About the Authors and Contributors

The Interface Refactoring Catalog was originally created by Mirko Stocker and Olaf Zimmermann. Stefan Kapferer and Clemens Meier have been contributing to the catalog and publications about it since 2024 and 2025, respectively.

Refer to the News section for the updates and announcements. Also see our publications related to the Interface Refactoring Catalog.

Mirko Stocker

Software Engineering Prof. @ University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland (HSR/OST), Rapperswil, Switzerland; Managing Director @ LegalGo GmbH.

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• Cloud Solutions Blog (in German)
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Olaf Zimmermann

(at present) Independent Software Architect and Senior Researcher @ University of St.Gallen, Switzerland (ICS-HSG); (at the time of IRC construction) Prof. @ University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland (HSR/OST), Rapperswil, Switzerland

• Personal Website and Blog
• Medium (Blog)
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Stefan Kapferer

Software Engineering Lecturer @ University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland (HSR/OST), Rapperswil, Switzerland

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• Website at Institute for Software (IFS)
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Clemens Meier

Software Engineering Lecturer and Research Assistant @ University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland (HSR/OST), Rapperswil, Switzerland

• E-Mail
• Website at Institute for Software (IFS)
• LinkedIn

Refer to the News section for the updates and announcements. Also see our publications related to the Interface Refactoring Catalog.