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ISSTA 2021
Sun 11 - Sat 17 July 2021 Online
co-located with ECOOP and ISSTA 2021
Thu 15 Jul 2021 20:00 - 20:20 at ISSTA 2 - Session 12 (time band 1) Configuration and Dependency Chair(s): Jonathan Bell
Sat 17 Jul 2021 01:50 - 02:10 at ISSTA 1 - Session 21 (time band 2) Testing 3 Chair(s): Rohan Padhye

Configuration error injection
testing (CEIT) could
systematically evaluate software reliability and diagnosability
to runtime configuration errors.
This paper explores the challenges and opportunities
of applying CEIT technique.
We build an extensible, highly-modularized CEIT framework named CeitInspector to
experiment
with various CEIT techniques.
Using CeitInspector, we quantitatively measure the effectiveness and efficiency of
CEIT using six mature and widely-used
server applications.
During this process, we find a fair number of test cases are left unstudied
by the prior research work.
The injected configuration errors in these cases often indicate latent misconfigurations,
which might be ticking time bombs in the system and lead to severe damage.
We conduct an in-depth study regarding these cases to reveal the root causes,
and explore possible remedies.
Finally, we come up with actionable suggestions guided by our study
to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of
the existing CEIT techniques.

Challenges and Opportunities: An In-Depth Empirical Study on Configuration Error Injection Testing [Slides] (Wang_ISSTA2021.pdf)1.8MiB

Thu 15 Jul

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19:00 - 20:20
Session 12 (time band 1) Configuration and Dependency Technical Papers at ISSTA 2
Chair(s): Jonathan Bell Northeastern University
19:00
20m
Talk
Fixing Dependency Errors for Python Build Reproducibility
Technical Papers
Suchita Mukherjee University of California at Davis, Abigail Almanza University of California at Davis, Cindy Rubio-González University of California at Davis
DOI
19:20
20m
Talk
Test-Case Prioritization for Configuration TestingACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper
Technical Papers
Runxiang Cheng University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Lingming Zhang University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Darko Marinov University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Tianyin Xu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
DOI
19:40
20m
Talk
The Impact of Tool Configuration Spaces on the Evaluation of Configurable Taint Analysis for Android
Technical Papers
Austin Mordahl University of Texas at Dallas, Shiyi Wei University of Texas at Dallas
DOI Pre-print
20:00
20m
Talk
Challenges and Opportunities: An In-Depth Empirical Study on Configuration Error Injection Testing
Technical Papers
Wang Li National University of Defense Technology, Zhouyang Jia National University of Defense Technology, Shanshan Li National University of Defense Technology, Yuanliang Zhang National University of Defense Technology, Teng Wang National University of Defense Technology, Erci Xu National University of Defense Technology, Ji Wang National University of Defense Technology, Xiangke Liao National University of Defense Technology
DOI File Attached

Sat 17 Jul

Displayed time zone: Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris change

01:10 - 02:30
Session 21 (time band 2) Testing 3Technical Papers at ISSTA 1
Chair(s): Rohan Padhye Carnegie Mellon University
01:10
20m
Talk
Continuous Test Suite Failure Prediction
Technical Papers
Cong Pan Beihang University, Michael Pradel University of Stuttgart
DOI Media Attached
01:30
20m
Talk
Toward Optimal MC/DC Test Case Generation
Technical Papers
Sangharatna Godboley National Institute of Technology Warangal, Joxan Jaffar National University of Singapore, Rasool Maghareh Huawei, Arpita Dutta National University of Singapore
DOI
01:50
20m
Talk
Challenges and Opportunities: An In-Depth Empirical Study on Configuration Error Injection Testing
Technical Papers
Wang Li National University of Defense Technology, Zhouyang Jia National University of Defense Technology, Shanshan Li National University of Defense Technology, Yuanliang Zhang National University of Defense Technology, Teng Wang National University of Defense Technology, Erci Xu National University of Defense Technology, Ji Wang National University of Defense Technology, Xiangke Liao National University of Defense Technology
DOI File Attached
02:10
20m
Talk
Test-Case Prioritization for Configuration TestingACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper
Technical Papers
Runxiang Cheng University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Lingming Zhang University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Darko Marinov University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Tianyin Xu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
DOI