Department of Software Engineering, DIPT
Department of Software Engineering
The Department of Software Engineering belongs to the Faculty of Computing and consists of almost 50 people from 19 countries.
Head of Department: Michael Mattsson
Department coordinator: Monique Johansson
Our tradition in software engineering originated from 1990 when we launched Sweden’s first education programme in software engineering. The department’s research and education environment, SERL Sweden ‒ Software Engineering Research and Education Lab Sweden, has since then developed into one of the world’s leading research institutions in software engineering. The department is responsible for study programmes in software engineering on all levels, from Bachelor over Master to PhD.
Research and education at the Department of Software Engineering are fully aligned with BTH’s overarching profile (applied IT and innovation for sustainable growth), and are conducted in close collaboration with partners from both the private and the public sector.
Our strength is the focus on empirical research to strengthen the industry’s competitiveness in the development of software-intensive systems, services and products. Our close collaboration with local, national and international companies promotes new innovations and future technical solutions. BTHs research in software engineering is internationally top-ranked, and many of the department’s researchers are internationally top-ranked within the research area.
Staff
Abdeen, Waleed
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385852
- Email: waleed.abdeen@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Doctoral student
- Room: J2326
Adamov, Oleksandr
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385896
- Email: oleksandr.adamov@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Senior lecturer
- Room: J2617
Ali, Nauman
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385541
- Email: nauman.ali@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Senior lecturer/Associate professor
- Room: J2336
Alégroth, Emil
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385562
- Email: emil.alegroth@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Senior lecturer/Associate professor
Andrade de Almeida, Carlos Diego
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385879
- Email: carlosdiego.andrade.de.almeida@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Doctoral student
- Room: J2609
Angermeir, Florian
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Email: florian.angermeir@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Industridoktorand
Badampudi, Deepika
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385884
- Email: deepika.badampudi@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Senior lecturer/Associate professor
- Room: J2618
Bauer, Andreas
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385724
- Email: andreas.bauer@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Doctoral student
- Room: J2619
Britto, Ricardo
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385835
- Email: ricardo.britto@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Adjungerad universitetslektor
Buarque Franzosi, Diogo
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Email: diogo.buarque.franzosi@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Projektassistent
Börstler, Jürgen
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385867
- Email: jurgen.borstler@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Professor
- Room: J2331
Chen, Xingru
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385847
- Email: xingru.chen@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Doctoral student
- Room: J2614
Dorner, Michael
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385887
- Email: michael.dorner@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Doctoral student
- Room: J2341
Dzamashvili Fogelström, Nina
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385865
- Email: nina.dzamashvili.fogelstrom@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Lecturer
- Room: J2338
Edison, Henry
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385734
- Email: henry.edison@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Senior lecturer
- Room: J2624
Elahidoost, Parisa
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Email: parisa.elahidoost@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Industridoktorand
Eriksson, Anna
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385670
- Email: anna.eriksson@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Samordnare Utbildning och Forskningsprojekt
- Room: J2626
Flyckt, Jonatan
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Email: jonatan.flyckt@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Industridoktorand
Frattini, Julian
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385890
- Email: julian.frattini@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Doctoral student
- Room: J2341
Fridensköld, Torbjörn
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385544
- Email: torbjorn.fridenskold@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Lecturer
- Room: J2330
Fucci, Davide
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385708
- Email: davide.fucci@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Senior lecturer/Associate professor
- Room: J2623
Ghazi, Ahmad Nauman
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385546
- Email: nauman.ghazi@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Senior lecturer
- Room: J2337
Gonzalez Huerta, Javier
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385558
- Email: javier.gonzalez.huerta@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Biträdande professor/Viceprefekt
- Room: J2625
Gorschek, Tony
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385817
- Email: tony.gorschek@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Professor
- Room: J2613
Helmfridsson, Tomas
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Email: tomas.helmfridsson@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Industridoktorand
Iftikhar, Umar
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385869
- Email: umar.iftikhar@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Doctoral student
- Room: J2608
Jabbari, Ramtin
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Email: ramtin.jabbari@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Industridoktorand
Jedrzejewski, Felix
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385527
- Email: felix.jedrzejewski@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Doctoral student
- Room: J2341
Johansson, Conny
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385824
- Email: conny.johansson@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Senior lecturer
- Room: J2329
Johansson, Monique
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385806
- Email: monique.johansson@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Institutionskoordinator
- Room: J2622
Johansson, Oscar
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Email: oscar.johansson@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Doctoral student
- Room: J2609
Klotins, Eriks
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385840
- Email: eriks.klotins@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Senior lecturer/Associate professor
- Room: J2619
Kosenkov, Oleksandr
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Email: oleksandr.kosenkov@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Industridoktorand
Kusetogullari, Anna
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385609
- Email: anna.kusetogullari@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Projektassistent
- Room: J2422
Laiq, Muhammad
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385857
- Email: muhammad.laiq@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Doctoral student
- Room: J2339
Lavesson, Niklas
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385675
- Email: niklas.lavesson@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Professor
- Room: J2333
Ljung, Oliver
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385874
- Email: oliver.ljung@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Doctoral student
- Room: J2608
Mattsson, Michael
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385810
- Email: michael.mattsson@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Professor/Prefekt
- Room: J2611
Mendez Fernandez, Daniel
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385712
- Email: daniel.mendez@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Professor
- Room: J2621
Moe, Nils Brede
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Email: nils.brede.moe@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Adjungerad universitetslektor
Nasir , Nayla
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385845
- Email: nayla.nasir@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Doctoral student
- Room: J2614
Nasir, Usman
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385816
- Email: usman.nasir@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Lecturer
- Room: J2605
Nass, Michel
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Email: michel.nass@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Projektassistent
Paudel, Bhuwan
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385537
- Email: bhuwan.paudel@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Doctoral student
- Room: J2608
Petersen, Kai
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385877
- Email: kai.petersen@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Affilierad professor
Silva, Lakmal
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Email: lakmal.silva@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Industridoktorand
- Room: J2319
Simaremare, Mario
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385551
- Email: mario.simaremare@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Doctoral student
- Room: J2609
Sjöberg, Peter
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Email: peter.sjoberg@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Industridoktorand
Smite, Darja
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385719
- Email: darja.smite@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Professor
- Room: J2335
Sundelin, Anders
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Email: anders.sundelin@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Industridoktorand
- Room: J2339
Svahnberg, Mikael
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385811
- Email: mikael.svahnberg@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Senior lecturer/Associate professor
- Room: J2607
Thode, Lukas
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385819
- Email: lukas.thode@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Doctoral student
- Room: J2608
Tkalich, Anastasiia
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Email: anastasiia.tkalich@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Industridoktorand
Tomic, Stevan
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Email: stevan.tomic@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Adjungerad universitetslektor
Unterkalmsteiner, Michael
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385815
- Email: michael.unterkalmsteiner@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Senior lecturer/Associate professor
- Room: J2616
Usman, Muhammad
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385821
- Email: muhammad.usman@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Universitetslektor/Docent/Studierektor/Proprefekt
- Room: J2328
Wnuk, Krzysztof
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385812
- Email: krzysztof.wnuk@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Professor/Prodekan
- Room: J2615
Wohlin, Claes
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385820
- Email: claes.wohlin@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Professor emeritus
Yu, Liang
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Email: liang.yu@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Industridoktorand
Zabardast, Ehsan
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385892
- Email: ehsan.zabardast@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Adjungerad universitetslektor
- Room: J2623
Zieris, Franz
- Department/Unit: Department of Software Engineering
- Phone: +46 (0)455-385831
- Email: franz.zieris@bth.se
- Workplace: Karlskrona
- Title: Biträdande universitetslektor
- Room: J2327
Research
Software engineering covers techniques, methods and processes for the development of complex software systems and the application of systematic, disciplined and quantifiable approaches to the development, operation and maintenance of software-intensive systems, services and products. Software engineering focuses on the engineering of software development with a particular emphasis on industrial challenges.
The research in software engineering at BTH is conducted by SERL Sweden, which is one of the leading research groups in empirical and evidence-based software engineering in the world. We are closely collaborating with industry to solve actual industrial challenges and strengthen our partners’ competitiveness in the development of software-intensive systems, services and products. We cover a broad set of competencies spanning from technical solutions to business issues. In our research, we integrate top-ranked academic research with strong industrial relevance.
Our research areas include:
Agile/Lean Development
CS/SE Education
Empirical and evidence-based software engineering
Global software engineering
Human-centered software engineering
Requirements engineering
Research methods
Search-based software engineering
Software architecture, -modeling and product lines
Software businesses, ecosystems and innovation
Software quality
Software process improvement
Software product management
Value-based product development
Verification and validation
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Education
The department is responsible for the following study programmes:
- Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering, 180 ECTS (Swedish only)
- Master of Science in Software Engineering, 120 ECTS
- Master of Science of Engineering in Software Development,300 ECTS
- Master of Science in Software Engineering, 60 ECTS
News
PhD Alumni
Michel Nass – 2024
On overcoming challenges with GUI-based test automation
Ehsan Zabardast – 2023
Understanding Asset Degradation in Software Engineering
Raquel Ourigues – 2023
Managing Knowledge Resources in Agile Software Development
Ehsan Zabardast – 2023
Understanding Asset Degradation in Software Engineering
Nasir Mahmood Minhas – 2022
Understanding and improving regression testing practice
Mohsin Irshad – 2021
Realizing the systematic reuse of automated acceptance tests in practice
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Johan Silvander – 2021
Towards Intent-Driven Systems Based on Context Frames
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Farnaz Fotrousi – 2020
Combining User Feedback and Monitoring Data to Support Evidence-based Software Evolution
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Thomas Olsson – 2020
Understanding and Supporting Quality Requirements Engineering in Software-intensive Product Development
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Eriks Klotins – 2019
Software Engineering in Start-up Companies
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Jefferson Seide Molléri – 2019
Views of Research Quality in Empirical Software Engineering
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Muhammad Usman – 2018
Improving Expert Estimation of Software Development Effort in Agile Contexts
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Indira Nurdiani – 2018
Introduction of Agile Practices: Strategies and Impacts
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Bogdan Marculescu – 2017
Interactive Search-Based Software Testing: Development, Evaluation, and Deployment
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Ricardo Britto – 2017
Strategizing and Evaluating the Onboarding of Software Developers in Large-Scale Globally Distributed Legacy Projects
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Ahmad Nauman Ghazi – 2017
Structuring Exploratory Testing through Test Charter Design and Decision Support
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Deepika Badampudi – 2017
Decision-making support for choosing among different component origins
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Michael Unterkalmsteiner – 2015
Coordinating requirements engineering and software testing
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Nauman bin Ali – 2015
Operationalization of lean thinking through value stream mapping with simulation and FLOW
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Ronald Jabangwe – 2015
Software Quality Evaluation for Evolving Systems in Distributed Development Environments
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Mahvish Khurum – 2011
Decision Support for Product Management of Software Intensive Products
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Sebastian Barney – 2011
Software Quality Alignment: Evaluation and Understanding
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Wasif Afzal – 2011
Search-Based Prediction of Software Quality: Evaluations and Comparisons
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Kai Petersen – 2010
Implementing Lean and Agile Software Development in Industry
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Jeanette Eriksson – 2008
Supporting the Cooperative Design Process of End-User Tailoring
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Lars-Ola Damm – 2007
Early and Cost-Effective Software Fault Detection: Measurement and Implementation in an Industrial Setting
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Patrik Berander – 2007
Evolving Prioritization for Software Product Management
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Per Jönsson – 2007
Exploring Process Aspects of Change Impact Analysis
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Tony Gorschek – 2006
Requirements Engineering Supporting Technical Product Management
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Richard Torkar – 2006
Towards Automated Software Testing: Techniques, Classifications and Frameworks
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Miroslaw Staron – 2005
Improving Modeling with UML by Stereotype-based Language Customization
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Kari Rönkkö – 2005
Making Methods Work in Software Engineering: Method Deployment – as a Social Achievement
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Mikael Svahnberg – 2003
Supporting Software Architecture Evolution
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Per-Olof Bengtsson – 2002
Architecture-Level Modifiability Analysis
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Michael Mattsson – 2000
Evolution and Composition of Object-Oriented Frameworks
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