Automated Technology Transfer in MDE as a Service: Experiences and Research Directions

For years, researchers have sought to assist in the execution of Software Engineering (ES) activities with toolboxes developed in the laboratory and in-house. Big market leaders like IBM, Google and Oracle embrace these software development assistants innovations. Unfortunately, innovations launched by independent researchers simply cannot get space and are shelved. Due to the lack of maturity of the product, there is a difficulty, in less than three years, that it is the threshold for success or failure of a startup in Brazil, to enable the transfer of these technologies from academia to industry. This paper presents some experiences with a future vision for research that seeks to automate the transfer of technology in the area through integration mechanisms for assets. In particular, we discuss a set of works produced in this direction, highlighting the potential of distributed architectures, which can be built with technologies for smart contracts and blockchain, in gaining credibility within short time-to-