TechDebt 2025
Sun 27 - Mon 28 April 2025 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
co-located with ICSE 2025
VenueRogers Centre, Ottawa (formerly Shaw Centre)
Room name201
Floor2
Room number201
Capacity114
Room Information

See map. 201 entrance is on the second floor off the Rideau Canal Atrium, toward the North, near the bridge to the Westin Hotel.

The Designing 2-day workshop will be here as will be the New Faculty and Global South symposia. This room will not be in use by this conference Wednesday through Friday.

Program

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Sun 27 Apr

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09:00 - 10:30
KeynoteDesigning at 201
Chair(s): Andre van der Hoek University of California, Irvine
09:00
10m
Day opening
Opening
Designing

09:10
60m
Keynote
When the Design is Right
Designing
11:00 - 12:30
Paper Session #1Designing at 201
Chair(s): Eunsuk Kang Carnegie Mellon University
11:00
18m
Talk
What is new when talking about sustainable software architectures?
Designing
Elisa Yumi Nakagawa University of São Paulo, Rick Kazman University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
11:18
18m
Talk
Documenting and Communicating Design Decisions
Designing
Steven D. Fraser Innoxec, Dennis Mancl MSWX Software Experts
11:36
18m
Talk
Integrating User Experience Design and Agile Software Development Processes
Designing
Fayaz Suleman University of North Carolina at Charlotte, David Wilson University of North Carolina at Charlotte
11:54
18m
Talk
Assessing Compliance of Software System Designs to Laws, Regulations, and their Underlying Values
Designing
Agnieszka Marczak-Czajka University of Notre Dame, Katherine R. Dearstyne University of Notre Dame, Jane Cleland-Huang University of Notre Dame
14:00 - 15:30
Activity: Software Design at the Intersection of AI, Academia, and IndustryDesigning at 201
Chair(s): Yuanfang Cai Drexel University
14:00
90m
Other
Software Design at the Intersection of AI, Academia, and Industry
Designing

16:00 - 17:30
Activity: Birds of a Feather: Methods for Teaching Software Design - Collecting Goals and PracticesDesigning at 201
Chair(s): Michel Chaudron Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
16:00
80m
Other
Birds of a Feather: Methods for Teaching Software Design - Collecting Goals and Practices
Designing

17:20
10m
Day closing
Day 1 Closing
Designing

Mon 28 Apr

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09:00 - 10:30
KeynoteDesigning at 201
Chair(s): Yuanfang Cai Drexel University
09:00
60m
Keynote
Design as a Creative Act
Designing
Rick Kazman University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
11:00 - 12:30
Paper Session #2Designing at 201
Chair(s): Andre van der Hoek University of California, Irvine
11:00
18m
Talk
Design Obligations for Software, with Examples from Data Abstraction and Adaptive Systems
Designing
Mary Shaw Carnegie Mellon University
Pre-print
11:18
18m
Talk
Building MVPs: An Experience Report of a Software Engineering Capstone Course
Designing
Melissa Sahl University of Maryland Baltimore County, Mohammad Samarah University of Maryland, Baltimore County
11:36
18m
Talk
Accessing LLMs for Front-end Software Architecture Knowledge
Designing
Luiz Franciscatto Guerra University of Victoria, Neil Ernst University of Victoria
Pre-print
11:54
18m
Talk
Adaptive Abstraction with AI for Managing Software Antipatterns Throughout the Software Lifecycle
Designing
Roberto Andrade Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Jenny Torres Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Pamela Flores Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Erick Cabezas Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Jorge Segovia Escuela Politécnica Nacional
12:12
18m
Talk
A Structured Approach to Accessibility in Software Development Lifecycle
Designing
Md Hasan Saju Ontario Tech University, Sanaa Alwidian University of Montreal, Partha Mazumder Ontario Tech University, Akramul Azim Ontario Tech University
14:00 - 15:30
Activity: Curating Model Problems for Software DesigningDesigning at 201
Chair(s): Marian Petre School of Computing and Communications, The Open University, UK, Mary Shaw Carnegie Mellon University
14:00
90m
Other
Curating Model Problems for Software Designing
Designing
Mary Shaw Carnegie Mellon University, Marian Petre School of Computing and Communications, The Open University, UK
Pre-print
16:00 - 17:30
Panel & ClosingDesigning at 201
Chair(s): Eunsuk Kang Carnegie Mellon University
16:00
60m
Panel
Panel discussion
Designing

17:00
30m
Day closing
Closing & future of Designing
Designing

Tue 29 Apr

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09:00 - 10:30
Session 1: Opening + Kata and AntipatternsICSE New Faculty Symposium at 201
Chair(s): Shinpei Hayashi Institute of Science Tokyo, Luigi Benedicenti University of New Brunswick

The symposium will provide plenty of time for informal interaction and will facilitate conversations with a series of short talks covering a broad range of issues faced by faculty members as well as interactive sessions. The NFS will be open to anyone who have registered for at least two other days in the ICSE week. For maximum benefit, including connecting to your peers, we recommend young faculty members to attend the full day.

09:00
30m
Day opening
Introduction and Self-Introduction
ICSE New Faculty Symposium
Luigi Benedicenti University of New Brunswick, Shinpei Hayashi Institute of Science Tokyo
09:30
30m
Talk
Funding 101 and beyond
ICSE New Faculty Symposium
Andrian (Andi) Marcus George Mason University
10:00
30m
Talk
Confessions of a Fallen Star
ICSE New Faculty Symposium
Michele Lanza Software Institute - USI, Lugano
11:00 - 12:30
Session 2: Research and CollaborationICSE New Faculty Symposium at 201
Chair(s): Shinpei Hayashi Institute of Science Tokyo, Luigi Benedicenti University of New Brunswick
11:00
30m
Talk
Research Strategy
ICSE New Faculty Symposium
Shane McIntosh University of Waterloo
11:30
30m
Talk
Collaborations Result in Diverse Thinking, Novelty and Different Perspectives
ICSE New Faculty Symposium
Raula Gaikovina Kula Osaka University
12:00
30m
Talk
Industry/Academic Collaboration - Opportunities and Challenges
ICSE New Faculty Symposium
David Small Project manager/ideator/architect/backtester/ Research director
14:00 - 15:30
Session 3: Collection of LessonsICSE New Faculty Symposium at 201
Chair(s): Shinpei Hayashi Institute of Science Tokyo, Luigi Benedicenti University of New Brunswick
14:00
30m
Talk
A Story of Moving Out and In: Lessons Learned
ICSE New Faculty Symposium
Francis Palma University of New Brunswick
14:30
30m
Talk
Impostor Syndrome in Academia: Why You're Not Alone and How to Overcome It
ICSE New Faculty Symposium
Margaret-Anne Storey University of Victoria
15:00
30m
Talk
Work-Life Balance
ICSE New Faculty Symposium
Jin L.C. Guo McGill University
16:00 - 17:30
Session 4: Open Q&A SessionICSE New Faculty Symposium at 201
Chair(s): Shinpei Hayashi Institute of Science Tokyo, Luigi Benedicenti University of New Brunswick
16:00
90m
Live Q&A
Open Q&A Session
ICSE New Faculty Symposium

18:00 - 22:00
ICSE Steering Committee MeetingICSE Meetings and BOFs at 201
18:00
4h
Meeting
ICSE Steering Committee Meeting
ICSE Meetings and BOFs
C: Arie van Deursen TU Delft