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This category contains all posts I wrote about the research I perform. I mainly work on the following topics: automated software testing, reverse engineering using static and dynamic analysis and plug-in based systems.

Code reviews Research 

Build your own “intelligent” code review reminder

December 29, 2020February 6, 2025 Dr. Michaela Greiler 0 Comments

In this post, I show you how the intelligent code review reminder Microsoft Nudge works, so that you can build or enhance your own and speed up code review completion time by 60%.

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Testing Research 

Test Suite Comprehension for Modular and Dynamic Systems

February 22, 2020March 3, 2020 Dr. Michaela Greiler 0 Comments

Test suite comprehension became more difficult over the last decade as test suites have grown substantially. Especially for modular and

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Marketplace for regional products

February 18, 2019February 6, 2025 Dr. Michaela Greiler 2 Comments

One of the first projects, I started building on my journey to entrepreneurship is an online platform called “zweimalfreude”. This probably reads like gibberish and that is okay.

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Research 

Keynote about data-driven decision making

February 9, 2019February 17, 2019 Dr. Michaela Greiler 0 Comments

This keynote about data-driven decision making, I gave at the International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology

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Keynote about Code reviews: abstract

February 9, 2019February 17, 2019 Dr. Michaela Greiler 0 Comments

Abstract of keynote: Four eyes see more than two. Following this well-known principle, within Microsoft, code reviews are a part

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Best practices for avoiding test smells

January 19, 2019February 17, 2019 Dr. Michaela Greiler 0 Comments

An important challenge in creating automated tests is how to design test fixtures, i.e., the setup code that initializes the

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Research 

100+ public data sets for data scientist and founders

January 10, 2019February 17, 2019 Dr. Michaela Greiler 0 Comments

Public data sets are a bliss to start a new business or accelerate your existing business. With the help of algorithms you can learn insights from the data sets that can be used to solve problems or to make predictions.

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Research 

Checklist: What you need to do as a Program Chair?

October 3, 2016February 17, 2019 Dr. Michaela Greiler 4 Comments

If you have been asked to be a program chair for the first time, or whether you already served as

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Research 

Source code analysis and manipulation – Conference Deadline

May 18, 2016February 17, 2019 Dr. Michaela Greiler 0 Comments

With only one month to go, time is ticking to submit to SCAM 2016 the International Conference on Source Code Analysis

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Research 

Data-driven: Can we change what we can measure?

September 25, 2014February 17, 2019 Dr. Michaela Greiler 2 Comments

This week, I am in sunny Portugal as I am invited as the keynote speaker at the International Conference on

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Research 

The skill to say “No” — Agile product ownership

September 8, 2014February 17, 2019 Dr. Michaela Greiler 0 Comments

Today, I watched a short, concise and informative video about agile product ownership. I especially liked the part that highlights the

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Research 

Finding anti-patterns in test code with TestHound

February 7, 2013February 17, 2019 Dr. Michaela Greiler 0 Comments

Designing automated tests is a challenging task. One important concern is how to design test fixtures, i.e. code that initializes

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Research Software Quality Testing 

Testing Practices for Plug-in Systems: Confessions

June 6, 2012August 18, 2020 Dr. Michaela Greiler 0 Comments

Testing plug-in based systems is challenging due to complex interactions among many different plug-ins, and variations in version and configuration.

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Research 

Eclipse Test Suite Exploration Tool

November 8, 2010February 17, 2019 Dr. Michaela Greiler 0 Comments

Plug-in architectures enable developers to build extensible software products. Such products are assembled from plug-ins, and their functionality can be

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