LEARNER 2024
Tue 18 - Fri 21 June 2024 Salerno, Italy
co-located with EASE 2024
VenueGrand Hotel Salerno
Room nameRoom Vietri
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Program

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Wed 19 Jun

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09:00 - 10:30
09:00
20m
Social Event
Opening
EASE Social Events

09:20
70m
Keynote
Why Large Language Models will (not) Kill Software Engineering Research
EASE Keynote
K: Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy
11:00 - 12:20
11:00
15m
Talk
An Empirically Grounded Reference Architecture for Software Supply Chain Metadata Management
EASE Research Papers
Nguyen Khoi Tran The University of Adelaide, Samodha Pallewatta CREST, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, Muhammad Ali Babar School of Computer Science, The University of Adelaide
11:15
15m
Talk
Dealing with clinical outcome and fair cost: the FIDCARE platform
EASE Industry
Leopoldo Beneduce Kiranet srl, Raffaele Chianese Kiranet S.r.l, Francesco Gargiulo Createck, Stefano Marrone Università della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Laura Verde Università della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
11:30
15m
Talk
Harnessing No-Code Blockchain for DeFi: A Microcredit Case Study on AstraKode Blockchain
EASE Industry
Fabiano Izzo Fabiano Izzo, CEO and co-founder, AstraKode S.r.l., Damiano D'Amici Damiano D'Amici, Head of Product and co-founder, AstraKode S.r.l.
11:45
15m
Talk
Harmonizing DevOps taxonomies — A grounded theory study
EASE Journal-first
Jessica Díaz Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Jorge Perez , Isaque Alves University of Brasilia (UnB), Fabio Kon University of São Paulo, Leonardo Alexandre Ferreira Leite University of São Paulo, Paulo Meirelles University of São Paulo, Carla Silva Rocha Aguiar University of Brasília
12:00
10m
Talk
CLAIM: a Lightweight Approach to Identify Microservices in Dockerized Environments
EASE Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results
Kevin Maggi University of Florence, Roberto Verdecchia University of Florence, Leonardo Scommegna University of Florence, Enrico Vicario University of Florence
DOI Pre-print
12:10
10m
Talk
A Folklore Confirmation on the Removal of Dead Code
EASE Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results
Simone Romano University of Salerno, Giovanni Toriello , Pietro Cassieri University of Salerno, Rita Francese University of Salerno, Giuseppe Scanniello University of Salerno
14:00 - 15:20
TestingEASE Research Papers / EASE Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results at Room Vietri
Chair(s): Samira Silva Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
14:00
13m
Talk
Using Large Language Models to Generate JUnit Tests: An Empirical Study
EASE Research Papers
Mohammed Latif Siddiq University of Notre Dame, Joanna C. S. Santos University of Notre Dame, Ridwanul Hasan Tanvir Pennsylvania State University, Noshin Ulfat IQVIA Inc., Fahmid Al Rifat United International University, Vinicius Carvalho Lopes University of Notre Dame
Pre-print
14:13
13m
Talk
Mutation Testing for Task-Oriented Chatbots
EASE Research Papers
Pablo Gómez-Abajo Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Sara Perez-Soler Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Pablo C Canizares Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain, Esther Guerra Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Juan de Lara Autonomous University of Madrid
Pre-print
14:26
13m
Talk
A Catalog of Transformations to Remove Test Smells From Natural Language TestsDistinguished Paper Award
EASE Research Papers
Manoel Aranda III Federal University of Alagoas, Naelson Oliveira Federal University of Alagoas, Elvys Soares Federal Institute of Alagoas (IFAL), Márcio Ribeiro Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil, Davi Romão Federal University of Alagoas, Ullyanne Patriota Federal University of Alagoas, Rohit Gheyi Federal University of Campina Grande, Emerson Paulo Soares de Souza Federal University of Pernambuco, Ivan Machado Federal University of Bahia
Pre-print
14:40
13m
Talk
An Empirical Study on Code Coverage of Performance Testing
EASE Research Papers
Muhammad Imran Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, Vittorio Cortellessa University of L'Aquila, Davide Di Ruscio University of L'Aquila, Riccardo Rubei University of L'Aquila, Luca Traini University of L'Aquila
Link to publication DOI
14:53
13m
Talk
AI-Generated Test Scripts for Web E2E Testing with ChatGPT and Copilot: A preliminary study
EASE Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results
Maurizio Leotta DIBRIS, University of Genova, Italy, Hafiz Zeeshan Yousaf Università di Genova, Filippo Ricca Università di Genova, Boni Garcia Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
15:06
13m
Talk
Towards Predicting Fragility in End-to-End Web Tests
EASE Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results
Sergio Di Meglio Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Luigi Libero Lucio Starace Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
16:00 - 17:00
Most Influential Paper EASE 2014 and Awards CeremonyEASE Most Influential Paper Award at Room Vietri
16:00
30m
Talk
A Retrospective on the paper "Guidelines for snowballing in systematic literature studies and a replication in software engineering"
EASE Most Influential Paper Award
Claes Wohlin Blekinge Institute of Technology
16:30
30m
Social Event
Award Ceremony
EASE Most Influential Paper Award

Thu 20 Jun

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09:00 - 10:10
09:00
70m
Keynote
Surfing the AI Wave in Software Engineering: Opportunities and Challenges
EASE Keynote
K: Nicole Novielli University of Bari
10:10 - 10:30
Lightning talks of the postersEASE Posters at Room Vietri
Chair(s): Anna Rita Fasolino Federico II University of Naples
10:10
5m
Introduction
EASE Posters
Anna Rita Fasolino Federico II University of Naples
10:15
5m
Talk
Automated Software Vulnerability Detection in Statement Level using Vulnerability Reports
EASE Posters
Rabaya Sultana Mim Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Toukir Ahammed Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Kazi Sakib Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka
10:20
5m
Talk
Automatic detection and correction of code errors applying machine learning - current research state
EASE Posters
Aneta Poniszewska-Maranda Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology, Wiktoria Sarniak Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology, Marcin Cegielski Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology
10:25
5m
Talk
New experimental design to capture bias using LLM to validate security threats
EASE Posters
Winnie Bahati Mbaka Vrije Universiteit
11:00 - 12:30
Mining Software RepositoriesEASE Research Papers / EASE Journal-first at Room Vietri
Chair(s): Giuseppe Destefanis Brunel University London
11:00
15m
Talk
On the Accuracy of GitHub's Dependency Graph
EASE Research Papers
Daniele Bifolco University of Sannio, Sabato Nocera Department of Computer Science, University of Salerno, Simone Romano University of Salerno, Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy, Rita Francese University of Salerno, Giuseppe Scanniello University of Salerno
11:15
15m
Talk
Towards Semi-Automated Merge Conflict Resolution: Is It Easier Than We Expected?Distinguished Paper Award
EASE Research Papers
Alexander Boll University of Bern, Yael van Dok University of Bern, Manuel Ohrndorf University of Bern, Alexander Schultheiß Paderborn University, Timo Kehrer University of Bern
11:30
15m
Talk
Leveraging Statistical Machine Translation for Code Search
EASE Research Papers
Hung Phan , Ali Jannesari Iowa State University
11:45
15m
Talk
LEGION: Harnessing Pre-trained Language Models for GitHub Topic Recommendations with Distribution-Balance Loss
EASE Research Papers
Yen-Trang Dang Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Le-Cong Thanh The University of Melbourne, Phuc-Thanh Nguyen Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Anh M. T. Bui Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Phuong T. Nguyen University of L’Aquila, Xuan-Bach D. Le University of Melbourne, Quyet Thang Huynh Hanoi University of Science and Technology
Pre-print
12:00
15m
Talk
LLM-Based Chatbots for Mining Software Repositories: Challenges and Opportunities
EASE Research Papers
Samuel Abedu Concordia University, Ahmad Abdellatif University of Calgary, Emad Shihab Concordia University
Pre-print
12:15
15m
Talk
An exploratory study of software artifacts on GitHub from the lens of documentation
EASE Journal-first
Akhila Sri Manasa Venigalla IIT Tirupati, Sridhar Chimalakonda Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati
14:00 - 15:30
14:00
12m
Talk
Analyzing Prerequisites of known Deserialization Vulnerabilities on Java Applications
EASE Research Papers
Bruno Kreyssig Umeå University, Alexandre Bartel Umeå University
14:12
12m
Talk
An Extensive Comparison of Static Application Security Testing Tools
EASE Research Papers
Matteo Esposito University of Rome Tor Vergata, Valentina Falaschi University of Rome Tor Vergata, Davide Falessi University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Pre-print
14:25
12m
Talk
Detecting Security Fixes in Open-Source Repositories using Static Code Analyzers
EASE Industry
Therese Fehrer JADS, Tilburg University صs-Hertogenbosch, Rocio Cabrera Lozoya SAP Security Research, Antonino Sabetta SAP Labs, Dario Di Nucci University of Salerno, Damian Andrew Tamburri TU/e
14:38
12m
Talk
Analyzing the Accessibility of GitHub Repositories for PyPI and NPM Libraries
EASE Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results
DOI Pre-print
14:51
12m
Talk
Unveiling iOS Scamwares through Crowdturfing Reviews
EASE Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results
Zhipeng Xu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
15:04
12m
Talk
Mining REST APIs for Potential Mass Assignment Vulnerabilities
EASE Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results
Arash Mazidi , Davide Corradini University of Verona, Mohammad Ghafari TU Clausthal
15:17
12m
Talk
Negative Complement of a Set of Vulnerability-Fixing Commits: Method and Dataset
EASE Industry
Rocio Cabrera Lozoya SAP Security Research, Antonino Sabetta SAP Labs, Tommaso Aiello SAP Security Research
16:00 - 17:15
Security (2)EASE Research Papers / EASE Industry at Room Vietri
Chair(s): Muhammad Ali Babar School of Computer Science, The University of Adelaide
16:00
15m
Talk
VulDL: Tree-based and Graph-based Neural Networks for Vulnerability Detection and Localization
EASE Research Papers
Jingzheng Wu Institute of Software, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiang Ling Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xu Duan Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianyue Luo Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mutian Yang Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences
16:15
15m
Talk
How the Training Procedure Impacts the Performance of Deep Learning-based Vulnerability Patching
EASE Research Papers
Antonio Mastropaolo William and Mary, USA, Vittoria Nardone University of Molise, Gabriele Bavota Software Institute @ Università della Svizzera Italiana, Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy
16:30
15m
Talk
Reality Check: Assessing GPT-4 in Fixing Real-World Software Vulnerabilities
EASE Research Papers
Zoltán Ságodi University of Szeged, Gabor Antal University of Szeged, Bence Bogenfürst University of Szeged, Martin Isztin University of Szeged, Peter Hegedus University of Szeged, Rudolf Ferenc University of Szeged
16:45
15m
Talk
Does trainer gender make a difference when delivering phishing training? A new experimental design to capture bias
EASE Research Papers
André Palheiros Da Silva Vrije Universiteit, Winnie Bahati Mbaka Vrije Universiteit, Johann Mayer University of Twente, Jan-Willem Bullee University of Twente, Katja Tuma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
17:00
15m
Talk
Leveraging Large Language Models for Preliminary Security Risk Analysis: A Mission-Critical Case Study
EASE Industry
Matteo Esposito University of Rome Tor Vergata, Francesco Palagiano Multitel di Lerede Alessandro & C. s.a.s.
DOI Pre-print
17:15 - 17:30
Closing at Room Vietri
17:15
15m
Social Event
Closing
EASE Social Events

Fri 21 Jun

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11:00 - 12:30
Secure Software Workshop: Session 2Secure Software at Room Vietri
11:00
15m
Talk
5G Secure Solution Development and Security Master Role
Secure Software
Muhammad Ovais Ahmad Karlstad University
11:15
15m
Talk
An Empirical Investigation of the Security Weaknesses in Open-Source Projects
Secure Software
Haifa Al-Shammare , Nehal Al-Otaiby , Muradi Al-Otabi King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Mohammad Alshayeb King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
11:30
15m
Talk
Challenges in Developing Secure Software within Agile Environments
Secure Software
11:45
15m
Talk
MLOps-Enabled Security Strategies for Next-Generation Operational Technologies
Secure Software
Tazeem Ahmad , Mohd adnan , Saima Rafi University of Murcia, Muhammad Azeem Akbar LUT University, Ayesha Anwar
12:00
15m
Talk
The Security Culture Readiness Model (SCRM) for Saudi Universities: A Preliminary Structure
Secure Software
Mona Albinali , Mahmood Niazi King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
12:15
15m
Talk
Triaging Microservice Security Smells, with TriSS
Secure Software
Francisco Ponce , Jacopo Soldani University of Pisa, Italy, Carla Taramasco Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile, Hernan Astudillo Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile, Antonio Brogi Università di Pisa
14:00 - 15:30
5th International DevOps Quality Management WorkshopDevOps-QM at Room Vietri
14:00
5m
Social Event
Welcome
DevOps-QM
Arif Ali Khan University of Jyväskylä
14:05
20m
Talk
Multivocal Literature Review on DevOps Critical Success Factors
DevOps-QM
Nasreen Azad LUT University, Sami Hyrynsalmi LUT University
14:25
20m
Talk
Towards People Maturity for Secure Development and Operations: A vision
DevOps-QM
Muhammad Azeem Akbar LUT University, Saima Rafi University of Murcia, Sami Hyrynsalmi LUT University, Arif Ali Khan University of Oulu
14:45
20m
Talk
Towards the successful execution of DevOps outsource software development process
DevOps-QM
Muhammad Zohaib Iqbal Quest Lab, Fahad Altuwaijri Lancaster University, Muhammad Awais Department of Computers and Software Engineering, College of E&ME,NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan
15:05
20m
Talk
Aligning Academic with Industrial Needs: Investigating DevOps Teaching Practices
DevOps-QM
Saima Rafi University of Murcia, Muhammad Azeem Akbar LUT University, Sajjad Mahmood King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
16:00 - 17:30
E-QSE WorkshopE-QSE at Room Vietri
16:00
5m
Day opening
Opening
E-QSE
Fabiano Pecorelli University of Salerno, Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari , Manuel Serrano University of Castilla-La Mancha
16:05
25m
Talk
QUASAR: QUAntum software engineering for Secure, Affordable, and Reliable systems
E-QSE
Andrea De Lucia University of Salerno, Luciano Baresi Politecnico di Milano, Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari
16:30
20m
Talk
Quantum-based Automotive Threat Intelligence and Countermeasures
E-QSE
Vita Santa Barletta University of Bari, Danilo Caivano University of Bari, Christian Catalano University of Salento, Mirko De Vincentiis University of Bari, Italy
16:50
20m
Talk
Integrating Security and Privacy in Quantum Software Engineering
E-QSE
Vita Santa Barletta University of Bari, Danilo Caivano University of Bari, Anibrata Pal University of Bari, Italy
17:10
20m
Day closing
Open Discussion & Closing
E-QSE
Fabiano Pecorelli University of Salerno, Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari , Manuel Serrano University of Castilla-La Mancha

Fri 21 Jun

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Wed 19 Jun

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Thu 20 Jun

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Fri 21 Jun

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DevOps-QM
Welcome
14:00 - 14:05
E-QSE
Opening
16:00 - 16:05