Message from the SE’18 Workshop Chair Jan-Philipp Steghöfer Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Sweden jan-philipp.steghofer@gu.se The Software Engineering (SE) and Software Management The three remaining workshops addressed highly relevant (SWM) conferences, organised annually by the Gesellschaft topics that shape research and practice of software engineering für Informatik (GI), are proud to have hosted five workshops at the moment. in 2018. Over the course of two days, emerging and persistent The 3rd Workshop on Continuous Software Engineering topics for software engineering and software engineering (CSE) discussed the impact of approaches to continuously education were discussed in a collaborative and engaging deliver software on the organisations, processes, and software setting. These workshops complemented the topics discussed engineering practices. The advent of continuous deployment, in the main conferences and provided a forum for new ideas, DevOps, and extensive automation has changed the way preliminary results, and work-in-progress. organisations develop software, integrate the feedback of users, The workshops were selected by a committee with repre- and structure their operations. The four accepted submissions sentatives from academia and the industry. Selection criteria by academic and industrial authors focus particularly on the use included the feasibility of the proposed workshop setting, the of data and tools in this environment. To ensure an interactive potential to attract both authors of papers and an engaged event, a discussant was selected for each presented paper to audience, as well as the strategies to reach this potential target start the Q&A session with questions. A joint panel session audience. Each of the five submitted proposals received reviews concluded the workshop with a discussion of the lessons learned by the selection committee. All proposals were of high quality and future directions. and were accepted with only minor feedback. The Workshop on Software Engineering for Applied Embed- ded RealTime Systems (SEERTS) focused on the challenges in T HE W ORKSHOPS embedded systems that need to be safe, computationally and Two workshops specifically addressed the education of future power efficient, and react to stimuli within real-time parameters. software engineers. A particularly daunting environment for such systems are The 1st Workshop on Innovative Software Engineering autonomous vehicles in which latency can be a decisive factor Education (ISEE) explored ways to systematically approach and strict regulatory demands must be met. Four of the six the rising number of students enrolled in programs that offer accepted submissions therefore address automotive systems software engineering education. This is reflected in the accepted specifically and discuss testing, performance, and validation in submissions that address scalability issues, e.g., by suggesting the context of existing standards. The remaining two papers automated assessment, as well as the increasing need to deal addressed how open source tools can meet the challenges of with a heterogeneous student population. The presentations of multi-core optimisation and the Internet of Things. the 12 submissions were kicked-off by a keynote by Jürgen Finally, the 5th Collaborative Workshop on Evolution and Börstler (Blekinge Institute of Technology) and embedded Maintenance of Long-Living Software Systems (EMLS 2018) in discussion sessions. A poster session for all submissions provided a highly interactive forum to discuss the challenges also provided the possibility for direct exchange of ideas and associated with systems that need to be updated and maintained discussions. over a very long period of time to meet changing requirements The workshop on Software Engineering for E-Learning and operating environments. The three accepted submissions ad- Systems (SEELS) addressed the particular challenges that dressed this by proposing ways to realistically model the users arise from a learning environment that is more and more and to use modularized simulations. In addition, experiences disconnected from the physical classroom. Learners in MOOCs with modernizing a microservice architecture were reported. or blended learning environments interact extensively with The entire afternoon of the full-day workshop was devoted to learning management systems. These systems need to provide working groups and discussions, ensuring an interactive and facilities for the teacher to present the material in an engaging engaging environment in which experts from academia and fashion and support the learner through progress tools and industry could discuss this important topic in depth. elements such as gamification while operating in a complex It must be noted that all workshops were structured to foster regulatory framework. This broad spectrum is also represented discussion and exchange amongst the participants. This made in the accepted submissions that discuss the design of specific the atmosphere of the workshops unique and rewarding and e-learning systems as well as broader topics such as assessment. provided an active environment that allowed everyone to leave The workshop offered ample time for discussions and exchange the role of the passive listener and to actively join the discussion between the participants. and the ideation process. SE18 Workshop Proceedings 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND T HANKS The workshop selection process and the feedback was First and foremost, I would like to thank all workshop supported by the workshop selection committee. Hella Seebach organisers for their efforts in putting together such inter- (Augsburg University) and Harald Mackamul (Robert Bosch esting and diverse workshops. The efforts made by you to GmbH) represented academia and industry. Eric Bodden ensure an interactive and engaging program in each of the (University of Paderborn, SE’18 Program Chair) provided events is particularly appreciated, certainly not only by me input to ensure the alignment of the workshop with the main but by all participants. Thanks are due to Horst Lichter conference program. Thanks to all of you for your insights (RWTH Aachen), Stephan Krusche (TU München), Dirk and your participation in the selection process. Riehle (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg), A special mention needs to be made to the SE’18 General Andreas Steffens (RWTH Aachen), Robert Heinrich (Karlsruhe Chair Matthias Tichy (University of Ulm) and his outstanding Institute of Technology), Reiner Jung (Universität Kiel), Marco local organisation team. They provided an excellent environ- Konersmann and Eric Schmieders (Universität Duisburg-Essen), ment for the workshops and were extremely responsive and Marco Kuhrmann (Clausthal University of Technology), Kurt forthcoming during the preparation period. Schneider (Leibniz Universität Hannover), Michael Striewe (paluno – The Ruhr Institute for Software Technology), Sven Finally, a special thanks is in order for Stephan Krusche (TU Strickroth and Ulrike Lucke (Universität Potsdam), Robert München) who took the initiative to compile these workshop Höttger (Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts), proceedings, coordinated the collection of material, and did the and Jörg Teßmer (Robert Bosch GmbH). editorial heavy lifting. Thank you for this great effort, Stephan! SE18 Workshop Proceedings 2