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Biography

Jessica Díaz is an associate professor at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (E.T.S. Ingeniería de Sistemas Informáticos, UPM), Spain. She received her PhD degree in Computer Science from UPM in 2012 and the best thesis Award in Computer Science in that course.

Since 2003, she is a researcher in System and Software Technology Research Group (SYST). Since then, she is participating in several national and international projects related to Software Engineering and ICT on cyber-physical systems, such as Smart Grids, Smart Buildings, etc. Her research interests are focused on Empirical Software Engineering, Research methods in SE, Agile Software Development , DevOps, IoT, Cloud computing, Model-driven Development, and Software Product Lines. Currently she is researching about DevOps culture and practice in industry, and contributing in the ACM SIGSOFT Empirical Standards.

Activities

Employment (3)

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid: Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, ES

2018-09-17 to present | Associate Profesor
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Universidad Politécnica de Madrid: Madrid, Madrid, ES

2014-07-01 to 2018-09-16 | PhD Assistant Professor (Lecturer) (E.T.S. Ingeniería de Sistemas Informáticos)
Employment
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Universidad Politécnica de Madrid: Madrid, Madrid, ES

2013-03-01 to 2014-06-31 | Postdoc Researcher (Centro de Investigación Tecnologías del Software y Sistemas Multimedia para la Sostenibilidad - UPM)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Universidade do Porto: Porto, PT

2018-07-01 to 2018-07-31 | Visiting Research Fellow
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Universidad Politécnica de Madrid: Madrid, Madrid, ES

2009-09-01 to 2012-11-26 | PhD in Computer Science (Computing)
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Imperial College London: London, London, GB

2011-05-01 to 2011-07-31 | Visiting Research Fellow (Computing)
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Professional activities (2)

Team Leader - ITSM4DevOps Working Group: Madrid, ES

2019-10 to 2020-09
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itSMF Spain: Madrid, ES

2019-10 to 2020-09
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Funding (1)

Research Training Program

2009-03 to 2013-02 | Grant
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Madrid, ES)
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Works (49)

Reliability in software engineering qualitative research through Inter-Coder Agreement

Journal of Systems and Software
2023-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Ángel González-Prieto; Jorge Perez; Jessica Diaz; Daniel López-Fernández
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Learning DevOps with an Industrial Perspective in the Software Engineering Curricula

2023-02-17 | Preprint
Contributors: Carla Rocha; isaque alves; Jorge Enrique Pérez Martínez; Jessica Díaz Vázquez
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Applying Inter-Rater Reliability and Agreement in collaborative Grounded Theory studies in software engineering

Journal of Systems and Software
2023-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Jessica Díaz; Jorge Pérez; Carolina Gallardo; Ángel González-Prieto
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Edge computing

Computing
2022-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Jorge Pérez; Jessica Díaz; Javier Berrocal; Ramón López-Viana; Ángel González-Prieto
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DevOps Research-Based Teaching Using Qualitative Research and Inter-Coder Agreement

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
2022-09-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Jorge E. Perez; Angel Gonzalez-Prieto; Jessica Diaz; Daniel Lopez-Fernandez; Javier Garcia-Martin; Agustin Yague
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Harmonizing DevOps Taxonomies - A Grounded Theory Study

2022-08-12 | Preprint
Contributors: Jessica Díaz; Jorge Pérez; Isaque Alves; Fabio Kon; Leonarado Leite; Paulo Meirelles; Carla Rocha
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Empirical Standards for Software Engineering Research

2021 | Interactive resource
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DevOps Team Structures: Characterization and Implications

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
2021 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0098-5589
Part of ISSN: 1939-3520
Part of ISSN: 2326-3881
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Why are many businesses instilling a DevOps culture into their organization?

Empirical Software Engineering
2021-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Jessica Díaz; Daniel López-Fernández; Jorge Pérez; Ángel González-Prieto
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Towards a reference process for software architecture reconstruction

IET Software
2020-12-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1751-8806
Part of ISSN: 1751-8814
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RESEARCH-BASED TEACHING IN THE DEVOPS DOMAIN

2020-11 | Conference paper
Contributors: Jorge Enrique Pérez; Jessica Díaz; Javier García-Martín; Jennifer Pérez Benedí; Isabel Muñoz-Fernández
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Continuous Delivery of Customized SaaS Edge Applications in Highly Distributed IoT Systems

IEEE Internet of Things Journal
2020-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Ramon Lopez-Viana; Jessica Diaz; Vicente Hernandez Diaz; Jose-Fernan Martinez
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DevOps for IoT Systems: Fast and Continuous Monitoring Feedback of System Availability

IEEE Internet of Things Journal
2020-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Miguel A. Lopez-Pena; Jessica Diaz; Jorge E. Perez; Hector Humanes
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Systematic literature reviews in software engineering—enhancement of the study selection process using Cohen’s Kappa statistic

Journal of Systems and Software
2020-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Jorge Pérez; Jessica Díaz; Javier Garcia-Martin; Bernardo Tabuenca
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DevOps in Practice – A Preliminary Analysis of Two Multinational Companies

2019 | Book chapter
Contributors: Jessica Díaz; Jorge E. Perez; Agustín Yague; Andrea Villegas; Antonio de Antona
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Self-Service Cybersecurity Monitoring as Enabler for DevSecOps

IEEE Access
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Jessica Diaz; Jorge E. Perez; Miguel A. Lopez-Pena; Gabriel A. Mena; Agustin Yague
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DevOps in practice: an exploratory case study

Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Agile Software Development Companion - XP '18
2018 | Conference paper
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Towards a (semi)-automatic reference process to support the reverse engineering and reconstruction of software architectures

Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Software Architecture Companion Proceedings - ECSA '18
2018 | Conference paper
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Software architectures for health care cyber‐physical systems: A systematic literature review

Journal of Software: Evolution and Process
2018-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Andrea M. Plaza; Jessica Díaz; Jennifer Pérez
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An Open Tool for Assisting in Technical Debt Management

43rd Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA)
2017 | Conference paper
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An exploratory study in communication in Agile Global Software Development

Computer Standards and Interfaces
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84981214832

Contributors: Yagüe, A.; Garbajosa, J.; Díaz, J.; González, E.
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Conceptualizing a framework for cyber-physical systems of systems development and deployment

ECSA Workshops 2016
2016 | Conference paper
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A model for tracing variability from features to product-line architectures: A case study in smart grids

Requirements Engineering
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84943353769

Contributors: Díaz, J.; Pérez, J.; Garbajosa, J.
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A Model-Driven Engineering Process for Autonomic Sensor-Actuator Networks

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
2015 | Journal article
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WOS:000352376800001

Contributors: Vidal, Carlos; Fernandez-Sanchez, Carlos; Diaz, Jessica; Perez, Jennifer
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Modeling product-line architectural knowledge

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
2015 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84944270448

Contributors: Diaz, J.; Perez, J.; Garbajosa, J.; Fernandez-Sanchez, C.
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Towards a Reference Architecture for Large-Scale Smart Grids System of Systems

Software Engineering for Systems-of-Systems (SESoS), 2015 IEEE/ACM 3rd International Workshop on
2015 | Conference paper
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A framework for positioning and assessing innovation capability from an organizational perspective

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
2014 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84902272087

Contributors: Rodríguez, L.; Díaz, J.; Garbajosa, J.; Pérez, J.; Yagüe, A.
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Agile product-line architecting in practice: A case study in smart grids

Information and Software Technology
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84898810060

Contributors: Díaz, J.; Pérez, J.; Garbajosa, J.
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Analyzing software product innovation assessment by using a systematic literature review

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
2014 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84902262741

Contributors: Yagüe, A.; Garbajosa, J.; Pérez, J.; Díaz, J.
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Guiding flexibility investment in agile architecting

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
2014 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84902263526

Contributors: Fernández-Sánchez, C.; Díaz, J.; Pérez, J.; Garbajosa, J.
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Self-balancing distributed energy in power grids: An architecture based on autonomic computing

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
2014 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84902287263

Contributors: Pérez, J.; Díaz, J.; Vidal, C.; Rodríguez, D.; Fernández, D.
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Bridging User Stories and Software Architecture: A Tailored Scrum for Agile Architecting

Agile Software Architecture: Aligning Agile Processes and Software Architectures
2013 | Book
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2-s2.0-84902431013

Contributors: Pérez, J.; Díaz, J.; Garbajosa, J.; Yagüe, A.
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Change-impact driven agile architecting

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
2013 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84875515071

Contributors: Díaz, J.; Pérez, J.; Garbajosa, J.; Yagüe, A.
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Large-scale smart grids as system of systems

1st ACM SIGSOFT/SIGPLAN International Workshop on Software Engineering for Systems-of-Systems, SESoS 2013 Proceedings
2013 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84882411472

Contributors: Pérez, J.; Díaz, J.; Garbajosa, J.; Yagüe, A.; Gonzalez, E.; Lopez-Perea, M.
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Model-to-code transformation from product-line architecture models to AspectJ

Proceedings - 39th Euromicro Conference Series on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2013
2013 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84889034672

Contributors: Diaz, J.; Perez, J.; Fernandez-Sanchez, C.; Garbajosa, J.
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Providing a consensus definition for the term 'Smart Product'

Proceedings of the International Symposium and Workshop on Engineering of Computer Based Systems
2013 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84885195229

Contributors: Gutierrez, C.; Garbajosa, J.; Diaz, J.; Yague, A.
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A process for documenting variability design rationale of flexible and adaptive PLAs

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2011 | Book
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2-s2.0-81255166840

Contributors: Díaz, J.; Pérez, J.; Garbajosa, J.; Wolf, A.L.
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Agile product line engineering - A systematic literature review

Software - Practice and Experience
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-79958264093

Contributors: Díaz, J.; Pérez, J.; Alarcõn, P.P.; Garbajosa, J.
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Change impact analysis in product-line architectures

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2011 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-80053199776

Contributors: Díaz, J.; Pérez, J.; Garbajosa, J.; Wolf, A.L.
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Prioritization of features in agile product line engineering

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
2011 | Book
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2-s2.0-79956296100

Contributors: Díaz, J.; Garbajosa, J.; Pérez, J.
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Tailoring the scrum development process to address agile product line engineering

Actas de las 16th Jornadas de Ingenieria del Software y Bases de Datos, JISBD 2011
2011 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84873932774

Contributors: Díaz, J.; Pérez, J.; Yagüe, A.; Garbajosa, J.
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A traceability semantics approach for supporting product value analysis

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
2010 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-80053217360

Contributors: Espinoza, A.; Díaz, J.
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Flexible working architectures: Agile architecting using PPCs

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2010 | Book
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2-s2.0-78049325976

Contributors: Pérez, J.; Díaz, J.; Garbajosa, J.; Alarcón, P.P.
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A systematic process for implementing gateways for test tools

Proceedings of the International Symposium and Workshop on Engineering of Computer Based Systems
2009 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-67650217980

Contributors: Díaz, J.; Yagüe, A.; Garbajosa, J.
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Mapping CMMI level 2 to scrum practices: An experience report

Communications in Computer and Information Science
2009 | Book
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2-s2.0-70349913578

Contributors: Diaz, J.; Garbajosa, J.; Calvo-Manzano, J.A.
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Plastic partial components: A solution to support variability in architectural components

2009 Joint Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture and European Conference on Software Architecture, WICSA/ECSA 2009
2009 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-74349114725

Contributors: Pérez, J.; Díaz, J.; Costa-Soria, C.; Garbajosa, J.
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Software product line engineering approach for enhancing agile methodologies

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
2009 | Book
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2-s2.0-66749094706

Contributors: Martinez, J.; Diaz, J.; Perez, J.; Garbajosa, J.
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A Generic gateway for testing heterogeneous components in acceptance testing tools

Proceedings - 7th International Conference on Composition-Based Software Systems, ICCBSS 2008
2008 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-49649085806

Contributors: Díaz, J.; Yagüe, A.; Alarcón, P.P.; Garbajosa, J.
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An event driven approach to workflow simulation

3rd International Industrial Simulation Conference 2005, ISC 2005
2005 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84898034278

Contributors: Yagüe, A.; Alarcórf, P.P.; Garbajosa, J.; Díaz, J.; Esteban, J.L.
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Peer review (38 reviews for 8 publications/grants)

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