1.3 Letters to Stakeholders

The year 2019 was our tenth year at FAU and a stellar one at that. We published several top-tier journal and conference papers and broke the €1M annual revenue barrier. The Sweble project, now the EDITIVE startup, regrouped and emerged with a new entrepreneurial team stronger than ever. Three new r...

Summary 2018 was another successful year for our group, continuing the growth of prior years. We published in top journals and conferences and further ramped up revenues through an array of DFG, BMBF, and BMWi public grants that we won as well as industry funds that we acquired. The personnel situat...

Welcome to the 2017 (year-end) letter to stakeholders of the Professorship of Open Source Software at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg! (Download as PDF.) Highlights In 2017, we continued our successful work from prior years, focussing on existing projects. Revenues kept growing ...

Welcome to the 2016 (year-end) letter to stakeholders of the Professorship of Open Source Software at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg! (Download as PDF.) Highlights Research Teaching Industry Finances Alumni Thank you! Highlights In 2016, we started multiple new ...

1. Summary 2015 marks the sixth year of the Professorship for Open Source Software at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg. Revenues increased, the group size did not change, and student numbers are up. Publication output was good and appropriate for our group size. Teaching remains...

1. Summary 2014 marks the fifth year of the Professorship for Open Source Software at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg. Revenues increased slightly, we added more members to the group, and student numbers are up as well. Publication output dipped with many submissions in t...

2013 marks the fourth year of the Professorship for Open Source Software at the Friedrich-Alexander-University. We were able to keep growing in terms of revenue and student numbers while at the same time sharpening and clarifying our research focus and our software engineering curriculum. This stand...

Overview and Summary The Professur für Open-Source-Software (OSR Group) performs software engineering research and teaching with a focus on applications in industry. The professorship is led by Prof. Riehle. He also leads the research and teaching alliance applied software engineering, joint...

The Open Source Research Group is looking back on a second successful year at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). Overview Research Teaching Entrepreneurship Public Service Thank You! Publications Student Theses More Links 1. Research In our open sou...

Table of Contents Year-end Summary Mini Symposium More Information 1. Year-end Summary The Open Source Research (OSR) Group was founded in Sept 2009, so it has been 16 months since inception. We hope to be writing a year-end summary every year, available to anyone interested. FAU...