| 2025 | ICSE | Hints Help Finding and Fixing Bugs Differently in Python and Text-Based Program Representations. | Ruchit Rawal, Victor-Alexandru Padurean, Sven Apel, Adish Singla, Mariya Toneva |
| 2025 | ICSE | Software Model Evolution with Large Language Models: Experiments on Simulated, Public, and Industrial Datasets. | Christof Tinnes, Alisa Welter, Sven Apel |
| 2025 | IFM | Automata Learning - Expect Delays! | Gabriel Dengler, Sven Apel, Holger Hermanns |
| 2024 | ECOOP | Scaling Interprocedural Static Data-Flow Analysis to Large C/C++ Applications: An Experience Report. | Fabian Schiebel, Florian Sattler, Philipp Dominik Schubert, Sven Apel, Eric Bodden |
| 2024 | ESEM | Data Analysis Tools Affect Outcomes of Eye-Tracking Studies. | Timon Drzapf, Norman Peitek, Marvin Wyrich, Sven Apel |
| 2023 | ICSE | Analysing the Impact of Workloads on Modeling the Performance of Configurable Software Systems. | Stefan Mhlbauer, Florian Sattler, Christian Kaltenecker, Johannes Dorn, Sven Apel, Norbert Siegmund |
| 2023 | ICSE | Twins or False Friends? A Study on Energy Consumption and Performance of Configurable Software. | Max Weber, Christian Kaltenecker, Florian Sattler, Sven Apel, Norbert Siegmund |
| 2023 | SCAM | Behind Developer Contributions on Conflicting Merge Scenarios. | Gustavo Vale, Eduardo Fernandes, Eduardo Figueiredo, Sven Apel |
| 2022 | ICSE | Causality in Configurable Software Systems. | Clemens Dubslaff, Kallistos Weis, Christel Baier, Sven Apel |
| 2022 | ICSE | On Debugging the Performance of Configurable Software Systems: Developer Needs and Tailored Tool Support. | Miguel Velez, Pooyan Jamshidi, Norbert Siegmund, Sven Apel, Christian Kstner |
| 2021 | ECOOP | Lifted Static Analysis of Dynamic Program Families by Abstract Interpretation. | Aleksandar S. Dimovski, Sven Apel |
| 2021 | FASE | A Decision Tree Lifted Domain for Analyzing Program Families with Numerical Features. | Aleksandar S. Dimovski, Sven Apel, Axel Legay |
| 2021 | ICSE | Program Comprehension and Code Complexity Metrics: An fMRI Study. | Norman Peitek, Sven Apel, Chris Parnin, Andr Brechmann, Janet Siegmund |
| 2021 | ICSE | Program Comprehension and Code Complexity Metrics: A Replication Package of an fMRI Study. | Norman Peitek, Sven Apel, Chris Parnin, Andr Brechmann, Janet Siegmund |
| 2021 | ICSE | White-Box Analysis over Machine Learning: Modeling Performance of Configurable Systems. | Miguel Velez, Pooyan Jamshidi, Norbert Siegmund, Sven Apel, Christian Kstner |
| 2021 | ICSE | White-Box Performance-Influence Models: A Profiling and Learning Approach. | Max Weber, Sven Apel, Norbert Siegmund |
| 2021 | ICSE | White-Box Performance-Influence Models: A Profiling and Learning Approach (Replication Package). | Max Weber, Sven Apel, Norbert Siegmund |
| 2019 | ICSE | Recommending unnecessary source code based on static analysis: poster. | Roman Haas, Rainer Niedermayr, Tobias Rhm, Sven Apel |
| 2019 | ICSE | Distance-based sampling of software configuration spaces. | Christian Kaltenecker, Alexander Grebhahn, Norbert Siegmund, Jianmei Guo, Sven Apel |
| 2019 | ICSE | PLUS: performance learning for uncertainty of software. | Catia Trubiani, Sven Apel |
| 2019 | SPLC | Feature-family-based reliability analysis of software product lines. | Andr Lanna, Thiago M. Castro, Vander Alves, Genana Nunes Rodrigues, Pierre-Yves Schobbens, Sven Apel |
| 2018 | ESEM | Simultaneous measurement of program comprehension with fMRI and eye tracking: a case study. | Norman Peitek, Janet Siegmund, Chris Parnin, Sven Apel, Johannes C. Hofmeister, Andr Brechmann |
| 2018 | ETRA | Toward conjoint analysis of simultaneous eye-tracking and fMRI data for program-comprehension studies. | Norman Peitek, Janet Siegmund, Chris Parnin, Sven Apel, Andr Brechmann |
| 2018 | ETRA | Beyond gaze: preliminary analysis of pupil dilation and blink rates in an fMRI study of program comprehension. | Norman Peitek, Janet Siegmund, Chris Parnin, Sven Apel, Andr Brechmann |
| 2017 | ICSE | Classifying developers into core and peripheral: an empirical study on count and network metrics. | Mitchell Joblin, Sven Apel, Claus Hunsen, Wolfgang Mauerer |
| 2016 | ICSE | A comparison of 10 sampling algorithms for configurable systems. | Flvio Medeiros, Christian Kstner, Mrcio Ribeiro, Rohit Gheyi, Sven Apel |
| 2016 | SPLC | Do #ifdefs influence the occurrence of vulnerabilities? an empirical study of the linux kernel. | Gabriel Ferreira, Momin M. Malik, Christian Kstner, Jrgen Pfeffer, Sven Apel |
| 2015 | FASE | Facilitating Reuse in Multi-goal Test-Suite Generation for Software Product Lines. | Johannes Brdek, Malte Lochau, Stefan Bauregger, Andreas Holzer, Alexander von Rhein, Sven Apel, Dirk Beyer |
| 2015 | ICSE | From Developer Networks to Verified Communities: A Fine-Grained Approach. | Mitchell Joblin, Wolfgang Mauerer, Sven Apel, Janet Siegmund, Dirk Riehle |
| 2015 | ICSE | Morpheus: Variability-Aware Refactoring in the Wild. | Jrg Liebig, Andreas Janker, Florian Garbe, Sven Apel, Christian Lengauer |
| 2015 | ICSE | Presence-Condition Simplification in Highly Configurable Systems. | Alexander von Rhein, Alexander Grebhahn, Sven Apel, Norbert Siegmund, Dirk Beyer, Thorsten Berger |
| 2015 | ICSE | Views on Internal and External Validity in Empirical Software Engineering. | Janet Siegmund, Norbert Siegmund, Sven Apel |
| 2014 | EuroPar | ExaStencils: Advanced Stencil-Code Engineering. | Christian Lengauer, Sven Apel, Matthias Bolten, Armin Grlinger, Frank Hannig, Harald Kstler, Ulrich Rde, Jrgen Teich, Alexander Grebhahn, Stefan Kronawitter, Sebastian Kuckuk, Hannah Rittich, Christian Schmitt |
| 2014 | GPCE | On the relation between internal and external feature interactions in feature-oriented product lines: a case study. | Sergiy S. Kolesnikov, Judith Roth, Sven Apel |
| 2014 | GPCE | Does feature scattering follow power-law distributions?: an investigation of five pre-processor-based systems. | Rodrigo Queiroz, Leonardo Teixeira Passos, Marco Tlio Valente, Sven Apel, Krzysztof Czarnecki |
| 2014 | ICSE | Understanding understanding source code with functional magnetic resonance imaging. | Janet Siegmund, Christian Kstner, Sven Apel, Chris Parnin, Anja Bethmann, Thomas Leich, Gunter Saake, Andr Brechmann |
| 2014 | OOPSLA | Variational Data Structures: Exploring Tradeoffs in Computing with Variability. | Eric Walkingshaw, Christian Kstner, Martin Erwig, Sven Apel, Eric Bodden |
| 2013 | GPCE | Exploring feature interactions in the wild: the new feature-interaction challenge. | Sven Apel, Sergiy S. Kolesnikov, Norbert Siegmund, Christian Kstner, Brady Garvin |
| 2013 | GPCE | A comparison of product-based, feature-based, and family-based type checking. | Sergiy S. Kolesnikov, Alexander von Rhein, Claus Hunsen, Sven Apel |
| 2013 | GPCE | Does the discipline of preprocessor annotations matter?: a controlled experiment. | Sandro Schulze, Jrg Liebig, Janet Siegmund, Sven Apel |
| 2013 | GPCE | Family-based performance measurement. | Norbert Siegmund, Alexander von Rhein, Sven Apel |
| 2013 | ICSE | Strategies for product-line verification: case studies and experiments. | Sven Apel, Alexander von Rhein, Philipp Wendler, Armin Grlinger, Dirk Beyer |
| 2013 | SPLC | Formal methods and analysis in software product line engineering: 4th edition of FMSPLE workshop series. | Dave Clarke, Ina Schaefer, Maurice H. ter Beek, Sven Apel, Joanne M. Atlee |
| 2012 | FASE | Applying Design by Contract to Feature-Oriented Programming. | Thomas Thm, Ina Schaefer, Martin Kuhlemann, Sven Apel, Gunter Saake |
| 2012 | GPCE | Toward variability-aware testing. | Christian Kstner, Alexander von Rhein, Sebastian Erdweg, Jonas Pusch, Sven Apel, Tillmann Rendel, Klaus Ostermann |
| 2012 | GPCE | Comparing program comprehension of physically and virtually separated concerns. | Janet Siegmund, Christian Kstner, Jrg Liebig, Sven Apel |
| 2012 | GPCE | Family-based deductive verification of software product lines. | Thomas Thm, Ina Schaefer, Martin Hentschel, Sven Apel |
| 2012 | ICSE | Predicting performance via automated feature-interaction detection. | Norbert Siegmund, Sergiy S. Kolesnikov, Christian Kstner, Sven Apel, Don S. Batory, Marko Rosenmller, Gunter Saake |
| 2011 | ESEM | Exploring Software Measures to Assess Program Comprehension. | Janet Feigenspan, Sven Apel, Jrg Liebig, Christian Kstner |
| 2011 | GPCE | Tailoring dynamic software product lines. | Marko Rosenmller, Norbert Siegmund, Mario Pukall, Sven Apel |
| 2011 | ICSE | Feature cohesion in software product lines: an exploratory study. | Sven Apel, Dirk Beyer |
| 2011 | ICSE | View infinity: a zoomable interface for feature-oriented software development. | Michael Stengel, Mathias Frisch, Sven Apel, Janet Feigenspan, Christian Kstner, Raimund Dachselt |
| 2011 | ICST | Proof Composition for Deductive Verification of Software Product Lines. | Thomas Thm, Ina Schaefer, Martin Kuhlemann, Sven Apel |
| 2011 | SPLC | Third International Workshop on Feature-Oriented Software Development (FOSD 2011). | Sven Apel, Florian Heidenreich, Christian Kstner, Marko Rosenmller |
| 2011 | SPLC | The road to feature modularity? | Christian Kstner, Sven Apel, Klaus Ostermann |
| 2011 | SPLC | Automatic detection of feature interactions using the Java modeling language: an experience report. | Wolfgang Scholz, Thomas Thm, Sven Apel, Christian Lengauer |
| 2011 | SPLC | Scalable Prediction of Non-functional Properties in Software Product Lines. | Norbert Siegmund, Marko Rosenmller, Christian Kstner, Paolo G. Giarrusso, Sven Apel, Sergiy S. Kolesnikov |
| 2010 | GPCE | Language-independent reference checking in software product lines. | Sven Apel, Wolfgang Scholz, Christian Lengauer, Christian Kstner |
| 2010 | GPCE | Code clones in feature-oriented software product lines. | Sandro Schulze, Sven Apel, Christian Kstner |
| 2010 | GPCE | Automating energy optimization with features. | Norbert Siegmund, Marko Rosenmller, Sven Apel |
| 2010 | ICSE | An analysis of the variability in forty preprocessor-based software product lines. | Jrg Liebig, Sven Apel, Christian Lengauer, Christian Kstner, Michael Schulze |
| 2010 | ISSRE | Detecting Dependences and Interactions in Feature-Oriented Design. | Sven Apel, Wolfgang Scholz, Christian Lengauer, Christian Kstner |
| 2010 | SPLC | 1st International Workshop on Formal Methods in Software Product Line Engineering (FMSPLE 2010). | Ina Schaefer, Martin Becker, Ralf Carbon, Sven Apel |
| 2009 | BTW | SQL la Carte - Toward Tailor-made Data Management. | Marko Rosenmller, Christian Kstner, Norbert Siegmund, Sagar Sunkle, Sven Apel, Thomas Leich, Gunter Saake |
| 2009 | BTW | Bridging the Gap between Variability in Client Application and Database Schema. | Norbert Siegmund, Christian Kstner, Marko Rosenmller, Florian Heidenreich, Sven Apel, Gunter Saake |
| 2009 | GPCE | A model of refactoring physically and virtually separated features. | Christian Kstner, Sven Apel, Martin Kuhlemann |
| 2009 | ICSE | FEATUREHOUSE: Language-independent, automated software composition. | Sven Apel, Christian Kstner, Christian Lengauer |
| 2009 | ICSE | FeatureIDE: A tool framework for feature-oriented software development. | Christian Kstner, Thomas Thm, Gunter Saake, Janet Feigenspan, Thomas Leich, Fabian Wielgorz, Sven Apel |
| 2009 | ICSR | Refactoring Feature Modules. | Martin Kuhlemann, Don S. Batory, Sven Apel |
| 2009 | MODELS | An orthogonal access modifier model for feature-oriented programming. | Sven Apel, Jrg Liebig, Christian Kstner, Martin Kuhlemann, Thomas Leich |
| 2009 | MODELS | How to compare program comprehension in FOSD empirically: an experience report. | Janet Feigenspan, Christian Kstner, Sven Apel, Thomas Leich |
| 2009 | MODELS | RobbyDBMS: a case study on hardware/software product line engineering. | Jrg Liebig, Sven Apel, Christian Lengauer, Thomas Leich |
| 2009 | SPLC | On the impact of the optional feature problem: analysis and case studies. | Christian Kstner, Sven Apel, Syed Saif ur Rahman, Marko Rosenmller, Don S. Batory, Gunter Saake |
| 2008 | EDBT | FAME-DBMS: Tailor-made Data Management Solutions for Embedded Systems. | Marko Rosenmller, Norbert Siegmund, Horst Schirmeier, Julio Sincero, Sven Apel, Thomas Leich, Olaf Spinczyk, Gunter Saake |
| 2008 | GPCE | Program refactoring using functional aspects. | Sven Apel, Christian Kstner, Don S. Batory |
| 2008 | GPCE | Feature featherweight java: a calculus for feature-oriented programming and stepwise refinement. | Sven Apel, Christian Kstner, Christian Lengauer |
| 2008 | GPCE | Code generation to support static and dynamic composition of software product lines. | Marko Rosenmller, Norbert Siegmund, Gunter Saake, Sven Apel |
| 2008 | ICSE | Research challenges in the tension between features and services. | Sven Apel, Christian Kstner, Christian Lengauer |
| 2008 | ICSE | Granularity in software product lines. | Christian Kstner, Sven Apel, Martin Kuhlemann |
| 2008 | SPLC | Visualizing Software Product Line Variabilities in Source Code. | Christian Kstner, Salvador Trujillo, Sven Apel |
| 2007 | BTW | Merkmalorientierte Architekturen fr eingebettete Datenmanagementsysteme. | Martin Kuhlemann, Thomas Leich, Sven Apel |
| 2007 | BTW | Konfigurierbarkeit fr ressourceneffiziente Datenhaltung in eingebetteten Systemen am Beispiel von Berkeley DB. | Marko Rosenmller, Thomas Leich, Sven Apel |
| 2007 | FASE | Measuring and Characterizing Crosscutting in Aspect-Based Programs: Basic Metrics and Case Studies. | Roberto E. Lopez-Herrejon, Sven Apel |
| 2007 | SPLC | A Case Study Implementing Features Using AspectJ. | Christian Kstner, Sven Apel, Don S. Batory |
| 2006 | ECOOP | Implementing Bounded Aspect Quantification in AspectJ. | Christian Kstner, Sven Apel, Gunter Saake |
| 2006 | GPCE | When to use features and aspects?: a case study. | Sven Apel, Don S. Batory |
| 2006 | ICSE | Aspectual mixin layers: aspects and features in concert. | Sven Apel, Thomas Leich, Gunter Saake |
| 2006 | ICSoft | Generic feature modules: Two-staged program customization. | Sven Apel, Martin Kuhlemann, Thomas Leich |
| 2005 | ADBIS | Using Step-Wise Refinement to Build a Flexible Lightweight Storage Manager. | Thomas Leich, Sven Apel, Gunter Saake |
| 2005 | APSEC | Aspect Refinement and Bounding Quantification in Incremental Designs. | Sven Apel, Thomas Leich, Gunter Saake |
| 2005 | CaiSE | Self-Organization in Overlay Networks. | Sven Apel, Klemens Bhm |
| 2005 | ECOOP | Combining Feature-Oriented and Aspect-Oriented Programming to Support Software Evolution. | Sven Apel, Thomas Leich, Marko Rosenmller, Gunter Saake |
| 2005 | GPCE | FeatureC++: On the Symbiosis of Feature-Oriented and Aspect-Oriented Programming. | Sven Apel, Thomas Leich, Marko Rosenmller, Gunter Saake |
| 2005 | WEBIST | A Mediator for E-Business. | Sven Apel, Gunter Saake, Sebastian Herden, Andr Zwanziger |
| 2005 | WEBIST | Piggyback Meta-Data Propagation in Distributed Hash Tables. | Erik Buchmann, Sven Apel, Gunter Saake |