Dieter Rombach – Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter Rombach has held the Software Engineering Chair in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, since 1992. He was the Executive Director of Fraunhofer IESE from its foundation in 1996 until 2014 and became Director Business Development of Fraunhofer IESE and Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Science Alliance Kaiserslautern in 2015. He is a member of the Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) and a Fellow of ACM and IEEE Computer Society. He has authored more than 200 scientific publications, received numerous awards, and serves as scientific advisor to business, industry, and government. From 1984-1991, he was Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, and from 1986-1991 he was Project Manager at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.
Prof. Rombach’s main research topics can be found in the area of “Software Engineering”, especially in methods for developing software with predictable quality, in quantitative methods for measuring and assessing software products and software processes, in languages and methods for developing and using explicit software process models, in process-based software development environments as well as in software reuse. As a consultant, he works for various U.S. American and European companies.
In 1990, Prof. Rombach received the “Presidential Young Investigator Award” from the National Science Foundation (USA) “in recognition of his successful work in the area of Experimental Software Engineering”. For his exceptional services rendered to the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and his exemplary commitment to the good of society, he received the Order of Merit of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in late 2000. Effective 1 January 2003, Prof. Rombach was appointed Fellow of the American Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in recognition of his achievements in the area of Experimental Software Engineering.
Keynote Title: “New Software Engineering challenges in the era of Digital Transformation”
Abstract:Digital transformation is one major megatrend for the years to come. As digital transformation we define the occurrence of new intelligent products (e.g., trucks that can diagnose themselves) or services (e.g., streaming services) as well as completely new business models (e.g., Uber) by means of interconnecting all things (physical products, digital items, and people) as well as using data intelligently. The resulting smart ecosystems appear in all sectors of Industry, public life as well as private life. These software systems are extremely complex, open, adaptive, and of high quality of service demands. Consequently, we have to adapt our software and system engineering approaches. This presentation lays out the challenges, and offers solutions. In the end, hints towards a new agenda for software engineering research & technology are given. The entire presentation is supported by real-life examples.