Stefan Wagner

Stefan Wagner is a Professor at the Institute of Software Engineering (ISTE) and leads the Empirical Software Engineering Group at University of Stuttgart, Germany. His research focuses on software and systems engineering with emphasis on empirical studies, software quality, human aspects in software engineering, automotive software, and software engineering for AI-based systems.

Research Trends: Recent publications highlight his work in

• automotive software architecture centralization (2023)
• mutation testing in industrial contexts (2022)
• GitHub communication channel analysis (2022)
• microservices/DevOps adoption in cyber-physical systems (2022)
• code security feedback systems (2022)
• empirical studies of agile team leadership (2021)
• automated security requirements in CPS (2021)

Methodological Contributions: He has developed scenario-based evolvability analysis methods, empirical frameworks for citation drivers in SE, and systematic mapping approaches for AI-based system engineering challenges and automotive security countermeasures.