ICSE 2026
Sun 12 - Sat 18 April 2026 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tue 14 Apr 2026 14:40 - 14:45 at Bora Bora I - Human/Social/Empirical/Practices

Executability of replication packages is a prerequisite for validating, reusing, and extending results in software engineering (SE) research. Despite substantial progress in artifact availability and badging, recent large-scale studies reveal that a majority of published replication packages remain partially executable or fail entirely, most often due to incomplete documentation, missing components, and unclear execution procedures. These issues impose a significant burden on reviewers and secondary researchers, undermining the reusability and long-term value of research artifacts. This paper introduces OpenART, a framework designed to systematically improve the completeness of SE replication packages to enhance executability. OpenART addresses a critical gap in current artifact practices by automatically deriving actionable artifact specifications directly from companion manuscripts. Leveraging both foundation and fine-tuned large language models, OpenART extracts explicit and implicit execution-relevant information from papers to generate structured artifact documentation, including required components, dependencies, and execution steps. From this documentation, OpenART further derives an expected artifact layout that enables (i) guided preparation of replication packages from scratch and (ii) automated identification of missing or inconsistent components in existing packages. We evaluate OpenART through a mixed-method user study with SE researchers across two realistic workflows: artifact creation and artifact completion. We expect that OpenART will substantially reduce preparation effort, improve perceived completeness, and enhance confidence in the executability of artifacts. OpenART will be the first framework to demonstrate the feasibility of manuscript-driven, automated artifact support and to offer a concrete step toward scalable, reviewer-friendly artifact evaluation in SE research.

Tue 14 Apr

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14:00 - 15:30
Human/Social/Empirical/PracticesJournal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) at Bora Bora I
14:00
5m
Talk
Is Architecting Still a Human Activity?
Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs)
Domenico Amalfitano University of Naples Federico II, Marco Autili University of L'Aquila, Italy, Patrizio Pelliccione Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy
14:05
5m
Talk
FormIDEAble: Safe and Socially-aware Autonomous Systems
Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs)
Livia Lestingi DEIB, Politecnico di Milano, Amel Bennaceur The Open University, UK, Marcello M. Bersani Politecnico di Milano, Carlos Gavidia-Calderon The Alan Turing Institute, Anastasia Kordoni Lancaster University (UK), Mark Levine Lancaster University, Bashar Nuseibeh The Open University, UK; Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland, Matteo Rossi Politecnico di Milano
14:10
5m
Talk
The Runtime Dimension of Ethics in Self-Adaptive Systems
Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs)
Marco Autili University of L'Aquila, Italy, Gianluca Filippone Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy, Mashal Afzal Memon University of L’Aquila, Italy, Patrizio Pelliccione Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy
14:15
5m
Talk
Evaluating RE Practices for Explainability: Synthesizing Insights from Daimler Truck into an Explainable RE Framework Proposal
Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs)
Umm-e Habiba Technical University of Munich, Lucas Mauser Daimler Truck AG / Technical University of Munich, Jonas Fritzsch University of Stuttgart, Institute of Software Engineering, Justus Bogner Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Stefan Wagner Technical University of Munich
14:20
5m
Talk
Bridging AI Ethics and Requirements Engineering in Healthcare: Triangulating Evidence from Literature, Experts, and Online Communities
Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs)
Yutan Huang Monash University, Chetan Arora Monash University, Anuradha Madugalla Deakin University, School of IT, Australia, Tanjila Kanij , Fanyu Wang Monash University, John Grundy Monash University
14:25
5m
Talk
Future of Agile: A Multiple-Case Study of AI-Native Software Development
Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs)
Daniel Planötscher Free University of Bolzano, Xiaofeng Wang LUT University
14:30
5m
Talk
Weaponizing the Commons: A Taxonomy and Detection Framework of Abuse on GitHub
Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs)
Yuli Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University: Xi'an, Shaanxi, CN, Xiaoyu Zhang Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Jiongchi Yu Singapore Management University, Shiqing Ma University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Chao Shen Xi’an Jiaotong University, Yang Liu Nanyang Technological University
14:35
5m
Talk
Do Socially Close Developers Clone More? Tracing the Link Between Collaboration and Duplication
Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs)
Palash Ranjan Roy University of Saskatchewan, Zixian Zhang School of Computer Science, University of Galway, Julita Vassileva University of Saskatchewan, Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan, Kevin Schneider University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan, Takfarinas Saber University of Galway
14:40
5m
Talk
OpenART: Manuscript-Driven Support for Promoting Executability of Software Engineering Artifacts
Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs)
Al Muttakin University of Saskatchewan, Saikat Mondal University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan
14:45
5m
Talk
From Generic to Personalized: Exploring Persona-Aware Code Review Explanations
Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs)
Shamse Tasnim Cynthia University of Saskatchewan, Ratnadira Widyasari Singapore Management University, Singapore, Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan, Italo Santos University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, David Lo Singapore Management University
14:50
5m
Talk
From Copy-Paste to Correct: Governing the Transfer of Software Practices
Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs)
Ajmain Inqiad Alam University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan, Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan, Kevin Schneider University of Saskatchewan
14:55
25m
Panel
Panel Discussion: Human and Social Factors
Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs)

15:20
10m
Awards
Selection of the award presentations
Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs)