This is a selection of my invited talks. Please follow the links under the individual titles, if provided, for the material or reach out to me.
Recent / Upcoming talks (selected)
March 30th, 2022
Lecture / unit on Building and Evaluating Theories in Software Engineering at Dagstuhl Seminar on Software Engineering Research Methods Training.
- D. Mendez
Building and Evaluating Theories in Software Engineering
Talk given at a Dagstuhl seminar on Software Engineering Research Methods Training, 2021.
Slides:
- D. Mendez
Empirical Software Engineering – What is it and why do we need it?
Invited expert lecture given to early stage MSc. students at BTH, 2020.
Slides: 
- D. Mendez
Building and Evaluating Theories in Software Engineering
Talk given at a Dagstuhl seminar on Software Engineering Research Methods Training, Wadern, 2019.
Slides: - D. Mendez
Requirements Engineering Research: How good are we at solving practical problems?
Farewell lecture for the retirement of Professor Roel Wieringa, held at University of Twente, the Netherlands, 2019.
Slides: - J. Hehn, F. Uebernickel, D. Mendez
Design Thinking for Requirements Engineering
Tutorial given at RE 2018, held in Banff, Canada, 2018.
Slides: - D. Mendez
In Quest of Requirements Engineering that Industry needs
Keynote given at CibSE 2018, held in Bogota, Colombia, 2018.
Slides: - D. Mendez
Survey Research in Software Engineering
Tutorial given at CibSE 2018, held in Bogota, Colombia, 2018.
Slides: - D. Mendez
Theory Building in RE – The NaPiRE Initiative
Invited talk given at the seminar on 40 years of Requirements Engineering – Looking forward and looking back, held in Kappel am Albis, Switzerland, 2017.
Slides: - D. Mendez
An Introduction into Philosophy of Science for Software Engineers
Invited guest lectures given at the University of Stuttgart, 2017.
Slides: - M. Torchiano, D. Mendez, G.H. Travassos, R.M. de Mello
Talks at the International Advanced School of Empirical Software Engineering, Ciudad Real, Spain 2016.
Slides: - D. Mendez
Software Engineering Excellence – the key to mastering the Digital Transformation in Organisations.
Invited talk given at a PWC trategy& symposium for the chemical sector opening the session on computational chemistry, Munich, Germany, 2016.
Slides: - R. Wieringa, D. Mendez, L. Prechelt
Theories in Empirical Software Engineering
Talks (sessions) at the International Advanced School of Empirical Software Engineering, Beijing, China 2015.
Slides: - D. Mendez, A. Vetrò, M. Broy
Philosophy of Science: Scientific methods and their validity, 2014.
Slides:
- D. Mendez
Case Studies in Indutry – Fundamentals and Lessons Learnt
Talk (session) at the International Advanced School of Empirical Software Engineering, Torino, Italy 2014.
Slides: - D. Mendez, M. Mlynarski
Warum RE nicht tot ist und Tester umdenken sollten! (Why RE is non dead and why testers should change their way of thinking!)
Keynote at the German Testing Night, Munich 2014. - D. Mendez
Artefact-based Requirements Engineering Improvement
Invited Talk at the Software Enginering II Research Group, University of Stuttgart, June 2012. - D. Mendez
Artefact-based Requirements Engineering and its Customisation
Invited Talk at the chair Programmierung und Softwaretechnik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, May 2010.