Rick Rabiser

Mag. Dr.
Postdoctoral Researcher

Christian Doppler Laboratory for Automated Software Engineering
Johannes Kepler University
Altenbergerstraße 69, A-4040 Linz / Austria

Room: T 712
Email: mail

Telephone: +43(0)732 2468 8873

Current Projects

Product Line Engineering for Automation Software Systems

First International Workshop on Automated Configuration and Tailoring of Applications, held in conjunction with the 25th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering Antwerp, Belgium, 20 September 2010.

Research Interests

Automated Software Engineering
Software Product Line Engineering
Requirements Engineering
Mobile Computing

Publications (peer-reviewed)

Journals/Magazines
- Dhungana, D., Grünbacher, P., Rabiser, R., Neumayer, T.: Structuring the Modeling Space and Supporting Evolution in Software Product Line Engineering. Journal of Systems and Software, 2010, doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.02.018 (accepted for publication).
- Rabiser, R., Grünbacher, P., Dhungana, D.: Requirements for Product Derivation Support: Results from a Systematic Literature Review and an Expert Survey. Information and Software Technology, vol. 52(3), pp. 324-346, 2010.
- Noor, M.A., Rabiser, R., Grünbacher, P.: Agile Product Line Planning: A Collaborative Approach and a Case Study. Journal of Systems and Software, Volume 81, Issue 6, June 2008, pp. 868-882.
- Rabiser, R., Dhungana, D., Grünbacher, P. Lehner, K., Federspiel, C.: Product Configuration Support for Nontechnicians: Customer-Centered Software Product-Line Engineering. In.: Carsten Sinz and Albert Haag (Eds.): Configuration. IEEE Intelligent Systems, 22(1) Jan/Feb 2007, IEEE CS, pp. 78-90.

Conferences
- Grünbacher, P., Rabiser, R., Dhungana, D., Lehofer, M.: Model-based Customization and Deployment of Eclipse-Based Tools: Industrial Experiences. 24th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2009), November 16-20, 2009, Auckland, New Zealand, IEEE/ACM, 2009, pp. 247-256.
- O'Leary, P., Rabiser, R., Richardson, I., Thiel, S.: Important Issues and Key Activities in Product Derivation: Experiences from Two Independent Research Projects. Proc. of the 13th International Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2009), August 24-28, 2009, San Francisco, CA, USA, Software Engineering Institute, CarnegieMellon, pp. 121-130.
- Rabiser, R., Dhungana, D., Heider, W., Grünbacher, P.: Flexibility and End-User Support in Model-based Product Line Tools. Proc. of the 35th EUROMICRO SEAA Conference 2009, August 27-29, 2009, Patras, Greece, IEEE CS, pp. 508-511.
- Rabiser, R., Wolfinger, R., Grünbacher, P.: Three-level Customization of Software Products Using a Product Line Approach. Proc. of the 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-42), Waikoloa, Big Island, HI, USA, January 5-8, 2009, IEEE CS, pp. 1-10.
- Grünbacher, P., Rabiser, R., Dhungana, D.: Product Line Tools Are Product Lines Too: Lessons Learned from Developing a Tool Suite. Proc. of the 23rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, L'Aquila, Italy, September 15-19, 2008, IEEE/ACM, pp. 351-354.
- Dhungana, D., Neumayer, T., Grünbacher, P., Rabiser, R.: Supporting Evolution in Model-based Product Line Engineering, Proc. of the 12th International Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2008), Limerick, Ireland, September 8-12, 2008, IEEE CS, pp. 319-328.
- Dhungana, D., Neumayer, T., Grünbacher, P., Rabiser, R.: Supporting Evolution of Product Line Architectures With Variability Model Fragments. Proceedings of the Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture, WICSA 2008, Vancouver, Canada, February 18 - 22, 2008, IEEE CS, pp. 327-330.
- Rabiser, R., Grünbacher, P., Dhungana, D.: Supporting Product Derivation by Adapting and Augmenting Variability Models. Proc. of the 11th International Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2007), Kyoto, Japan, September 10-14, 2007, IEEE CS, pp. 141-150.
- Dhungana, D., Grünbacher, P., Rabiser, R.: Domain-specific Adaptations of Product Line Variability Modeling. Proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on Situational Method Engineering: Fundamentals and Experiences, Geneva, Switzerland, September 12- 14, 2007, International Federation for Information Processing, Springer Series in Computer Science, 2007, pp. 238-251.
- Rabiser, R., Dhungana, D.: Integrated Support for Product Configuration and Requirements Engineering in Product Derivation. Proc. of the 33rd EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (EUROMICRO-SEAA07), Lübeck, Germany, August 27-31, 2007, IEEE CS, pp. 219-228.
- Dhungana, D., Rabiser, R., Grünbacher, P.: Decision-Oriented Modeling of Product Line Architectures. Proceedings of the Sixth Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture, WICSA 2007, Mumbai, India, January 6 - 9 2007, IEEE CS, pp. 22-25.
- Dhungana, D., Rabiser, R., Grünbacher, P., Prähofer, H., Federspiel, Ch., Lehner, K.: Architectural Knowledge in Product Line Engineering: An Industrial Case Study. Proceedings of the 32nd Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), Cavtat/Dubrovnik (Croatia), September 2006, IEEE CS, pp. 186-197.

Workshops/Doctoral Symposia
- Vierhauser, M., Dhungana, D., Heider, W., Rabiser, R., Egyed, A.: Tool Support for Incremental Consistency Checking on Variability Models. Proc. 4th International Workshop on Variability Modelling of Software-intensive Systems (VaMoS 2010), Linz, Austria, January 27-29, 2010, ICB-Research Report No. 37, University of Duisburg Essen, pp. 171-174.
- Dhungana, D., Heymans, P., Rabiser, R.: A Formal Semantics for Decision-oriented Variability Modeling with DOPLER. Proc. 4th International Workshop on Variability Modelling of Software-intensive Systems (VaMoS 2010), Linz, Austria, January 27-29, 2010, ICB-Research Report No. 37, University of Duisburg Essen, pp. 29-35.
- Heider, W., Rabiser, R.: Tool Support for Evolution of Product Lines through Rapid Feedback from Application Engineering. Proc. 4th International Workshop on Variability Modelling of Software-intensive Systems (VaMoS 2010), Linz, Austria, January 27-29, 2010, ICB-Research Report No. 37, University of Duisburg Essen, pp. 167-170.
- Heider, W., Rabiser, R., Dhungana, D., Grünbacher, P.: Tracking Evolution in Model-based Product Lines. 1st International Workshop on Model-driven Approaches in Software Product Line Engineering (MAPLE 2009), Proc. (vol 2) of the 13th International Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2009), San Francisco, CA, USA, August 24, 2009, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon, pp. 59-63.
- Grünbacher, P., Rabiser, R., Dhungana, D., Lehofer, M.: Structuring the Product Line Modeling Space: Strategies and Examples. Proc. of the Third International Workshop on Variability Modelling of Software-intensive Systems (VaMoS 2009), Sevilla, Spain, January 28-30, 2009, ICB-Research Report No. 29, University of Duisburg Essen, pp. 77-82.
- Rabiser, R.: Flexible and User-Centered Visualization Support for Product Derivation, Proc. of the 12th International Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2008), Second Volume, 2nd International Workshop on Visualisation in Software Product Line Engineering (ViSPLE 2008), Limerick, Ireland, September 8-12, 2008, Lero, pp. 323-328.
- Rabiser, R., Dhungana, D., Grünbacher, P., Burgstaller, B.: Value-Based Elicitation of Product Line Variability: An Experience Report. Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Variability Modelling of Software-intensive Systems (VAMOS 2008), Essen, Germany, January 16-18, 2008, ICB-Research Report No. 22, University of Duisburg Essen, pp. 73-79.
- Rabiser, R., Dhungana, D., Grünbacher, P.: Tool Support for Product Derivation in Large-Scale Product Lines: A Wizard-based Approach. ViSPLE 2007 - 1st International Workshop on Visualisation in Software Product Line Engineering, Proc. (vol. 2) of the 11th International Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2007), Kyoto, Japan, September 11, 2007, pp. 119-124.
- Dhungana, D., Grünbacher, P., Rabiser, R.: DecisionKing: A Flexible and Extensible Tool for Integrated Variability Modeling. Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Variability Modelling of Software-intensive Systems (VAMOS 2007), Limerick, Ireland, January 16 - 18, 2007, Lero Technical Report 2007-01, pp. 119-128.
- Dhungana, D., Rabiser, R., Grünbacher, P.: Coordinating Multi-Team Variability Modeling in Product Line Engineering. Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Supporting Knowledge Collaboration in Software Development (KCSD2006), in conjunction with 21st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, Sept, 2006, National Institute of Informatics (Tokyo, Japan), pp. 60-61.
- Rabiser R., Seyff N., Grünbacher P., Maiden, N.: Capturing Multimedia Requirements Descriptions with Mobile RE Tools. In: Proc. MeRE'06 - First International Workshop on Multimedia Requirements Engineering - Beyond Mere Descriptions, Minnesota, September 12, 2006, IEEE CS, pp. 2-7.
- Rabiser, R., Dhungana, D., Grünbacher, P.: Integrating Knowledge-Based Product Configuration and Product Line Engineering: An Industrial Example. Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2006) Workshop on Configuration, Riva Del Garda (Italy), August 2006, pp. 48-50.
- Rabiser, R.: Facilitating the Involvement of Non-Technicians in Product Configuration. Doctoral Symposium, 10th Software Product Lines International Conference - SPLC, Baltimore/Maryland, USA, August 2006, IESE-Report No. 104.06/E, Fraunhofer IESE, pp. 13-22.
- Noor M.A., Rabiser R., Grünbacher P.: A Collaborative Approach for Reengineering-based Product Line Scoping. In: Proc. APLE'06 - First International Workshop on Agile Product Line Engineering, Baltimore, August 21, 2006.

Tool Demonstrations/Posters
- Dhungana, D., Rabiser, R., Grünbacher, P., Neumayer, T.: Integrated Tool Support for Software Product Line Engineering. Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2007), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, November 5-9, 2007, ACM, pp. 533-534.
- Rabiser, R., Dhungana, D., Grünbacher, P., Lehner, K., Federspiel, C.: Involving Non-Technicians in Product Derivation and Requirements Engineering: A Tool Suite for Product Line Engineering. Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE'07), New Delhi, India, October 15-19, 2007, IEEE CS, pp. 367-368 .
- Dhungana, D., Rabiser, R., Grünbacher, P., Lehner, K., Federspiel, C.: DOPLER: An Adaptable Tool Suite for Product Line Engineering. Tool Demonstration. Proc. (vol. 2) of the 11th International Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2007), Kyoto, Japan, September 10-14, 2007, pp. 151-152.

Theses
- Rabiser, R.: A User-Centered Approach to Product Configuration in Software Product Line Engineering. PhD Thesis. Christian Doppler Laboratory for Automated Software Engineering, Institute for Systems Engineering and Automation, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, February 2009.
- Rabiser, R.: MSP II - Entwicklung eines mobilen Werkzeugs für das szenariobasierte Requirements Engineering (German), Master Thesis, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, 2005.

Others
- Rabiser, R., Healy, P., Nestor, D., Sellier, D., Mannion, M.: 2nd International Workshop on Visualisation in Software Product Line Engineering, Proc. of the 12th International Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2008), Limerick, Ireland, September 8-12, 2008, IEEE CS, p. 328.

Publications (not peer-reviewed)

Rabiser, R.: Systemgestaltung im heutigen industriellen Umfeld (German). In: G. Chroust und M. Lenz (eds.): Erlebte Meilensteine der Informatik - 4 Generationen berichten, 2008. Inst. f. Systems Engineering and Automation, Kepler Univ. Linz, SEA-SR-17. ISBN 978-3-902457-17-2, pp. 44-49.