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Sun 12 AprDisplayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change
Sun 12 Apr
Displayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change
09:00 - 10:30 | Opening + Keynote (Prof. Zhi Jin)FORGE Program / Keynotes at Oceania I Chair(s): Gabriele Bavota Software Institute @ Università della Svizzera Italiana, Xing Hu Zhejiang University, Christoph Treude Singapore Management University | ||
09:00 15mDay opening | Opening Message from the Chairs Keynotes | ||
09:15 75mKeynote | Keynote: How to Enable Large Language Models to Accelerate the Process of Requirements Understanding and Analysis Keynotes Zhi Jin Peking University, Wuhan University | ||
11:00 - 12:30 | Session I - Testing, Quality, and RefactoringResearch Papers / Data and Benchmarking at Oceania I Chair(s): Rosalia Tufano Università della Svizzera Italiana | ||
11:00 12mTalk | Backporting in Robot Operating System: Identifying Commit Purpose and Propagation Need with Large Language Models Research Papers Pankaj Manoharlal Thakur North Carolina State University, Kyle Thomson North Carolina State University, Wesley K.G. Assunção North Carolina State University, Bowen Xu North Carolina State University | ||
11:12 6mTalk | PatchGPT: Multi-Agent Patch Backporting without Model Fine-Tuning Research Papers Ye Liu Singapore Management University, Ruidong Han Singapore Management University, Chengyan Ma Singapore Management University, Yuqing Niu , David Lo Singapore Management University, Ye Liu Nanyang Technological University | ||
11:18 12mTalk | From Human to Machine Refactoring: Assessing GPT-4’s Impact on Python Class Quality and Readability Research Papers Alessandro Midolo University of Catania, Emiliano Tramontana University of Catania, Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy Pre-print | ||
11:30 12mTalk | XMENTOR: A Rank-Aware Aggregation Approach for Human-Centered Explainable AI in Just-in-Time Software Defect Prediction Research Papers Saumendu Roy University of Saskatchewan, Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan, Richard Bassey University of Saskatchewan | ||
11:42 12mTalk | Exploring the Potential of Large Language Models in Simulink-Stateflow Mutant Generation Research Papers Pablo Valle Mondragon University, Shaukat Ali Simula Research Laboratory and Oslo Metropolitan University, Aitor Arrieta Mondragon University Pre-print | ||
11:54 6mTalk | Tricky²: Towards a Benchmark for Evaluating Human and LLM Error Interactions Data and Benchmarking Cole Granger William & Mary, Dipin Khati William & Mary, Daniel Rodriguez-Cardenas William & Mary, Denys Poshyvanyk William & Mary | ||
12:00 12mTalk | Reasoning about Multi-hop Fault Propagation with LLM Agents for Root Cause Analysis in Cloud-based Systems Research Papers Evelien Riddell University of Waterloo, James Riddell University of Waterloo, Gengyi Sun University of Waterloo, Michal Antkiewicz University of Waterloo, Canada, Krzysztof Czarnecki University of Waterloo, Canada, Evelien Riddell University of Waterloo Pre-print | ||
12:12 12mTalk | Execution-free Agentic Program Repair for Enterprise-Scale Development Research Papers Saurabh Bodhe Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Sanjukta De Advanced Micro Devices, Subhayan Roy Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Jaydip Pokiya Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Indira Vats University of Toronto; Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Sehajpreet Kaur Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Monica Li Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Lejin Varghese Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Max Kiehn Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Yonas Bedasso Advanced Micro Devices | ||
14:00 - 15:30 | Session II - Human-AI Collaboration, Multi-agent Systems, & BenchmarkingData and Benchmarking / Research Papers at Oceania I Chair(s): Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy | ||
14:00 12mTalk | Reporting LLM Prompting in Automated Software Engineering: A Guideline Based on Current Practices and Expectations Research Papers Alexander Korn University of Duisburg-Essen, Lea Zaruchas University of Cologne, Chetan Arora Monash University, Andreas Metzger University of Duisburg-Essen, Sven Smolka University of Duisburg-Essen, Fanyu Wang Monash University, Andreas Vogelsang paluno – The Ruhr Institute for Software Technology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Alexander Korn University of Duisburg-Essen | ||
14:12 12mTalk | Impacts of Generative AI on Agile Teams' Productivity: A Multi-Case Longitudinal Study Research Papers Rafael Tomaz Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Paloma Guenes Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Allysson Allex Araújo Federal University of Cariri, Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari , Marcos Kalinowski Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) Pre-print | ||
14:24 6mTalk | Visual Loop: Bridging the Cognitive Gap in Software Development Through Visual-AI Collaboration Research Papers Luis F. Gomes Carnegie Mellon University, Xin Zhou Singapore Management University, Singapore, David Lo Singapore Management University, Rui Abreu Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal, Rui Abreu University of Porto | ||
14:30 12mTalk | AutoReSpec: A Framework for Generating Specification using Large Language Models Research Papers | ||
14:42 6mTalk | CodeViz: Collaborative Multi-Agent System for Analytical and Visualization Tasks in Data Science Research Papers Sai Sanjna Chintakunta Pennsylvania State University, Nathalia Nascimento Pennsylvania State University, Everton Guimaraes Pennsylvania State University | ||
14:48 6mTalk | SEMODS: A Validated Dataset of Open-Source Software Engineering Models Data and Benchmarking Alexandra González Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona - BarcelonaTech (UPC), Xavier Franch Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Silverio Martínez-Fernández UPC-BarcelonaTech DOI Pre-print | ||
14:54 6mTalk | Towards Comprehensive Benchmarking Infrastructure for LLMs In Software Engineering Data and Benchmarking Daniel Rodriguez-Cardenas William & Mary, Xiaochang Li William & Mary, Marcos Macedo Queen's University, Antonio Mastropaolo William and Mary, USA, Dipin Khati William & Mary, Yuan Tian Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Huajie Shao College of William & Mary, Denys Poshyvanyk William & Mary | ||
15:00 6mTalk | OmniBench-RAG: A Multi-Domain Evaluation Platform for Retrieval-Augmented Generation Tools Data and Benchmarking Jiaxuan Liang Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, shide zhou Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Kailong Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology, JIAXUAN LIANG Huazhong University of Science and Technology | ||
16:00 - 17:30 | |||
16:00 45mKeynote | Semantics Matters: Architecting Business Context for Generative AI in Software Engineering Keynotes Nicole Davila Zup Innovation & UFRGS | ||
16:45 45mKeynote | The Mindful IDE: From Noise to Nuance Keynotes Maliheh Izadi Delft University of Technology | ||
Mon 13 AprDisplayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change
Mon 13 Apr
Displayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change
09:00 - 10:30 | Keynote (Prof. Michael Pradel) + AwardsFORGE Program / Keynotes at Oceania I Chair(s): Gabriele Bavota Software Institute @ Università della Svizzera Italiana | ||
09:00 75mKeynote | Keynote: Natural Language as Specification: LLM-Based Validation of Software Evolution Keynotes Michael Pradel CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security | ||
10:15 15mAwards | Awards session Keynotes | ||
14:00 - 15:30 | Industry Keynotes IIFORGE Program / Keynotes at Oceania I Chair(s): Christoph Treude Singapore Management University | ||
14:00 45mKeynote | Lingxi - Towards Domain Knowledge Guided Repo-level Code Generation Practice in Huawei Keynotes Kui Liu Huawei | ||
14:45 45mKeynote | Same Brain, Superpowers: Programming in the Age of AI Keynotes Chris Parnin Microsoft | ||
16:00 - 17:00 | Session IV - Security & PrivacyResearch Papers / Data and Benchmarking at Oceania I Chair(s): Zhou Yang University of Alberta, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute | ||
16:00 12mTalk | PIChecker: Automatic Privacy Detector for Third Party Libraries in Android Apps Research Papers | ||
16:12 12mTalk | DynamicsLLM: a Dynamic Analysis-based Tool for Generating Intelligent Execution Traces Using LLMs to Detect Android Behavioural Code Smells Research Papers Houcine Abdelkader Cherief Ecole de Technologie Supérieure, Florent AVELLANEDA Université du Québec à Montréal, Naouel Moha École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) | ||
16:24 6mTalk | MIRROR: A Dataset of Structural Metrics for Repackaged Android Apps Data and Benchmarking | ||
16:30 12mTalk | MalCVE: Malware Detection and CVE Association Using Large Language Models Research Papers Eduard Andrei Cristea Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Petter Molnes Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Jingyue Li Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | ||
16:42 6mTalk | Finding Missing Input Validation in TEEs via LLM-Assisted Symbolic Execution Research Papers Chengyan Ma Singapore Management University, Jieke Shi Singapore Management University, Ruidong Han Singapore Management University, Ye Liu Singapore Management University, Yuqing Niu , David Lo Singapore Management University Pre-print | ||
16:48 6mTalk | Jailbreaking Large Language Models via Multi-Task Embedding-based Prompt Research Papers Songrui Li Tianjin university, Hanmo You Tianjin University, Jiajun Jiang Tianjin University, li songrui | ||
17:00 - 17:15 | |||