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Michael Dorner @michaeldorner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

All presentations are over, all beer is drunk, and and all goodbyes have been said. #esem2026 completed. Looking forward to seeing everyone again at #esem2027 in Turin 🇮🇹with @mtorchiano

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Diomidis Spinellis @coolsweng.mastodon.acm.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

Many prestigious scientific venues have suffered from papers containing hallucinated citations. We can throw tools at the problem (I provide an example) but I think it's more important to fix its root cause. www.spinellis.gr/blog/20260817/?utm…

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blog dds: 2026-08-17 — A controversial proposal for hallucinated references

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Stefan Wagner @stefanwagner.mastodon.acm.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

I have been thinking a lot about how automation complacency translates to the world of software engineering LLM agents. I learned about different concepts and vocabulary. As it was new for me, I wrote up what I learned. Maybe it is helpful for others as well. Feedback appreciated! […]

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Michael Dorner @michaeldorner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

@stefanwagner @seresearchers Great post! Excellent post! Although I cannot answer your questions directly, I personally think that the future of code review anticipated by practitioners in our recent study [1] will create a perfect fertile ground for disuse, complacency, and miscalibrated trust […]

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Michael Dorner @michaeldorner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Peak German university process engineering: The Umlaufzettel is now a PDF. Digital transformation achieved. And I have no idea how to translate or even explain Umlaufzettel in English. At least we Germans are safe from being taken over by AI.

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Michael Dorner @michaeldorner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

🚨 Today is the last day of the Early Bird price for @ESEM_conf in #munich! 🚨 Participants who feel the current registration fee is insufficient are welcome to register tomorrow and pay an additional €100. As Finance Chair, I truly appreciate your support. ;-) #esem #eseiw #esem2026

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Stefan Wagner @stefanwagner.mastodon.acm.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026

It is 2026, and we still get this criticism in a review: "First and foremost, the contribution is primarily confirmatory […] I would argue that the work is predominantly incremental." Yes. This is called the scientific method. How can we change the strange interpretation of novelty that is in […]

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Michael Dorner @michaeldorner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

Great turnout at #nuedigital in #nuernberg! We talked about our research on #codereview (presented by my fabulous colleague @andreasbauer), tax compliance in software engineering, and our ridiculous scientific publication system. Three topics nobody warned us […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Michael Dorner @michaeldorner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

Morgen ist es endlich soweit. Wir am Institut für angewandte Informatik sind sowas von bereit für das #nuedigital festival #nurnberg und unsere Gäste. 👋

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Michael Dorner @michaeldorner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026

Keeping students engaged during a #kubernetes deep dive is already a challenge. Doing it on one of the hottest days of the year in a lecture room on the top floor (without AC or ventilation, of course) deserves its own certification. Thanks a lot, @schwargeo […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Hendrik Weimer @hweimer.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026

When people mention "Springer", they can refer to two very different publishers: Springer Nature or Axel Springer SE. Don't confuse them! One does not care about ethical standards, is involved in shady campaigns to exert influence, and employs questionable business practices. The other, of […]

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Tilman @tilmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026

Another Homebrew Website Club Nuremberg last night — and I'm still delighted that this friendly, diverse group of practitioners meets monthly in my city. Interesting, inspiring, relaxed, and funny, as always. Thanks to Björn for documenting everything […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Michael Dorner @michaeldorner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026

Am 02.07.2026 beim #nuedigital Festival in #nuernberg ? Dann schaut gerne bei uns am Institut für angewandte Informatik der #ohm vorbei und diskutiert mit uns über das kaputte Publikationssystem in der Wissenschaft und wie wir es reparieren können – oder, für Software Engineers (und alle, die […]

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Mastodon @mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026

Following on from the @EUCommission Tech Sovereignty and Open Source Strategy (and Mastodon’s direct mention within it!) that was announced this week… Our team is proud to have signed and contributed to the drafting of the Europe Open Declaration alongside our peers in the #SocialWeb and […]

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Michael Dorner @michaeldorner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026

Me: Ok, maybe my hatred of Microsoft #Excel is outdated and I should give it a try. Microsoft Excel:

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Official petition for the UK to rejoin the EU, open to UK citizens and residents: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74... Takes literally 1 minute, very quick. With changing political climate, worth making your UK voice heard if this is your view. Petition closes June 8th 2026.

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Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK

We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...

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Michael Dorner @michaeldorner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026

Prior belief: I know stuff. After listening to today’s guest lecture on threats to validity in experiments and Bayesian data analysis: posterior updated dramatically. What a pleasure to have my dear roommate Julian Frattini from Chalmers visiting us today ❤️

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Michael Dorner @michaeldorner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2026

Reisekostenabrechnung beim Staat für eine Konferenzreise ist schon eine wilde Sache...

Nebenkostenabrechnung mit verschiedenen Auswahlmöglichkeiten, darunter auch ekelerregenden Leichen

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Michael Dorner @michaeldorner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2026

It’s only "Full Stack" when you touch the bare metal. Huge thanks to @hetzner for hosting my Advanced Software Engineering class today! We had a blast to see the source code's natural habitat. ❤️ It turns out we were color-coordinated for this excursion […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Ecologia Digital @josemurilo.mato.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

"…a damning new study could put #AI companies on the defensive. In it, #Stanford and #Yale researchers found compelling evidence that #AImodels are actually copying all that data, not “learning” from it. Specifically, four prominent LLMs — OpenAI’s GPT-4.1, Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro, xAI’s Grok 3 […]

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Daniel Mendez @mendezfe.org · 02/04/2026

Stefan Wagner and I, together with many wonderful colleagues from the SE community, are very much looking forward to be welcoming to the Empirical Software Engineering International Week, to be held directly after Oktoberfest in Munich.

"Wish you were beer" as advertisement for the conference in Munich, designed by Michael Dorner.

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Michael Dorner @michaeldorner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

Our paper that was previously desk rejected because it is "mostly discussing speculative future aspects" and its "insights are also stating obvious conclusions" got accepted at #EASE conference. ❤️

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Michael Dorner @michaeldorner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

When students contribute to an open-source project, are we forcing them to surrender their IP rights? And if that project is our own research software, are we actively exploiting our students for free labor? 🤔 In our new paper, "When Research Software Goes to Class: Lessons From Embedding […]

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Jens Ohlig @johl.mastodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026

RE: chaos.social/@Foxboron/116170859737… When you try to get rid of LGPL, but LLMs generate no copyrightable works and you accidentally have gone from LGPL to Public Domain (and then you slap a license on it which you couldn’t do in the first place).

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Stefan Wagner @stefanwagner.mastodon.acm.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026

We finally have a Mastodon account for the International Conference on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM). Follow for news on this year‘s edition in Munich at the Garching campus of @tu_muenchen. @ESEM_conf @seresearchers #ESEM2026 #ESEM

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Michael Dorner @michaeldorner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/03/2026

RE: mastodon.acm.org/@CoolSWEng/1161608… “the model can generate a literature review at a speed that implies it is either brilliant or committing a crime.” ❤️

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Michael Dorner @michaeldorner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2026

Dear #computerscience professors: how are you preventing LLM use in written (pen and paper), in-person programming exams at scale? Bathroom police? Hunting for fancy devices? What structural solutions are actually working? #education #exam #llm

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