10-Year Most Influential Paper Interview Series

Brilliant ideas do not just shape a single conference—they shape the future of our field.

As we approach the ICPE 2027 submission deadline, we are catching up with the researchers who shaped the field.

This week: Anne Koziolek, winner of the 2020 ‘10-Year Most Influential Paper’ award for ‘Automatically improve software architecture models for performance, reliability, and cost using evolutionary algorithms’.

  • Anne Koziolek

    2020 Most Influential Paper

    “Automatically Improve Software Architecture Models for Performance, Reliability, and Cost Using Evolutionary Algorithms”

    Anne Koziolek is now a professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KASTEL) and leads the “Modelling for Continuous Software Engineering” research group. Her day-to-day work involves collaborating with her PhD students, serving as dean of studies, writing proposals, and doing academic community service. Recently, she served as a PC co-chair at ICSA 2026.

    Here is what she had to say about their work and the future of performance engineering:

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