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Wed 30 Apr 2025 16:00 - 16:15 at 204 - Program Comprehension 2

Engineers utilize logs as a primary resource for fault localization in large-scale software and system testing, a process that is notoriously time-consuming, costly, and labor-intensive. Despite considerable progress in automated fault localization approaches, their applicability remains limited in such settings, due to the unavailability of fine-grained features in logs essential for most existing fault localization methods. In response, we introduce FALCON, a novel log-based fault localization framework. FALCON organizes complex semantic log information into graphical representations and employs contrastive learning to capture the differences between passed and failed logs, enabling the identification of crucial fault-related features. It also incorporates a specifically designed transitive analysis-based adaptive graph augmentation to minimize the influence of fault-unrelated log information on contrastive learning. Through extensive evaluations against 34 spectrum-based and 4 learning-based fault localization methods, FALCON demonstrates superior performance by outperforming all the methods in comparison. In addition, FALCON demonstrated its practical value by successfully identifying 71 out of 90 faults with a file-level Top-1 accuracy rate during a one-month deployment within a global company’s testing system.

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Wed 30 Apr

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16:00 - 17:30
Program Comprehension 2Journal-first Papers / Research Track at 204
16:00
15m
Talk
Enhancing Fault Localization in Industrial Software Systems via Contrastive Learning
Research Track
Chun Li Nanjing University, Hui Li Samsung Electronics (China) R&D Centre, Zhong Li , Minxue Pan Nanjing University, Xuandong Li Nanjing University
16:15
15m
Talk
On the Understandability of MLOps System Architectures
Journal-first Papers
Stephen John Warnett University of Vienna, Uwe Zdun University of Vienna
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16:30
15m
Talk
Bridging the Language Gap: An Empirical Study of Bindings for Open Source Machine Learning Libraries Across Software Package Ecosystems
Journal-first Papers
Hao Li Queen's University, Cor-Paul Bezemer University of Alberta
16:45
15m
Talk
Understanding Code Understandability Improvements in Code Reviews
Journal-first Papers
Delano Hélio Oliveira , Reydne Bruno dos Santos UFPE, Benedito Fernando Albuquerque de Oliveira Federal University of Pernambuco, Martin Monperrus KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Fernando Castor University of Twente, Fernanda Madeiral Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
17:00
15m
Talk
Automatic Commit Message Generation: A Critical Review and Directions for Future Work
Journal-first Papers
Yuxia Zhang Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhiqing Qiu Beijing Institute of Technology, Klaas-Jan Stol Lero; University College Cork; SINTEF Digital , Wenhui Zhu Beijing Institute of Technology, Jiaxin Zhu Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yingchen Tian Tmall Technology Co., Hui Liu Beijing Institute of Technology
17:15
7m
Talk
Efficient Management of Containers for Software Defined Vehicles
Journal-first Papers
Anwar Ghammam Oakland University, Rania Khalsi University of Michigan - Flint, Marouane Kessentini University of Michigan - Flint, Foyzul Hassan University of Michigan at Dearborn
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