EASE 2026
Tue 9 - Fri 12 June 2026 Glasgow, United Kingdom
VenueGlasgow, Scotland
Room nameJMS 745
Floor7
Room number745
Room InformationNo extra information available
Program

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Tue 9 Jun

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11:00 - 12:30
Bugs and DefectsResearch Papers / Short Papers and Emerging Results / AI Models / Data / Industry Papers at JMS 745
Chair(s): Giuseppe Destefanis University College London (UCL)
11:00
15m
Talk
Where did we fail? - Reproducing build failures in embedded open source software
AI Models / Data
Han Fu , Sigrid Eldh Ericsson AB, Mälardalen University, Carleton University, Andreas Ermedahl Ericsson AB / KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Kristian Wiklund Ericsson AB, Philipp Haller KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Cyrille Artho KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Pre-print
11:15
15m
Talk
Towards Better Static Code Analysis Reports: Sentence Transformer-based Filtering of Non-Actionable Alerts
Research Papers
Tamás Aladics University of Szeged, Norbert Vándor University of Szeged, Rudolf Ferenc University of Szeged, Peter Hegedus University of Szeged
Pre-print
11:30
10m
Talk
Bug-Report–Driven Fault Localization: Industrial Benchmarking and Lessons Learned at ABB Robotics
Industry Papers
Pernilla Hall ABB Robotics, Anton Ununger ABB Robotics, Riccardo Rubei Malardalen University, Alessio Bucaioni Mälardalen University
Pre-print
11:40
10m
Talk
Hot Fixing in the Wild
Short Papers and Emerging Results
Carol Hanna University College London, Karine Even-Mendoza King’s College London, William B. Langdon University College London, Mar Zamorano López Universidad del Atlántico Medio, Justyna Petke University College London, Federica Sarro University College London
Pre-print
11:50
10m
Talk
From TinyGo to gc Compiler: Extending Zorya’s Concolic Framework to Real-World Go Binaries
Short Papers and Emerging Results
Karolina Gorna Telecom Paris and Ledger Donjon, Nicolas Iooss Ledger Donjon, Yannick Seurin Ledger Donjon, Rida Khatoun Telecom Paris, Keith Makan University of the Western Cape
Pre-print
12:00
10m
Talk
Toward an Understanding of Developer Behaviour while Using Bug Localization Tools
Short Papers and Emerging Results
Pablo Diaz Pedreira The Open University, Tamara Lopez The Open University, Michel Wermelinger The Open University
Pre-print
13:30 - 15:00
LLMs for SE (Testing)Research Papers / Short Papers and Emerging Results / AI Models / Data at JMS 745
Chair(s): Giuseppe Scanniello University of Salerno
13:30
15m
Talk
RESTestBench: A Benchmark for Evaluating the Effectiveness of LLM-Generated REST API Test Cases from NL Requirements
AI Models / Data
Leon Kogler CASABLANCA hotelsoftware, Stefan Hangler CASABLANCA hotelsoftware, Maximilian Ehrhart CASABLANCA hotelsoftware, Benedikt Dornauer University of Innsbruck; University of Cologne, Roland Würsching Technical University of Munich, Peter Schrammel Diffblue Ltd
Pre-print
13:45
15m
Talk
Boosting Automatic Java-to-Cangjie Translation with Multi-Stage LLM Training and Error Repair
Research Papers
Xinyue Liang Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Jingxuan Zhang Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, lin li , Zhang Jun , Junhao Chen Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
14:00
15m
Talk
NeuroFlake: A Neuro-Symbolic LLM Framework For Flaky Test Classification
Research Papers
Khondaker Tasnia Hoque Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka,Bangladesh, Toukir Ahammed Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka
Pre-print
14:15
15m
Talk
Empirically Comparing Hazard-Guided LLM Mutation Techniques with Existing LLM- and Rule-Based Approaches
Research Papers
Megan Maton University of Sheffield, UK, Gregory Kapfhammer Allegheny College, Phil McMinn University of Sheffield
14:30
10m
Talk
Assessing REST API Test Generation Strategies with Log Coverage
Short Papers and Emerging Results
Nana Reinikainen University of Helsinki, Mika Mäntylä University of Helsinki, Yuqing Wang University of Helsinki, Finland
15:30 - 17:00
Human Factors in SE 1Research Papers / Journal First / Short Papers and Emerging Results at JMS 745
Chair(s): Mahmood Niazi King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
15:30
15m
Talk
How do ML practitioners perceive explainability? an interview study of practices and challenges
Journal First
Umm-e Habiba TUM School of CIT, Technical University of Munich, Mohammad Kasra Habib TUM School of CIT, Technical University of Munich, Justus Bogner Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Jonas Fritzsch University of Stuttgart, Institute of Software Engineering, Stefan Wagner Technical University of Munich
Link to publication
15:45
15m
Talk
Does social identity matter in software engineering? Assessing the case of research software engineers
Research Papers
Chukwudi Uwasomba The Open University, Tamara Lopez The Open University, Melanie Langer INSEAD, Helen Sharp The Open University, UK, Michel Wermelinger The Open University, Caroline Jay Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom, Mark Levine Lancaster University, Bashar Nuseibeh The Open University, UK; Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland
Pre-print
16:00
15m
Talk
ChatGPT: Friend or Foe When Comprehending and Changing Unfamiliar Code
Research Papers
Norman Anderson University of Victoria, Tarek Alakmeh University of Zurich, Victoria Jackson University of Southampton, Guilherme Vaz Pereira School of Technology, PUCRS, Brazil, Umit Akirmak University of Victoria, Anthony Estey University of British Columbia, Rafael Prikladnicki School of Technology at PUCRS University, Thomas Fritz University of Zurich, Andre van der Hoek University of California, Irvine, Margaret-Anne Storey University of Victoria
Pre-print
16:15
15m
Talk
Managing Power Gaps as an Element of Pair Programming Skill: A Grounded Theory
Research Papers
Linus Ververs Freie Universität Berlin, Janina Berger Freie Uinversität Berlin, Lutz Prechelt Freie Universität Berlin
Pre-print
16:30
10m
Talk
Beyond Extraversion: Rethinking Personality-Based Explanations of Work Arrangement Preferences
Short Papers and Emerging Results
Darja Šmite Blekinge Institute of Technology, Eriks Klotins Blekinge Institute of Technology, Martin Svensson Blekinge Institute of Tecnology

Wed 10 Jun

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11:00 - 12:30
Maintenance and Evolution 2Journal First / Research Papers / Industry Papers / Reproducibility and Negative Results at JMS 745
Chair(s): Andrea Capiluppi University of Groningen
11:00
15m
Talk
Toward a Prioritization Approach for Third-Party Software Library Updates
Journal First
Abdalrahman Aburakhia King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Mohammad Alshayeb King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
11:15
15m
Talk
Many hands make light work: An LLM-based multi-agent system for detecting malicious PyPI packages
Journal First
Muhammad Umar Zeshan University of L’Aquila, Italy, Motunrayo Osatohanmen Ibiyo University of L'Aquila, Claudio Di Sipio University of L'Aquila, Phuong T. Nguyen University of L’Aquila, Davide Di Ruscio University of L'Aquila
11:30
15m
Paper
FLOPs vs Real Work: The Importance of Replication in AI Efficiency Assessment
Reproducibility and Negative Results
Enrique Barba Roque Delft University of Technology, Luís Cruz TU Delft
Pre-print
11:45
15m
Talk
An Empirical Evaluation of Code Smell Detection in Angular Applications
Research Papers
Maykon Nunes Universidade Federal do Ceará, Ivan Machado Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Carla Ilane Bezerra Federal University of Ceara, Emanuel Coutinho Federal University of Ceará
Pre-print
12:00
10m
Talk
Empirical Evaluation of Lift-and-Shift for Decoupling Drivers in Industrial Legacy Software: Lessons from a CGI Case StudyBest Paper Award - Industry Track
Industry Papers
Bauke van den Berg CGI Netherlands, Andrea Capiluppi University of Groningen
12:10
15m
Talk
Unsafe and Unused? A History of Utility Code in Mature Open Source Projects
Research Papers
Brandon Keller Rochester Institute of Technology, Kaitlin Yandik Rochester Institute of Technology, Angela Ngo Rochester Institute of Technology, Andy Meneely Rochester Institute of Technology
Pre-print
13:30 - 15:00
Security 2Research Papers / AI Models / Data at JMS 745
Chair(s): Minhaz Zibran Idaho State University
13:30
15m
Talk
Reassessing Dataset Quality and Fine-Tuning Practices for Vulnerability Detection on PrimeVul dataset
AI Models / Data
Norbert Szolnoki Sándor Department of Software Engineering, University of Szeged, Gabor Antal Department of Software Engineering, University of Szeged
13:45
15m
Talk
A Neuro-Symbolic Risk Calculus for Quantifying Security Posture in Microservice Systems
Research Papers
Shakthi Yasas Weerasinghe University of Arizona, Tomas Cerny University of Arizona
14:00
15m
Talk
Insights into Security-Related AI-Generated Pull Requests
Research Papers
Md Fazle Rabbi Idaho State University, Asif Kamal Turzo University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Arifa Islam Champa Idaho State University, Minhaz Zibran Idaho State University
Pre-print
14:15
15m
Talk
Do Privacy Policies Match with the Logs? An Empirical Study of Privacy Disclosure in Android Application Logs
Research Papers
Zhiyuan Chen Rochester Institute of Technology, Love Jayesh Ahir Rochester Institute of Technology, Ahmad Suleiman Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Kundi Yao Ontario Tech University, Yiming Tang Rochester Institute of Technology, Weiyi Shang University of Waterloo, Daqing Hou pc
Pre-print
15:30 - 17:00
AI Systems Engineering 2Industry Papers / Research Papers at JMS 745
Chair(s): Jingyue Li Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
15:30
15m
Talk
DeepParse: Hybrid Log Parsing with LLM-Synthesized Regex Masks
Research Papers
Amir Shetaia Queen's University, Sean Kauffman Queen's University, Canada
Pre-print
15:45
15m
Talk
MoEKD: Mixture-of-Experts Knowledge Distillation for Robust and High-Performing Compressed Code ModelsBest Paper Award
Research Papers
Md. Abdul Awal University of Saskatchewan, Mrigank Rochan University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan
Pre-print
16:00
15m
Talk
HKI-RAG:Hierarchical Knowledge Indexing for Retrieval-Augmented Generation in Distributed Heterogeneous Architectures
Research Papers
Chenglin Zhang School of Artificial Intelligence, China University ofGeosciences (Beijing), Teng Long School of Artificial Intelligence, China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
16:15
15m
Talk
PLMGH: What Matters in PLM-GNN Hybrids for Code Classification and Vulnerability Detection
Research Papers
Taoufik Kaouthar El Idrissi Polytechnique Montreal, Edward Zulkoski Quantstamp, Mohammad Hamdaqa Polytechnique Montreal
16:30
10m
Talk
Engineering a Governance-Aware AI Sandbox: Design, Implementation, and Lessons Learned
Industry Papers
Muhammad Waseem Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland, Md Aidul Islam Faculty of Information Technology and CommunicationSciences, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland, Md Nasir Uddin Shuvo Faculty of Information Technology and CommunicationSciences, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland, Md Mahade Hasan Tampere University, Kai-Kristian Kemell Tampere University, Jussi Rasku Tampere University, Mika Saari Tampere University, Vilma Saari DIMECC Oy., Tampere, Finland, Roope Pajasmaa DIMECC Oy., Tampere, Finland, Markku Oivo DIMECC Oy., Tampere, Finland, Pekka Abrahamsson Tampere University
16:40
15m
Talk
Industry Practitioners’ Perspectives on AI Model Quality: Perceptions, Challenges, and Solutions
Research Papers
Chenyu Wang Singapore Management University, Zhou Yang University of Alberta; CIFAR AI Chair; Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute , Yunbo Lyu Singapore Management University, Ze Shi (Zane) Li University of Oklahoma, Dana Damian University of Victoria, David Lo Singapore Management University
Pre-print

Thu 11 Jun

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09:00 - 10:30
Developer Experience & ProductivityAI Models / Data / Short Papers and Emerging Results / Industry Papers / Research Papers at JMS 745
Chair(s): Victoria Jackson University of Southampton
09:00
15m
Talk
REStack: A Large-Scale Dataset of Reverse Engineering Discussions from Stack Exchange
AI Models / Data
MD HUMAUN KABIR Lamar University, Md Rakibul Islam Lamar University, Farha Kamal Lamar University
09:15
10m
Talk
How Do Developers Use Migration Guides? A Case Study of Log4j
Short Papers and Emerging Results
Takahiro Monno Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Kazumasa Shimari Wakayama University, Tetsuya Kanda Notre Dame Seishin University, Kazuma Yamasaki Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Kenichi Matsumoto Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Pre-print
09:25
10m
Talk
Understanding the Limits of Automated Evaluation for Code Review Bots in Practice
Industry Papers
Veli Karakaya Bilkent University, Utku Boran Torun Bilkent University, Baykal Mehmet Ucar Beko, Eray Tüzün Bilkent University
Pre-print
09:35
10m
Talk
From Code Velocity to Complexity: Evidence on GitHub Copilot’s Role in Developer Productivity at ABN AMRO
Industry Papers
Nevis King University of Groningen, Mario Negro Ponzi ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Andrea Capiluppi University of Groningen
09:45
10m
Talk
Navigating a Moving Target: A Qualitative Exploration of STEM Students’ Experiences and Perspectives of AI Tools
Short Papers and Emerging Results
Simone Romano University of Salerno, Alberto Conforti University of Torino, Federica Bosio University of Torino, Gloria Guidetti University of Torino, Sara Viotti University of Torino, Giuseppe Scanniello University of Salerno
09:55
10m
Talk
Multifaceted Hero Developers and Bug-Fixing Outcomes Across Severity
Short Papers and Emerging Results
Amit Kumar IIIT Allahabad, Mahen Gandhi IIIT Hyderabad, Meher Bhardwaj IIIT Manipur, Hrishikesh Ethari IIIT Manipur, Sonali Agarwal Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad
Pre-print
10:05
10m
Talk
Same Project, Different Start: How Contribution Events Shape Activity and Retention in Open Source
Short Papers and Emerging Results
Mohamed Ouf Queen's University, Mariam Guizani Queen's University, Canada
Pre-print
10:15
10m
Talk
A Longitudinal Analysis of Good First Issue Practices and Newcomer Pull Requests in Popular OSS Projects
Short Papers and Emerging Results
Hirotatsu Hoshikawa NARA Institute of Science and Technology, Hidetake Tanaka Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Kazumasa Shimari Wakayama University, Raula Gaikovina Kula The University of Osaka, Kenichi Matsumoto Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Pre-print
13:30 - 15:00
Human Factors in SE 3Research Papers / Short Papers and Emerging Results / Journal First at JMS 745
Chair(s): Sandro Morasca Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
13:30
15m
Talk
Investigating the Social Representations of Harmful Code
Journal First
Rodrigo Lima Federal University of Pernambuco, Jairo Souza Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Baldoino Fonseca Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL), Leopoldo Teixeira Federal University of Pernambuco, Rafael Maiani de Mello Instituto de Computação - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Márcio Ribeiro Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil, Rohit Gheyi Federal University of Campina Grande, Alessandro Garcia Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
13:45
15m
Talk
Meditation-Based Interventions for Software Developers: A Systematic Literature Review on Well-being and Performance
Research Papers
Simone Romano University of Salerno, Giovanna Stornaiuolo Independent Researcher, Giuseppe Scanniello University of Salerno
14:00
15m
Talk
Improving Code Comprehension through Cognitive-Load Aware Automated Refactoring for Novice Programmers
Research Papers
Subarna Saha , Alif Al Hasan Case Western Reserve University, Fariha Tanjim Shifat Missouri University of Science & Technology, Mia Mohammad Imran Missouri University of Science and Technology
Pre-print
14:15
15m
Talk
Beyond Code Generation: How AI Agents Document Code Changes in Commit Messages
Short Papers and Emerging Results
Wejden Hammami Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique (ENSI),Manouba University, Houda Korbi Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique (ENSI),Manouba University, Hassine Kooli Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique (ENSI),Manouba University, Marouene Chaieb National School of Computer Science, Moataz Chouchen Concordia University
14:30
15m
Talk
Different and Similar Perceptions of Communication Among Software Developers
Journal First
Marc Herrmann Leibniz University Hannover, Martin Obaidi Leibniz Universität Hannover, Jil Klünder University of Applied Sciences | FHDW Hannover
Link to publication DOI
15:30 - 17:00
Software Processes and Practices 3Research Papers at JMS 745
Chair(s): Iulian Neamtiu New Jersey Institute of Technology
15:30
15m
Talk
The Ultimate Configuration Management Tool? Lessons from a Mixed Methods Study of Ansible’s Challenges
Research Papers
Carolina Carreira Carnegie Mellon University, IST University of Lisbon, INESC-ID, Nuno Saavedra INESC-ID and IST, University of Lisbon, Alexandra Mendes Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal, João F. Ferreira Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto & INESC-ID
Pre-print
15:45
15m
Talk
The Promise and Reality of Continuous Integration Caching: An Empirical Study of Travis CI Builds
Research Papers
Taher A. Ghaleb Trent University, Daniel Alencar Da Costa University of Otago, Ying Zou Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Pre-print
16:00
15m
Talk
How Compliant Are GitHub Actions Workflows? A Checklist-Based Study with LLM-Assisted Auditing
Research Papers
Edward Abrokwah , Taher A. Ghaleb Trent University
Pre-print

Tue 9 Jun

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Wed 10 Jun

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Thu 11 Jun

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