Dr. Michael Wahler
Dr. Michael Wahler
ZHAW
School of Engineering
Forschungsschwerpunkt Software Engineering
Obere Kirchgasse 2 / Steinberggasse 12/14
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Software Engineering
Focus
- Sustainable Software and Digitalization
- Automation in Software Engineering
- Real-time systems and industrial automation
Teaching
- Advanced Software Engineering 1 & 2
- Introduction to Programming 1 & 2
- Software project 1 & 2
- Software Engineering in Medical Informatics
Experience
- Technology Manager
Hitachi Energy, Service Solutions
08 / 2019 - 07 / 2021 - Group Leader and Department Head
ABB Corporate Research
09 / 2012 - 06 / 2019 - Scientist
ABB Corporate Research
04 / 2008 - 08 / 2012 - Scientist
IBM Research
03 / 2004 - 02 / 2008
Education and Continuing education
Education
- Dr. sc. ETH Zürich / Computer Science
ETH Zürich
03 / 2004 - 02 / 2008 - Diploma / Computer Science
Technical University Munich
11 / 1998 - 12 / 2003
Continuing Education
CAS University Didactics
Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich
04 / 2024
Network
Membership of networks
ORCID digital identifier
Social media
Media presence
IREB Roundtable: Sustainability in Software Engineering Education & Practice (March 2025)
Projects
- Reflective reading with AI / Team member / ongoing
- Proof-of-Concept for a Match-Making Tool for ZHAW Members / Team member / completed
- Green and sustainable digitalization for the textile industry / Project leader / completed
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
Stocker, M. and Wahler, M. (2026) 'Energy-aware decision making in software stack upgrades', Journal of Systems and Software, 241(112963). doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2026.112963.
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
- Mosquera Tobón, J. D. et al. (2026) 'Understanding modelling assistance in low-code/no-code tools : an empirical study and the AssiStarMe framework', in Burgueño, L., Guerra, E., and Sabetzadeh, M. (eds) Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 29th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 258–268. doi: 10.1145/3822455.3830321.
- Wahler, M. and Spillner, J. (2025) 'Sustainable bytes : embedding sustainability awareness in computer science education', in 2025 11th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ict4s68164.2025.00026.
- Gieshoff, A. C. et al. (2025) 'Bridging the communication gap : a pilot course on interdisciplinary requirements engineering', in Hess, A., Susi, A., and Ruiz, M. (eds) Joint Proceedings of REFSQ 2025 Workshops, Doctoral Symposium, Posters & Tools Track, and Education and Training Track co-located with 31st International Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ 2025). CEUR Workshop Proceedings. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-33184.
- Wahler, M., Seyff, N. and Soriano, M. S. (2024) 'Exploring assessment criteria for sustainable software engineering processes', in Proceedings of the 46th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 107–117. doi: 10.1145/3639475.3640109.
- Wahler, M. et al. (2022) 'Rapid software prototyping from business artifacts', in Bera, P., Dalpiaz, F., and Wautelet, Y. (eds) Short Paper Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Agile Methods for Information Systems Engineering (Agil-ISE 2022). Aachen: RWTH Aachen University, pp. 9–14. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-25019.