Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Stefan Kugele

Research

Technically challenging systems in mobility continue to grow in complexity due to developments in automated driving or flying. As a result, the amount of software and AI methods in the systems is increasing strongly, and the operating states must be monitored more comprehensively. To master this increasing complexity and meet the high demand for quality and reliability, methods of model-based system engineering and research into suitable approaches for modelling systems that contain data-based AI components are necessary. Model-based systems engineering is dedicated to these tasks at the interface between engineering sciences and computer science.

• In research, we use mathematically precise methods to ensure the correctness of these systems. 
• We look at the interplay between humans, the environment, and the system operating within it to get a precise idea of what self-adaptive and autonomous systems are. Only then are specification, modelling, and analysis possible in a meaningful way.

Vita

• Since 07/2020: Research Professor for Model-based Systems Engineering and Software Engineering at THI
• 10/2015 – 06/2020: Temporary Academic Council, Department of Informatics, Chair of Software & Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich
• 11/2006 – 09/2015: Research Assistant, Department of Informatics, Chair of Foundations of Software Reliability and Theoretical Computer Science as well as Chair of Software & Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich
• 11/2006 – 11/2012: PhD at the Chair of Software & Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich
• 10/2000 – 10/2006: Studies of Computer Science with minor in Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Munich
   

Publications

2023

• Ana Petrovska, Thomas Hutzelmann, and Stefan Kugele: A Theoretical Framework for Self-Adaptive Systems: Specifications, Formalisation, and Architectural Implications. SAC 2023: (accepted for publication)

2022

• Stefan Kugele, Manfred Broy: Architecture as a Backbone for Safe DevOps in Automotive Systems. ITSC 2022: 4145-4150
• Ana Petrovska, Stefan Kugele, Thomas Hutzelmann, Theo Beffart, Sebastian Bergemann, Alexander Pretschner: Defining adaptivity and logical architecture for engineering (smart) self-adaptive cyber-physical systems. Inf. Softw. Technol. 147: 106866 (2022)
• Stefan Kugele, Philipp Obergfell, Eric Sax: Model-based resource analysis and synthesis of service-oriented automotive software architectures. Software Engineering 2022: 55-56

2021

• Stefan Kugele, Philipp Obergfell, Eric Sax: Model-based resource analysis and synthesis of service-oriented automotive software architectures. Softw. Syst. Model. 20(6): 1945-1975 (2021)
• Stefan Kugele, Ana Petrovska, Ilias Gerostathopoulos: Towards a Taxonomy of Autonomous Systems. ECSA 2021: 37-45
• Stefan Kugele, Darko Durisic, Yanja Dajsuren, Miroslaw Staron: 7th International Workshop on Automotive System/Software Architecture (WASA 2021). ICSA Companion 2021: 138

2020

• Stefan Kugele, Christoph Segler, Thomas Hubregtsen: Architectural Patterns for Cross-Domain Personalised Automotive Functions. ICSA 2020: 191-201
• Vadim Cebotari, Stefan Kugele: Playground for Early Automotive Service Architecture Design and Evaluation. IV 2020: 1349-1356

2019

• Saasha Nair, Sina Shafaei, Stefan Kugele, Mohd Hafeez Osman, Alois C. Knoll: Monitoring Safety of Autonomous Vehicles with Crash Prediction Networks. SafeAI@AAAI 2019
• Mohd Hafeez Osman, Stefan Kugele, Sina Shafaei: Run-Time Safety Monitoring Framework for AI-Based Systems: Automated Driving Cases. APSEC 2019: 442-449
• Vadim Cebotari, Stefan Kugele: On the Nature of Automotive Service Architectures. ICSA Companion 2019: 53-60
• Philipp Obergfell, Stefan Kugele, Christoph Segler, Alois C. Knoll, Eric Sax: Continuous Software Engineering of Innovative Automotive Functions: An Industrial Perspective. ICSA Companion 2019: 127-128
• Christoph Segler, Stefan Kugele, Philipp Obergfell, Mohd Hafeez Osman, Sina Shafaei, Eric Sax, Alois C. Knoll: Evaluation of feature selection for anomaly detection in automotive E/E architectures. ICSE (Companion Volume) 2019: 260-261
• Christoph Segler, Stefan Kugele, Alois C. Knoll: Context Discovery for Personalised Automotive Functions. ITSC 2019: 2470-2476
• Christoph Segler, Stefan Kugele, Philipp Obergfell, Mohd Hafeez Osman, Sina Shafaei, Eric Sax, Alois C. Knoll: Anomaly Detection for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Using Online Feature Selection. IV 2019: 578-585
• Ilias Gerostathopoulos, Stefan Kugele, Christoph Segler, Tomás Bures, Alois C. Knoll: Automated Trainability Evaluation for Smart Software Functions. ASE 2019: 998-1001
• Philipp Obergfell, Stefan Kugele, Eric Sax: Model-Based Resource Analysis and Synthesis of Service-Oriented Automotive Software Architectures. MoDELS 2019: 128-138
• Visar Januzaj, Stefan Kugele: On the Structure of Avionics Systems Architecture. SAM 2019: 139-149
• Mario Gleirscher, Stefan Kugele: Assurance of System Safety: A Survey of Design and Argument Patterns. CoRR abs/1902.05537 (2019)

2018

• Mario Gleirscher, Stefan Kugele, Sven Linker: SCAV'18: Report of the 2nd International Workshop on Safe Control of Autonomous Vehicles. ACM SIGSOFT Softw. Eng. Notes 43(4): 45-47 (2018)
• Stefan Kugele, David Hettler, Jan Peter: Data-Centric Communication and Containerization for Future Automotive Software Architectures. ICSA 2018: 65-74
• Sina Shafaei, Fabian Muller, Tim Salzmann, Morteza Hashemi Farzaneh, Stefan Kugele, Alois C. Knoll: Context Prediction Architectures in Next Generation of Intelligent Cars. ITSC 2018: 2923-2930
• Stefan Kugele, David Hettler, Sina Shafaei: Elastic Service Provision for Intelligent Vehicle Functions. ITSC 2018: 3183-3190
• Sina Shafaei, Stefan Kugele, Mohd Hafeez Osman, Alois C. Knoll: Uncertainty in Machine Learning: A Safety Perspective on Autonomous Driving. SAFECOMP Workshops 2018: 458-464
• Mario Gleirscher, Stefan Kugele, Sven Linker: Proceedings 2nd International Workshop on Safe Control of Autonomous Vehicles, SCAV@CPSWeek 2018, Porto, Portugal, 10th April 2018. EPTCS 269, 2018
• Mario Gleirscher, Stefan Kugele: From Hazard Analysis to Hazard Mitigation Planning: The Automated Driving Case. CoRR abs/1802.08327 (2018)
• Mario Gleirscher, Sven Linker, Stefan Kugele: SCAV'18: Report of the 2nd International Workshop on Safe Control of Autonomous Vehicles. CoRR abs/1811.01774 (2018)

2017

• Mario Gleirscher, Stefan Kugele, Jonathan Sprinkle: Safe Control of Autonomous & Connected Vehicles (SCAV'17): Report from the 1st International Workshop at CPSWeek 2017. ACM SIGSOFT Softw. Eng. Notes 42(3): 22-23 (2017)
• Morteza Hashemi Farzaneh, Stefan Kugele, Alois C. Knoll: A graphical modeling tool supporting automated schedule synthesis for time-sensitive networking. ETFA 2017: 1-8
• Stefan Kugele, Vadim Cebotari, Mario Gleirscher, Morteza Hashemi Farzaneh, Christoph Segler, Sina Shafaei, Hans-Jörg Vögel, Fridolin Bauer, Alois C. Knoll, Diego Marmsoler, Hans-Ulrich Michel: Research Challenges for a Future-Proof E/E Architecture - A Project Statement. GI-Jahrestagung 2017: 1463-1474
• Mario Gleirscher, Stefan Kugele: Defining Risk States in Autonomous Road Vehicles. HASE 2017: 112-115
• Stefan Kugele, Philipp Obergfell, Manfred Broy, Oliver Creighton, Matthias Traub, Wolfgang Hopfensitz: On Service-Orientation for Automotive Software. ICSA 2017: 193-202
• Mario Gleirscher, Stefan Kugele: From Hazard Analysis to Hazard Mitigation Planning: The Automated Driving Case. NFM 2017: 310-326

2016

• Stefan Kugele, Diego Marmsoler, Nuria Mata, Kai Werther: Verification of component architectures using mode-based contracts. MEMOCODE 2016: 133-142
• Stefan Kugele, Daniel Antkowiak: Visualization of Trace Links and Change Impact Analysis. RE Workshops 2016: 165-169
• Karsten Albers, Matthias Büker, Laurent Dieudonné, Robert Hilbrich, Georgeta Igna, Stefan Kugele, Thomas Kuhn, Maike Rosinger, Raphael Weber: Optimal Deployment. Advanced Model-Based Engineering of Embedded Systems 2016: 145-168

2015

• Stefan Kugele, Gheorghe Pucea, Ramona Popa, Laurent Dieudonné, Horst Eckardt: On the deployment problem of embedded systems. MEMOCODE 2015: 158-167

2014

• Christian Prehofer, Konstantin Schorp, Stefan Kugele, Daniel Clarke, Markus Duchon: Towards a 3-tier architecture for connected vehicles. ICCVE 2014: 679-680
• Stefan Kugele, Gheorghe Pucea: Model-based optimization of automotive E/E-architectures. CSTVA 2014: 18-29

2013

• Markus Gulden, Stefan Kugele: A concept for generating simplified RESTful interfaces. WWW (Companion Volume) 2013: 1391-1398

2012

• Stefan Kugele: Model-Based Development of Software-intensive Automotive Systems. Technical University Munich, 2012, pp. 1-240
• Visar Januzaj, Stefan Kugele, Florian Biechele, Ralf Mauersberger: A Configuration Approach for IMA Systems. SEFM 2012: 203-217

2011

• Andreas Holzer, Visar Januzaj, Stefan Kugele, Boris Langer, Christian Schallhart, Michael Tautschnig, Helmut Veith: Seamless Testing for Models and Code. FASE 2011: 278-293

2010

• Wolfgang Haberl, Stefan Kugele, Uwe Baumgarten: Model-Based Generation of Fault-Tolerant Embedded Systems. ESA 2010: 136-142
• Visar Januzaj, Stefan Kugele, Boris Langer, Christian Schallhart, Helmut Veith: New Challenges in the Development of Critical Embedded Systems - An "aeromotive" Perspective. ISoLA (1) 2010: 1-2
• Wolfgang Haberl, Markus Herrmannsdoerfer, Stefan Kugele, Michael Tautschnig, Martin Wechs: Seamless Model-Driven Development Put into Practice. ISoLA (1) 2010: 18-32
• Andreas Holzer, Visar Januzaj, Stefan Kugele, Michael Tautschnig: Timely Time Estimates. ISoLA (1) 2010: 33-46

2009

• Andreas Holzer, Visar Januzaj, Stefan Kugele: Towards Resource Consumption-Aware Programming. ICSEA 2009: 490-493
• Wolfgang Haberl, Stefan Kugele, Uwe Baumgarten: Reliable operating modes for distributed embedded systems. MOMPES 2009: 11-21

2008

• Stefan Kugele, Wolfgang Haberl, Michael Tautschnig, Martin Wechs: Optimizing Automatic Deployment Using Non-functional Requirement Annotations. ISoLA 2008: 400-414
• Stefan Kugele, Wolfgang Haberl: Mapping Data-Flow Dependencies onto Distributed Embedded Systems. Software Engineering Research and Practice 2008: 272-278
• Zhonglei Wang, Wolfgang Haberl, Stefan Kugele, Michael Tautschnig: Automatic generation of systemc models from component-based designs for early design validation and performance analysis. WOSP 2008: 139-144