Research & Projects
ACP includes research groups that are particularly active in the following areas.
Choreographic Programming
Choreographic programming is an award-winning programming paradigm offering a new level of abstraction: programmers can simply state the data communications that they wish a system to execute, and correct programs that implement these communications are automatically produced by a compiler tool.
Concurrency and Logic
The study of logical methods for reasoning about complex behaviour in concurrent and distributed systems.
Microservices, Cloud Computing, and DevSecOps
Microservices are independently executable components that interact by means of well-defined APIs (Application Programming Interfaces).
We study how microservices can be designed, programmed, and deployed effectively and securely.
Quantum Computing
We study how the programming of quantum computers can be made accessible and scale up to the demands of modern software development, by creating new programming abstractions, languages, and frameworks.
Software Product Lines
Software engineering methods, tools and techniques for creating a collection of similar software systems from a shared set of software assets using a common means of production
Usable Security
Ensuring that the security implications of interacting with computer systems are accessible and understandable to human users.
Projects
Choreographies for Distributed Systems: Reasoning, Expressivity, and Development (CHORDS)
Period: 2024–2029
Type: European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant
Size: ~2 million EUR (~15 million DKK)
- Fabrizio Montesi (PI, University of Southern Denmark)
Enhancing Digital Security Behaviour with Chatbots
Period: 2024–2027
Type: TrygFonden
Size: ~2.3 million DKK (~308k EUR)
- Stefanie Sohn (PI, University of Southern Denmark)
- Peter Mayer (Participant, University of Southern Denmark)
- Dominik Siemon (Participant, LUT University)
- Oliver Schnittka (Participant, University of Southern Denmark)
- Narongrit Unwerawattana (Developer, University of Southern Denmark)
Cyber Security and Business Continuity
Period: 2023–2026
Type: Industriens Fond (ACTION:CALL)
Size: ~8.5 million DKK (~1140k EUR)
- Jan Stentoft (PI, University of Southern Denmark)
- Marco Peressotti (Participant, University of Southern Denmark)
- Peter Mayer (Participant, University of Southern Denmark)
- Fabrizio Montesi (Participant, University of Southern Denmark)
- Narongrit Unwerawattana (Developer, University of Southern Denmark)
- Amelie Theussen (Participant, Royal Danish Defence College)
- Ole Stegmann Mikkelsen (Participant, University of Southern Denmark)
- Vincent Keating (Participant, University of Southern Denmark)
- Olivier Schmitt (Participant, University of Southern Denmark)
X-IDF: Explainable Internet Data Flows
Period: 2023–2025
Type: Villum Foundation (Villum Synergy Project)
Size: ~3 million DKK (~400k EUR)
- Fabrizio Montesi (PI, University of Southern Denmark)
- Claes de Vreese (PI, University of Southern Denmark)
Rubber DUQ: Flexible Dynamic Universal Quantum programming
Period: 2024–2026
Type: UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Standard research)
Size: ~9 million DKK (~1 million GBP)
- Chris Heunen (PI, University of Edinburgh)
- Robin Kaarsgaard (Co-Investigator, University of Southern Denmark)
DeCoRe: Tools and Methods for the Design and Coordination of Reactive Hybrid Systems
Period: 2022–2023
Type: Innovation Fund Denmark, DIREC (Digital Research Centre Denmark)
Size: ~2.3 million DKK (~300k EUR)
- Fabrizio Montesi (PI, University of Southern Denmark)
- Thomas Troels Hildebrandt (Participant, University of Copenhagen)
- Kim Guldstrand Larsen (Participant, Aalborg University)
- Marco Chiarandini (Participant, University of Southern Denmark)
- Narongrit Unwerawattana (Participant, University of Southern Denmark)
- Steven Beck Klinberg (Participant, Sanovo Technology Group)
- Morten Marquard (Participant, DCR Solutions)
- Claudio Guidi (Participant, italianaSoftware)
Choreographies for connected IT systems
Period: 01-08-2020–31-07-2025
Type: Villum Foundation (Villum Young Investigator Project)
Size: 7 million DKK (~1 million EUR)
- Fabrizio Montesi (PI, University of Southern Denmark)
Generic Microservices
Period: 01-08-2020–31-07-2023
Type: Independent Research Fund Denmark
Size: 2,341,440 DKK (~300k EUR)
- Fabrizio Montesi (PI, University of Southern Denmark)
- Saverio Giallorenzo (Collaborator, University of Bologna)
- Marco Peressotti (Collaborator, University of Southern Denmark)
- Olaf Zimmermann (Collaborator, University of Applied Sciences in Rapperswil, Switzerland)
Open Data Framework
Period: 01-02-2017–31-01-2019
Type: Max-Planck Odense Center, Species360, Odense Municipality, and University of Southern Denmark (Open Data Exploration strategic area)
Size: 4,164,000 DKK
- Fabrizio Montesi (PI, University of Southern Denmark)
- Dalia Amor Conde (Co-PI, University of Southern Denmark)
Online Algorithms and Cheminformatics Meet Concurrency
Period: 01-07-2017–31-06-2020
Type: Independent Research Fund Denmark - Nature and Universe
Size: 1,382,962 DKK
- Joan Boyar (PI, University of Southern Denmark)
- Rolf Fagerberg (Co-investigator, University of Southern Denmark)
- Lene Monrad Favrholdt (Co-investigator, University of Southern Denmark)
- Kim Skak Larsen (Co-investigator, University of Southern Denmark)
- Daniel Merkle (Co-investigator, University of Southern Denmark)
- Fabrizio Montesi (Co-investigator, University of Southern Denmark)
Pseudoexon Risk Estimation Database and In silico Clinical Testing
Period: 01-02-2017–31-01-2019
Type: University of Southern Denmark (Open Data Exploration strategic area)
Size: 1,571,000 DKK
- Brage Storstein Andresen (PI, University of Southern Denmark)
- Maja Dembic (Co-PI, University of Southern Denmark)
- Thomas Koed Doktor (Co-PI, University of Southern Denmark)
- Fabrizio Montesi (Co-PI, University of Southern Denmark)
Evolving software systems: analysis and innovative approaches for smart management
Period: 01-07-2015–30-06-2018
Type: Croatian Science Foundation
Size: 594,300 HRK
- Tihana Galinac Grbac (PI, University of Rijeka)
- Darko Huljenić (Investigator, University of Zagreb)
- Goran Mauša (Investigator, University of Rijeka)
- Fabrizio Montesi (Investigator, University of Southern Denmark)
- Jean Petric (Investigator, )
- Per Runeson (Investigator, Lund University)
- Ivan Štajduhar (Investigator, University of Rijeka)
- Nikola Tanković (Investigator, )
Choreographies for Reliable and efficient Communication software
Period: 01-08-2014–31-07-2017
Type: Independent Research Fund Denmark - Technology and Production Sciences
Size: 2,431,030 DKK
- Fabrizio Montesi (PI, University of Southern Denmark)