PROFES 2025
Mon 1 - Wed 3 December 2025 Salerno , Italy

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Domain models play a central role in software development. They support communication, foster collaboration, and serve as references throughout the process. They also allow for automated analysis and can be used for code generation in model-driven development. Despite these benefits, software practitioners often neglect building domain models because they demand significant time, deep subject-matter expertise, and advanced modeling skills. To address these challenges and automatically generate domain models from text, we leverage generative large language models and apply instruction tuning to further enhance their performance. We demonstrate the applicability of our approach by tuning an open-source large language model to generate dynamic domain models as business process models and comparing its performance with off-the-shelf models. The results show that the instruction-tuned model outperforms off-the-shelf models not only in key text similarity metrics such as BLEU, ROUGE, and METEOR, but also in Graph Edit Distance, which captures structural correctness. Our qualitative assessment confirms that industry experts find the outputs accurate and useful, and they demonstrate a willingness to integrate the system into their workflow. Our study demonstrates the first application of instruction tuning to business process model generation and highlights the potential for domain-specific adaptation of large language models.

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Tue 2 Dec

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11:30 - 13:00
Artificial Intelligence and Analytics in Software EngineeringIndustry Papers / Research Papers / Short Papers and Posters at Room 1
11:30
15m
Talk
Generating Business Process Models with Open Source Large Language Models using Instruction Tuning
Research Papers
Gökberk Çelikmasat Boğaziçi University, Atay Özgövde Boğaziçi University, Fatma Başak Aydemir Utrecht University
11:45
15m
Talk
Application of Large Language Models in Product Management: A Systematic Literature Review
Research Papers
Vitor Mori FGV-EAESP, Jan Bosch Chalmers University of Technology, Helena Holmström Olsson Malmö University
12:00
15m
Talk
Towards Understanding Team Congestion in Large-Scale Software Development
Research Papers
Javier Gonzalez-Huerta Blekinge Institute of Technology, Ehsan Zabardast Nordea / Blekinge Institute of Technology
12:15
10m
Talk
A Small Dataset May Go a Long Way: Process Duration Prediction in Clinical Settings
Industry Papers
Harald Störrle QAware GmbH, Anastasia Hort QAware GmbH
12:25
7m
Talk
Prompts as Software Engineering Artifacts: A Research Agenda and Preliminary Findings
Short Papers and Posters
Hugo Villamizar fortiss GmbH, Jannik Fischbach Netlight Consulting GmbH and fortiss GmbH, Alexander Korn University of Duisburg-Essen, Andreas Vogelsang paluno – The Ruhr Institute for Software Technology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Daniel Mendez Blekinge Institute of Technology and fortiss
12:32
7m
Talk
MAPS-AI – A Tool for AI-Assisted Model-Driven Generation of IT Project Plan and Scope
Short Papers and Posters
Oksana Nikiforova Riga Technical University, Rihards Bobkovs Riga Technical University, Megija Krista Miļūne Riga Technical University, Kristaps Babris Riga Technical University, Oscar Pastor Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Jānis Grabis Riga Technical University
12:39
7m
Talk
Cost of Artificial Intelligence in Finnish Software Companies: A Survey
Short Papers and Posters
Antti Klemetti University of Helsinki, Anssi Sorvisto University of Jyväskylä, Mikko Raatikainen University of Helsinki, Jukka K. Nurminen University of Helsinki
12:46
7m
Talk
Exploring the Performance of ML Model Size for Classification in Relation to Energy Consumption
Short Papers and Posters
Andreas Bexell Ericsson, Lo Heander Lund University, Emma Söderberg Lund University, Sigrid Eldh Ericsson AB, Mälardalen University, Carleton University, Per Runeson Lund University
12:53
7m
Talk
On the Use of Agentic Coding Manifests: An Empirical Study of Claude Code
Short Papers and Posters
Worawalan Chatlatanagulchai Kasetsart University, Kundjanasith Thonglek Kasetsart University, Brittany Reid Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Yutaro Kashiwa Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Pattara Leelaprute Kasetsart University, Arnon Rungsawang Kasetsart University, Bundit Manaskasemsak Kasetsart University, Hajimu Iida Nara Institute of Science and Technology