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Below you can find a list of publications that are directly related to ExplorViz:

  • M. Hansen, K. Issa, and W. Hasselbring, “A Chat Assistant for Software Exploration in a 3D Software Visualization”, 2026. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.09901
  • M. Hansen, L. Damerau, M. Bugla, D. Moreno-Lumbreras, and W. Hasselbring, “Analysis and Visualization of the Linux Kernel's Software Evolution Using the City Metaphor”, 2026. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.09910
  • L. Damerau, M. Hansen, and W. Hasselbring, “Flexible Snapshot Creation in Debugging Sessions for Code Cities”, in 2025 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT), 2025, pp. 147–148. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11175672
  • M. Hansen, D. Moreno-Lumbreras, and W. Hasselbring, “HTML Structure Exploration in 3D Software Cities”, in 2025 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT), 2025, pp. 89–93. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11175663
  • M. Hansen, L. Damerau, D. König, and W. Hasselbring, “Visualization of the Linux Kernel With ExplorViz”, in 2025 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT), 2025, pp. 117–120. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11175658
  • M. Hansen, J. Bamberg, N. Baumann, and W. Hasselbring, “Semantic Zoom and Mini-Maps for Software Cities”, in 2025 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT), 2025, pp. 47–57. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11175649
  • M. Hansen, H. Bielfeldt, A. Bernstetter, T. Kwasnitschka, and W. Hasselbring, “A Software Visualization Approach for Multiple Visual Output Devices”, in 2024 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT), 2024, pp. 101–105. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10794947
  • A. Krause-Glau, M. Hansen, and W. Hasselbring, “Collaborative Design and Planning of Software Architecture Changes via Software City Visualization”, in 2024 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT), 2024, pp. 155–156.
  • A. Krause-Glau, L. Damerau, M. Hansen, and W. Hasselbring, “Visual Integration of Static and Dynamic Software Analysis in Code Reviews via Software City Visualization”, in 2024 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT), 2024, pp. 144–149. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10794801
  • A. Krause-Glau and W. Hasselbring, “Collaborative, Code-Proximal Dynamic Software Visualization within Code Editors”, in IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization, 2023. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10350183
  • A. Krause-Glau, M. Hansen, and W. Hasselbring, “Collaborative Program Comprehension in Extended Reality”, in Software Engineering, 2023. https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/57805/
  • A. Krause-Glau, M. Bader, and W. Hasselbring, “Collaborative Software Visualization for Program Comprehension”, in IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization, 2022. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9978325
  • A. Krause-Glau, M. Hansen, and W. Hasselbring, “Collaborative program comprehension via software visualization in extended reality”, Information and Software Technology, 2022. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095058492200132X
  • A. Krause-Glau and W. Hasselbring, “Scalable Collaborative Software Visualization as a Service”, in IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering, 2022. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9946323
  • A. Krause, M. Hansen, and W. Hasselbring, “Live Visualization of Dynamic Software Cities with Heat Map Overlays”, in IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization, 2021. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9604847
  • W. Hasselbring, A. Krause, and C. Zirkelbach, “ExplorViz: Research on software visualization, comprehension and collaboration”, Software Impacts, 2020. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665963820300257
  • A. Krause, C. Zirkelbach, W. Hasselbring, S. Lenga, and D. Kröger, “Microservice Decomposition via Static and Dynamic Analysis of the Monolith”, in IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture, 2020. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9095638
  • C. Zirkelbach, A. Krause, and W. Hasselbring, “The Collaborative Modularization and Reengineering Approach CORAL for Open Source Research Software”, International Journal On Advances in Software, 2020. https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/50147/
  • C. Zirkelbach, A. Krause, and W. Hasselbring, “Modularization of Research Software for Collaborative Open Source Development”, in International Conference on Advanced Collaborative Networks, Systems and Applications, 2019. https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.05663
  • A. Krause, C. Zirkelbach, and W. Hasselbring, “Simplifying Software System Monitoring through Application Discovery with ExplorViz”, in Symposium on Software Performance, 2018. https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/44502/
  • C. Zirkelbach, A. Krause, and W. Hasselbring, “On the Modernization of ExplorViz towards a Microservice Architecture”, in Collaborative Workshop on Evolution and Maintenance of Long-Living Software Systems, 2018. https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/42119/
  • F. Fittkau, A. Krause, and W. Hasselbring, “Software landscape and application visualization for system comprehension with ExplorViz”, Information and Software Technology, 2017. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950584916301185
  • C. Zirkelbach, “Juggling with Data: On the Lack of Database Monitoring in Long-Living Software Systems”, in Collaborative Workshop on Evolution and Maintenance of Long-Living Software Systems, 2017. https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/37440/
  • C. Zirkelbach and M. Adolf, “An Elastic Layers Pattern Approach with Dynamically Added Layers”, in Symposium on Software Performance, 2016. https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/34354/
  • F. Fittkau, S. Finke, W. Hasselbring, and J. Waller, “Comparing Trace Visualizations for Program Comprehension through Controlled Experiments”, in IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension, 2015. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7181455
  • F. Fittkau and W. Hasselbring, “Elastic Application-Level Monitoring for Large Software Landscapes in the Cloud”, in European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, 2015. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-24072-5_6
  • F. Fittkau, A. Krause, and W. Hasselbring, “Exploring Software Cities in Virtual Reality”, in IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization, 2015. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7332423
  • F. Fittkau, A. Krause, and W. Hasselbring, “Hierarchical Software Landscape Visualization for System Comprehension: A Controlled Experiment”, in IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization, 2015. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7332413
  • F. Fittkau, E. Koppenhagen, and W. Hasselbring, “Research Perspective on Supporting Software Engineering via Physical 3D Models”, in IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization, 2015. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7332423
  • F. Fittkau, S. Roth, and W. Hasselbring, “ExplorViz: Visual Runtime Behavior Analysis of Enterprise Application Landscapes”, in European Conference on Information Systems, 2015. https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/28067/
  • C. Zirkelbach, W. Hasselbring, and L. Carr, “Combining Kieker with Gephi for Performance Analysis and Interactive Trace Visualization”, in Symposium on Software Performance, 2015. https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/30101/
  • F. Fittkau, A. van Hoorn, and W. Hasselbring, “Towards a Dependability Control Center for Large Software Landscapes”, in European Dependable Computing Conference, 2014. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6821089
  • F. Fittkau, P. Stelzer, and W. Hasselbring, “Live Visualization of Large Software Landscapes for Ensuring Architecture Conformance”, in European Conference on Software Architecture Workshops, 2014. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2642803.2642831
  • F. Fittkau, J. Waller, C. Wulf, and W. Hasselbring, “Live Trace Visualization for Comprehending Large Software Landscapes: The ExplorViz Approach”, in IEEE International Working Conference on Software Visualization, 2013. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6650536
  • F. Fittkau, J. Waller, P. C. Brauer, and W. Hasselbring, “Scalable and Live Trace Processing with Kieker Utilizing Cloud Computing”, in Symposium on Software Performance, 2013.