ESEIW 2024
Sun 20 - Fri 25 October 2024 Barcelona, Spain
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Sun 20 Oct

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19:00 - 21:00
19:00
2h
Social Event
ISERN Reception
ISERN

Mon 21 Oct

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09:00 - 09:40
09:00
40m
Day opening
ISERN Opening and ISERN Business
ISERN

10:00 - 10:30
10:00
30m
Other
International Workshop on Methodological Issues with Empirical Studies in Software Engineering (WSESE@ICSE 2024)
ISERN
C: Sira Vegas Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, C: Andreas Jedlitschka Fraunhofer IESE, C: Natalia Juristo Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
10:30 - 11:00
10:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

11:00 - 12:30
11:00
90m
Other
Open Science in Empirical Software Engineering
ISERN
C: Per Runeson Lund University, C: Daniel Mendez Blekinge Institute of Technology and fortiss, C: Martin Höst Malmö University
12:30 - 14:00
12:30
90m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

15:30 - 16:00
15:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

16:00 - 17:00
16:00
10m
Other
Open Sessions Topic Brainstorming
ISERN

16:10
35m
Other
Open Sessions
ISERN

16:45
15m
Other
Open Sessions Summary
ISERN

17:00 - 17:30
Steering Committee MeetingISERN at Agora (in front of Plaça Telecos)
17:00
30m
Meeting
Steering Committee Meeting
ISERN

19:00 - 22:00
DinnerISERN at La Pedrera
19:00
3h
Dinner
ISERN Dinner
ISERN

Tue 22 Oct

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09:00 - 10:30
09:00
90m
Other
Managing Scientific Theories in Empirical Software Engineering: A Framework to effectively manage Empirical Evidence Meta-Data
ISERN
C: Julian Frattini Blekinge Institute of Technology, C: Daniel Mendez Blekinge Institute of Technology and fortiss
10:30 - 11:00
10:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

11:00 - 12:30
11:00
90m
Other
Naming the Pain in Requirements Engineering – NaPiRE globally distributed, yearly replicated family of surveys
ISERN
C: Daniel Mendez Blekinge Institute of Technology and fortiss, C: Stefan Wagner Technical University of Munich, C: Marcos Kalinowski Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), C: Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari
11:00 - 12:30
11:00
90m
Other
Teaching cases in software engineering
ISERN
C: Torgeir Dingsøyr Norwegian University of Science and Technology, C: Casper Lassenius Aalto University, Finland and Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital Engineering, Norway, C: Maria Paasivaara LUT University, Finland & Aalto University, Finland
12:30 - 14:00
12:30
90m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

14:00 - 15:30
14:00
90m
Other
Relevance of Software Engineering Research Problems
ISERN
C: Marcos Kalinowski Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), C: Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari
15:30 - 16:00
15:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

16:00 - 17:30
16:00
90m
Other
Empirical Studies in AI-driven Software Engineering (AI4SE)
ISERN
C: Andreas Jedlitschka Fraunhofer IESE, C: Sira Vegas Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, C: Silverio Martínez-Fernández UPC-BarcelonaTech
17:30 - 17:45
17:30
15m
Day closing
ISERN Closing
ISERN

Wed 23 Oct

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08:45 - 10:30
08:45
15m
Day opening
Introductions
IDoESE Doctoral Symposium
D: Silvia Abrahão Universitat Politècnica de València, D: Daniela Cruzes Norwegian University of Science and Technology
09:00
60m
Keynote
Keynote: Sandro Morasca
IDoESE Doctoral Symposium
K: Sandro Morasca Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
10:00
30m
Doctoral symposium paper
Effective and Efficient Scenarios for Simulation-Based Safety Testing of Automated Driving Systems
IDoESE Doctoral Symposium
A: Fauzia Khan University of Tartu, Estonia, M: Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu, M: Stefan Wagner Technical University of Munich
09:00 - 10:30
Introduction to Sustainability and decision makingIASESE Advanced School at Agora (in front of Plaça Telecos)
09:00
90m
Talk
Introduction to Sustainability and decision making
IASESE Advanced School
Markus Funke Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
10:30 - 11:00
10:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

11:00 - 12:30
11:00
90m
Talk
Green and sustainable software
IASESE Advanced School
Vincenzo Stoico Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
11:00 - 12:30
11:00
30m
Doctoral symposium paper
Towards Developing a Comprehensive Methodical Framework for Evaluating Code Recommender Systems
IDoESE Doctoral Symposium
A: Daniel Borst Vienna University of Economics and Business, Institute for Complex Networks, M: Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu, M: Sira Vegas Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
11:30
30m
Doctoral symposium paper
Understanding and Eliminating Barriers to Replications in Behavioural Software Engineering
IDoESE Doctoral Symposium
A: Florian Poreba Vienna University of Economics and Business, M: Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu, M: Sira Vegas Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, M: Stefan Wagner Technical University of Munich
12:00
30m
Doctoral symposium paper
Dealing with Time Dependence in Empirical Software Engineering
IDoESE Doctoral Symposium
A: Mikel Robredo University of Oulu, M: Sira Vegas Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, M: Stefan Wagner Technical University of Munich
12:30 - 14:00
12:30
90m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

14:00 - 15:30
Empirical studies targeting sustainable softwareIASESE Advanced School at Agora (in front of Plaça Telecos)
14:00
90m
Talk
Empirical studies targeting sustainable software
IASESE Advanced School
Vincenzo Stoico Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
14:00 - 15:30
14:00
30m
Doctoral symposium paper
Improving Software Modeling through gamification and automated agents
IDoESE Doctoral Symposium
A: Giacomo Garaccione Politecnico di Torino, M: Marcela Fabiana Genero Bocco University of Castilla-La Mancha, M: Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu
14:30
30m
Doctoral symposium paper
Responsible development and use of AI: a metric-based framework for enabling empirical evaluations
IDoESE Doctoral Symposium
A: Marco Rondina Politecnico di Torino, M: Claudia Ayala Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain, M: Marcela Fabiana Genero Bocco University of Castilla-La Mancha, M: Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu
15:00
30m
Doctoral symposium paper
Research proposal: An Analysis an Model of Positionality Statements in Software Engineering Research
IDoESE Doctoral Symposium
A: Breno Felix de Sousa Federal University of Pernambuco, M: Claudia Ayala Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain, M: Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu
15:30 - 16:00
15:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

16:00 - 17:30
16:00
90m
Talk
Measurement software
IASESE Advanced School
Radu Apsan Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
16:00 - 17:30
16:00
30m
Doctoral symposium paper
Analysing Dependency Issues of Workflows in the GitHub Actions Ecosystem
IDoESE Doctoral Symposium
A: Hassan Onsori Delicheh University of Mons, Belgium, M: Claudia Ayala Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain, M: Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu
16:30
60m
Panel
Do's and Don'ts When Performing Doctoral Studies
IDoESE Doctoral Symposium
P: Claudia Ayala Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain, P: Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu, D: Silvia Abrahão Universitat Politècnica de València, D: Daniela Cruzes Norwegian University of Science and Technology
19:30 - 21:00
19:30
90m
Social Event
ESEM Reception
ESEIW ESEM

Thu 24 Oct

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09:00 - 10:30
Opening and KeynoteESEIW ESEM at Sala d'actes de Camins (C2 Building)
Chair(s): Maya Daneva University of Twente, Xavier Franch Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Silverio Martínez-Fernández UPC-BarcelonaTech
09:00
30m
Other
Conference Opening
ESEIW ESEM
Xavier Franch Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Maya Daneva University of Twente, Silverio Martínez-Fernández UPC-BarcelonaTech
09:30
60m
Keynote
The Method Behind the Magic: Ensuring Reliability in Software Engineering Empirical Results
ESEIW ESEM
Sira Vegas Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
10:30 - 11:00
10:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

11:00 - 12:30
11:00
20m
Full-paper
Contexts Matter: An Empirical Study on Contextual Influence in Fairness Testing for Deep Learning Systems
ESEM Technical Papers
Chengwen Du University of Birmingham, Tao Chen University of Birmingham
11:20
20m
Full-paper
Automatic Data Labeling for Software Vulnerability Prediction Models: How Far Are We?
ESEM Technical Papers
Triet Le The University of Adelaide, Muhammad Ali Babar School of Computer Science, The University of Adelaide
11:40
15m
Industry talk
From Literature to Practice: Exploring Fairness Testing Tools for the Software Industry Adoption
ESEM IGC
Thanh Nguyen University of Calgary, Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari , Luiz Fernando de Lima , Ronnie de Souza Santos University of Calgary
Pre-print
11:55
15m
Vision and Emerging Results
Do Developers Use Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Tools Straight Out of the Box? A large-scale Empirical Study
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
Gareth Bennett Lancaster University, Tracy Hall Lancaster University, Steve Counsell Brunel University London, Emily Winter Lancaster University, Thomas Shippey LogicMonitor
12:10
20m
Full-paper
Mitigating Data Imbalance for Software Vulnerability Assessment: Does Data Augmentation Help?
ESEM Technical Papers
Triet Le The University of Adelaide, Muhammad Ali Babar School of Computer Science, The University of Adelaide
11:00 - 12:35
11:00
20m
Full-paper
Sustaining Maintenance Labor for Healthy Open Source Software Projects through Human Infrastructure: A Maintainer Perspective
ESEM Technical Papers
Johan Linåker RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Georg Link Bitergia, Kevin Lumbard Creighton University
11:20
20m
Full-paper
Documenting Ethical Considerations in Open Source AI Models
ESEM Technical Papers
Haoyu Gao The University of Melbourne, Mansooreh Zahedi The Univeristy of Melbourne, Christoph Treude Singapore Management University, Sarita Rosenstock the University of Melbourne, Marc Cheong the University of Melbourne
Pre-print
11:40
20m
Full-paper
An Exploratory Mixed-methods Study on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance in Open-Source Software
ESEM Technical Papers
Lucas Franke Virginia Tech, Huayu Liang Virginia Tech, Sahar Farzanehpour Virginia Tech, Aaron Brantly Virginia Tech, James C. Davis Purdue University, Chris Brown Virginia Tech
Pre-print
12:00
20m
Full-paper
An Empirical Study of API Misuses of Data-Centric Libraries
ESEM Technical Papers
Akalanka Galappaththi University of Alberta, Sarah Nadi New York University Abu Dhabi, University of Alberta, Christoph Treude Singapore Management University
Pre-print
12:20
15m
Vision and Emerging Results
Automatic Categorization of GitHub Actions with Transformers and Few-shot Learning
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
Phuong T. Nguyen University of L’Aquila, Juri Di Rocco University of L'Aquila, Claudio Di Sipio University of L'Aquila, Mudita Shakya University of L'Aquila, Davide Di Ruscio University of L'Aquila, Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy
Pre-print
11:00 - 12:30
11:00
20m
Full-paper
ChatGPT application in Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering: an evaluation of its accuracy to support the selection activity
ESEM Technical Papers
Katia Romero Felizardo UTFPR-CP, Marcia Sampaio Lima Universidade do Estado do Amazonas - UEA, Anderson Deizepe UTFPR-CP, Tayana Conte Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Igor Steinmacher Northern Arizona University
11:20
20m
Full-paper
Is generalisation hindering the adoption of your findings?
ESEM Technical Papers
Rogardt Heldal Western Norway University of Applied Science
11:40
20m
Full-paper
Threats to Validity in Software Engineering -- hypocritical paper section or essential analysis?
ESEM Technical Papers
Patricia Lago Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Per Runeson Lund University, Qunying Song Lund University, Roberto Verdecchia University of Florence
Pre-print
12:00
15m
Vision and Emerging Results
Data extraction for systematic mapping study using a large language model - a proof-of-concept study in software engineering
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
Katia Romero Felizardo UTFPR-CP, Igor Steinmacher Northern Arizona University, Marcia Sampaio Lima Universidade do Estado do Amazonas - UEA, Anderson Deizepe UTFPR-CP, Tayana Conte Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Monalessa P. Barcellos Federal University of Espírito Santo
12:15
15m
Vision and Emerging Results
Crossover Designs in Software Engineering Experiments: Review of the State of Analysis
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
Julian Frattini Blekinge Institute of Technology, Davide Fucci Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sira Vegas Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Pre-print Media Attached
12:30 - 14:00
12:30
90m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

14:00 - 15:30
Posters: research projects and registered reportsESEM Registered Reports / ESEM Research Projects at Agora (in front of Plaça Telecos)
Chair(s): Andreas Jedlitschka Fraunhofer IESE
14:00
3m
Poster
MSR4SBOM: Mining Software Repositories for enhanced Software Bills of Materials
ESEM Research Projects
Giuseppe Scanniello University of Salerno, Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy, Simone Romano University of Salerno, Rita Francese , Sabato Nocera University of Salerno, Daniele Bifolco University of Sannio, Fiorella Zampetti University of Sannio, Italy, Pietro Cassieri University of Salerno
14:03
3m
Poster
Edge-AI Assurance in the REBECCA Project
ESEM Research Projects
Clara Ayora Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Arturo S. García Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Jose Luis de la Vara Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha
14:06
3m
Poster
MOOD: Mindfulness fOr sOftware Developers
ESEM Research Projects
Simone Romano University of Salerno, Giuseppe Scanniello University of Salerno, Alessandro Marchetto Università di Trento, Paolo Giorgini University of Trento, Gloria Guidetti University of Torino, Daniela Converso University of Torino, Sara Viotti University of Torino
14:09
3m
Poster
Continuous Quality Improvement of AI-based Systems: the QualAI Project
ESEM Research Projects
Nicole Novielli University of Bari, Rocco Oliveto University of Molise, Fabio Palomba University of Salerno, Fabio Calefato University of Bari, Giuseppe Colavito University of Bari, Italy, Vincenzo De Martino University of Salerno, Antonio Della Porta University of Salerno, Giammaria Giordano University of Salerno, Emanuela Guglielmi University of Molise, Filippo Lanubile University of Bari, Luigi Quaranta University of Bari, Italy, Gilberto Recupito University of Salerno, Simone Scalabrino University of Molise, Angelica Spina University of Molise, Antonio Vitale University of Molise, Italy
14:12
3m
Poster
FRINGE: context-aware FaiRness engineerING in complex software systEms
ESEM Research Projects
Fabio Palomba University of Salerno, Andrea Di Sorbo University of Sannio, Davide Di Ruscio University of L'Aquila, Filomena Ferrucci University of Salerno, Gemma Catolino University of Salerno, Giammaria Giordano University of Salerno, Dario Di Dario University of Salerno, Gianmario Voria University of Salerno, Viviana Pentangelo University of Salerno, Maria Tortorella University of Sannio, Arnaldo Sgueglia , Claudio Di Sipio University of l'Aquila, Giordano d'Aloisio University of L'Aquila, Antinisca Di Marco University of L'Aquila
14:15
3m
Poster
Evidence-Based Commit Message Generation with Deep Learning Techniques (EvidenCoM)
ESEM Research Projects
Sira Vegas Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Xavier Ferré Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Hongming Zhu
14:18
3m
Poster
In Search of Metrics to Guide Developer-Based Refactoring Recommendations. A Registered Report
ESEM Registered Reports
Mikel Robredo University of Oulu, Matteo Esposito University of Oulu, Fabio Palomba University of Salerno, Rafael Peñaloza , Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu
DOI Pre-print
14:21
3m
Poster
Virtual Reality vs. 2D Visualizations for Software Ecosystem Dependency Analysis -- A Controlled Experiment
ESEM Registered Reports
David Moreno-Lumbreras Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Gregorio Robles Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
14:24
3m
Poster
Measuring Information Diffusion in Code Review at Spotify
ESEM Registered Reports
Michael Dorner Blekinge Institute of Technology, Daniel Mendez Blekinge Institute of Technology and fortiss, Ehsan Zabardast Blekinge Institute of Technology, Nicole Valdez Spotify, Marcin Floryan Spotify
DOI Pre-print
14:27
3m
Poster
Validation of an Analysability Model in Hybrid Quantum Software
ESEM Registered Reports
Ana Díaz Muñoz AQCLab Software Quality, Jose Antonio Cruz-Lemus University of Castilla-La Mancha, Moisés Rodrígez Monje UCLM | AQCLab, Mario Piattini University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari
14:30
3m
Poster
Usefulness of data flow diagrams and large language models for security threat validation: a registered report
ESEM Registered Reports
Winnie Bahati Mbaka Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Katja Tuma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
14:33
3m
Poster
Local Software Buildability across Java Versions
ESEM Registered Reports
Matúš Sulír Technical University of Košice, Jaroslav Porubän Technical University of Košice, Slovakia, Sergej Chodarev Technical University of Košice
Link to publication Pre-print
14:36
54m
Poster
Research projects and registered reports presentations and discussions
ESEM Registered Reports

14:00 - 15:30
14:00
20m
Full-paper
Decoding Android Permissions: A Study of Developer Challenges and Solutions on Stack Overflow
ESEM Technical Papers
Sahrima Jannat Oishwee University of Saskatchewan, Zadia Codabux University of Saskatchewan, Natalia Stakhanova University of Saskatchewan
14:20
20m
Full-paper
Understanding Fairness in Software Engineering: Insights from Stack Exchange Sites
ESEM Technical Papers
Emeralda Sesari University of Groningen, Federica Sarro University College London, Ayushi Rastogi University of Groningen, The Netherlands
DOI Pre-print
14:40
20m
Full-paper
Negative Results of Image Processing for Identifying Duplicate Questions on Stack Overflow
ESEM Technical Papers
Faiz Ahmed York University, Suprakash Datta York University, Maleknaz Nayebi York University
15:00
15m
Industry talk
Reducing Events to Augment Log-based Anomaly Detection Models: An Empirical Study
ESEM IGC
Lingzhe Zhang Peking University, China, Tong Jia Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Peking University, Beijing, China, Kangjin Wang Alibaba Group, Mengxi Jia Peking University, Yong Yang , Ying Li School of Software and Microelectronics, Peking University, Beijing, China
15:15
15m
Journal Early-Feedback
The upper bound of information diffusion in code review
ESEM Journal-First Papers
Michael Dorner Blekinge Institute of Technology, Daniel Mendez Blekinge Institute of Technology and fortiss, Krzysztof Wnuk , Ehsan Zabardast Blekinge Institute of Technology, Jacek Czerwonka Developer Services, Microsoft
Pre-print
14:00 - 15:30
14:00
20m
Full-paper
Game Software Engineering: A Controlled Experiment Comparing Automated Content Generation Techniques
ESEM Technical Papers
Mar Zamorano López University College London, África Domingo Universidad San Jorge, Carlos Cetina San Jorge University, Spain, Federica Sarro University College London
14:20
20m
Full-paper
Evaluating Software Modelling Recommendations: Towards Systematic Guidelines for Modelling
ESEM Technical Papers
Shalini Chakraborty Reykjavik University, Grischa Liebel Reykjavik University
14:40
20m
Full-paper
What do we know about Hugging Face? A systematic literature review and quantitative validation of qualitative claims
ESEM Technical Papers
Jason Jones Purdue University, Wenxin Jiang Purdue University, Nicholas Synovic Loyola University Chicago, George K. Thiruvathukal Loyola University Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, James C. Davis Purdue University
DOI Pre-print
15:00
15m
Vision and Emerging Results
On the Creation of Representative Samples of Software Repositories
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
June Gorostidi IN3 - UOC, Adem Ait University of Luxembourg, Jordi Cabot Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Javier Luis Cánovas Izquierdo IN3 - UOC
Pre-print
15:15
15m
Vision and Emerging Results
Can ChatGPT emulate humans in software engineering surveys?
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
Igor Steinmacher Northern Arizona University, Jacob Mcauley Penney NAU, Katia Romero Felizardo UTFPR-CP, Alessandro Garcia Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Marco Gerosa Northern Arizona University
15:30 - 16:00
15:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

16:00 - 17:30
Software vulnerabilities and defectsESEM Technical Papers / ESEM Journal-First Papers / ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track at Aula de graus (C4 Building)
Chair(s): Daniela Cruzes Norwegian University of Science and Technology
16:00
20m
Full-paper
Automated Code-centric Software Vulnerability Assessment: How Far Are We? An Empirical Study in C/C++
ESEM Technical Papers
Anh Nguyen The , Triet Le The University of Adelaide, Muhammad Ali Babar School of Computer Science, The University of Adelaide
DOI Pre-print
16:20
20m
Full-paper
Empirical Evaluation of Frequency Based Statistical Models for Estimating Killable Mutants
ESEM Technical Papers
Konstantin Kuznetsov Saarland University, CISPA, Alessio Gambi Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Saikrishna Dhiddi Passau University, Julia Hess Saarland University, Rahul Gopinath University of Sydney
16:40
20m
Full-paper
Reevaluating the Defect Proneness of Atoms of Confusion in Java Systems
ESEM Technical Papers
Guoshuai Shi University of Waterloo, Farshad Kazemi University of Waterloo, Michael W. Godfrey University of Waterloo, Canada, Shane McIntosh University of Waterloo
Pre-print
17:00
15m
Journal Early-Feedback
Identifying concerns when specifying machine learning-enabled systems: A perspective-based approach
ESEM Journal-First Papers
Hugo Villamizar fortiss GmbH, Marcos Kalinowski Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Helio Côrtes Vieira Lopes PUC-Rio, Daniel Mendez Blekinge Institute of Technology and fortiss
17:15
15m
Vision and Emerging Results
DetectBERT: Towards Full App-Level Representation Learning to Detect Android Malware
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
Tiezhu Sun University of Luxembourg, Nadia Daoudi Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Kisub Kim Singapore Management University, Singapore, Kevin Allix Independent Researcher, Tegawendé F. Bissyandé University of Luxembourg, Jacques Klein University of Luxembourg
16:00 - 17:30
16:00
20m
Full-paper
Enhancing Change Impact Prediction by Integrating Evolutionary Coupling with Software Change Relationships
ESEM Technical Papers
Daihong Zhou School of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Jiyue Zhang School of Computer Science, Fudan University, Ping Yu Fudan University, China, Wunan Guo School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
16:20
20m
Full-paper
M-score: An Empirically Derived Software Modularity Metric
ESEM Technical Papers
Ernst Pisch Drexel University, Yuanfang Cai Drexel University, Rick Kazman , Jason Lefever Drexel University, Hongzhou Fang Drexel University
16:40
20m
Vision and Emerging Results
Towards Automated Continuous Security Compliance
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
Florian Angermeir fortiss, Jannik Fischbach Netlight GmbH / fortiss GmbH, Fabiola Moyon Siemens AG, Munich, Germany, Daniel Mendez Blekinge Institute of Technology and fortiss
Pre-print
17:00
15m
Journal Early-Feedback
Much more than a prediction: Expert-based software effort estimation as a behavioral act
ESEM Journal-First Papers
Patrícia G. F. Matsubara Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Igor Steinmacher Northern Arizona University, Bruno Gadelha UFAM, Tayana Conte Universidade Federal do Amazonas
17:15
15m
Industry talk
On the Accuracy of Effort Estimations based on COSMIC Functional Size Measurement: A Case Study
ESEM IGC
Ersin Ersoy Paycell, Selami Bagriyanik Singularity Software Technologies; Istanbul Topkapi University, Hasan Sozer Ozyegin University
16:00 - 17:30
16:00
20m
Full-paper
A Transformer-based Approach for Augmenting Software Engineering Chatbots Datasets
ESEM Technical Papers
Ahmad Abdellatif University of Calgary, Khaled Badran Concordia University, Canada, Diego Costa Concordia University, Canada, Emad Shihab Concordia University
16:20
20m
Full-paper
Unsupervised and Supervised Co-learning for Comment-based Codebase Refining and its Application in Code Search
ESEM Technical Papers
Gang Hu School of Information Science & Engineering, Yunnan University, Xiaoqin Zeng School of Information Science & Engineering, Yunnan University, Wanlong Yu , Min Peng , YUAN Mengting School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, Liang Duan
16:40
20m
Full-paper
Good things come in three: Generating SO Post Titles with Pre-Trained Models, Self Improvement and Post Ranking
ESEM Technical Papers
Duc Anh Le Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Anh M. T. Bui Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Phuong T. Nguyen University of L’Aquila, Davide Di Ruscio University of L'Aquila
Pre-print
17:00
15m
Vision and Emerging Results
PromptLink: Multi-template prompt learning with adversarial training for issue-commit link recovery
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
Yang Deng The School of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China, Bangchao Wang Wuhan Textile University, Zhiyuan Zou The School of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China, Luyao Ye The School of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China
17:15
15m
Journal Early-Feedback
GPTSniffer: A CodeBERT-based classifier to detect source code written by ChatGPT
ESEM Journal-First Papers
Phuong T. Nguyen University of L’Aquila, Juri Di Rocco University of L'Aquila, Claudio Di Sipio University of l'Aquila, Riccardo Rubei University of L'Aquila, Davide Di Ruscio University of L'Aquila, Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy
Link to publication DOI Pre-print
20:00 - 22:30
20:00
2h30m
Dinner
ESEM Dinner
ESEIW ESEM

Fri 25 Oct

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

09:30 - 10:30
KeynoteESEIW ESEM at Sala d'actes de Camins (C2 Building)
Chair(s): Maya Daneva University of Twente
09:30
60m
Keynote
Charting New Frontiers: Exploring Limits, Threats, and Ecosystems of LLMs in Software Engineering
ESEIW ESEM
David Lo Singapore Management University
10:30 - 11:00
10:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

11:00 - 12:30
11:00
20m
Full-paper
An Investigation of How Software Developers Read Machine Learning Code
ESEM Technical Papers
Thomas Weber LMU Munich, Christina Winiker LMU Munich, Sven Mayer LMU Munich
11:20
20m
Full-paper
What Makes Programmers Laugh? Exploring the Submissions of the Subreddit r/ProgrammerHumor.
ESEM Technical Papers
Miikka Kuutila Dalhousie University, Leevi Rantala University of Oulu, Junhao Li University of Oulu, Simo Hosio University of Oulu, Mika Mäntylä University of Helsinki and University of Oulu
Pre-print
11:40
20m
Full-paper
An Exploratory Study on Soft Skills present in Software Positions in Cyprus: a quasi-Replication Study
ESEM Technical Papers
Georgia Kapitsaki University of Cyprus, Loukas Chatzivasili University of Cyprus, Maria Papoutsoglou University of Cyprus, Matthias Galster University of Canterbury
12:00
15m
Vision and Emerging Results
Effective Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Software Development Teams
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
Thayssa Rocha Zup Innovation & UFPA, Cleidson de Souza Federal University of Pará Belém, Luciano Teran Universidade Federal do Pará, Marcelle Mota Universidade Federal do Pará
12:15
15m
Journal Early-Feedback
Evaluating software security maturity using OWASP SAMM: Different approaches and stakeholders perceptions
ESEM Journal-First Papers
Davide Fucci Blekinge Institute of Technology, Emil Alégroth Blekinge Institute of Technology, Michael Felderer German Aerospace Center (DLR) & University of Cologne, Christoffer Johannesson Ericsson AB
11:00 - 12:30
Large language models in software engineering IESEM Technical Papers / ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track at Telensenyament (B3 Building - 1st Floor)
Chair(s): Phuong T. Nguyen University of L’Aquila
11:00
20m
Full-paper
Optimizing the Utilization of Large Language Models via Schedule Optimization: An Exploratory Study
ESEM Technical Papers
Yueyue Liu The University of Newcastle, Hongyu Zhang Chongqing University, Zhiqiang Li Shaanxi Normal University, Yuantian Miao The University of Newcastle
11:20
20m
Full-paper
A Comparative Study on Large Language Models for Log Parsing
ESEM Technical Papers
Merve Astekin Simula Research Laboratory, Max Hort Simula Research Laboratory, Leon Moonen Simula Research Laboratory and BI Norwegian Business School
11:40
20m
Full-paper
Are Large Language Models a Threat to Programming Platforms? An Exploratory Study
ESEM Technical Papers
Md Mustakim Billah University of Saskatchewan, Palash Ranjan Roy University of Saskatchewan, Zadia Codabux University of Saskatchewan, Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan
12:00
15m
Vision and Emerging Results
Automatic Library Migration Using Large Language Models: First Results
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
Aylton Almeida UFMG, Laerte Xavier PUC Minas, Marco Tulio Valente Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
12:15
15m
Vision and Emerging Results
Evaluating Large Language Models in Exercises of UML Class Diagram Modeling
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
Daniele De Bari Politecnico di Torino, Giacomo Garaccione Politecnico di Torino, Riccardo Coppola Politecnico di Torino, Marco Torchiano Politecnico di Torino, Luca Ardito Politecnico di Torino
12:30 - 14:00
12:30
90m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

14:00 - 15:30
Empirical studies in various domainsESEM IGC / ESEM Journal-First Papers / ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track at Multimedia (B3 Building - Hall)
Chair(s): Carolyn Seaman University of Maryland Baltimore County
14:00
15m
Industry talk
Do Test and Environmental Complexity Increase Flakiness? An Empirical Study of SAP HANA
ESEM IGC
Alexander Berndt , Thomas Bach SAP, Sebastian Baltes University of Bayreuth
Pre-print
14:15
15m
Industry talk
Preliminary Insights on Industry Practices for Addressing Fairness Debt
ESEM IGC
Ronnie de Souza Santos University of Calgary, Luiz Fernando de Lima , Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari , Rodrigo Spinola Virginia Commonwealth University
Pre-print
14:30
15m
Industry talk
From Struggle to Simplicity with a Usable and Secure API for Encryption in Java
ESEM IGC
Ehsan Firouzi TU Clausthal, Ammar Mansuri TU Clausthal, Mohammad Ghafari TU Clausthal, Maziar Kaveh Amazon AWS
14:45
15m
Journal Early-Feedback
The influence of the city metaphor and its derivates in software visualization
ESEM Journal-First Papers
David Moreno-Lumbreras Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Gregorio Robles Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Valerio Cosentino Eventbrite
15:00
15m
Vision and Emerging Results
Code Clone Configuration as a Multi-Objective Search Problem
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
Denis Sousa State University of Ceará, Matheus Paixao State University of Ceará, Chaiyong Ragkhitwetsagul Mahidol University, Italo Uchoa State University of Ceará
14:00 - 15:30
Large language models in software engineering IIESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track / ESEM IGC at Telensenyament (B3 Building - 1st Floor)
Chair(s): Claudio Di Sipio University of l'Aquila
14:00
15m
Vision and Emerging Results
Debugging with Open-Source Large Language Models: An Evaluation
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
Yacine Majdoub IResCoMath Lab, University of Gabes, Eya Ben Charrada IResCoMath Lab, University of Gabes
Pre-print
14:15
15m
Industry talk
Beyond Words: On Large Language Models Actionability in Mission-Critical Risk Analysis
ESEM IGC
Matteo Esposito University of Oulu, Francesco Palagiano Multitel di Lerede Alessandro & C. s.a.s., Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu, Davide Taibi University of Oulu
Pre-print
14:30
15m
Vision and Emerging Results
Exploring LLM-Driven Explanations for Quantum Algorithms
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
Giordano d'Aloisio University of L'Aquila, Sophie Fortz King's College London, Carol Hanna University College London, Daniel Fortunato INESC-ID, University of Porto, Avner Bensoussan King's College London, Eñaut Mendiluze Usandizaga Simula Research Laboratory, Norway, Federica Sarro University College London
Pre-print
14:45
15m
Vision and Emerging Results
Multi-language Software Development in the LLM Era: Insights from Practitioners’ Conversations with ChatGPT
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
Lucas Almeida Aguiar State University of Ceará, Matheus Paixao State University of Ceará, Rafael Carmo Federal University of Ceará, Edson Soares Instituto Atlantico & State University of Ceara (UECE), Antonio Leal State University of Ceará, Matheus Freitas State University of Ceará, Eliakim Gama State University of Ceará
15:00
15m
Vision and Emerging Results
Detecting Code Smells using ChatGPT: Initial Insights
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
Luciana L. Silva Federal University of Minas Gerais, Janio R. Silva IFMG, João Eduardo Montandon Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Marcus Andrade IFMG, Marco Tulio Valente Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
15:15
15m
Industry talk
ChatGPT’s Potential in Cryptography Misuse Detection: A Comparative Analysis with Static Analysis Tools
ESEM IGC
Ehsan Firouzi TU Clausthal, Mohammad Ghafari TU Clausthal, Mike Ebrahimi CUBE
15:30 - 16:00
15:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

16:00 - 17:10
Relationships and theory buildingESEM Journal-First Papers / ESEM Technical Papers at Multimedia (B3 Building - Hall)
Chair(s): Rogardt Heldal Western Norway University of Applied Science
16:00
20m
Full-paper
Gamification of a BPMN Modeling Course: an Analysis of Effectiveness and Student Perception
ESEM Technical Papers
Giacomo Garaccione Politecnico di Torino, Riccardo Coppola Politecnico di Torino, Luca Ardito Politecnico di Torino, Marco Torchiano Politecnico di Torino
16:20
20m
Full-paper
Data Analysis Tools Affect Outcomes of Eye-Tracking Studies
ESEM Technical Papers
Timon Dörzapf Saarland University, Saarland Informatics Campus, Norman Peitek Saarland University, Marvin Wyrich Saarland University, Sven Apel Saarland University
16:40
15m
Journal Early-Feedback
A Theory of Factors Affecting Continuous Experimentation (FACE)
ESEM Journal-First Papers
Rasmus Ros Theca Systems, Elizabeth Bjarnason Lund University, Sweden, Per Runeson Lund University
16:55
15m
Journal Early-Feedback
It’s about time: How to study intertemporal choice in systems design
ESEM Journal-First Papers
Fabian Fagerholm Aalto University, Andres De los Ríos , Carol Cárdenas-Castro S4N, Jenny Gil S4N, Alexander Chatzigeorgiou University of Macedonia, Apostolos Ampatzoglou University of Macedonia, Christoph Becker University of Toronto
16:00 - 17:00
Empirical studies for programming languages challengesESEM Technical Papers / ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track at Telensenyament (B3 Building - 1st Floor)
Chair(s): Julian Frattini Blekinge Institute of Technology
16:00
20m
Full-paper
Cross-Language Dependencies: An Empirical Study of Kotlin-Java
ESEM Technical Papers
Qiong Feng Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Huan Ji Huawei Nanjing Research Center, Xiaotian Ma Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Peng Liang Wuhan University, China
Pre-print Media Attached
16:20
20m
Full-paper
Broken Agreement: The Evolution of Solidity Error Handling
ESEM Technical Papers
Charalambos Ioannis Mitropoulos Technical University of Crete, Maria Kechagia University College London, Chrysostomos Maschas GRNET, Sotirios Ioannidis Technical University of Crete, Federica Sarro University College London, Dimitris Mitropoulos University of Athens
16:40
15m
Vision and Emerging Results
Rusty Linux: Advances in Rust for Linux Kernel Development
ESEM Emerging Results, Vision and Reflection Papers Track
Shane Panter Boise State University, Nasir Eisty Boise State University
17:15 - 17:30
Closing and presentation of ESEM 2025ESEIW ESEM at Telensenyament (B3 Building - 1st Floor)
Chair(s): Xavier Franch Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
17:15
15m
Other
Conference Closing
ESEIW ESEM
Xavier Franch Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya