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Distributed and Self-organizing Systems
Distributed and Self-organizing Systems

The mission of VSR is to advance knowledge in distributed and self-organizing systems. Our research, education, and innovation focus lies on Internet, Web, and Social Media.

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VSR at ICWE 2025

VSR at ICWE 2025

Our Team presented multiple publications at the International Conference of Web Engineering 2025 (ICWE 2025) which took place in the Netherlands (Delft) from the 30th of June to the 3rd of July. Our Team member Dr. Sebastian Heil was invited to give a keynote speech during the PhD Symposium in which he provided valueable insights about the journey of early career researchers on their way to becoming PhDs. Additionally, he presented his publication UIQLab: Automatic Web User Interface Assessment. Jan Haas presented his PhD topic titled ResearchFlow: An End-User Development Approach to Research Data Management Workflow Composition. Tobias Muench shared his vision regarding the moral web through his publication MoralWeb: Reimagining the Web with Solid, Low-Code Tools, and Moral Codes for an Democratic and Equitable Future. Christoph Goepfert introduced his publication ShEx2SPARQL: Translating Shape Expressions into SPARQL Queries. read more
Research visit by Leonardo Germán Loza Bonora

Research visit by Leonardo Germán Loza Bonora

We were pleased to host Leonardo Germán Loza Bonora for a research visit in our group. His work focuses on the early detection of user profiles from web interaction events, combining user behavior analysis with semantic modeling and AI techniques.
During his stay, Leonardo collaborated closely with our team on profiling and personalization approaches in Web Engineering, contributing his expertise in behavioral analytics and intelligent systems. The visit fostered valuable knowledge exchange and laid the foundation for future collaboration. find out more
VSR at NSLP2025
2025-06-06
VSR at NSLP2025
Our team member Christoph Göpfert presented his latest research at the Natural Scientific Language Processing and Research Knowledge Graphs (NSLP 2025) workshop, held in conjunction with ESWC 2025 in Portorož, Slovenia.

The presented paper, titled "Facilitating RDF Querying in Research Data Management through ShEx-Based SPARQL Query Construction", explores an approach to simplifying RDF querying within research data infrastructures.
Looking for Student Assistants (APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED!)
2025-04-29
Looking for Student Assistants (APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED!)

We are currently looking for motivated student assistants for two positions:

Teaching Materials Creation, Curation and Integration
We are seeking a student assistant to assist with the creation, curation, and integration of teaching materials. Programming skills are strongly desired to help automate processes and manage technical content.

If you are interested, please send an email with a short application and your CV until 14.05.2025 to vsr-edu@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de

Congratulations to our VSR member Maik Benndorf for his successful PhD defense
2025-04-16
Congratulations to our VSR member Maik Benndorf for his successful PhD defense

We are happy to announce that our colleague Maik Benndorf successfully defended his PhD thesis "Towards Vibration-based Structural Health Monitoring using Mobile Android Devices" on 15 April 2025.

We congratulate Maik to his achievement and wish him the best for his future career.

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