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:Presentation
  • 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:Presentation
  • D. Mendez
    Building and Evaluating Theories in Software Engineering
    Talk given at a Dagstuhl seminar on Software Engineering Research Methods Training, Wadern, 2019.
    Slides:Presentation
  • 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:Presentation
  • J. Hehn, F. Uebernickel, D. Mendez
    Design Thinking for Requirements Engineering
    Tutorial given at RE 2018, held in Banff, Canada, 2018.
    Slides:Presentation
  • D. Mendez
    In Quest of Requirements Engineering that Industry needs
    Keynote given at CibSE 2018, held in Bogota, Colombia, 2018.
    Slides: Presentation
  • D. Mendez
    Survey Research in Software Engineering
    Tutorial given at CibSE 2018, held in Bogota, Colombia, 2018.
    Slides: Presentation
  • 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: Presentation
  • D. Mendez
    An Introduction into Philosophy of Science for Software Engineers
    Invited guest lectures given at the University of Stuttgart, 2017.
    Slides: Presentation
  • 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: Presentation
  • 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: Presentation
  • 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: Presentation
  • D. Mendez, A. Vetrò, M. Broy
    Philosophy of Science: Scientific methods and their validity, 2014.
    Slides: Presentation
  • 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: Presentation
  • 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.