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

Conference Paper
Hermann, F., H. Ehrig, F. Orejas, K. Czarnecki, Z. Diskin, and Y. Xiong, "Correctness of Model Synchronization Based on Triple Graph Grammars", ACM/IEEE 14th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems: Springer, 10/2011. [pdf]
Sarkar, A., J. Guo, N. Siegmund, S. Apel, and K. Czarnecki, "Cost-Efficient Sampling for Performance Prediction of Configurable Systems", 30th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE), Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, IEEE, 11/2015. [pdf]
Czarnecki, K., M. Himsolt, and E. Richter, "DataFAN: A Practical Approach to Data Flow Analysis for Ada 95", Reliable Software Technologies — Ada-Europe 2002, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 2361, Vienna, Austria, Springer-Verlag, pp. 231 - 244, 2002.
Passos, L., and K. Czarnecki, "A Dataset of Feature Additions and Feature Removals from the Linux Kernel", 11th Working Conference on Mining Software Repositories, India, IEEE/ACM, 2014. [pdf]
Queiroz, R., L. Passos, M T. Valente, S. Apel, and K. Czarnecki, "Does Feature Scattering Follow Power-Law Distributions? An Investigation of Five Pre-Processor-Based Systems", 6th International Workshop of Feature-Oriented Software Evolution, Sweden, ACM, 2014. [pdf]
Kleinmann, K., M. Jungmann, W. Kopf, and K. Czarnecki, "Domain Engineering and Infrastructural Support for Software Reuse in Postal Automation", Smalltalk and Java in Industry and Academia – STJA’97, Erfurt, Germany, 09/1997.
Branco, M., Y. Xiong, K. Czarnecki, J. Wong, and A. Lau, "Effective Collaboration and Consistency Management in Business Process Modeling", The 2010 Conference of the Center for Advanced Studies on Collaborative Research - CASCON '10, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ACM Press, 2010. [pdf]
Zayan, D., M. Antkiewicz, and K. Czarnecki, "Effects of Using Examples on Structural Model Comprehension", ICSE, 2014. [zip][pdf][ppsx]
Mendonça, M., A. Wąsowski, K. Czarnecki, and D. Cowan, "Efficient compilation techniques for large scale feature models", 7th international conference on Generative programming and component engineering - GPCE '08, Nashville, USA, ACM Press, pp. 13, 2008. [pdf]
Andersen, N., K. Czarnecki, S. She, and A. Wąsowski, "Efficient Synthesis of Feature Models", Software Product Line Conference (SPLC), Salvador, Brasil, 2012. [pdf]
Lotufo, R., S. She, T. Berger, A. Wąsowski, and K. Czarnecki, "Evolution of the Linux Kernel Variability Model", Software Product Line Conference, 09/2010. [pdf][pdf]
Antkiewicz, M., K. Bąk, D. Zayan, K. Czarnecki, A. Wąsowski, and Z. Diskin, "Example-Driven Modeling Using Clafer", First International Workshop on Model-driven Engineering By Example, 2013. [ppsx][pdf]
Dubinsky, Y., J. Rubin, T. Berger, S. Duszynski, M. Becker, and K. Czarnecki, "An Exploratory Study of Cloning in Industrial Software Product Lines", 17th European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering (CSMR), 2013. [pdf]
Bąk, K., K. Czarnecki, and A. Wąsowski, "Feature and Meta-Models in Clafer: Mixed, Specialized, and Coupled", 3rd International Conference on Software Language Engineering, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 10/2010. [pdf][pdf]
Czarnecki, K., and A. Wąsowski, "Feature Diagrams and Logics: There and Back Again", SPLC '07: Proceedings of the 11th International Software Product Line Conference, Washington, USA, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 23–34, 2007. [pdf][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]
Passos, L., J. Gaeta, T. Berger, S. Apel, K. Czarnecki, and M T. Valente, "Feature Scattering in the Large: A Longitudinal Study of Linux Kernel Device Drivers", 14th International Conference on Modularity: ACM, 2015. [pdf][pptx]
Passos, L., K. Czarnecki, S. Apel, A. Wąsowski, C. Kästner, J. Guo, and C. Hunsen, "Feature-Oriented Software Evolution", The Seventh International Workshop on Variability Modelling of Software-intensive Systems, Italy, ACM , 01/2013. [pdf][pdf]
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]
Antkiewicz, M., W. Ji, T. Berger, K. Czarnecki, T. Schmorleiz, R. Laemmel, Ș. Stănciulescu, A. Wąsowski, and I. Schaefer, "Flexible Product Line Engineering with a Virtual Platform", ICSE, 2014. [pdf][ppsx]
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]
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]
Diskin, Z., Y. Xiong, K. Czarnecki, H. Ehrig, F. Hermann, and F. Orejas, "From State- to Delta-based Bidirectional Model Transformations: the Symmetric Case", ACM/IEEE 14th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems: Springer, 10/2011. [pdf][pdf]
Xiong, Y., A. Hubaux, S. She, and K. Czarnecki, "Generating Range Fixes for Software Configuration", ICSE'12: 34th International Conference on Software Engineering, 06/2012. [pdf][pdf][zip]
Breymann, U., K. Czarnecki, and U. Eisenecker, "Generative Components: One Step Beyond Generic Programming", Dagstuhl Seminar 9817 Generic Programming, Germany, Dagstuhl Castle, 04/1998.
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Our extensive industrial collaboration enables us to do research with immediate application to software development practices in realistic settings.

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