CAIN 2025
Sun 27 - Mon 28 April 2025 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
co-located with ICSE 2025

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Sun 27 Apr 2025 14:00 - 14:15 at 208 - Session 3

Background: Large language models (LLMs) have become a paramount interest of researchers and practitioners alike, yet a comprehensive overview of key considerations for those developing LLM-based systems is lacking. This study addresses this gap by collecting and mapping the topics practitioners discuss online, offering practical insights into where priorities lie in developing LLM-based applications. Method: We collected 189 videos from 2022 to 2024 from practitioners actively developing such systems and discussing various aspects they encounter during development and deployment of LLMs in production. We analyzed the transcripts using BERTopic, then manually sorted and merged the generated topics into themes, leading to a total of 20 topics in 8 themes. Results: The most prevalent topics fall within the theme Design & Architecture, with a strong focus on retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems. Other frequently discussed topics include model capabilities and enhancement techniques (e.g., fine-tuning, prompt engineering), infrastructure and tooling, and risks and ethical challenges. Implications: Our results highlight current discussions and challenges in deploying LLMs in production. This way, we provide a systematic overview of key aspects practitioners should be aware of when developing LLM-based applications. We further pale off topics of interest for academics where further research is needed.

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Sun 27 Apr

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14:00 - 15:30
14:00
15m
Talk
Themes of Building LLM-based Applications for Production: A Practitioner's View
Research and Experience Papers
Alina Mailach Leipzig University, Sebastian Simon Leipzig University, Johannes Dorn Leipzig University, Norbert Siegmund Leipzig University
14:15
15m
Talk
LLM-Based Safety Case Generation for Baidu Apollo: Are We There Yet?
Research and Experience Papers
Oluwafemi Odu York University, Alvine Boaye Belle York University, Song Wang York University
14:30
15m
Talk
An AI-driven Requirements Engineering Framework Tailored for Evaluating AI-Based Software
Research and Experience Papers
Hamed Barzamini , Fatemeh Nazaritiji Northern Illinois University, Annalise Brockmann Northern Illinois University, Hasan Ferdowsi Northern Illinois university, Mona Rahimi Northern Illinois University
14:46
14m
Talk
Engineering LLM Powered Multi-agent Framework for Autonomous CloudOps
Research and Experience Papers
Kannan Parthasarathy MontyCloud, Karthik Vaidhyanathan IIIT Hyderabad, Rudra Dhar SERC, IIIT Hyderabad, India, Venkat Krishnamachari MontyCloud, Adyansh Kakran International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, Sreemaee Akshathala IIIT Hyderabad, Shrikara Arun IIIT Hyderabad, Amey Karan IIIT Hyderabad, Basil Muhammed MontyCloud, Sumant Dubey MontyCloud, Mohan Veerubhotla MontyCloud
15:00
15m
Talk
Generating and Verifying Synthetic Datasets with Requirements Engineering
Research and Experience Papers
Lynn Vonderhaar Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Timothy Elvira Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Omar Ochoa Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
15:15
15m
Talk
InsightAI: Root Cause Analysis in Large Hierarchical Log Files with Private Data Using Large Language Models
Research and Experience Papers
Maryam Ekhlasi Polytechnique Montreal, Anurag Prakash Ciena, Michel Dagenais Polytechnique Montréal, Maxime Lamothe Polytechnique Montreal
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