Welcome to Rick Rabiser’s Homepage
Welcome to Rick Rabiser’s Homepage
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. (CV)
Professor for Software Engineering in Cyber-Physical Systems,
Head of the Cyber-Physical Systems Lab,
Head of the Christian Doppler Lab VaSiCS,
JKU-Head of the JKU/Dynatrace Co-Innovation Lab,
Linz Institute of Technology,
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria,
Altenberger Strasse 69, A-4040 Linz, Austria
Email: rick–dot–rabiser–at–jku–dot–at
Phone: +43 732 2468 4363
Adminstrative Assistant: Ursula Schwarzgruber
Email: ursula–dot–schwarzgruber–at–jku–dot–at
Phone: +43 732 2468 9494
Office: LIT Open Innovation Center (ground floor)
Information for Students
I have no explicit office hours, but if you need anything, e.g., information on the courses I teach or about available projects, Bachelor’s theses, and Master’s theses, or just want to chat, do not hesitate to contact me via e-mail at any time and we will arrange an appointment. Information on courses is available in KUSSS.
Research Interests
I’m interested in Software Engineering (research), especially on:
- Variability Modeling/Management and Software Product Lines
- Software Architecture (Quality) and Modularization
- Software Reuse
- Software Maintenance and Software Evolution
- Real-World Case Studies (with Industry and Open Source Systems)
- Industry-Academia Collaboration
- Usability Studies (of (Software) Engineering Tools)
- SE in Cyber-Physical (Production) Systems
- Distributed Software Architectures and Handling of Data
- Systematic Literature Studies and Building Bodies of Knowledge
Expertise
I’m an expert in Software Engineering (research), especially in:
- Systems and Software Product Lines
- Variability Modeling and Management
- (User-Centered) Product Configuration/Derivation
- (Systematic) Literature Studies and Surveys
- Usability Studies/User Studies
- Industry-Academia Collaboration and Case Studies
- Monitoring of Software(-intensive) Systems
- Domain-Specific Languages
- Software Architectures/Design and Modularization
- SE in Cyber-Physical (Production) Systems
- Algorithms and Data Structures
- Object-oriented Programming/Design
- Requirements Engineering
Word Cloud of my publication titles
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Current Work/Projects/Collaborations
(last update: Aug 12, 2021)
Topics for theses (Bachelor, Master) and practica (e.g., Software Engineering, Computational Engineering) are available in all these projects)
TraVarT: An Approach for Transforming Variability Models (Dissertation Kevin Feichtinger (supervisor: Rick Rabiser))
- Kevin Feichtinger, Dario Romano, Rick Rabiser
- JKU Projects: LIT CPS Lab (SECPS Group) and CDL VaSiCS
- Cooperation with: TU Vienna, Uni Ulm, SE/WIN JKU
- Publications/Further Information:
- K. Feichtinger, J. Stöbich, D. Romano, and R. Rabiser: TRAVART: An Approach for Transforming Variability Models. 15th International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VaMoS 2021), ACM, 2021.
- K. Feichtinger, K. Meixner, R. Rabiser, and S. Biffl: Variability Transformation from Industrial Engineering Artifacts: An Example in the Cyber-Physical Production Systems Domain, 3rd Intl. Workshop on Variability and Evolution of Software-Intensive Systems (VariVolution), co-located with SPLC 2020, ACM, 2020, pp. 65-73.
- TraVarT
Heterogeneous Multi-Dimensional Variability Modeling in Cyber-Physical Production Systems using Deltas (Dissertation Hafiyyan Sayyid Fadhlillah (supervisors: Rick Rabiser, Alois Zoitl))
- Hafiyyan Sayyid Fadhlillah, Philipp Bauer, Kevin Feichtinger, Antonio Gutierrez, Lisa Sonnleithner, Bianca Wiesmayr, Alois Zoitl
- JKU Projects: CDL VaSiCS and LIT CPS Lab (CPSforEP and SECPS Groups)
- Partners: Primetals Technologies, Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft
- Publications/Further Information:
- H. S. Fadhlillah, K. Feichtinger, L. Sonnleithner, R. Rabiser, and A. Zoitl: Towards Heterogeneous Multi-Dimensional Variability Modeling in Cyber-Physical Production Systems. 4th Intl. Workshop on Variability and Evolution of Software-intensive Systems (VariVolution), 25th ACM International Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2021), ACM, 2021.
- H. S. Fadhlillah, B. Wiesmayr, M. Oberlehner, R. Rabiser, and A. Zoitl: Towards Delta-Oriented Variability Modeling for IEC 61499. 26th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), IEEE, 2021.
- R. Rabiser and A. Zoitl: Towards Mastering Variability in Software-Intensive Cyber-Physical Production Systems. Procedia Computer Science, 2nd International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing (ISM 2020), vol. 180, pp. 50-59, 2021.
- CDL VaSiCS
Better Control Software Design (Bad Smells, Metrics, Design Patterns, etc. for IEC 61499; Dissertation Lisa Sonnleithner (supervisors: Alois Zoitl, Rick Rabiser))
- Lisa Sonnleithner, Elene Kutsia, Philipp Bauer, Alois Zoitl, Rick Rabiser
- JKU Projects: EU Project 1-SWARM, CDL VaSiCS, and LIT CPS Lab (CPSforEP Group)
- Partners: EU Project Consortium, Primetals Technologies, Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft
- Publications/Further Information:
- L. Sonnleithner, S. Bácsi, M. Oberlehner, E. Kutsia, and A. Zoitl: Do you smell it too? Towards IEC 61499 Bad Smells. 26th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), IEEE, 2021.
- L. Sonnleithner, B. Wiesmayr, V. Ashiwal, and A. Zoitl: IEC 61499 Distributed Design Patterns. 26th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), IEEE, 2021.
- L. Sonnleithner and A. Zoitl: A Software Measure for IEC 61499 Basic Function Blocks. 25th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), IEEE, 2020, pp. 997-1000.
- 1-SWARM
- CDL VaSiCS
Graph Mining from (4diac/IEC 61499) function block networks: modularity analysis, variability mining, clone detection/similarity analysis
- Markus Unterdechler, Lisa Sonnleithner, Antonio Gutierrez, Alois Zoitl, Rick Rabiser
- JKU Projects: CDL VaSiCS and LIT CPS Lab (SECPS Group)
- Partners: Primetals Technologies, Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft
- Publications/Further Information:
Clone Detection in 4diac/IEC 61499 (Bachleor Thesis Elene Kutsia)
- Elene Kutsia, Lisa Sonnleithner, Antonio Gutierrez, Alois Zoitl, Rick Rabiser
- JKU Projects: CDL VaSiCS and LIT CPS Lab (SECPS Group)
- Partners: Primetals Technologies, Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft
- Publications/Further Information:
Clustering/Complexity/FeatureEnvy in 4diac/IEC 61499 (Bachleor Thesis Philipp Bauer)
- Philipp Bauer, Lisa Sonnleithner, Antonio Gutierrez, Alois Zoitl, Rick Rabiser
- JKU Projects: CDL VaSiCS and LIT CPS Lab (SECPS Group)
- Partners: Primetals Technologies, Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft
- Publications/Further Information:
A Variability Modeling Body of Knowledge
- Kevin Feichtinger, Kristof Meixner, Stefan Biffl, Rick Rabiser
- JKU Projects: LIT CPS Lab (SECPS Group) and CDL VaSiCS
- Cooperation with: TU Vienna
- Publications/Further Information:
- K. Feichtinger, K. Meixner, R. Rabiser, and S. Biffl: A Systematic Study as Foundation for a Variability Modeling Body of Knowledge. 47th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), IEEE, 2021.
- VarBoK
A Reusable Set of Real-World Product Line Case Studies for Comparing Variability Models in Research and Practice
- Kevin Feichtinger, Kristof Meixner, Stefan Biffl, Rick Rabiser
- JKU Projects: LIT CPS Lab (SECPS Group) and CDL VaSiCS
- Cooperation with: TU Vienna
- Publications/Further Information:
- K. Meixner, K. Feichtinger, R. Rabiser, and S. Biffl: A Reusable Set of Real-World Product Line Case Studies for Comparing Variability Models in Research and Practice. 4th Workshop on Experiences and Empirical Studies on Software Reuse (WEESR), 25th ACM International Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2021), ACM, 2021.
- Case Studies
Testing of Highly Configurable Cyber-Physical Systems
- Stefan Fischer, Claus Klammer, Rudolf Ramler, Antonio Gutierrez, Rick Rabiser
- JKU Projects: JKU Projects: CDL VaSiCS and LIT CPS Lab (SECPS Group)
- Cooperation with: SCCH
- Publications/Further Information:
- S. Fischer, R. Ramler, C. Klammer, and R. Rabiser: Testing of Highly Configurable Cyber-Physical Systems - A Multiple Case Study. 15th International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VaMoS 2021), ACM, 2021, pp. 19:1-19:10.
MODEVAR: Variability modeling language the community can agree on
- David Benavides, Thomas Thüm, Chico Sundermann, Philippe Collet, Mathieu Acher, Don Batory, Kevin Feichtinger, Rick Rabiser, and many more
- JKU Projects: LIT CPS Lab (SECPS Group) and CDL VaSiCS
- Cooperation with: University of Sevilla, Uni Ulm, University of Rennes, Université Côte d’Azur, and many more
- Publications/Further Information:
- D. Benavides, R. Rabiser, D. Batory, and M. Acher: First International Workshop on Languages for Modelling Variability (MODEVAR 2019). 23rd International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, ACM, 2019.
- C. Sundermann, K. Feichtinger, D. Engelhardt, R. Rabiser, and T. Thüm: Yet Another Textual Variability Language? A Community Effort Towards a Unified Language. 25th International Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2021), ACM, 2021.
- MODEVAR Homepage
- UVL
- UVL Model Repository
Investigate and improve relation of research and practice in Software Engineering, particularly in Systems and Software Product Lines
- Klaus Schmid, Rick Rabiser, Martin Becker, Goetz Botterweck, Matthias Galster, Iris Groher, Danny Weyns
- JKU Projects: LIT CPS Lab (SECPS Group) and CDL VaSiCS
- Cooperation with: Uni Hildesheim, SE WIN JKU, Fraunhofer IESE, Canterbury University NZ, KU Leuven, Lero/Trinity College Dublin
- Publications/Further Information:
- R. Rabiser, K. Schmid, M. Becker, G. Botterweck, M. Galster, I. Groher, and D. Weyns: A Study and Comparison of Industrial vs. Academic Software Product Line Research Published at SPLC, 22nd International Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2018), ACM, 2018, pp. 14-24.
- R. Rabiser, K. Schmid, M. Becker, G. Botterweck, M. Galster, I. Groher, and D. Weyns: Industrial and Academic Software Product Line Research at SPLC: Perceptions of the Community, 23rd International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, ACM, 2019, pp. 189-194.
- K. Schmid, R. Rabiser, M. Becker, G. Botterweck, M. Galster, I. Groher, and D. Weyns: Bridging the Gap: Voices from Industry and Research on Industrial Relevance of SPLC, 25th International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, ACM, 2021.
- SPLC
REMINDS Open Source
- Dario Romano, Michael Vierhauser, Paul Grünbacher, Rick Rabiser
- JKU Projects: LIT CPS Lab (SECPS Group), CDL MEVSS, ISSE
- Partners: Primetals Technologies
- Publications/Further Information:
- M. Vierhauser, R. Rabiser, P. Grünbacher, K. Seyerlehner, S. Wallner, and H. Zeisel: ReMinds: A Flexible Runtime Monitoring Framework for Systems of Systems. Journal of Systems and Software, vol. 112. pp. 123-136, 2016.
- REMINDS
SECPPS (Software Engineering in Cyber-Physical Production Systems)
- Rick Rabiser, Alois Zoitl, Birgit Vogel-Heuser, Manuel Wimmer, a.o.
- JKU Projects: LIT CPS Lab (SECPS Group) and CDL VaSiCS
- Cooperation with: TU Munich, SE/WIN JKU
- Publications/Further Information:
- R. Rabiser, B. Vogel-Heuser, M. Wimmer, and A. Zoitl: Workshop on Software Engineering in Cyber-Physical Production Systems (SECPPS). Software Engineering, LNI, Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., 2021, pp. 133-134.
- SECPPS-WS
IFAC Technical Committee 3.1 on “Computers for Control”
- Lisa Sonnleithner, Antonio Gutierrez, Hafiyyan Sayyid Fadhlillah, Rick Rabiser, Alois Zoitl, a.o.
- JKU Projects: LIT CPS Lab (SECPS Group and CPSforEP Group) and CDL VaSiCS
- Cooperation with: TU Munich, a.o.
- Publications/Further Information:
- Static Code Analysis
- Control Software Architecture
- Assessment of modularity and reuse using quality indicators
- Conduction of international questionnaire studies
- B. Vogel-Heuser, E.-M. Neumann, A. Zoitl, A. M. Gutierrez Fernandez, R. Rabiser, H. S. Fadhlillah: An International Case Study on Control Software Development in Large-Scale Plant Manufacturing Companies of One Industrial Sector at Different Locations. Proc. of the 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), IEEE, 2021. (accepted for publication)
- IFAC TC 3.1
Usability Studies of Software Engineering Tools
- Paul Grünbacher, Rick Rabiser
- JKU Projects: LIT CPS Lab (SECPS Group), CDL MEVSS, ISSE, CDL VaSiCS
- Publications/Further Information:
- B. Wiesmayr, A. Zoitl, and R. Rabiser: Assessing the Usefulness of a Visual Programming IDE for Large-Scale Automation Software. ACM/IEEE 24th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS), IEEE, 2021.
- L. M. Kritzinger, T. Krismayer, R. Rabiser, and P. Grünbacher: A User Study on the Usefulness of Visualization Support for Requirements Monitoring. 7th IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT), IEEE, 2019, pp. 56-66.
- R. Rabiser, M. Vierhauser, and P. Grünbacher: Assessing the Usefulness of a Requirements Monitoring Tool: A Study Involving Industrial Software Engineers. 38th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2016), SEIP Track, ACM, 2016, pp. 122-131.
- R. Rabiser, P. Grünbacher, and M. Lehofer: A Qualitative Study on User Guidance Capabilities in Product Configuration Tools. 27th IEEE/ACM International Conference Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2012), ACM, 2012, pp. 110-119.
JKU/Dynatrace Co-Innovation Lab
- Rick Rabiser, 2 Post-Docs (full time) to be hired
- JKU Projects: Co-Innovation Lab, LIT CPS Lab (SECPS Group)
- Partners: JKU, Dynatrace Austria
- Publications/Further Information:
- The aim of this lab is to perform trans-disciplinary, original scientific research between industry and academia on recent computer science topics, particularly from the areas of software engineering, artificial intelligence, and data science.
- Concrete Topics: Distributed Data Platforms and/or Real-Time Data Analytics
- Co-Innovation Lab
- Dynatrace Research
Links
- My DBLP Profile
- My Google Scholar Profile
- My researchr Profile
- My ResearchGate Profile
- My Scopus Profile
- orcid.org/0000-0003-3862-1112
- ResearcherID
- AMiner
- Semantic Scholar
- JKU FODOK
- Euromicro
- Euromicro DSD/SEAA Facebook Page
- Euromicro Twitter Account
Current Calls
As a member of the steering, organizing, program (and/or other) committees for these events I cordially invite you to submit your research to:
- SEAA 2022, Aug 31-Sept 2, Gran Canaria, Spain
- SPLC 2022, Sept 12-16, Graz, Austria
- MoPro'22, Jun 27, Hamburg, Germany
- TD4ViS@SPLC 2022, Sept 12-16, Graz, Austria
- VariVolution@SPLC 2022, Sept 12-16, Graz, Austria
- MODEVAR@SPLC 2022, Sept 12-16, Graz, Austria
- SASI4@ETFA 2022, Sept 19-23, Prague, Czech Republic
Services for Research Communities
(only recent, please refer to my CV for the full list)
Steering Committee Memberships
Program Committee Memberships (only last 5 years)
SWQD 2017, VaMoS 2017, RESACS@REFSQ 2017, VACE 2017, ICSR 2017, SEKE 2017, SPLC 2017, SBES 2017, SWQD 2018, VaMoS 2018, VSPL Track@SAC 2018, ICSR 2018, SEsCPS’18@ICSE 2018, SEKE 2018, RESACS@RE 2018, SPLC 2018, Doct Symp@SPLC 2018, Configuration Workshop 2018, SBES 2018, SWQD 2019, VaMoS 2019, VSPLE Track@SAC 2019, SEsCPS@ICSE 2019, SEKE 2019, SPLC 2019, MODEVAR@SPLC 2019, WEESR@SPLC 2019, SASI4@ECSA 2019, Workshop on Configuration 2019, SBES@CBSOFT 2019, Software Quality Days 2020, VaMoS 2020, SPLC 2020 (Research Track), SPLC 2020 Doctoral Symposium, VariVolution@SPLC 2020, Workshop on Configuration 2020, SASI4@ECSA 2020, Software Quality Days 2021, VaMoS 2021, SE 2021, ACM Student Research Competition at ICSE 2021, SEKE 2021, INDIN 2021, SPLC 2021, VM4ModernTech@SPLC 2021, VariVolution@SPLC 2021, WEESR@SPLC 2021, MODEVAR@SPLC 2021, SWQD 2022, VaMoS 2022, SE 2022, SEKE 2022, SPLC 2022 Doctoral Symposium, SPLC 2022, MoPro’22@Modellierung’22, TD4ViS@SPLC 2022, VariVolution@SPLC 2022, MODEVAR@SPLC 2022, SASI4@ETFA 2022
Organizing Committee Memberships (only last 5 years)
- MoLS 2017 at ICPE 2017 -- OC Chair (with Michael Vierhauser, Sam Guinea, and Willi Hasselbring)
- Euromicro SEAA 2017 -- SPPI Track Chair (with Dietmar Winkler and Stefan Biffl)
- ManLang'18 -- Publicity Co-Chair (with Manuel Rigger)
- Euromicro SEAA 2018 -- SPPI Track Chair (with Dietmar Winkler and Stefan Biffl) and MoLS Special Session Chair (with Michael Vierhauser, Sam Guinea, and Willi Hasselbring)
- SPLC 2018 -- Tutorials Chair (with Christoph Elsner)
- SPLTea@SPLC 2018 -- OC Chair (with Mathieu Acher and Roberto Lopez-Herrejon)
- Euromicro SEAA 2019 -- SPPI Track Co-Chair (with Dietmar Winkler and Stefan Biffl)
- SPLC 2019 -- Demonstrations and Tools Chair (with Leopoldo Teixeira)
- SPLTea 2019 (Workshop@SPLC 2019) -- OC Co-Chair
- MODEVAR 2019 (Workshop@SPLC 2019), OC Co-Chair
- MODEVAR 2020 (Workshop@VaMoS 2020), OC Co-Chair
- SE 2020 -- PC Chair (with Willi Hasselbring)
- Euromicro SEAA 2020 -- SPPI Track Co-Chair (with Dietmar Winkler and Stefan Biffl)
- MODEVAR 2020 (Workshop@SPLC 2020), OC Co-Chair
- Euromicro SEAA 2021 -- SPPI Track Co-Chair (with Dietmar Winkler and Stefan Biffl)
- SPLC 2021 Doctoral Symposium Co-Chair (with Mahsa Varshosaz)
- Euromicro SEAA 2022 -- SPPI Track Co-Chair (with Dietmar Winkler and Stefan Biffl)
Reviewer for Journals and Magazines
Information and Software Technology (IST), Journal of Systems and Software (JSS), Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), Data and Knowledge Engineering (DKE), Science of Computer Programming (SCP), IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), Software Quality Journal (SQJ), Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM), IEEE Software, IEEE Transactions on Service Computing (TSC), Computer Languages, Systems and Structures (COMLAN), ACM Computing Surveys, Journal of Universal Computer Science (Special Issue on Knowledge-based Configuration), ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), Springer Computing (COMP)
(Guest) Editor for Special Sections/Issues in Journals
- International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer (STTT), Special Section on Software Diversity - Modeling, Analysis and Evolution, Editors: Ina Schaefer, Rick Rabiser, Dave Clarke, Springer, 2011/2012.
- Information and Software Technology, Special Section on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, Editors: Rick Rabiser and Richard Torkar, Elsevier, 2014/2015.
- Journal of Systems and Software, Special Issue on Quality Engineering and Management of Software-Intensive Systems, Editors: Michael Felderer, Helena Holmström Olsson, Rick Rabiser, Elsevier, 2017/2018.
Awards/Honorable Mentions
- Journal of Systems and Software Most Cited Article from 2010 for "Dhungana, D., Grünbacher, P., Rabiser, R., Neumayer, T.: Structuring the Modeling Space and Supporting Evolution in Software Product Line Engineering. The Journal of Systems and Software, 83(7), pp.1108-1122, 2010"
- Information and Software Technology Most Cited Article from 2010 for "Rabiser, R., Grünbacher, P., Dhungana, D.: Requirements for Product Derivation Support: Results from a Systematic Literature Review and an Expert Survey. Information and Software Technology, vol. 52(3), pp. 324-346, 2010"
- Best Paper Award at WICSA 2014 for "Vierhauser, M., Rabiser, R., Grünbacher, P., Danner, C., Wallner, S., Zeisel, H.: A Flexible Framework for Runtime Monitoring of System-of-Systems Architectures, Proceedings of the 11th Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture (WICSA 2014), Sydney, Australia, April 7-11, 2014, IEEE, pp. 57-66.”
- In an article analyzing 20 years of research on Software Product Lines I was recognized as one of the 15 most prolific researchers in the field. The article was published in 2016 the Information and Software Technology Journal.
- Journal of Systems and Software Outstanding Reviewer Award (November 2016), i.e., within the top 10th percentile of reviewers for the Journal, in terms of the number of manuscript reviews completed 2014-2016.
- Information and Software Technology Outstanding Reviewer Award (December 2016), i.e., within the top 10th percentile of reviewers for the Journal, in terms of the number of manuscript reviews completed 2014-2016.
- Journal of Software and Systems Modeling Reviewer Recognition (March 2017).
- IEEE Software Reviewer Recognition (“Certificate of Appreciation”) (May 2018)
- Journal of Systems and Software Outstanding Reviewer Award (June 2018), i.e., within the top 10th percentile of reviewers for the Journal, in terms of the number of manuscript reviews completed 2017-2018.
- Distinguished Reviewer Award (September 2018) at SPLC 2018 (22nd International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, Sept 10-14, Gothenburg, Sweden).
- JKU Work Abroad Photo Contest First Prize (October 2018) at Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, for the Photo “Tower of Knowledge” made inside Prague Municipal Library while attending the Euromicro SEAA 2018 conference
- Journal of Software Practice and Experience Distinguished Referee 2018 ("These referees gave outstanding service to the journal based on the criteria of quality, timeliness, and volume of reviews.")
- Empirical Software Engineering Journal Reviewer Recognition for 2018 (Jan 2019)
- Outstanding Reviewer Award at SBES 2019 (Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering, Sept 23-27, 2019, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil): “awarded to reviewers who submitted outstanding quality reviews to SBES”.
- Listed as one of the key researchers in Austrian computer science in the 2019 CWTS Bibliometric Report "Bibliometric analysis of the Austrian computer science research (2000-2017)" (www.wissenschaftsrat.ac.at).
- Journal of Software and Systems Modeling Reviewer Recognition (Jan 2019).
- Empirical Software Engineering Journal Reviewer Recognition for 2019 (Jan 2020)
- Journal of Software: Evolution and Process Reviewer Recognition for 2019 (Feb 2020)
- Journal of Systems and Software Most Cited Article since 2017 (Aug 2020) for R. Rabiser, S. Guinea, M. Vierhauser, L. Baresi, and P. Grünbacher: A Comparison Framework for Runtime Monitoring Approaches. Journal of Systems and Software, vol. 125, pp. 309-321, 2017.
- VaMoS Most Influential Paper Award (Feb 2022) for K. Czarnecki, P. Grünbacher, R. Rabiser, K. Schmid, and A. Wasowski: Cool Features and Tough Decisions: A Comparison of Variability Modeling Approaches. Proc. of the 6th International Workshop on Variability Modeling of Software-Intensive Systems (VaMoS 2012), ACM, 2012, pp. 173-182.

Positions/Memberships
- Speaker for University Professors at the Faculty of Engineering & Natural Sciences
- JKU Young Computer Scientists -- Program Manager
- Professional Member of ACM
- Member of Euromicro
- Member of the Euromicro Board of Directors (Director for Austria)
- Member of the Euromicro Executive Office (Publicity Secretary)
Personal Interests/Hobbies
- Running
- Hiking
- Traveling
- Photography