Krzysztof Czarnecki, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
I work in the area of Generative Software Development. See the overview paper for an introduction.

Short biography

Krzysztof Czarnecki is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Before coming to Waterloo, he was a researcher at DaimlerChrysler Research (1995-2002), Germany, focusing on improving software development practices and technologies in enterprise, automotive, and aerospace domains. He co-authored the book on "Generative Programming" (Addison- Wesley, 2000), which deals with automating software component assembly based on domain-specific languages. While at Waterloo, he held the NSERC/Bank of Nova Scotia Industrial Research Chair in Requirements Engineering of Service-oriented Software Systems (2008-2013) and has worked on a range of topics in model-driven systems and software engineering, including product lines engineering, design synthesis, variability modeling, model transformation, and domain-specific languages. He received the Premier's Research Excellence Award in 2004 and the British Computing Society in Upper Canada Award for Outstanding Contributions to IT Industry in 2008.

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  • MoDELS'09 conference chair
  • Bank of Nova Scotia / NSERC Industrial Research Chair (2008-2013)

Publications

2003
Czarnecki, K., T. O'Donnell, John, J. Striegnitz, and W. Taha, "DSL Implementation in MetaOCaml, Template Haskell, and C++", Domain-Specific Program Generation, International Seminar, Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, March 23-28, 2003, Revised Papers, vol. 3016, Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag, pp. 51-72, 2003.
Czarnecki, K., "Perspectives on Generative Programming - Extended Abstract. Invited talk paper", SFB501 Colloquium on Software Reuse, Kaiserslautern, Germany, University of Kaiserslautern, 2003.
2004
Antkiewicz, M., and K. Czarnecki, "FeaturePlugin: Feature Modeling Plug-In for Eclipse", The 2004 OOPSLA Workshop on Eclipse Technology eXchange - Eclipse '04, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, ACM Press, pp. 67 - 72, 2004. [pdf][zip]
Czarnecki, K., "Overview of Generative Software Development", Unconventional Programming Paradigms (UPP) 2004, 15-17 September, Mont Saint-Michel, France, Revised Papers, vol. 3566: Springer-Verlag, pp. 326-341, 2004. [pdf]
Czarnecki, K., S. Helsen, and U. Eisenecker, "Staged Configuration Using Feature Models", Third Software Product-Line Conference (SPLC’04), 2004, vol. 3154, Boston, USA, Springer-Verlag, pp. 266-283, 09/2004. [zip]
2005
Czarnecki, K., and C H P. Kim, "Cardinality-based feature modeling and constraints: a progress report", International Workshop on Software Factories at OOPSLA'05, San Diego, California, USA, ACM, 2005.
Czarnecki, K., J-M. Favre, M. Gogolla, and T. Mens, "Essentials of the 4th UML/MoDELS Workshop in Software Model Engineering (WiSME’2005)", Satellite Events at the MoDELS 2005 Conference, vol. 3844, Berlin/Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag, pp. 151 - 158, 2005.
Cleenewerck, T., K. Czarnecki, J. Striegnitz, and M. Völter, "Evolution and Reuse of Language Specifications for DSLs (ERLS)", Object-Oriented Technology. ECOOP 2004 Workshop Reader, vol. 3344, Berlin / Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag, pp. 187-201, 2005.
Czarnecki, K., M. Antkiewicz, C H P. Kim, S Q. Lau, and K. Pietroszek, "fmp and fmp2rsm: Eclipse Plug-Ins for Modeling Features Using Model Templates", OOPSLA'05 Companion, 2005. [pdf]
Czarnecki, K., and M. Antkiewicz, "Mapping Features to Models: A Template Approach Based on Superimposed Variants", ACM SIGSOFT/SIGPLAN International Conference on Generative Programming and Component Engineering (GPCE'05), vol. 3676, Tallinn, Estonia, Springer-Verlag, pp. 422 - 437, 2005. [pdf][zip][zip]
Czarnecki, K., M. Antkiewicz, C H P. Kim, S Q. Lau, and K. Pietroszek, "Model-Driven Software Product Lines", OOPSLA'05 Companion, 2005. [pdf]
Kim, C H P., and K. Czarnecki, "Synchronizing Cardinality-Based Feature Models and Their Specializations", European Conference on Model Driven Architecture – Foundations and Applications (ECMDA-FA’05), vol. 3748, Nuremberg, Germany, Springer-Verlag, pp. 331 - 348, 2005.
Czarnecki, K., S. Helsen, and U. Eisenecker, "Formalizing cardinality-based feature models and their specialization", Software Process: Improvement and Practice, vol. 10, issue 1, pp. 7 - 29, 01/2005. [pdf]
Czarnecki, K., S. Helsen, and U. Eisenecker, "Staged configuration through specialization and multilevel configuration of feature models", Software Process: Improvement and Practice, vol. 10, issue 2, pp. 143 - 169, 04/2005. [pdf]
2006
Antkiewicz, M., and K. Czarnecki, Eclipse Workbench Part Interaction FSML, : Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, pp. 15, 2006. [pdf]
Czarnecki, K., C H P. Kim, and K. Kalleberg, "Feature Models are Views on Ontologies", 10th International Software Product Line Conference (SPLC'06), Baltimore, USA, IEEE, pp. 41 - 51, 2006. [pdf][pdf]
Czarnecki, K., and S. Helsen, "Feature-based survey of model transformation approaches", IBM Systems Journal, vol. 45, issue 3, no. 3, Riverton, NJ, USA, IBM Corp., pp. 621–645, 2006. [pdf]
Antkiewicz, M., and K. Czarnecki, "Framework-Specific Modeling Languages with Round-Trip Engineering", ACM/IEEE 9th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MoDELS), Genova, Italy, Springer-Verlag, pp. 692-706, 2006. [pdf]
Kim, C H P., "On the Relationship between Feature Models and Ontologies", Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. MASc, Waterloo, University of Waterloo, pp. 89, 2006.
Pekilis, B R., "An ontology-based approach to concern-specific dynamic software structure monitoring", Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. PhD, Waterloo, University of Waterloo, pp. 213, 2006.
Antkiewicz, M., and K. Czarnecki, "Round-Trip Engineering of Eclipse Plug-Ins Using Eclipse Workbench Part Interaction FSML", OOPSLA'06 Companion, 2006. [pdf]
Czarnecki, K., and K. Pietroszek, "Verifying feature-based model templates against well-formedness OCL constraints", 5th international conference on Generative programming and component engineering - GPCE '06, Portland, Oregon, USA, ACM Press, pp. 211, 2006. [pdf]
Czarnecki, K., M. Antkiewicz, and C H P. Kim, "Multi-level customization in application engineering", Communications of the ACM, vol. 49, issue 12, pp. 60, 12/2006. [pdf]
Lau, S Q., "Domain Analysis of E-Commerce Systems Using Feature-Based Model Templates", Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. MASc, Waterloo, University of Waterloo, pp. 168, 2006. [pdf]
2007
White, J., D. C. Schmidt, K. Czarnecki, C. Wienands, G. Lenz, E. Wuchner, and L. Fiege, "Automated Model-Based Configuration of Enterprise Java Applications", 11th IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference (EDOC 2007), Annapolis, USA, IEEE, pp. 301 - 301, 2007. [pdf]
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Our lab is not only about research: we do a lot of development using Java, Python, Javascript, Haskell and other languages in combination with advanced libraries and frameworks. This development experience was very helpful during my job interviews, and employers were impressed by the projects we develop here in the lab.

Alexandr Murashkin

Our lab is a very exciting place to learn and work!

Moises Branco