UC Research Profile - University of Canterbury

Professor Matthias Galster

Contact

Department: Computer Science and Software Engineering

Email: matthias.galster@canterbury.ac.nz

Office: Jack Erskine 314

Language: English

About

Research / Creative works

Fields of Research

Software engineering
Software processes
Software requirements engineering
Software architecture
Empirical software engineering

Researcher Summary

I conduct research in the area of software engineering. I am particularly interested in studying and improving the way we develop high quality software, including productive teams, processes and practices, and empirical software engineering. My focus is on software requirements engineering, software architecture, and software development processes and practices.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Sciences: Computer Science ; Information Systems ; Information Technology
Engineering and Technology: Computer & Software Engineering

Resources

Staff webpage

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

Galster M. (2023) Foreword. UML-Based Software Product Line Engineering with SMarty : ix-xii.

Galster M. and Weyns D. (2023) Empirical research in software architecture — Perceptions of the community. Journal of Systems and Software 202 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2023.111684.

Galster M., Mitrovic A., Malinen S., Holland J. and Peiris P. (2023) Soft skills required from software professionals in New Zealand. Information and Software Technology 160 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2023.107232.

Luczak-Roesch M., Galster M. and Shedlock K. (2023) The Veracity Grand Challenge in Computing: A Perspective from Aotearoa New Zealand. Communications of the ACM 66(7): 67-69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3589154.

Chapters

Lima C., Colana TE., Galster M., Machado I. and OliveiraJr E. (2023) Software product line architectures. UML-Based Software Product Line Engineering with SMarty: 41-55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18556-4_3.

Nakagawa EY., Antonino PO., Galster M. and Kuhn T. (2023) Future Advances in Reference Architectures. Reference Architectures for Critical Domains: Industrial Uses and Impacts: 199-211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16957-1_9.

Conference Contributions - Published

Dietrich J., Galster M. and Luczak-Roesch M. (2023) On Retrofitting Provenance for Transparent and Fair Software-Drivers and Challenges. In Proceedings - 2023 IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Equitable Data and Technology, FairWare 2023: 14-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/FairWare59297.2023.00007.

Savarimuthu BTR., Zareen Z., Cheriyan J., Yasir M. and Galster M. (2023) Barriers for Social Inclusion in Online Software Engineering Communities - A Study of Offensive Language Use in Gitter Projects. In ACM International Conference Proceeding Series: 217-222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3593434.3593463.