Dear all presenters and attendees, organizing committee members of APSEC 2023,

As we officially conclude four days of exciting activities at APSEC 2023, we want to express our gratitude for your active involvement.

Your contributions made this conference a resounding success, fostering a vibrant and diverse atmosphere in Seoul with over 300 participants from 23 countries.

A heartfelt thank you for your enthusiasm and participation, which played a pivotal role in the success of APSEC 2023.

We hope you enjoyed the conference and eagerly anticipate welcoming you again at APSEC 2024 in Chongqing, China!

Cheers to a joyful holiday and a bright New Year!

Distinguished Paper Awards - Technical Track

• “An Empirical Study on the Stability of Explainable Software Defect Prediction” Jiho Shin, Reem Aleithan, Jaechang Nam, Junjie Wang, Nima Shiri Harzevili and Song Wang
• “Improving Code Refinement for Code Review Via Input Reconstruction and Ensemble Learning” Jiawei Lu, Zhijie Tang and Zhongxin Liu
• “CP Decomposition and Set Theory based Root Cause Analysis in Online Service Systems” Qianbo Wei, Qian Tan, Yan Zhang, Zhen Xu and Hongyan Tan

Distinguished Paper Awards - SEIP Track

• “Quality Assurance for ML Devices - A Risk-Based Approach” Gonzalo Aguirre Dominguez, Keigo Kawaai and Hiroshi Maruyama
• “Cost-Benefit Analysis for Modernizing a Large-Scale Industrial System” Kazuki Yokoi, Eunjong Choi, Norihiro Yoshida, Joji Okada and Yoshiki Higo

Winners of Student Research Competition

• 1st Place
  • “Designing Persuasive User Interface by User Personality to Enhance Engagement for Survey Application”
    • “ScenaVRo: Ensuring Variety of Scenario Set for Testing Autonomous Driving Systems” Seongdeok Seo
    • “Unlock Advancements for Automated Program Repair with Prompt-tuning” Xuemeng Cai
• 2nd Place
  • “An Approach for Safety Testing of Cooperative Cyber-Physical Systems Using STPA and Quality Attribute Scenarios” Yoona Heo
    • “A Comparison of Prediction Digital Major in Undergraduate with Learning Styles Model” Ratchatida Phummapooti, Jirapipat Thanyaphongphat and Wantana Areeprayolkij
    • “Creating Game-based Social-Emotional Learning Tools in Montessori Schools Environment for Children’s House Students” Olivia Bova and Noppon Choosri
    • “Tag Estimation Model for Automated Tags Assignment to Online Judge System” Noah Sembu, Erina Makihara and Keiko Ono

Best Reviewers

• Yu Jiang (Tsinghua University)
• Yutian Tang (University of Glasgow)
• Gary T. Leavens (University of Central Florida)
• Hirohisa Aman (Ehime University)
• Hao Zhong (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

It has been 30 years since the establishment of the Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC) as a leading regional conference that gathers researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to exchange knowledge and best practices in software engineering, and to address emerging challenges and solutions in software engineering innovation. This year’s APSEC will be held on December 4-7, 2023 in Seoul, Korea. APSEC 2023 will continue in the tradition of previous editions of this regional conference. As in past APSEC series, the main research track features the most recent and significant innovations in the field of software engineering and all its sub-disciplines. APSEC 2023 also invites submissions of high-quality research papers that describe original and unpublished results on theoretical and empirical software engineering research topics.

APSEC 2023 will offer an extensive program of interest to academia, government, and industry. It will include several distinguished keynote speakers and conference days of paper presentations and demos. A series of exciting tutorials to develop skills in various aspects of software engineering practices is of particular interest to the industry. Co-located workshops offer forums for participants to present novel techniques and methods in specific sub-disciplines of software engineering. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, APSEC 2023 will also provide special events such as APSEC’s 30th Anniversary MIPs Session, and Student Research Competition (SRC).