AST 2024
Mon 15 - Tue 16 April 2024 Lisbon, Portugal
co-located with ICSE 2024
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Mon 15 Apr

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09:00 - 10:30
Conference Opening & KeynoteAST 2024 at Amália Rodrigues
Chair(s): Francesca Lonetti CNR-ISTI, Mehrdad Saadatmand RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
09:00
30m
Other
Chairs Welcome
AST 2024
Christof J. Budnik Siemens Corporation, Corporate Technology, Jenny Li Kean University, USA, Mehrdad Saadatmand RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
09:30
60m
Keynote
Exploring the landscape: Software Testing in the AI Era
AST 2024
Media Attached File Attached
11:00 - 12:30
Session 1: Test CoverageAST 2024 at Amália Rodrigues
Chair(s): Gilles Perrouin Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - FNRS & University of Namur
11:00
20m
Full-paper
Mutation Coverage is not Strongly Correlated with Mutation Coverage
AST 2024
Samia Alblwi New Jersey Institute of Technology, Dr. AMANI AYAD Kean University, USA, Ali Mili NJIT
11:20
20m
Full-paper
Running a Red Light: An Investigation into Why Software Engineers (Occasionally) Ignore Coverage Checks
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Alexander Sterk Delft University of Technology, Mairieli Wessel Radboud University, Eli Hooten Sentry.io, Andy Zaidman Delft University of Technology
DOI Pre-print
11:40
20m
Full-paper
Coverage-based Strategies for the Automated Synthesis of Test Scenarios for Conversational Agents
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Pablo C Canizares Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain, Daniel Ávila Autonomous University of Madrid, Sara Perez-Soler Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Esther Guerra Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Juan de Lara Autonomous University of Madrid
Pre-print
12:00
20m
Full-paper
WallMauer: Robust Code Coverage Instrumentation for Android Apps
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Michael Auer University of Passau, Iván Arcuschin Moreno University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Gordon Fraser University of Passau
14:00 - 15:30
Session 2: Test GenerationAST 2024 at Amália Rodrigues
Chair(s): Sarmad Bashir RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
14:00
20m
Full-paper
Using GitHub Copilot for Test Generation in Python: An Empirical Study
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Khalid El Haji Delft University of Technology, Carolin Brandt Delft University of Technology, Andy Zaidman Delft University of Technology
DOI Pre-print
14:20
20m
Full-paper
Grammar-Based Action Selection Rules for Scriptless Testing
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Lianne V. Hufkens Open Universiteit, Fernando Pastor Ricós Universitat Politècnica de València, Beatriz Marín Universitat Politècnica de València, Tanja E. J. Vos Universitat Politècnica de València and Open Universiteit
14:40
20m
Full-paper
Fences: Systematic Sample Generation for JSON Schemas using Boolean Algebra and Flow Graphs
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Björn Otto Institute for Automation and Communication, OVGU Magdeburg, Tobias Kleinert Chair of Information and Automation Systems for Process and Material Technology, RWTH Aachen
15:00
10m
Poster
Generating Software Tests for Mobile Applications Using Fine-Tuned Large Language Models
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Jacob Hoffmann Institute AIFB, Karlsruhe Institue of Technology (KIT), Demian Frister Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (AIFB) Karlsruhe Institue of Technology (KIT)
DOI
16:00 - 17:30
Session 3: Privacy, Security and RobustnessAST 2024 at Amália Rodrigues
Chair(s): Dr. AMANI AYAD Kean University, USA
16:00
20m
Full-paper
Sugar-coated poison defense on deepfake face-swapping attacks
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Cheng-Yao Guo National Chengchi University, Fang Yu National Chengchi University
16:20
20m
Full-paper
Anonymizing Test Data in Android: Does It Hurt?
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Elena Masserini University of Milano - Bicocca, Davide Ginelli , Daniela Micucci University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, Daniela Briola University of Milano Bicocca, Leonardo Mariani University of Milano-Bicocca
Pre-print
16:40
20m
Full-paper
Properties that allow or prohibit transferability of adversarial attacks among quantized networks
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Abhishek Shrestha Fraunhofer FOKUS, Juergen Grossmann Fraunhofer
DOI
17:00
20m
Full-paper
Can explainability and deep-learning be used for localizing vulnerabilities in source code?
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Alessandro Marchetto Università di Trento
17:20
15m
Short-paper
Towards an Empirical Robustness Assessment Through Measuring Adversarial Subspaces
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Viraj Rohit Gala , Martin A. Schneider Fraunhofer FOKUS, Marvin Vogt Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems
20:30
2h30m
Social Event
Social Dinner (Apr 15) - 20:30 at Páteo – Bairro do Avillez
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Tue 16 Apr

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09:00 - 10:30
Conference Opening & KeynoteAST 2024 at Amália Rodrigues
Chair(s): Francesca Lonetti CNR-ISTI, Mehrdad Saadatmand RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
09:15
15m
Other
Chairs Welcome
AST 2024
Christof J. Budnik Siemens Corporation, Corporate Technology, Jenny Li Kean University, USA, Mehrdad Saadatmand RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
09:30
60m
Keynote
The future of testing: Unleashing creativity with power of AI
AST 2024
Marko Ivanković Google; Universität Passau
File Attached
11:00 - 12:30
Session 4: AI-based testingAST 2024 at Amália Rodrigues
Chair(s): Mahshid Helali Moghadam Scania R&D
11:00
20m
Full-paper
Machine Learning-based Test Case Prioritization using Hyperparameter Optimization
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Md Asif Khan Ontario Tech University, Akramul Azim Ontario Tech University, Ramiro Liscano Ontario Tech University, Kevin Smith International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Yee-Kang Chang International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Qasim Tauseef International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Gkerta Seferi International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
11:20
20m
Full-paper
Testing for Fault Diversity in Reinforcement LearningBest Paper Award
AST 2024
Quentin Mazouni Simula Research Laboratory, Helge Spieker Simula Research Laboratory, Norway, Arnaud Gotlieb Simula Research Laboratory, Mathieu Acher University of Rennes, France / Inria, France / CNRS, France / IRISA, France
11:40
20m
Full-paper
FairPipes: Data Mutation Pipelines for Machine Learning Fairness
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Camille Molinier ESIR, University of Rennes, Paul Temple IRISA, Gilles Perrouin Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - FNRS & University of Namur
12:00
10m
Poster
Reducing Workload in Using AI-based API REST Test Generation
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Benjamin Leu University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Jonas Volken University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Martin Kropp University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Nejdet Dogru Testifi GmbH, Craig Anslow Victoria University of Wellington, Robert Biddle Carleton University
12:10
15m
Short-paper
Identifying Performance Issues in Microservice Architectures through Causal Reasoning
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Luca Giamattei Università di Napoli Federico II, Antonio Guerriero Università di Napoli Federico II, Ivano Malavolta Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Cristian Mascia University of Naples Federico II, Roberto Pietrantuono Università di Napoli Federico II, Stefano Russo Università di Napoli Federico II
14:00 - 15:30
Session 5. Test process optimizationAST 2024 at Amália Rodrigues
Chair(s): Antonio Guerriero Università di Napoli Federico II
14:00
15m
Short-paper
Dynamic Test Case Prioritization in Industrial Test Result Datasets
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Alina Torbunova Åbo Akademi University, Per Erik Strandberg Westermo Network Technologies AB, Ivan Porres Åbo Akademi University
14:15
20m
Full-paper
PAFOT: A Position-Based Approach for Finding Optimal Tests of Autonomous Vehicles
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Victor Crespo-Rodriguez Monash University, Neelofar Neelofar Monash University, Aldeida Aleti Monash University
DOI
14:35
20m
Full-paper
Evaluating String Distance Metrics for Reduction of Automatically Generated Test Suites
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Islam Elgendy University of Sheffield, Robert Hierons The University of Sheffield, Phil McMinn University of Sheffield
14:55
20m
Full-paper
An Overview of Microservice-Based Systems Used for Evaluation in Testing and Monitoring: A Systematic Mapping Study
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Stefan Fischer Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Pirmin Urbanke Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Rudolf Ramler Software Competence Center Hagenberg (SCCH), Monika Steidl University of Innsbruck, Michael Felderer German Aerospace Center (DLR) & University of Cologne
16:00 - 17:30
Session 6: Testing AST 2024 at Amália Rodrigues
Chair(s): Mairieli Wessel Radboud University
16:00
15m
Full-paper
Exploring the Role of Automation in Duplicate Bug Report Detection: An Industrial Case Study
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Malte Götharsson University of Gothenburg, Karl Stahre University of Gothenburg, Gregory Gay Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Francisco Gomes de Oliveira Neto Chalmers | University of Gothenburg
16:15
15m
Short-paper
What Are Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Teaching About Software Testing?
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Neda Džiugaitė TU Delft, Baris Ardic Delft University of Technology, Andy Zaidman Delft University of Technology
DOI Pre-print
16:30
15m
Short-paper
Identification of Java lock contention anti-patterns based on run-time performance data
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Aritra Ahmed Ontario Tech University, Ramiro Liscano Ontario Tech University, Akramul Azim Ontario Tech University
16:45
15m
Short-paper
An Inconvenient Truth in Software Engineering? The Environmental Impact of Testing Open Source Java Projects
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Andy Zaidman Delft University of Technology
DOI Pre-print
17:00
15m
Short-paper
9 in 10 cameras agree: Pedestrians in front possibly endangered
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Liliana Marie Prikler Graz University of Technology, Franz Wotawa Graz University of Technology
17:15
15m
Awards
Award Session and Closure
AST 2024
Mehrdad Saadatmand RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Francesca Lonetti CNR-ISTI