Sun 27 AprDisplayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
09:00 - 10:30 | KeynoteTechnical Papers at 103 Chair(s): Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari | ||
09:00 90mTalk | Towards an Interpretable Science of Deep Learning for Engineering Quality Software: A Causal Inference View Technical Papers Denys Poshyvanyk William & Mary | ||
10:30 - 11:00 | |||
10:30 30mProduct announcement | ACE: Automated Technical Debt Remediation with Validated Large Language Model Refactorings Technical Papers | ||
10:30 30mPaper | Experiences with Technical Debt and its Root Causes in a Merged Industrial Company Technical Papers Magnus Drewsen Jørgensen , Nina Wiborg Mølgaard Mjølner Informatics, Morten Jokumsen Mjølner Informatics, Jens Bæk Jørgensen Mjølner Informatics, Henrik Bærbak Christensen File Attached | ||
14:00 - 15:30 | Research Papers and PostersIndustry Track / Technical Papers at 103 Chair(s): Fatemeh Hendijani Fard Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Reed Milewicz Sandia National Laboratories | ||
14:00 30mPaper | The TechDebt Game - Enabling Discussions about Technical Debt Technical Papers Marion Wiese University of Hamburg, Germany, Angelina Heinrichs University of Hamburg, Nino Rusieshvilli University of Hamburg, Rodrigo Rebouças de Almeida Federal University of Paraiba, Klara Borowa Warsaw University of Technology DOI Pre-print | ||
14:30 10mIndustry talk | Perspective-Taking as a Strategy to Manage Technical Debt Industry Track | ||
14:40 10mIndustry talk | A Quantitative Approach to Measuring Technical Debt: The Technical Debt Index (TDI) Industry Track Nitin Gupta Assembly Digital and the University of Victoria | ||
14:50 10mIndustry talk | Automating Dead Code Cleanup: Challenges Beyond the Code Industry Track Diego Marcilio Uber | ||
15:00 10mIndustry talk | Addressing Technical Debt through Collaboration Industry Track Steven D. Fraser Innoxec | ||
15:10 20mPanel | War Stories in TechDebt Industry Track Reed Milewicz Sandia National Laboratories, Fatemeh Hendijani Fard Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus | ||
Mon 28 AprDisplayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
09:00 - 10:30 | |||
09:00 90mTalk | Leveraging Research to Inform Structural Technical Debt Management Technical Papers | ||
11:00 - 12:30 | |||
11:00 30mResearch paper | Most Influential Paper: Detecting and Quantifying Different Types of Self-Admitted Technical Debt Technical Papers Everton Maldonado Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, Emad Shihab Concordia University, Montreal | ||
11:30 30mResearch paper | Exploring Fairness Debt Through Evidence from Studies on Algorithmic Discrimination Technical Papers Fardin Aryan University of Calgary, Lucas Valença University of Calgary, Ronnie de Souza Santos University of Calgary File Attached | ||
12:00 30mResearch paper | Requirements Technical Debt Through the Lens of Environment Assumptions Technical Papers Mounifah Alenazi University of Hafr Al Batin | ||
14:00 - 15:30 | Talks, Discussions, and ClosingTechnical Papers at 103 Chair(s): Rodrigo Spinola Virginia Commonwealth University | ||
14:00 10mTalk | Lighting Talk: Leveraging Context Information for Self-Admitted Technical Debt Detection Technical Papers Miki Yonekura Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Yutaro Kashiwa Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Bin Lin Hangzhou Dianzi University, Kenji Fujiwara Nara Women’s University, Hajimu Iida Nara Institute of Science and Technology | ||
14:10 20mTalk | Discussion: Reframing Technical Debt - Insights from the Dagstuhl Perspectives Workshop Technical Papers | ||
14:30 50m | Town Hall Technical Papers | ||
15:20 10mDay closing | Awards & Closing & TechDebt 2026 Technical Papers | ||
Journal First Track
TechDebt invites presentations of journal papers that have been published in one of the following participating journals.
- Empirical Software Engineering
- Information and Software Technology
- Journal of Software: Evolution and Process
- Journal of Systems and Software
- Automated Software Engineering Journal
- Software Quality Journal
- IEEE Software
- European Journal of Information Systems
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to participate in the J1 program, a paper must:
- Be in the scope of the conference, that is, the paper should describe work related to approaches for managing various types of Technical Debt. However, papers discussing literature reviews or meta-research papers are out of scope.
- Be accepted in one of the partner journals listed above between January 1, 2024, and the J1 track deadline (see below). Evidence of acceptance should be a copy of the acceptance email (or an equivalent document).
- Report research results that were not previously reported in prior work (conferences, workshops, etc.). Journal versions of papers extending conference papers are thus out of the scope of the track regardless of the size of the extension.
- Secondary studies (e.g., systematic reviews, mapping studies, and literature surveys), as well as editorials, columns, and opinion articles are also excluded.
- Not have already been presented, or currently being considered for, J1 or similar tracks of other conferences.
How to Submit
Interested authors should submit a proposal of no more than 2 pages consisting of the paper title, author names, a pointer to the original journal paper at the journal’s website or alternatively a picture of the acceptance email with the acceptance date, and a short statement on how the work satisfies the journal first criteria. Please upload a single PDF file with the proposal and the accepted paper attached at the end of the file.
Evaluation
The J1 chairs will evaluate if the submission is within the scope of the TechDebt conference and fulfills the eligibility criteria mentioned above. We plan to select as many papers as possible for inclusion in the conference program.
Presentation
At least one author of each accepted J1 contribution must register and attend the conference to present the paper.
The J1 papers will not be part of the conference proceedings. However, the conference online program will contain a hyperlink to the journal paper (if already published) or, in case the paper hasn’t been published yet, to its preprint (if available).
For any questions, please contact the track chairs.
Important Dates
- January 17, 2025: Paper submission deadline
- January 31, 2025: Notification to authors
Submission Link
Please use the following link: https://techdebt2025-jf.hotcrp.com/