler. A novel domain-specific language for the robot welding automation domain. In Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA2014), pages DOI: 10.1109/ETFA.2014.7005348, IEEE Xplore, October, 2014.

M. Moser, M. Pfeiffer, J. Pichler. Domain-specific modeling in industrial automation: Challenges and experiences. In A. Nair, H. Prähofer, A. Zoitl, R. Jetley, A. Dubey, A. Kumar (editors), Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Modern Software Engineering Methods for Industrial Automation (MoSEMInA 2014), pages 42-51, May/June, 2014.

M. Habringer, M. Moser, J. Pichler. Reverse engineering PL/SQL legacy code: An experience report. Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution - ICSME 2014, pages 553-556 DOI 10.1109/ICSME.2014.93, October, 2014.

C. Klammer, J. Pichler. Towards tool support for analyzing legacy systems in technical domains. In S. Demeyer, D. Binkley, F. Ricca (editors), Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Software Maintenance, Reengineering, and Reverse Engineering (CSMR-WCRE), pages 371-374, IEEE, February, 2014.

M. Pfeiffer, J. Pichler, M. Moser. A DSL for interface programming in robot welding domain. Technical Report, November, 2013.

M. Pfeiffer, J. Pichler, M. Moser. Eine Sprache zur Formulierung der Schnittstelle zwischen Schweißgeräten und Robotern. Technical Report, November, 2013.

J. Pichler. Extraction of documentation from fortran 90 source code: An industrial experience. In A. Cleve, F. Ricca, M. Cerioli (editors), Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering (CSMR 2013), pages 99-402 (DOI: 10.1109/CSMR.2013.58), IEEE, April, 2013.

J. Pichler. Specification extraction by symbolic execution. In R. Lämmel, R. Oliveto, R. Robbes (editors), Proceedings of the 20th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE 2013), pages 462-466, October, 2013.

C. Ernstbrunner, J. Pichler. Aesthetic layout of wiring diagrams. In P. T. Cox, B. Plimmer, P. Rodgers (editors), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference - Proc. DIAGRAMS 2012, volume 7352, pages 80-94, Springer, July, 2012.

G. Czech, J. Pichler. Potential and limitation of automatic user interface generation from XML schemas in engineering domains. Technical Report, number SCCH-TR-1267, November, 2012.

M. Moser, J. Pichler. Supporting program translation by refactoring. Technical Report, number SCCH-TR-1268, November, 2012.

G. Czech, C. Ernstbrunner, J. Pichler. A .NET architecture for model-based domain-expert programming. In R. Fox, W. Golubsk (editors), Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference in Software Engineering, pages 25-32, ACTA Press, February, 2010.

M. Pfeiffer, C. Pichler, J. Pichler. Ein neuer Ansatz für die Maschinenprogrammierung auf Touchscreens. Tagungsband Industrielles Symposium Mechatronik Automatisierung (ISM 2010), pages on CD, Mechatronic-Cluster, November, 2010.

M. Moser, J. Pichler. Gralability: Tool Support for Usability Testing of Graphical Languages. Technical Report, number SCCH-tR-1046, November, 2010.

M. Pfeiffer, J. Pichler. TraDe: A language and its tool support for programming in electrical engineering. In R. Fox, W. Golubski (editors), Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference in Software Engineering, pages 33-40, ACTA Press, February, 2010.

M. Pfeiffer, J. Pichler. A DSM approach for end-user programming in the automation domain. Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN 2009), pages 142-148, Research Publishing Service, June, 2009.

J. Pichler, W. Putschögl. Domain specific source code analysis. Technical Report, number SCCH-TR-0912, ISE, March, 2009.

W. Hargassner, C. Ernstbrunner, J. Pichler. Fat edges: A new approach for partial persistence of hierarchical data in a relational database. In R. Breu (editor), Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering (SE 2009), pages 126-135, Acta Press, February, 2009.

G. Weiß, G. Pomberger, W. Beer, G. Buchgeher, B. Dorninger, J. Pichler, H. Prähofer, R. Ramler, F. Stallinger, R. Weinreich. Software engineering - processes and tools. In B. Buchberger, M. Affenzeller, A. Ferscha, M. Haller, T. Jebelean, E. Klement, P. Paule, G. Pomberger, W. Schreiner, R. Stubenrauch, R. Wagner, G. Weiß, W. Windsteiger (editors), pages 157-236, Springer, June, 2009.

M. Pfeiffer, J. Pichler. A comparison of tool support for textual domain-specific languages. Proceedings of the 8th OOPSLA Workshop on Domain-Specific Modeling (DSM’08), pages 1-7, UAP Printing Solutions, October, 2008.

J. Pichler, R. Ramler. How to test the intangible properties of graphical user interfaces?. Proceedings First International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation, pages 494-497, CPS, April, 2008.

W. Beer, J. Pichler, T. Natschläger, B. Moser. Integratives wissensbasiertes Modell Lebenszyklus-Management von Kalkulations- und Prozessmodellen: eine Vision. Tagungsband Industrielles Symposium Mechatronik Automatisierung, pages 241-245, Clusterland Oberösterreich GmbH / Mechatronik-Cluster, October, 2008.

J. Pichler, H. Prähofer, G. Reisinger, G. Leonhartsberger. Aragon: An industrial strength eclipse tool for MMI design for mobile systems. In W. Hasselbring (editor), Proc. IASTED Int. Conf. on Software Engineering (SE 2007), pages 156-163, ACTA Press, February, 2007.