CoAST 2023
Sun 16 - Thu 20 April 2023 Dublin, Ireland
co-located with ICST 2023
VenueClayton Hotel Cardiff Lane
Room nameGrand canal
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Program

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Sun 16 Apr

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08:50 - 10:30
Session on Applications of CTIWCT at Grand canal
08:50
10m
Day opening
Opening Remarks for IWCT
IWCT
Angelo Gargantini University of Bergamo, Bernhard Garn SBA Research
09:00
60m
Keynote
Combinatorial Testing: From Theory to Practice
IWCT
Rachel Tzoref-Brill IBM Research
10:00
30m
Talk
Applying CT-FLA for AEB Function Testing: A Virtual Driving Case Study
IWCT
Ludwig Kampel MATRIS Research Group, SBA Research, Michael Wagner SBA Research, Dimitris Simos SBA Research, Mihai Nica AVL List GmbH Graz, Austria, Dino Dodig AVL List GmbH Maribor, Slovenia, David Kaufmann AVL List GmbH Graz, Austria, Franz Wotawa Graz University of Technology
11:00 - 12:30
Session on AIIWCT at Grand canal
11:00
30m
Talk
Challenging Autonomy with Combinatorial Testing
IWCT
Simon Diemert Critical System Labs Inc., Adam Casey Critical Systems Labs, Jeremiah Robertson
11:30
30m
Talk
Metric Learning Improves the Ability of Combinatorial Coverage Metrics to Anticipate Classification Error
IWCT
Tyler Cody Virginia Tech, Laura Freeman Virginia Tech
12:00
30m
Talk
Synthetic Data Generation Using Combinatorial Testing and Variational Autoencoder
IWCT
Krishna Khadka The University of Texas at Arlington, Jaganmohan Chandrasekaran Virginia Tech, Jeff Yu Lei University of Texas at Arlington, Raghu Kacker National Institute of Standards and Technology, Richard Kuhn National Institute of Standards and Technology
14:00 - 15:30
Session on CT theoryIWCT at Grand canal
14:00
30m
Talk
Incremental generation of combinatorial test suites starting from existing seed tests
IWCT
Andrea Bombarda University of Bergamo, Angelo Gargantini University of Bergamo
14:30
30m
Talk
Meta-Heuristic Algorithm for Constructing Higher-Index Covering Arrays for Combinatorial Interaction Testing
IWCT
Gang Qin Osaka University, Junjun Zheng Osaka University, Tatsuhiro Tsuchiya
15:00
30m
Talk
Ordered t-way Combinations for Testing State-based Systems
IWCT
Rick Kuhn National Institute of Standards and Technology, M S Raunak National Institute of Standards and Technology, Raghu Kacker National Institute of Standards and Technology
16:00 - 17:30
Session on Short, Journal-First and CT-competitionIWCT at Grand canal
16:00
15m
Talk
Hints in Unified Combinatorial Interaction Testing
IWCT
Cemal Yilmaz Sabancı University, Hanefi Mercan Sabanci University
16:15
15m
Talk
Combinatorial Methods for HTML Sanitizer Security Testing
IWCT
Jovan Zivanovic MATRIS Research Group, SBA Research, Manuel Leithner SBA Research, Dimitris Simos SBA Research, Michael Pitzer mobimed Software GmbH, Peter J. Slanina mobimed Software GmbH
16:30
10m
Talk
Summary of Combinatorial methods for testing Internet of Things smart home systems
IWCT
Bernhard Garn SBA Research, Dominik-Philip Schreiber MATRIS Research Group, SBA Research, Dimitris Simos SBA Research, Rick Kuhn National Institute of Standards and Technology, Jeff Voas NIST, Raghu Kacker National Institute of Standards and Technology
16:40
10m
Talk
Summary of Combinatorial Methods for Dynamic Gray-Box SQL Injection Testing
IWCT
Bernhard Garn SBA Research, Jovan Zivanovic MATRIS Research Group, SBA Research, Manuel Leithner SBA Research, Dimitris Simos SBA Research
16:50
10m
Talk
Summary of In-Parameter-Order strategies for covering perfect hash families
IWCT
Michael Wagner SBA Research, Charles Colbourn Arizona State University, Dimitris Simos SBA Research
17:00
10m
Talk
Summary of Locating Hardware Trojans using Combinatorial Testing for Cryptographic Circuits
IWCT
Ludwig Kampel MATRIS Research Group, SBA Research, Paris Kitsos Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of the Peloponnese, Dimitris Simos SBA Research
17:10
15m
Talk
CT Competition results
IWCT
Andrea Bombarda University of Bergamo, Manuel Leithner SBA Research, Michael Wagner SBA Research
17:25
5m
Day closing
Closing Remarks for IWCT 2023
IWCT
Dimitris Simos SBA Research
17:45 - 18:30
Steering Committee Meeting IWCTIWCT at Grand canal

Open invitation to all participants of IWCT to join this session.

17:45
45m
Meeting
Steering Committee Meeting IWCT (1745 -- 1845)
IWCT

Mon 17 Apr

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09:00 - 10:30
Keynote I - Jeff OffuttICST Keynotes at Grand canal
Chair(s): Mike Papadakis University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
09:00
90m
Keynote
Test Automation: From slow & weak to fast, flaky, & blind to smart & effective
ICST Keynotes
K: Jeff Offutt George Mason University
11:00 - 12:30
Session 1: Automated Testing ICST Journal-First Papers / ICST Research Papers / ICST Previous Editions / ICST Testing Tools / ICST Tool Demo at Grand canal
Chair(s): Gilles Perrouin Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - FNRS & University of Namur
11:00
20m
Talk
JUGE: An infrastructure for benchmarking Java unit test generators
ICST Journal-First Papers
Xavier Devroey University of Namur, Alessio Gambi IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Juan Pablo Galeotti University of Buenos Aires, René Just University of Washington, Fitsum Kifetew Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Annibale Panichella Delft University of Technology, Sebastiano Panichella Zurich University of Applied Sciences
DOI Authorizer link Pre-print
11:20
20m
Talk
Metamorphic Testing with Causal Graphs
ICST Research Papers
Andrew Graham Clark University of Sheffield, Michael Foster University of Sheffield, Neil Walkinshaw University of Sheffield, Robert Hierons University of Sheffield
11:40
20m
Talk
QEX: Automated Testing Observability and QA Developer Experience Framework
ICST Testing Tools
Luohua Huang Shopee, Joseph Chu Shopee, Keshia Yap Shopee, Hock Yao Chua Shopee
12:00
10m
Talk
ASDF - A Differential Testing Framework for Automatic Speech Recognition Systems
ICST Tool Demo
Daniel Hao Xian Yuen School of Information Technology, Monash University Malaysia, Andrew Yong Chen Pang School of Information Technology, Monash University Malaysia, Zhou Yang Singapore Management University, Chun Yong Chong Monash University Malaysia, Mei Kuan Lim Monash University Malaysia, David Lo Singapore Management University
12:10
20m
Talk
A Framework for Automated API Fuzzing at Enterprise Scale
ICST Previous Editions
Riyadh Mahmood The Aerospace Corporation, Jay Pennington The Aerospace Corporation, Danny Tsang The Aerospace Corporation, Tan Tran The Aerospace Corporation, Andrea Bogle The Aerospace Corporation
DOI
14:00 - 15:30
Session 3: Autonomous & Cyberphysical Systems IIICST Previous Editions / ICST Industry / ICST Research Papers at Grand canal
Chair(s): Fabrizio Pastore University of Luxembourg
14:00
20m
Talk
Test Maintenance for Machine Learning Systems: A Case Study in the Automotive Industry
ICST Industry
Lukas Berglund Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Tim Grube Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Gregory Gay Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Francisco Gomes de Oliveira Neto Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden / University of Gothenburg, Sweden, Dimitrios Platis Zenseact
14:20
20m
Talk
Digital Twin-based Anomaly Detection in Cyber-physical Systems
ICST Previous Editions
Xu Qinghua , Shaukat Ali Simula Research Laboratory, Tao Yue Simula Research Laboratory
DOI
14:40
20m
Talk
Quality Metrics and Oracles for Autonomous Vehicles Testing
ICST Previous Editions
Gunel Jahangirova USI Lugano, Switzerland, Andrea Stocco Technical University of Munich & fortiss, Paolo Tonella USI Lugano
DOI
15:00
20m
Talk
Simulation-based Test Case Generation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the Neighborhood of Real Flights
ICST Research Papers
Sajad Khatiri USI-Lugnao & Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Sebastiano Panichella Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Paolo Tonella USI Lugano
Pre-print
16:00 - 18:00
Session 5: Testing AI/ML systemsICST Research Papers / ICST Previous Editions at Grand canal
Chair(s): Jie M. Zhang King's College London
16:00
20m
Talk
Robustness assessment and improvement of a neural network for blood oxygen pressure estimation
ICST Previous Editions
Paolo Arcaini National Institute of Informatics , Andrea Bombarda University of Bergamo, Silvia Bonfanti University of Bergamo, Angelo Gargantini University of Bergamo, Daniele Gamba AISent S.r.l., Rita Pedercini AISent S.r.l.
DOI
16:20
20m
Talk
An Empirical Evaluation of Mutation Operators for Deep Learning Systems
ICST Previous Editions
Gunel Jahangirova King's College London, Paolo Tonella USI Lugano
DOI
16:40
20m
Talk
Distributed Repair of Deep Neural Networks
ICST Research Papers
Davide Li Calsi Politecnico di Milano, Matias Duran National Institute of Informatics, Xiao-Yi Zhang School of Computer and Communication Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Paolo Arcaini National Institute of Informatics , Fuyuki Ishikawa National Institute of Informatics
17:00
20m
Talk
Mutation Testing of Deep Reinforcement Learning Based on Real Faults
ICST Research Papers
Florian Tambon Polytechnique Montréal, Vahid Majdinasab Polytechnique Montréal, Amin Nikanjam École Polytechnique de Montréal, Foutse Khomh Polytechnique Montréal, Giuliano Antoniol Polytechnique Montréal
Pre-print
17:20
20m
Talk
Repairing DNN Architecture: Are We There Yet?
ICST Research Papers
Jinhan Kim KAIST, Nargiz Humbatova USI Lugano, Gunel Jahangirova King's College London, Paolo Tonella USI Lugano, Shin Yoo KAIST
Pre-print

Tue 18 Apr

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09:00 - 10:30
Keynote II - Mark Harman and Nadia AlshahwanICST Keynotes at Grand canal
Chair(s): Sreedevi Sampath University of Maryland Baltimore County
09:00
90m
Keynote
Software Testing Research Challenges: An Industrial Perspective
ICST Keynotes
K: Nadia Alshahwan Facebook, K: Mark Harman Meta Platforms, Inc. and UCL
11:00 - 12:30
Session 8: Mutation TestingICST Journal-First Papers / ICST Research Papers at Grand canal
Chair(s): Renzo Degiovanni SnT, University of Luxembourg
11:00
20m
Talk
Mutation testing of PL/SQL programs
ICST Journal-First Papers
Arzu Behiye Tarimci Turkcell Technology, Hasan Sozer Ozyegin University
11:20
20m
Talk
How Closely are Common Mutation Operators Coupled to Real Faults?
ICST Research Papers
Gregory Gay Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Alireza Salahirad University of South Carolina
11:40
20m
Talk
Batching Non-Conflicting Mutations for Efficient, Safe, Parallel Mutation Analysis in Rust
ICST Research Papers
Zalán Lévai University of Sheffield, Phil McMinn University of Sheffield
12:00
20m
Talk
MUTAGEN: Reliable Coverage-Guided, Property-Based Testing using Exhaustive Mutations
ICST Research Papers
Agustín Mista Chalmers University of Technology, Alejandro Russo Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
14:00 - 15:30
Session 10: Program RepairICST Research Papers / ICST Previous Editions / ICST Posters at Grand canal
Chair(s): Gunel Jahangirova USI Lugano, Switzerland
14:00
20m
Talk
Exploring True Test Overfitting in Dynamic Automated Program Repair using Formal Methods
ICST Previous Editions
Amirfarhad Nilizadeh University of Central Florida, Gary T. Leavens University of Central Florida, Xuan Bach D. Le The University of Melbourne, Corina S. Păsăreanu Carnegie Mellon University, David Cok Safer Software Consulting, LLC
DOI
14:20
20m
Talk
Embedding Context as Code Dependencies for Neural Program Repair
ICST Research Papers
Noor Nashid University of British Columbia, Mifta Sintaha University of British Columbia, Ali Mesbah University of British Columbia (UBC)
14:40
20m
Talk
CorCA: An Automatic Program Repair Tool for Checking and Removing Effectively C Flaws
ICST Research Papers
João Inácio LASIGE, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Ibéria Medeiros LaSIGE, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
15:00
20m
Talk
Set the right example when teaching programming: Test Informed Learning with Examples (TILE)
ICST Research Papers
Niels Doorn Open Universiteit and NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Tanja E. J. Vos Universitat Politècnica de València and Open Universiteit, Beatriz Marín Universitat Politècnica de València, Erik Barendsen Open Universiteit
15:20
5m
Talk
Poster: Software Fault Localization as a Service (SFLaaS)
ICST Posters
Qusay Idrees Sarhan Department of Software Engineering, University of Szeged, Hassan Bapeer Hassan University of Duhok, Árpád Beszédes Department of Software Engineering, University of Szeged
15:25
5m
Talk
Poster: Improving Spectrum Based Fault Localization For Python Programs Using Weighted Code Elements
ICST Posters
Qusay Idrees Sarhan Department of Software Engineering, University of Szeged, Árpád Beszédes Department of Software Engineering, University of Szeged
16:00 - 17:30
MIPsICST MIPs at Grand canal
Chair(s): Mike Papadakis University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
16:00
45m
Talk
CrowdOracles: Can the Crowd Solve the Oracle Problem?
ICST MIPs
Fabrizio Pastore University of Luxembourg, Leonardo Mariani University of Milano-Bicocca, Gordon Fraser University of Passau
DOI
16:45
45m
Talk
ACTS: A Combinatorial Test Generation Tool
ICST MIPs
Linbin Yu , Yu Lei , Raghu Kacker National Institute of Standards and Technology, Richard Kuhn National Institute of Standards and Technology
DOI
17:30 - 18:00
Open Steering Committee MeetingICST Keynotes at Grand canal
17:30
30m
Meeting
Open Steering Committee Meeting
ICST Keynotes

Wed 19 Apr

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09:00 - 10:30
Keynote III - Yves Le TraonICST Keynotes at Grand canal
Chair(s): Anthony Ventresque Trinity College Dublin & Lero, Ireland
09:00
90m
Keynote
AI is a game-changing technology: how to test and robustify Machine-Learning software?
ICST Keynotes
K: Yves Le Traon University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
11:00 - 12:30
Session 12: Regression Testing ICST Previous Editions / ICST Industry / ICST Testing Tools / ICST Journal-First Papers at Grand canal
Chair(s): Yvan Labiche Carleton University
11:00
20m
Talk
Severity-Aware Prioritization of System-Level Regression Tests in Automotive Software
ICST Industry
Roland Würsching Technical University of Munich, Daniel Elsner TU Munich, Fabian Leinen Technical University of Munich, Alexander Pretschner Technical University of Munich, Georg Grueneissl MAN Truck & Bus SE, Thomas Neumeyr MAN Truck & Bus SE, Tobias Vosseler MAN Truck & Bus SE
11:20
20m
Talk
BinaryRTS: Cross-language Regression Test Selection for C++ Binaries in CI
ICST Industry
Daniel Elsner TU Munich, Severin Kacianka Technical University of Munich, Stephan Lipp Technical University of Munich, Alexander Pretschner TU Munich, Axel Habermann IVU Traffic Technologies, Maria Graber IVU Traffic Technologies, Silke Reimer IVU Traffic Technologies
Pre-print
11:40
20m
Talk
An Overview of Regression Test Prioritization by Delta Displacement in Test Coverage
ICST Journal-First Papers
Shouvick Mondal IIT Gandhinagar, India, Rupesh Nasre IIT Madras, India
Link to publication DOI Media Attached
12:00
20m
Talk
Patterns of Code-to-Test Co-evolution for Automated Test Suite Maintenance
ICST Previous Editions
Samiha Shimmi Northern Illinois University, Mona Rahimi Northern Illinois University
DOI
12:20
20m
Talk
DIRTS: Dependency Injection Aware Regression Test Selection
ICST Testing Tools
Simon Hundsdorfer Technical University of Munich, Daniel Elsner TU Munich, Alexander Pretschner TU Munich
Pre-print
14:00 - 15:40
Session 14: Web TestingICST Journal-First Papers / ICST Industry / ICST Research Papers at Grand canal
Chair(s): Thomas Laurent JSPS@National Institute of Informatics, Japan
14:00
20m
Talk
Challenges of End-to-End Testing with Selenium WebDriver and How to Face Them: A Survey
ICST Industry
Maurizio Leotta DIBRIS, University of Genova, Italy, Boni Garcia Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Filippo Ricca Università di Genova, Jim Whitehead University of California, Santa Cruz
14:20
20m
Talk
E2E-Loader: A Framework to Support Performance Testing of Web Applications
ICST Industry
Ermanno Battista Fervento srl, Sergio Di Martino Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Sergio Di Meglio Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Fabio Scippacercola Fervento srl, Luigi Libero Lucio Starace Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
14:40
20m
Talk
Automated Web Application Testing driven by Pre-recorded Test Cases
ICST Journal-First Papers
Hasan Sozer Ozyegin University, Nezih Sunman Siemens, Yigit Soydan Ozyegin University
15:00
20m
Talk
Robust web element identification for evolving applications by considering visual overlaps
ICST Research Papers
Michel Nass Blekinge Institute of Technology, Riccardo Coppola Politecnico di Torino, Emil Alégroth Blekinge Institute of Technology, Robert Feldt Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
15:20
20m
Talk
Automating Endurance Test for Flash-based Storage Devices in Samsung Electronics
ICST Industry
Jinkook Kim Samsung Electronics Co., Minseok Jeon Korea University, Sejeong Jang Samsung Electronics Co., Hakjoo Oh Korea University

Thu 20 Apr

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09:00 - 10:30
Session 1NEXTA at Grand canal
Chair(s): Sahar Tahvili Ericsson AB

Welcome by the General Chair

09:00
15m
Day opening
Welcome by the General Chair
NEXTA
Sahar Tahvili Ericsson AB
09:15
45m
Keynote
What's Next After AI-driven Conversational Test Automation?
NEXTA
Robert Feldt Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Blekinge Institute of Technology
10:00
30m
Research paper
Test Cost Reduction for 5G and Beyond using Machine Learning
NEXTA
11:00 - 12:30
Session 2NEXTA at Grand canal
Chair(s): Kristian Sandahl Linköping University
11:00
30m
Research paper
Systematically Generated Formulas for Spectrum-Based Fault Localization
NEXTA
Qusay Idrees Sarhan Department of Software Engineering, University of Szeged, Tamás Gergely Department of Software Engineering, University of Szeged, Árpád Beszédes Department of Software Engineering, University of Szeged
11:30
30m
Research paper
An Intelligent Monitoring Algorithm to Detect Dependencies between Test Cases in the Manual Integration Process
NEXTA
12:00
30m
Research paper
Marco Polo - A Tool for Automated Exploratory Testing of Previously Unseen Online Stores
NEXTA
Cristina Gatt University of Malta, Mark Micallef University of Malta, Mark Bugeja University of Malta
16:00 - 17:30
Session 4NEXTA at Grand canal
Chair(s): Sahar Tahvili Ericsson AB
16:00
90m
Day closing
Closing Remarks and Presentation of Best Paper Award
NEXTA
Sahar Tahvili Ericsson AB

Thu 20 Apr

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Sun 16 Apr

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Mon 17 Apr

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