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We are glad to announce that our presentation proposal on "Experiences with Automated Field Usability Testing Using Generated Task Models" and our tutorial proposal "Testing and Domain-Specific Modelling with TDL" have been accepted for the User Conference on Advanced Automated Testing (UCAAT) 2016. The UCAAT is organized by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

Our short paper on "Monitoring Software Quality by Means of Simulation Methods" was accepted at the ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM) 2016. The paper describes an agent-based simulation model for software processes that was retrieved by mining software repositories. The work was done in the context of our project on Assuring Software Quality by Means of Simulation Methods. 

We are happy to announce that Fabian Trautsch, Steffen Herbold, Philip Makedonski, and Jens Grabowski won an ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award for their paper "Adressing Problems with External Validity of Repository Mining Studies Through a Smart Data Platform" at the 13th International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR). Within the paper, four major problems in the state of practice of software repository mining that threaten the external validity of research results, i.e., the generalizability of drawn conclussions, are discussed. The SmartSHARK smart data platform is proposed and evaluated as a potential solution. The smart data platform is an outcome of the Master thesis of Fabian Trautsch which was supervised by Steffen Herbold. ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Awards can be awarded to the top 10% of technical full papers at high profile conferences sponsored by the ACM.

The head of our group, Prof. Dr. Jens Grabowski, again joins a Specialist Task Force (STF) of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) for the maintenance of the Testing and Test Control Notation (TTCN-3). This is already 12th STF with this focus that Prof. Grabowski is part of. Details on the project can be found here: /research/further-development-and-maintenance-ttcn-3-stf-213-253-337-349-380-393-430-446-460-478-491.