I am a Marie-Curie Fellow in the Computing Department at Lancaster University, UK. I came here from Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, where I had been a PhD student and research associate since 2002.

Before that I was a student of computer science at Technische Universität Dresden, my diploma thesis was on the Object Constraint Language (OCL), a part of the Unified Modeling Language (UML). In particular, I worked on a case study with sd&m research to understand whether OCL is useable---and useful---in practice.

In 2007, I received my doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.) from Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. My doctoral thesis was in the area of non-functional properties of component-based systems and was awarded summa cum laude.

Whenever I am not sitting in front of the computer doing important research, I am most likely to be found a) in front of a book reading stories (well, anything, actually), or b) in rehearsals working on some new theatre play.

Florian Heidenreich, Jakob Henriksson, Jendrik Johannes, and Steffen Zschaler: On Language-Independent Model Modularisation. Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Development VI, Special Issue on Aspects and MDE. LNCS 5560, pp. 39--82, Springer, 2009.
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Steffen Zschaler: Formal Specification of Non-functional Properties of Component-Based Software Systems: A Semantic Framework and Some Applications Thereof. Software and Systems Modelling Journal (SoSyM), available online-first from SpringerLink, 2009.
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Holger Kampffmeyer and Steffen Zschaler: Finding the Pattern You Need: The Design Pattern Intent Ontology. Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (Proc. MODELS 2007), pages 211--225, LNCS 4735, Springer, 2007.
Acceptance rate: 28%
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Simone Röttger and Steffen Zschaler: Tool Support for Refinement of Non-functional Specifications. In Journal on Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM), volume 6, number 2, Springer, 2007.
Extended version of paper presented at UML 2004 and selected there for inclusion in a SoSyM special issue.
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Hermann Härtig, Steffen Zschaler, Martin Pohlack, Ronald Aigner, Steffen Göbel, Christoph Pohl, and Simone Röttger: Enforceable Component-Based Realtime Contracts -- Supporting Realtime Properties from Software Development to Execution. In Springer Real-Time Systems Journal, Volume 35, Number 1, Springer, 2007.
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