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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 | Opening, Keynote, Controlled ExperimentsWSESE at Oceania III Chair(s): Silvia Abrahão Universitat Politècnica de València, Patricia Lago Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Sira Vegas Universidad Politecnica de Madrid | ||
09:00 15mDay opening | Welcome by the Organizers WSESE Patricia Lago Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Silvia Abrahão Universitat Politècnica de València, Sira Vegas Universidad Politecnica de Madrid | ||
09:15 50mKeynote | We don’t know how to best use LLMs for qualitative analysis… But maybe we know how not to WSESE Carolyn Seaman University of Maryland Baltimore County | ||
10:05 18mFull-paper | Towards an OSF-based Registered Report Template for Software Engineering Controlled ExperimentsTechnical Paper WSESE Ana B. M. Bett State University of Maringá, Thais S. Nepomuceno State University of Maringá, Edson OliveiraJr State University of Maringá, Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari , Valdemar Graciano Neto Federal University of Goiás, Marcos Kalinowski Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) Pre-print | ||
10:23 7mPanel | Discussion of Controlled Experiments WSESE | ||
11:00 - 12:30 | Qualitative StudiesWSESE at Oceania III Chair(s): Silvia Abrahão Universitat Politècnica de València | ||
11:00 18mFull-paper | On the Use of Large Language Models for Qualitative SynthesisTechnical Paper WSESE Sebastián Pizard Universidad de la República, Ramiro Moreira Universidad de la República, Federico Galiano Universidad de la República, Ignacio Sastre Universidad de la República, Lorena Etcheverry Universidad de la República Pre-print | ||
11:18 18mFull-paper | LLM-Assisted Thematic Analysis: Opportunities, Limitations, and RecommendationsTechnical Paper WSESE Tatiane Ornelas Martins Alves Department of Informatics - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Allysson Allex Araújo Federal University of Cariri, Júlia Condé Araújo Department of Informatics - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Marina Condé Araújo Department of Informatics - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Bianca Trinkenreich Colorado State University, Marcos Kalinowski Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) Pre-print | ||
11:36 18mFull-paper | An Investigation on How AI-Generated Responses Affect Software Engineering SurveysTechnical Paper WSESE Ronnie de Souza Santos University of Calgary, Italo Santos University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari , Cleyton Magalhaes Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Mairieli Wessel Radboud University Pre-print | ||
11:54 14mVision and Emerging Results | OLAF: Towards Robust LLM-Based Annotation Framework in Empirical Software Engineering WSESE Mia Mohammad Imran Missouri University of Science and Technology, Tarannum Shaila Zaman University of Maryland Baltimore County Pre-print File Attached | ||
12:08 22mPanel | Discussion of Qualitative Studies WSESE | ||
14:00 - 15:30 | |||
14:00 18mFull-paper | Operationalizing Software Engineering Theories for Practical ValidationTechnical Paper WSESE Isaque Alves University of Brasilia (UnB), Fabio Kon University of São Paulo, Jessica Díaz Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Carla Silva Rocha Aguiar University of Brasilia (UnB) | ||
14:18 18mFull-paper | Attributes to Support the Formulation of Practically Relevant Research Problems in Software EngineeringTechnical Paper WSESE Anrafel Fernandes Pereira Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and University of Vassouras (Univassouras), Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari , Daniel Mendez Blekinge Institute of Technology and fortiss, Jürgen Börstler Blekinge Institute of Technology, Nauman bin Ali Blekinge Institute of Technology, Rahul Mohanani University of Jyväskylä, Darja Šmite Blekinge Institute of Technology, Stefan Biffl Vienna University of Technology, Rogardt Heldal Western Norway University of Applied Science, Davide Falessi University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, Daniel Graziotin University of Hohenheim, Marcos Kalinowski Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) Pre-print | ||
14:36 14mVision and Emerging Results | Towards AI Agents Supported Research Problem FormulationVision / Position Paper WSESE Anrafel Fernandes Pereira Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and University of Vassouras (Univassouras), Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari , Daniel Mendez Blekinge Institute of Technology and fortiss, Marcos Kalinowski Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) Pre-print | ||
14:50 16mExperience report | A Community Roadmap for Meta-Research and Knowledge Transfer in Software EngineeringExperience Report / Work-in-Progress WSESE Angelika Kaplan Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Martin Armbruster Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Jan Bernoth University of Potsdam, Marco Konersmann FernUniversität in Hagen, Jan Keim Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Ralf Reussner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and FZI - Research Center for Information Technology (FZI) | ||
15:06 24mPanel | Discussion of SE Problems and Theories WSESE | ||
16:00 - 17:30 | |||
16:00 16mExperience report | Multivocal Literature Reviews in Emergent Research Areas: An Experience ReportExperience Report / Work-in-Progress WSESE Lidia López Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain, Carles Farré Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Razieh Akbarilalaei Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Xavier Franch Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | ||
16:16 18mFull-paper | A Sustainable Data Extraction Documentation Process for Literature StudiesTechnical Paper WSESE Angelika Kaplan Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Marco Konersmann FernUniversität in Hagen, Thomas Kühn Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Raffaela Mirandola Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Ralf Reussner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and FZI - Research Center for Information Technology (FZI) | ||
16:34 16mExperience report | On the Use of a Large Language Model to Support the Conduction of a Systematic Mapping Study: A Brief Report from a Practitioner’s ViewExperience Report / Work-in-Progress WSESE Cauã Ferreira Barros Federal University of Goiás, Marcos Kalinowski Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Mohamad Kassab Boston University, Valdemar Graciano Neto Federal University of Goiás Pre-print | ||
16:50 20mPanel | Discussion of Secondary Studies WSESE | ||
17:10 20mDay closing | Closing WSESE Patricia Lago Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Silvia Abrahão Universitat Politècnica de València, Sira Vegas Universidad Politecnica de Madrid | ||