August 2026 SWE-SE-SCI update. Neither any new scholars nor signature works. mrksbrg.com/swesesci/

July 2026 SWE-SE-SCI update. New signature work by Borg: Echoes of AI: Investigating the downstream effects of AI assistants on software maintainability (EMSE) mrksbrg.com/swesesci/

June 2026 SWE-SE-SCI update. Three new signature works! Smite: two JSS papers on remote work. Jolak: one JSS paper on security chaos engineering (JSS) Holm moved from KTH to FOI. Spring cleaning: Jongeling, Alhanahnah, Kajko-Mattsson, Sandahl, Pareto, and Lindström (removed). mrksbrg.com/swesesci/

Thoughts and prayers.

May 2026 SWE-SE-SCI update. Flammini left Sweden (removed). New signature work by Linåker: Assessing OSS Health in Organizations’ Intake Processes: A Qualitative Study on the Practitioners’ Perspective (EMSE) mrksbrg.com/swesesci/

April 2026 SWE-SE-SCI update. New scholar added: Lucy Ellen Lwakatare, Jönköping University. mrksbrg.com/swesesci/

Giving a talk at Tech Hub Aarhus Day! Nice friendly event with 500+ people. "Code Rot at Machine Speed" is my title today.

March 2026 SWE-SE-SCI update. Neither any new scholars nor signature works. mrksbrg.com/swesesci/

February 2026 SWE-SE-SCI update! New scholar added: Mazen Mohamad, RISE. Franke moved to the Swedish Defence University. New signature work by Caporuscio: A self-sustainable service assembly for decentralized computing environments (JSS) mrksbrg.com/swesesci/

Leaving Örebro and the WASP Winter Conference 2026. Nice event! Good to meet old friends and software+CodeScene got some visibility in this AI-heavy community. The mix is obviously needed to make things happen.

First 2026 SWE-SE-SCI update! New signature works by Ovais Ahmad: Technical debt is not just technical: An industrial case study in large agile sw. development (JSS) and Heyn: Causal models for specifying reqts. in industrial ML-based sw - A case study (JSS) mrksbrg.com/swesesci/

At Øredev this week, a big dev conference at home. Space is very present this year. Speaking tomorrow - should find a way to integrate something astronomical. oredev.org #oredev

November SWE-SE-SCI update. New signature work by Bucaioni: A checklist of quality concerns for architecting ML-intensive systems (JSS) mrksbrg.com/swesesci/

We have extended the deadline until November 9th, Anywhere on Earth. This just might be your chance to join us at **AST 2026** in Rio de Janeiro! Consider submitting! See: conf.researchr.org/home/ast-2026

Andy Zaidman@azaidman.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The deadline is just around the corner: you have 4 more days! Submit to Automation of Software Test (AST 2026) and have a chance to meet up with the community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in April 2026 (co-located with #ICSE2026) #AST2026 #CallForPapers #softwaretesting cc @mrksbrg.bsky.social

Happening right now: Matthias Wagner presents his licentiate thesis on SE and the EU AI Act! Proud supervisor. 👍

The deadline is just around the corner: you have 4 more days! Submit to Automation of Software Test (AST 2026) and have a chance to meet up with the community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in April 2026 (co-located with #ICSE2026) #AST2026 #CallForPapers #softwaretesting cc @mrksbrg.bsky.social

Andy Zaidman@azaidman.bsky.social · last yr.

AST (Automation of Software Test) is back and will again by co-located with ICSE’26 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). We are looking forward to your submissions on anything related to software testing! conf.researchr.org/home/ast-2026 #softwaretesting #softwareQA #ICSE #ICSE2026

CFP: AST 2026 - Automation of Software Test (co-located with ICSE). Deadline: 26 Oct 2025 (AoE). Seeking strong work in testing/automation. Details: conf.researchr.org/home/ast-2026

October SWE-SE-SCI update. New signature work by Alhanahnah: An empirical evaluation of pre-trained large language models for repairing declarative formal specifications (EMSE) mrksbrg.com/swesesci/

Finally in York! I’ve wanted to visit for a long time. So many things here connect to the Swedish WASP program. Great training and symposium! @cfaa.bsky.social

AST (Automation of Software Test) is back and will again by co-located with ICSE’26 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). We are looking forward to your submissions on anything related to software testing! conf.researchr.org/home/ast-2026 #softwaretesting #softwareQA #ICSE #ICSE2026

September SWE-SE-SCI update. New scholar added: Tomas Gustavsson, Karlstad University. mrksbrg.com/swesesci/

August SWE-SE-SCI update. Two new signature publications, both from Karlstad. 1) Ovais Ahmed: It all starts with structure: investigating learning dynamics in large-scale agile (JSS) 2) Ahmed: Smart manufacturing: MLOps-enabled event-driven arch for steel production (JSS) mrksbrg.com/swesesci/

July Swe-SE-SCI update. New signature work by Jongeling: How are informal diagrams used in SE? An exploratory study of open-source and industrial practices. (Softw. Syst. Model.) mrksbrg.com/swesesci/

June Swe-SE-SCI update. New scholar added: Leonardo Horn Iwaya, Karlstad University. mrksbrg.com/swesesci/

Checking if the meetups are greener on the other side of the bridge today! In Copenhagen to listen to Microsoft. And others!

Guess I'm not the only one doing #icse25 laundry today?

May Swe-SE-SCI update. New signature work by Linåker: Public sector open source software projects - How is development organized? (EMSE) mrksbrg.com/swesesci/

My @icseconf.bsky.social 2025 trip starts now! It's a long one, and despite heading west, I'm relieved I don’t have to set foot in the US this time. Looking forward to meeting the community! #icse25

#TechDebt is just around the corner and you do no want to miss the presentation of the 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼 on Monday 28 at 14:10! 💪 Zadia Codabux and Neil Ernst will share insights from the Dagstuhl Perspectives Workshop on “Reframing Technical Debt”! 🌎 Check out the full program👇 lnkd.in/dauWNgm5

April 2025 SWE-SE-SCI update. Two new signature works. Bucaioni: Model-driven engineering for software architecture (JSS). Jolak: An empirical investigation of the impact of architectural smells on software maintainability (JSS). mrksbrg.com/swesesci/