Rebekka Wohlrab

Rebekka Wohlrab is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Software Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden) and an adjunct faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software and Societal Systems Department (S3D). Her research focuses on requirements engineering, self-adaptive systems, and robotics. She leads a research group supported by the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP).

Education: PhD in Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers, 2020), MSc/BSc in Computer Science (Paderborn University, 2016). Postdoc at Carnegie Mellon University (2020-2022).

Research interests include requirements conflicts resolution, quality attribute trade-offs, and ethical monitoring in cyber-physical systems. She has published extensively on adaptive systems, architectural tactics, and agile development practices. Notable contributions include frameworks for robot mission planning, security assurance cases, and traceability management in automotive systems.

Recent awards include a pedagogical prize from students at Chalmers. She advises PhD students on topics like self-adaptive robotics and WASP-funded projects. Her work spans theoretical research and industry collaboration (e.g., Volvo Cars). Active in conferences like ICSE, RE, and ICSA as a program committee member.

Labs/Teams: Leads the Self-Adaptive Systems Research Group at Chalmers, collaborating with WASP and automotive industry partners.