List of Publications – Institute of Practical Computer Science

Mircea M, Gevrek E, Schmid E, Schneider K. Supporting Stakeholder Requirements Expression with LLM Revisions: An Empirical Evaluation. In Guizzardi R, Araújo J, editors, Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality - 32nd International Working Conference, REFSQ 2026, Proceedings. Springer. 2026. p. 303-319. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-21423-2_21

Obaidi M, Herrmann M, Martensen J, Klünder J, Schneider K. Exploring Indicators of Developers' Sentiment Perceptions in Student Software Projects. Journal of Software: Evolution and Process. 2026 Mar 12;38(3):e70089. doi: 10.1002/smr.70089

Daneva M, Herrmann A, Schneider K, Mennig P. Preface: Twelfth International Workshop on Creativity in Requirements Engineering (CreaRE 2025). In REFSQ Co-Located Events 2025: Joint Proceedings of REFSQ 2025 Workshops, Doctoral Symposium, Posters & Tools Track, and Education and Training Track. CEUR Workshop. 2025. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings).

Deters H, Droste J, Obaidi M, Schneider K. Exploring the means to measure explainability: Metrics, heuristics and questionnaires. Information and Software Technology. 2025 May;181:107682. Epub 2025 Feb 8. doi: 10.1016/j.infsof.2025.107682

Deters H, Reinhardt L, Droste J, Obaidi M, Schneider K. Identifying Explanation Needs: Towards a Catalog of User-based Indicators. In Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 33rd International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2025. IEEE Computer Society. 2025. p. 31-42. (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering). doi: 10.1109/RE63999.2025.00014

Droste J, Deters H, Obaidi M, Klünder J, Schneider K. Framing what can be explained: an operational taxonomy for explainability needs. Requirements engineering. 2025 Jun;30(2):195-217. Epub 2025 Mar 25. doi: 10.1007/s00766-025-00440-x

Ehl M, Ahmadian AS, Großer K, Elsofi DAA, Herrmann M, Specht A et al. Supporting Software Engineers in IT Security and Privacy through Automated Knowledge Discovery. In 40th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, SAC 2025. Association for Computing Machinery. 2025. p. 1647-1656. (Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing). doi: 10.1145/3672608.3707798

Herrmann M, Mircea M, Schneider K. Aligning AI Systems with Human Values. In Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 33rd International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2025. p. 442-444. ( IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops). doi: 10.1109/REW66121.2025.00065

Herrmann M, Specht A, Sekerci A, Obaidi M, Ehl M, Elsofi DAA et al. From missile warhead to smart fridge: Interviews with industry experts on tracing safety- and security-relevant artifacts. Journal of Systems and Software. 2025 Dec;230:112551. Epub 2025 Jul 22. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2025.112551

Obaidi M, Herrmann M, Schmid E, Ochsner R, Schneider K, Klünder J. A German Gold-Standard Dataset for Sentiment Analysis in Software Engineering. In Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 33rd International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2025. p. 107-114. (Proceedings - IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops). doi: 10.1109/REW66121.2025.00018, 10.48550/arXiv.2507.07325

Obaidi M, Droste J, Deters H, Herrmann M, Schneider K, Klünder J et al. Automatic Generation of Explainability Requirements and Software Explanations From User Reviews. In Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 33rd International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2025. p. 49-58. (Proceedings - IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops). doi: 10.1109/REW66121.2025.00011

Obaidi M, Deters H, Droste J, Herrmann M, Schneider K, Voß N et al. Automating Explanation Need Management in App Reviews: A Case Study from the Navigation App Industry. In Proceedings - 2025 IEEE/ACM 47th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice, ICSE-SEIP 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2025. p. 653-663 doi: 10.1109/ICSE-SEIP66354.2025.00063, 10.48550/arXiv.2501.08087

Obaidi M, Droste J, Deters H, Herrmann M, Klünder J, Schneider K. Do Users’ Explainability Needs in Software Change with Mood? In Hess A, Susi A, editors, Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality - 31st International Working Conference, REFSQ 2025, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2025. p. 56-71. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-88531-0_5, 10.48550/arXiv.2502.06546

Obaidi M, Qengaj K, Droste J, Deters H, Herrmann M, Schmid E et al. From App Features to Explanation Needs: Analyzing Correlations and Predictive Potential. In Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 33rd International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2025. p. 99-106. (Proceedings - IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops). doi: 10.1109/REW66121.2025.00017, 10.48550/arXiv.2508.03881

Obaidi M, Fischbach J, Herrmann M, Deters H, Droste J, Klünder J et al. How Does Users’ App Knowledge Influence the Preferred Level of Detail and Format of Software Explanations? In Hess A, Susi A, editors, Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality - 31st International Working Conference, REFSQ 2025, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2025. p. 106-122. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-88531-0_8, 10.48550/arXiv.2502.06549

Obaidi M, Droste J, Deters H, Herrmann M, Ochsner R, Schneider K et al. How to Elicit Explainability Requirements? A Comparison of Interviews, Focus Groups, and Surveys: A Comparison of Interviews, Focus Groups, and Surveys. In Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 33rd International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2025. IEEE Computer Society. 2025. p. 167-178. (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering). doi: 10.1109/RE63999.2025.00025, 10.48550/arXiv.2505.23684

Obaidi M, Herrmann M, Schneider K, Klünder J. Towards Trustworthy Sentiment Analysis in Software Engineering: Dataset Characteristics and Tool Selection. In Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 33rd International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2025. p. 538-547. (Proceedings - IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops). doi: 10.1109/REW66121.2025.00080

Paßlack JM, Specht A, Herrmann M, Elsofi DAA, Ehl M, Großer K et al. Can we use LLMs to recover Trace Links between Source Code and Security Requirements? In Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 33rd International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2025. p. 223-232. (Proceedings -International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops). doi: 10.1109/REW66121.2025.00035

Schneider K, Fotrousi F, Wohlrab R. A Reference Model for Empirically Comparing LLMs with Humans. In Proceedings - 2025 IEEE/ACM 47th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society, ICSE-SEIS 2025. IEEE Computer Society. 2025. p. 130-134 doi: 10.1109/ICSE-SEIS66351.2025.00018

Schüring BL, Herrmann M, Specht A, Ehl M, Elsofi DAA, Großer K et al. Generating Context-Aware Learning Materials for Software Security via LLM Agents and Traceability. In 2025 IEEE 33rd International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW). 2025. p. 249-258 doi: 10.1109/rew66121.2025.00038