Project Details
Abstract
Continuous Delivery (CD) has become a core element of modern software engineering processes, aiming to automate and accelerate software build, quality assurance, and release pipelines. The prevalence of CD has also been promoted by an extensive set of available technologies, such as CD tools. Just like the system-to-be-delivered, CD systems have become complex and business-critical infrastructures. While CD systems are widespread in practice, their software architectures and corresponding quality assurance approaches have not been studied extensively.
The goal of CQ4CD is to develop the foundations of performance, reliability, and resilience engineering for CD architectures. CQ4CD employs a combination of rigorous specifications of CD-based architectures and its quality, benchmarking, empirical data, and systematic analysis to assess patterns and smells, conduct what-if-analyses for explorative CD architecture evolution, and automate and optimize its evolution.
This research is funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project CQ4CD, Grant-DOI: 10.55776/I6510.
The goal of CQ4CD is to develop the foundations of performance, reliability, and resilience engineering for CD architectures. CQ4CD employs a combination of rigorous specifications of CD-based architectures and its quality, benchmarking, empirical data, and systematic analysis to assess patterns and smells, conduct what-if-analyses for explorative CD architecture evolution, and automate and optimize its evolution.
This research is funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project CQ4CD, Grant-DOI: 10.55776/I6510.
| Acronym | CQ4CD |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Effective start/end date | 1/10/24 → 30/09/27 |
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Architectural Design Decisions and Best Practices for Fast and Efficient CI/CD Pipelines
Urdih, F. (Corresponding author), Theodoropoulos, T. & Zdun, U., 2026, Software Architecture: 19th European Conference, ECSA 2025, Limassol, Cyprus, September 15–19, 2025, Proceedings. Andrikopoulos, V., Pautasso, C., Ali, N., Soldani, J. & Xu, X. (eds.). Springer Nature, p. 297-305 9 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 15929).Publications: Contribution to book › Contribution to proceedings › Peer Reviewed
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MLOps pipeline generation for reinforcement learning: A low-code approach using large language models
Warnett, S. J., Ntentos, E. & Zdun, U., May 2026, In: Journal of Systems and Software. 235, 112760.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
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AI-Powered Architecting for Industry 4.0 Cyber-Physical Production Systems: A Novel Approach, Research Problems and Challenges
Warnett, S. J. (Corresponding author) & Zdun, U., 7 Sept 2025, Software Architecture. ECSA 2025 Tracks and Workshops: Limassol, Cyprus, September 15–19, 2025, Proceedings. Bianculli, D., Sartaj, H., Andrikopoulos, V., Pautasso, C., Mikkonen, T., Perez, J., Bureš, T., De Sanctis, M., Muccini, H., Navarro, E., Soliman, M. & Zdun, U. (eds.). Springer Nature, p. 155-168 14 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 15982).Publications: Contribution to book › Contribution to proceedings › Peer Reviewed
Open Access
Activities
- 3 Talk or oral contribution
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Architectural Design Decisions and Best Practices for Fast and Efficient CI/CD Pipelines
Urdih, F. (Speaker)
18 Sept 2025Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
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ML Pipeline Insights Service for Rule-Based Assessment of Training Practices in Reinforcement Learning
Ntentos, E. (Speaker)
10 Sept 2025Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
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Performance Patterns for CI/CD Pipelines
Urdih, F. (Speaker)
2 Jul 2025 → 6 Jul 2025Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science