• Component-based application development and component-based software architectures
• Quality of Service (QoS) of component-based applications
• Adaption of software components and generation of adapters
• Design Patterns for software architectures

Publications are listed on a separate page.

• Advising of diploma theses, "Individuellen Projekten" (independent study projects) and seminar participants in the environment of Palladio (there is a compilation of theses that I have advised, too); if the subjects appeal to you please contact me per email or make an appointment for a personal meeting (during my office hours)
• Advisor and tutor of the project group RIDE.NET

• Participation in the panel of the Seventh International Workshop on Software and Performance June 26th, 2008, Princeton, NJ, USA
• Fourth International Conference on the Quality of Software Architectures (QoSA08) October, 2008, Karlsruhe, Germany
• Third International Conference on the Quality of Software Architectures (QoSA07) July, 2007, Boston, USA
• Second International Conference on the Quality of Software Architectures (QoSA06) June, 27-29, 2006, Mälardalen University, Västerås near Stockholm, Sweden
• First International Conference on the Quality of Software Architectures (QoSA05) at the Net.ObjectDays September, 20-22, 2005, Erfurt, Germany
• 3rd International Workshop on Coordination and Adaptation Techniques for Software Entities July 2006 at ECOOP 2006 in Nantes, France
• 2nd International Workshop on Coordination and Adaptation Techniques for Software Entities July 2005 at ECOOP 2005 in Glasgow, Scotland

• Mitglied der Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI e.V.) (Mitgliedsnummer GI-42912)
• Sprecher des Arbeitskreises MDA der Fachgruppe Software Architekturen