
Data Centric Software Systems Research Group
Data centric software systems support the communication, processing and analysis of large, heterogeneous data volumes and streams in modern application scenarios. These include complex IT landscapes, online platforms, cyber-physical systems and software-based networks. These systems must function efficiently, scalably, reliably and trustworthily at all times.
Members of the Data Centric Software Systems (DSS) Research Group at the Institute of Applied Research pool their competencies at the application and system level and develop innovative and viable solutions together with partners from industry and academic research.
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Selected Publications
- J. Gauss, S. Gohlke, and Z. Nochta, On the Collaborative Use of EV Charging Infrastructures in the Context of Commercial Real Estate, in Proc. Int. Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition, Oslo, Norway, 2022.
- D. Monschein and O. P. Waldhorst, SPCAuth: Scalable and Privacy-Preserving Continuous Authentication for Web Applications, in Proc. 46th IEEE Conf. on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Virt. Conf., 2021.
- D. Monschein, J. A. Peregrina Pérez, T. Piotrowski, Z. Nochta, O. P. Waldhorst, and C. Zirpins, Towards a Peer-to-Peer Federated Machine Learning Environment for Continuous Authentication, in Proc. 1st IEEE Int. Workshop on Distributed and Intelligent Systems (DistInSys), co-located with 26th IEEE Symp. on Computers and Communications (ISCC), Athens, Greece, 2021.
- D. Monschein and O. P. Waldhorst, Privacy-Preserving and Scalable Authentication based on Network Connection Traces, in Proc. GI/ITG Conf. on Networked Systems (NetSys), Virt. Conf., 2021.
- C. Zirpins, I. Paraskakis, V. Andrikopoulos, N. Kratzke, C. Pahl, N. E. Ioini, A. S. Andreou, G. Feuerlicht, W. Lamersdorf, G. Ortiz, W. van den Heuvel, J. Soldani, M. Villari, G. Casale, and P. Plebani (Eds.), Advances in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing - Int. Workshops of ESOCC 2020, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, September 28-30, 2020, Revised Selected Papers, Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1360, Springer, 2021.
- T. Wink and Z. Nochta, An Approach for Peer-to-Peer Federated Learning, in Proc. Workshop on Dependable and Secure Machine Learning, co-located with 51th IEEE/IFIP Int. Conf. on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), Virt. Conf., 2021.
- J. Peregrina Pérez, G. Ortiz Bellot, and C. Zirpins, Towards Data Governance for Federated Machine Learning in Secure Web-based Systems, in Jornadas de Investigación Predoctoral en Ingeniería Informática (JIPII2021), Cádiz, Spain, 2021.
- D. Monschein, J. A. Peregrina Pérez, T. Piotrowski, Z. Nochta, O. P. Waldhorst, and C. Zirpins, KIWI: Artificial Intelligence for Secure Web Infrastructures, Forschung Aktuell, 40–43, 2021.
- A. S. Andreou, G. Feuerlicht, W.-J. van den Heuvel, W. Lamersdorf, G. Ortiz, and C. Zirpins, Introduction to the 16th Int. Workshop on Engineering Service-Oriented Applications and Cloud Services (WESOACS 2020), 2021.
- S. Hintzen, Y. Liesy, and C. Zirpins, A Third-Party Replication Service for Dynamic Hidden Databases, Service Oriented Computing and Applications, 2021.
- A. Andreou, G. Feuerlicht, W. Lamersdorf, G. Ortiz, W.-J. van den Heuvel, and C. Zirpins, Introduction to the 15th Int. Workshop on Engineering Service-Oriented Applications and Cloud Services, in Service-Oriented Computing - ICSOC 2019 Workshops - WESOACS, ASOCA, ISYCC, TBCE, and STRAPS, Toulouse, France, October 28-31, 2019, Revised Selected Papers, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 12019, Springer, 2020.
- R. Kloe, T. Zylowski, and C. Zirpins, Dynamic Re-Configuration of Conversationally Initiated Automated Negotiations, in 24th IEEE Int. Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Workshop, EDOC Workshops 2020, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, October 5, 2020, 95–98, IEEE, 2020.
- A. Andreou, L. Baresi, G. Feuerlicht, W. Lamersdorf, G. Ortiz, W.-J. van den Heuvel, and C. Zirpins, 14th Int. Workshop on Engineering Service-Oriented Applications and Cloud Services, WESOCS 2018 Preface, in Advances in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing – Workshops of ESOCC 2018, Como, Italy, September 12–14, 2018, Revised Selected Papers, CCIS, vol. 1115, Springer, 2020.
- S. Jäger, H.-P. Zorn, S. Igel, and C. Zirpins, Parallelized Training of Deep NN: Comparison of Current Concepts and Frameworks, in Proc. 2nd Workshop on Distributed Infrastructures for Deep Learning (DIDL), 15–20, ACM, 2018.
- A. Andreou, L. Baresi, G. Feuerlicht, W. Lamersdorf, G. Ortiz, and C. Zirpins, Introduction to the 13th Int. Workshop on Engineering Service-Oriented Applications and Cloud Services (WESOACS'17), in Service-Oriented Computing–ICSOC 2017 Workshops: ASOCA, ISyCC, WESOACS, and Satellite Events, Málaga, Spain, November 13–16, 2017, Revised Selected Papers, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10797, Springer, 2018.
- M. Vogel, S. Weber, and C. Zirpins, Experiences on Migrating RESTful Web Services to GraphQL, in Service-Oriented Computing–ICSOC 2017 Workshops: ASOCA, ISyCC, WESOACS, and Satellite Events, Málaga, Spain, November 13–16, 2017, Revised Selected Papers, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10797, Springer, 2018.
- J. Stählin, S. Lang, F. Kajzar, and C. Zirpins, Consumer-Driven API Testing with Performance Contracts, in A. Lazovik and S. Schulte (Eds.), Advances in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing Workshops of ESOCC 2016, Vienna, Austria, September 5–7, 2016, Revised Selected Papers, Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 707, 135–143, Springer, Cham, 2018.
- G. Rydzynski, A. Felic, and C. Zirpins, An Ontology-Based Hierarchical Clustering Approach for Decision Support in Mass Customization Environments, in 2017 2nd Int. Conf. on Knowledge Engineering and Applications (ICKEA), 199–203, IEEE, 2017.
- C. Zirpins, Situational Data-Analytics for the Web-of-Things, in Proc. 1st Int. Workshop on Mashups of Things and APIs, MOTA '16, 6:1–6:4, ACM, 2016.
- G. Feuerlicht, W. Lamersdorf, G. Ortiz, and C. Zirpins, Introduction to the 11th Int. Workshop on Engineering Service-Oriented Applications (WESOA'15), in Service-Oriented Computing – ICSOC 2015 Workshops, no. 9586 in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, XIII – XIV, Springer, 2016.
- Z. Nochta, Efficiency and Performance in Internet-of-Things Scenarios, US Patent 10855566, 2016.
- G. Feuerlicht, W. Lamersdorf, G. Ortiz, and C. Zirpins, Introduction to the 10th Int. Workshop on Engineering Service-Oriented Applications (WESOA 2014), in Service-Oriented Computing - ICSOC 2014 Workshops WESOA; SeMaPS, RMSOC, KASA, ISC, FOR-MOVES, CCSA and Satellite Events, Paris, France, November 3-6, 2014, Revised Selected Papers, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8954, XIII – XV, Springer, 2015.
- E. Wittern and C. Zirpins, Modeling and Participatory Ranking of Service Design Alternatives, Software and Systems Modeling, Online(May 2014), 2014.
- G. Feuerlicht, W. Lamersdorf, G. Ortiz, and C. Zirpins, Introduction to the 9th Int. Workshop on Engineering Service-Oriented Applications (WESOA'13), in Service-Oriented Computing - ICSOC 2013 Workshops - CCSA, CSB, PASCEB, SWESE, WESOA, and PhD Symp., Berlin, Germany, December 2-5, 2013. Revised Selected Papers, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8377, Springer, 2014.
- M. Kleeberg, C. Zirpins, and H. Kirchner, Information Systems Integration in the Cloud: Scenarios, Challenges and Technology Trends, in Future Business Software – Current Trends in Business Software Development, Progress in IS, 39–54, Springer, 2014.