Applied Software Engineering Research Group
The Applied Software Engineering Research Group (ASERG) aims to conduct research and development activities on software engineering with an interdisciplinary view of its application. The group favours close relationships with companies through applied research projects and consultancy services.
We are part of the School of Computing and Digital Technologies at Sheffield Hallam University.
You can find more about the group in these pages.
Latest News
The Applied Software Engineering Research Group (ASERG) is proud to announce that its members have received the Best Paper Award at the Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES) 2025, part of the CBSoft conference series. The award-winning paper, titled “Continuously Managing Microservice Granularity: An Evidence-Based Industrial Approach” was recognised for its outstanding contribution to advancing microservices architecture in industrial contexts.
Carlos has been awarded as one of the best reviewers of the Brasilian Symposium on Cybersecurity (SBSeg) 2025), the main forum for disseminating research results, debates, exchange of ideas, and relevant information and computer systems security activities, integrating the Brasilian community of researchers and professionals working in this area.
ASERG is looking for candidate for three PhD scholarships with the projects:
- Smart Ecosystem Monitoring Platform for Long-term Multifunctional Landscape Climate Adaptation Research led by Dr Carlos da Silva in collaboration with the Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust as part of the 10-year Sheffield Lakeland Partnership.
- Smart and Adaptive Digital Platform for Net Zero Carbon Educational Buildings led by Dr Soumya Basu in collaboration with academics from Architecture and Engineering.
- Development of A Smart-Data Processing Pipeline for Quantification of Respirable Crystalline Silica in which Dr Marjory Da-Costa-Abreu is collaboration with Dr Ronak Janani and Prof Chris Sammon from Engineering.
More information in the projects’ respective pages.
Marjory spoke at the UKHSA panel on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in health security and health protection: Balancing innovation and risk as part of the UKHSA Conference 2025 in Manchester.
The panel was hosted by Nick Watkins, Chief Data Scientist of the UK Health Security Agency and the discussion explored balancing innovation and risk around the use of AI in health security and health protection.
