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06Oct 2026 by diversolab No Comments

José A. Galindo Receives a Most Influential Paper Award at VARIABILITY 2026

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José A. Galindo, researcher at Diverso Lab and the Department of Computer Languages and Systems of the University of Seville, has received a Most Influential Paper (MIP) award at VARIABILITY 2026, held in Limassol, Cyprus, from 29 September to 2 October. The award recognises "Using Machine Learning to Infer Constraints for Product Lines" (Paul Temple, José A. Galindo, Mathieu Acher and Jean-Marc Jézéquel), presented at SPLC 2016 in Beijing. https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/2934466.2934472What sets an MIP apart is its timing. It is not awarded when a paper is published, but ten years later, when a committee can look back and judge which contributions actually shaped the field.The paper addressed a long-standing problem in variability-intensive systems: finding a set of constraints that is both precise, allowing every correct configuration, and complete, never allowing a…

30Sep 2026 by diversolab No Comments

Esther Rocío Valladolid presents UVL-based variability modelling of drone propellers at MODEVAR 2026

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On 29 September 2026, Esther Rocío Valladolid Ortíz presented "Towards UVL-based variability modelling of drone propellers" at MODEVAR 2026, the International Workshop on Languages for Modelling Variability, held as part of VARIABILITY 2026 in Limassol, Cyprus. The work is co-authored with David Romero-Organvidez, José Antonio Pérez Castellanos and David Benavides, from the University of Seville.Feature models are usually applied to software, where a feature is a choice that is either included in a configuration or not. Physical engineering domains are just as variable, but their variability is often continuous and bound by physics. The design of a drone propeller depends on numeric parameters such as radius and pitch, together with discrete choices such as the number of blades or the tip shape, and these parameters are linked by physical relations…

30Sep 2026 by diversolab No Comments

UVL-driven configuration of YOLOv11 at MODEVAR 2026

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On 29 September 2026, the work "UVL-Supported Configuration for YOLOv11 Face Detection" was presented at MODEVAR 2026, the International Workshop on Languages for Modelling Variability, held as part of VARIABILITY 2026 in Limassol, Cyprus. The research was led by Haya Alhadramy (Al al-Bayt University, Jordan), in collaboration with Francisco S. Benítez, David Romero-Organvidez and José A. Galindo from the University of Seville.The work addresses a common problem in deep learning practice: choosing a model configuration. Training a face detector involves dozens of interdependent decisions, from backbone scale and attention blocks to input resolution, augmentation, precision and post-processing. These choices are usually made by hand, often copied from previous projects, with nothing to check that the resulting combination is coherent.The authors apply software product line engineering to this problem. They model…

30Sep 2026 by diversolab No Comments

David Romero-Organvidez presents the Test of Variability Thinking at VARIABILITY 2026

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David Romero-Organvidez has presented "An Instrument for Measuring Variability Thinking" at VARIABILITY 2026, held in Limassol, Cyprus. The work is co-authored with Jesús Moreno-León, José A. Galindo and David Benavides, all from the I3US Institute at the University of Seville.Variability is a central concept in software product lines. Engineers must identify options, understand dependencies and analyze configurations. However, while the community has produced a wide range of techniques, tools and analyses, there was no instrument to measure the ability to reason about variation. Without it, it is difficult to compare profiles, assess skills or evaluate the impact of teaching.To address this gap, the authors propose the Test of Variability Thinking (TVT), a brief visual test of ten questions that takes around 15 minutes and requires no prior technical knowledge. Inspired…

29Sep 2026 by diversolab No Comments

David Benavides delivers a keynote at ICI2ST 2026 in Quito on the relationship between AI and Software Engineering

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Prof. David Benavides, director of Diverso Lab, travelled to Quito, Ecuador, to deliver a keynote at the Sixth International Conference on Information Systems and Software Technologies (ICI2ST 2026), held from 23 to 25 September 2026 at the Hemiciclo Politécnico. The conference was organized by the Faculty of Systems Engineering of the Escuela Politécnica Nacional (EPN), together with a consortium of Ecuadorian and Colombian universities.His keynote, "Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering: Friends or Enemies?", addressed one of the most pressing questions in the discipline today. Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the way software is conceived, built and maintained, raising both opportunities and concerns across the community. The talk explored whether these two fields are competing or complementary, and what role software engineering must play in ensuring that AI-based systems are reliable,…

22Sep 2026 by diversolab No Comments

Maidelis Milanés Luque Joins Diverso Lab for a Research Stay

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Diverso Lab welcomes Maidelis Milanés Luque, lecturer at the Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas (UCI) in Cuba, who has begun a research stay with the group as part of her doctoral studies.Her doctoral research focuses on the application of computational thinking in university teaching, an area that is increasingly relevant as institutions look for new ways to develop problem-solving, abstraction and algorithmic skills among students across disciplines.During her stay of approximately three months, Maidelis will work in collaboration with Dr. Jesús Moreno-León and Dr. David Benavides. The main goals of the stay are to complete two scientific articles and to develop the proposal for a recommender system to support her research line.This collaboration strengthens the ties between Diverso Lab and the Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas and opens new opportunities…

11Sep 2026 by diversolab No Comments

Salvador Muñoz Publishes on Smart Governance in Digital Government: Research and Practice

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Salvador Muñoz Hermoso has had his paper "Exploring Smart Governance Challenges in Local Governments: Insights from a Delphi Study in Spain" accepted for publication in Digital Government: Research and Practice, the ACM journal devoted to digital government and public sector transformation. The manuscript was accepted as a Research Paper in its current form. The work is co-authored with Miguel A. Olivero, Francisco J. Domínguez-Mayo, and David Benavides.The paper is a result of the doctoral research that Salvador carried out at the University of Seville, where his industrial doctorate focused on e-collaboration and smart governance. He defended his thesis in September 2025. Throughout that research he combined academic work with more than two decades of professional experience in the development and management of electronic administration and local government projects, a background…

17Jul 2026 by diversolab No Comments

Six Diverso Lab Contributions Accepted at VARIABILITY 2026

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Diverso Lab is proud to share that six of our contributions have been accepted for VARIABILITY 2026, the International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and Configuration. This first edition of the conference brings together three long-standing venues in the field, SPLC, VaMoS and ICSR, and will take place in Limassol, Cyprus, from 29 September to 2 October 2026.Our accepted work spans the main track, the journal-first track and the MODEVAR workshop, and reflects the breadth of our research on variability modelling, automated analysis and the Universal Variability Language (UVL).Main TrackAutomated Analysis of UVL using Satisfiability Modulo Theories, by José Miguel Horcas, Francisco S. Benítez, José A. Galindo and David Benavides. This paper presents our advances in using the Z3 solver for the automated analysis of feature models,…

15Jul 2026 by diversolab No Comments

David Romero Organvídez Defends His Doctoral Thesis on the UVL Ecosystem

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On 14 July 2026, David Romero Organvídez successfully defended his doctoral thesis at the University of Seville, earning his PhD with International Doctorate Mention with the maximum grade. The thesis, titled "UVLHub: An Open Science Ecosystem for the Universal Variability Language", was supervised by Dr. David Benavides and Dr. José A. Galindo, both members of Diverso Lab.The work addresses a long-standing problem in software product line engineering: feature models, the de facto standard for representing variability and commonalities in software systems, have often been scattered across private repositories, incompatible formats, or discontinued projects. This dispersion has made it difficult for researchers and practitioners to find, reuse, and study these artefacts.At the core of the thesis is UVLHub, a repository of feature models built on the Universal Variability Language (UVL), a…

10Jul 2026 by diversolab No Comments

From Data to Irrigation: SensOlive’s Tools for Optimizing Deficit Irrigation

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The foundation of irrigation scheduling in SensOlive (PLSQ_00162).Project funded by the Junta de Andalucía. What we measure and how: the tools and indicators we use for our objectivesIn our first installment, we took you on a visit to La Hampa. Today we get a little closer to show you the tools we work with and the factors we take into account to understand, day by day, what the olive grove needs. Optimizing deficit irrigation isn't just about watering less: it's about watering with a purpose, and to do that we need to know precisely how each tree responds. In this video we show you the continuous measurement indicators we rely on, along with other measures we use to verify them. Along the way you'll see:How trunk diameter variation is measured…