Research
The field of systems and software engineering deals with methods, applications, and tools for the design of complex technical systems and software.
Elements of these systems often originate from the fields of mechatronics and electrical engineering, with an increasing software component. In important industrial applications of embedded systems, such as automation and automotive systems, an interdisciplinary and holistic approach is essential.
From a computer science perspective, software engineering plays a prominent role but cannot be considered in isolation from the development process of the surrounding system. Education, methods, and tools for successful engineering solutions must reflect this connection.
The main focus of these projects is model-based engineering of automation and embedded systems. Such technical applications of computer science contain both hardware and software elements and cannot be designed solely with the tools of classical software engineering.
The interface between computer science, electrical engineering, and automation technology makes this field a significant current challenge with high future potential for graduates.
The central aspect of systematic systems and software engineering lies in computer-internal models and the methodologies that utilize them.
Teach
The SSE department offers courses in software engineering and systems design, primarily aimed at students in computer science, computer engineering, business informatics, and Research in Computer and Systems Engineering (RCSE).
- • Software Engineering 1 (SWT)
- • Software Project (SWP)
- • Complex information technology systems (HIS)
- • System Design (SE)
- • Object-oriented modeling (OOM)
- • Model-driven software development
- • Performance Assessment of Technical Systems (PTS)
- • Software and Systems Engineering (S&SE)
- • Research Skills (RS)
- • Complex Embedded Systems (CES)
- • Lab Training Embedded Systems
As well as main seminar, project seminar, research seminar, group studies, research project and final theses.
New releases
Mehreen Khan and Armin Zimmermann:
Accuracy-Adaptive Speedup of Indirect Optimization Heuristics.
IEEE Int. Systems Conference (SysCon 2026), Halifax, April 2026 (accepted for publication).
Andreas Hildbrandt and Armin Zimmermann:
PFD Calculation of Multi-Channel Safety Functions Considering the Demand Rate.
Proc. 72th Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium (RAMS 2026), January 2026, Miramar Beach, USA.
Tino Jungebloud, Nhung H. Nguyen, Dan Donseong Kim, Armin Zimmermann:
Model-based structural and behavioral cybersecurity risk assessment in system designs.
in Computers & Security, Volume 157, October 2025, 104543.
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