2026 Norbert Siegmund: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	31	13634	13221	656	641	137	4239

Overview

Norbert Siegmund is affiliated with Leipzig University in Germany and specializes in computer science with a significant focus on software system performance and reliability. Their research spans several main fields within computer science, including computer networks and communications, information systems, artificial intelligence, software, and computer science applications.

The primary topics of Siegmund's research include software system performance and reliability, software engineering research, advanced software engineering methodologies, software reliability and analysis, service-oriented architecture and web services, teaching and learning programming, and AI in service interactions.

Their recent notable papers include the following:

The Interplay of Sampling and Machine Learning for Software Performance Prediction, 2020, IEEE Software
On debugging the performance of configurable software systems, 2022, Proceedings of the 44th International Conference on Software Engineering
Green Configuration: Can Artificial Intelligence Help Reduce Energy Consumption of Configurable Software Systems?, 2022, Computer
"Ok Pal, we have to code that now": interaction patterns of programming beginners with a conversational chatbot, 2024, Empirical Software Engineering
Levels of Automation in Urban Design Through Artificial Intelligence: A Framework to Characterize Automation Approaches, 2020, Built Environment

Siegmund collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Sven Apel with 22 joint publications, Christian Kaltenecker with 10, Johannes Dorn with 8, Florian Sattler also with 8, and Stefan Mühlbauer with 5 publications.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in prominent venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

arXiv (Cornell University) with 7 publications
Empirical Software Engineering with 6 publications
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 6 publications
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology with 2 publications
IEEE Software with 1 publication

The broad fields they have contributed to reflect an interdisciplinary approach combining software engineering, performance analysis, and artificial intelligence, addressing challenges such as configuration debugging, energy-efficient AI application in software, and automation in urban design through AI frameworks.

Best Publications

Performance-influence models for highly configurable systems

Norbert Siegmund;Alexander Grebhahn;Sven Apel;Christian Kästner

297
Citations
Predicting performance via automated feature-interaction detection

Norbert Siegmund;Sergiy S. Kolesnikov;Christian Kastner;Sven Apel

261
Citations
SPL Conqueror: Toward optimization of non-functional properties in software product lines

Norbert Siegmund;Marko Rosenmüller;Martin Kuhlemann;Christian Kästner

232
Citations
Abstract Features in Feature Modeling

Thomas Thum;Christian Kastner;Sebastian Erdweg;Norbert Siegmund

216
Citations
Variability-aware performance prediction: a statistical learning approach

Jianmei Guo;Krzysztof Czarnecki;Sven Apely;Norbert Siegmundy

215
Citations
Views on internal and external validity in empirical software engineering

Janet Siegmund;Norbert Siegmund;Sven Apel

195
Citations
Cost-Efficient Sampling for Performance Prediction of Configurable Systems (T)

Atri Sarkar;Jianmei Guo;Norbert Siegmund;Sven Apel

175
Citations
Finding near-optimal configurations in product lines by random sampling

Jeho Oh;Don Batory;Margaret Myers;Norbert Siegmund

147
Citations
Predicting performance via automated feature-interaction detection

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137
Citations
Views on Internal and External Validity in Empirical Software Engineering

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134
Citations
Using bad learners to find good configurations

Vivek Nair;Tim Menzies;Norbert Siegmund;Sven Apel

130
Citations
Scalable prediction of non-functional properties in software product lines: Footprint and memory consumption

Norbert Siegmund;Marko RosenmüLler;Christian KäStner;Paolo G. Giarrusso

119
Citations
Data-efficient performance learning for configurable systems

Jianmei Guo;Dingyu Yang;Norbert Siegmund;Sven Apel

119
Citations
Automating the Configuration of Multi Software Product Lines.

Marko Rosenmüller;Norbert Siegmund

116
Citations
GPU-Accelerated Database Systems: Survey and Open Challenges

Sebastian Breß;Max Heimel;Norbert Siegmund;Ladjel Bellatreche

115
Citations
Finding Faster Configurations Using FLASH

Vivek Nair;Zhe Yu;Tim Menzies;Norbert Siegmund

114
Citations
Multi-dimensional variability modeling

Marko Rosenmüller;Norbert Siegmund;Thomas Thüm;Gunter Saake

113
Citations
Transfer learning for improving model predictions in highly configurable software

Pooyan Jamshidi;Miguel Velez;Christian Kastner;Norbert Siegmund

110
Citations
Transfer learning for performance modeling of configurable systems: an exploratory analysis

Pooyan Jamshidi;Norbert Siegmund;Miguel Velez;Christian Kastner

108
Citations
Exploring feature interactions in the wild: the new feature-interaction challenge

Sven Apel;Sergiy Kolesnikov;Norbert Siegmund;Christian Kästner

107
Citations
Scalable Prediction of Non-functional Properties in Software Product Lines

Norbert Siegmund;Marko Rosenmuller;Christian Kastner;Paolo G. Giarrusso

95
Citations
Distance-based sampling of software configuration spaces

Christian Kaltenecker;Alexander Grebhahn;Norbert Siegmund;Jianmei Guo

93
Citations
FAME-DBMS: tailor-made data management solutions for embedded systems

Marko Rosenmüller;Norbert Siegmund;Horst Schirmeier;Julio Sincero

91
Citations
Tailoring dynamic software product lines

Marko Rosenmüller;Norbert Siegmund;Mario Pukall;Sven Apel

77
Citations
Performance-Influence Models.

Norbert Siegmund;Alexander Grebhahn;Sven Apel;Christian Kästner

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sven Apel Saarland University

Gunter Saake Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

Christian Kästner Carnegie Mellon University

Pooyan Jamshidi University of South Carolina

Thomas Thüm University of Ulm

Tim Menzies North Carolina State University

Don Batory The University of Texas at Austin

Krzysztof Czarnecki University of Waterloo

Yuvraj Agarwal Carnegie Mellon University

Christian Lengauer University of Passau

External Links

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