EASE 2023
Tue 13 - Fri 16 June 2023 Oulu, Finland
Thu 15 Jun 2023 11:20 - 11:30 at Aurora Hall - Software Architecture Chair(s): Andrea Janes

Architecting software-intensive systems can be a complex process. It deals with the daunting tasks of unifying stakeholders’ perspectives, designers’ intellect, tool-based automation, pattern-driven reuse, and so on, to sketch a blueprint that guides software implementation and evaluation. Despite its benefits, architecture-centric software engineering (ACSE) inherits a multitude of challenges. ACSE challenges could stem from a lack of standardized processes, socio-technical limitations, and scarcity of human expertise etc. that can impede the development of existing and emergent classes of software (e.g., IoTs, blockchain, quantum systems). Software Development Bots (DevBots) trained on large language models can help synergise architects’ knowledge with artificially intelligent decision support to enable rapid architecting in a human-bot collaborative ACSE. An emerging solution to enable this collaboration is ChatGPT, a disruptive technology not primarily introduced for software engineering, but is capable of articulating and refining architectural artifacts based on natural language processing. We detail a case study that involves collaboration between a novice software architect and ChatGPT for architectural analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of a services-driven software application. Preliminary results indicate that ChatGPT can mimic an architect’s role to support and often lead ACSE, however; it requires human oversight and decision support for collaborative architecting. Future research focuses on harnessing empirical evidence about architects’ productivity and exploring socio-technical aspects of architecting with ChatGPT to tackle emerging and futuristic challenges of ACSE.

Thu 15 Jun

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10:30 - 12:00
Software ArchitectureResearch (Full Papers) / Vision and Emerging Results / Short Papers and Posters / Industry at Aurora Hall
Chair(s): Andrea Janes FHV Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences
10:30
20m
Paper
Impact of Architectural Smells on Software Performance
Research (Full Papers)
Francesca Arcelli Fontana University of Milano-Bicocca, Matteo Camilli Politecnico di Milano, Davide Rendina , Andrei Gabriel Taraboi , Catia Trubiani Gran Sasso Science Institute
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10:50
10m
Paper
SoHist: A Tool for Managing Technical Debt through Retro Perspective Code AnalysisIndustry Experience Report
Industry
Benedikt Dornauer University of Innsbruck; University of Cologne, Michael Felderer German Aerospace Center (DLR), Johannes Weinzerl c.c.com Moser GmbH, 8074 Grambach, Austria, Mircea-Cristian Racasan c.c.com Moser GmbH, 8074 Grambach, Austria, Martin Hess Software AG, 64297 Darmstadt, Germany
Pre-print File Attached
11:00
20m
Paper
Code Reviewer Recommendation for Architecture Violation Issues: An Exploratory Study
Research (Full Papers)
Ruiyin Li Wuhan University, China; University of Groningen, The Netherlands, Peng Liang Wuhan University, China, Paris Avgeriou University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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11:20
10m
Paper
Towards Human-Bot Collaborative Software Architecting with ChatGPT
Vision and Emerging Results
Aakash Ahmad School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Muhammad Waseem University of Jyväskylä, Peng Liang Wuhan University, China, Mahdi Fahmideh University of Southern Queensland, Mst Shamima Aktar School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, Tommi Mikkonen University of Jyvaskyla
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11:30
20m
Paper
Do Developers Benefit from Recommendations when Repairing Inconsistent Design Models? a Controlled Experiment
Research (Full Papers)
Luciano Marchezan Johannes Kepler University Linz, Wesley Assunção Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria & Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Gabriela Karoline Michelon Johannes Kepler University Linz, Alexander Egyed Johannes Kepler University Linz
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11:50
10m
Short-paper
Understanding the relationship between Technical Debt, New Code Cost and Rework Cost in Open-Source Software Projects: An Empirical StudyShort Paper
Short Papers and Posters
Judith Perera University of Auckland, Ewan Tempero University of Auckland, Yu-Cheng Tu The University of Auckland, Kelly Blincoe University of Auckland
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