4 papers
A Systematic Analysis of Higher Education on Software Engineering in the Netherlands
Bastiaan Heeren, Fabiano Dalpiaz, Mazyar Seraj +2
Objectives. Software engineering educators strive to continuously improve and refine their courses and programs. Understanding the current state of practice of software engineering…
The Hidden Cost of an Image: Quantifying the Energy Consumption of AI Image Generation
Giulia Bertazzini, Chiara Albisani, Daniele Baracchi +2
With the growing adoption of AI image generation, in conjunction with the ever-increasing environmental resources demanded by AI, we are urged to answer a fundamental question: Wha…
The Technical Debt Gamble: A Case Study on Technical Debt in a Large-Scale Industrial Microservice Architecture
Klara Borowa, Andrzej Ratkowski, Roberto Verdecchia
Microservice architectures provide an intuitive promise of high maintainability and evolvability due to loose coupling. However, these quality attributes are notably vulnerable to…
Greening AI-enabled Systems with Software Engineering: A Research Agenda for Environmentally Sustainable AI Practices
LuÃs Cruz, João Paulo Fernandes, Maja H. Kirkeby +22
The environmental impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled systems is increasing rapidly, and software engineering plays a critical role in developing sustainable solutions.…