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Software Engineering Research Centre

Software Engineering Research Centre

Studying state‑of‑the‑art research to solve the challenges faced by the local software industry — improving processes, methods and techniques by reusing the artefacts locked inside existing legacy applications.

31Publications & books
10Research projects
4Active research tracks
50Public reports & datasets
About the centre

Bridging computer science theory and industry practice

The software engineering discipline bridges computer science theory and its practical application through a wide range of technologies and tools. The aim of the Software Engineering Research Centre at COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, is to study state‑of‑the‑art research and to solve the challenges faced by the local software industry.

Our research is directed towards the improvement of processes, methods and techniques by reusing artefacts from existing legacy applications. We work in both the forward and the reverse engineering domains. The field of reverse engineering has gone through a number of revolutions over the last decade, yet it still faces key challenges — and addressing those challenges is the purpose of this group.

Research tracks

Where the work is happening

Four tracks carry the centre’s empirical work. Each one publishes its specifications, the systems it was run against, and the full detection results.


Other topics of interest

The wider research area

  • Reverse engineering
  • Design pattern recovery & visualisation
  • Source code analysis
  • Program comprehension
  • Software quality assurance
  • Software project management
  • Software reliability & dependability
  • Model‑based testing
  • Formal verification
  • Formal methods
  • Timed automata
  • Service oriented architecture
  • Model driven architecture
  • Design patterns
  • Business process management
  • Computer science education

Working with the centre

We welcome collaboration with industry and with researchers working on program comprehension, software quality and reverse engineering. Get in touch at serc@cuilahore.edu.pk.