FSE 2025
Mon 23 - Fri 27 June 2025 Trondheim, Norway
Wed 25 Jun 2025 14:00 - 15:30 at Andromeda - Lightning Talks and Poster Session Chair(s): Jie M. Zhang

Large Language Models (LLMc) have shown significant potential in automating software engineering tasks, particularly in code generation. This research bridges the gap between rigorous causal analysis and human interpretability in evaluating LLMc within software engineering (SE) contexts. The study introduces a novel approach \textit{InterpretSE} that combines a taxonomy of code syntax concepts with a token clustering method to enhance the interpretability of LLMc outputs, facilitate debugging, and advance the field of interpretable AI for SE. A dynamic benchmark is proposed, comprising a testbed, a metric, and a protocol for applying the metric. To bridge the gap between statistical rigor and human interpretability, we propose to introduce a taxonomy of code syntax concepts. This taxonomy maps low-level, non-interpretable tokens to higher-level, human-understandable concepts, enabling practitioners to debug LLMc outputs effectively. The research aims to address two key challenges in LLMc evaluation: the lack of formal, transparent, and interpretable benchmarking methods, and the difficulty in interpreting LLMc outputs due to the complexity of token-level representations. By providing a dynamic, causal analysis-driven benchmark and a human-interpretable taxonomy, this work offers actionable insights for improving LLMc behavior, supporting prompt engineering, and advancing the reliability and effectiveness of LLMc in SE tasks. The expected contribution is a significant advancement in the field of interpretable AI for software engineering, enabling more rigorous and reliable evaluation of LLMc capabilities and limitations.

Wed 25 Jun

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14:00 - 15:30
Lightning Talks and Poster SessionDoctoral Symposium at Andromeda
Chair(s): Jie M. Zhang King's College London
14:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
Towards Privacy-Preserving Code Generation: Understanding and Mitigating Memorization in Code Large Language Models
Doctoral Symposium
Melih Catal University of Zurich
14:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
Reversing Programs for Error Reachability Analysis
Doctoral Symposium
Adéla Štěpková Masaryk University
14:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
Automated Vulnerability-Focused Code Reviews
Doctoral Symposium
Leonardo Centellas Computer Science Department, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
14:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
On the Brittleness of Legacy Web UI Testing: A Pragmatic Perspective
Doctoral Symposium
Haonan Zhang University of Waterloo
14:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
Co-Intelligence in Software Engineering: Understanding and Optimizing GenAI Integration in Software Engineering for Skill Development in Time-Constrained Programming
Doctoral Symposium
Omkar Joshi Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
14:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
Investigating the Role of Formal Verification in Software Development: From Automatic Specification Generation to Usability of Verification Languages
Doctoral Symposium
Tina Masoudi PhD student
14:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
Enhancing Large Language Model Integration in Integrated Development Environments
Doctoral Symposium
Daniele Cipollone Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
14:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
Towards More Interpretable Large Language Models for Code
Doctoral Symposium
14:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
Formal Liability Apportionment in Autonomous Systems
Doctoral Symposium
Kaveh Aryan King's College London
14:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
Fine-Grained Developer Reification
Doctoral Symposium
Stefano Campanella REVEAL @ Software Institute - USI, Lugano, Switzerland
14:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
End-to-End Testing Gamification: A Novel Approach to the Verification and Validation of Web and Mobile Applications
Doctoral Symposium
Lorenzo Laudadio Politecnico di Torino
14:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
Research Open-Source Software: supporting small communities with technical and social aspects
Doctoral Symposium
Lavinia Francesca Paganini Eindhoven University of Technology
14:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
Generating Code Tours Using Locally-Runnable LLMs
Doctoral Symposium
Martin Balfroid University of Namur
14:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
When Performance Failure Occurs in Low-Latency Storage Systems: Observation, Prediction, and Solutions
Doctoral Symposium
Linxiao Bai National University of Defense Technology
14:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
Mediating between Human Programmers and Integrated Development Environments using LLM-based Agents
Doctoral Symposium
Ziyou Li Delft University of Technology
14:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
Automating the conformity assessment of Cyber-Physical Systems software
Doctoral Symposium
Guillaume Nguyen University of Namur
14:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
Securing Language Models Against Vulnerability Encoding
Doctoral Symposium
Rui Melo University of Porto
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Information for Participants
Wed 25 Jun 2025 14:00 - 15:30 at Andromeda - Lightning Talks and Poster Session Chair(s): Jie M. Zhang
Info for room Andromeda:

Andromeda is located close to the restaurant and the bar, at the end of the corridor on the side of the bar.

From the registration desk, go towards the restaurant, turn left towards the bar, walk until the end of the corridor.