Great news! Special Issue on 'Simplicity in IT' of IEEE Computer approved!
(Scheduled for November 2013)

The objective of this special issue is to show the state of the art in the ICT research and practice that emphasizes simplicity as a driving paradigm. Guest Editors: Tiziana Margaria, Barry D. Floyd and Mike Hinchey

Literature and sources

Public documents


ITSy-related publications



SEW 2011 Special Session: Simplification Through Change of Perspective


  • T. Margaria, B. Steffen
    Simplification Through Change of Perspective (Preface)
    SEW 2011, Post proceedings with IEEE CS Press (in print)
  • R. Grosu, G. Batt, F. Fenton, J. Glimm, C. Le Guernic, S. A. Smolka, E. Bartocci
    A Change in Perspective Yields Formal Analysis
    SEW 2011, Post proceedings with IEEE CS Press (in print)
  • I. Schäfer, T. Margaria, A.-L. Lamprecht
    Feature-Based Variability Modelling: Less is More
    SEW 2011, Post proceedings with IEEE CS Press (in print)
  • B. Steffen, J. Neubauer
    Emergent Behavior Control: From Modelling to Automata Learning
    SEW 2011, Post proceedings with IEEE CS Press (in print)

Invited book chapters



Additional resources and links


  • The Social Computer (TSC) - Internet scale human problem solving
    "The social computer is a future computational system that harnesses the innate problem solving, action and information gathering powers of humans and the environments in which they live in order to tackle large scale social problems that are beyond our current capabilities."