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Tue 18 Jun
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15:50 - 16:20	Poster ExhibitionPosters at Salone dei Marmi

15:50 30m Poster		Toward a Human-Centered Framework for Trustworthy, Safe and Ethical Generative Artificial Intelligence: A Multi-Level Analysis of Large Language Models Social Impact Posters Berenice Fernandez Nieto University of Bari "A. Moro" File Attached
15:50 30m Poster		Design and Evaluation of High-Quality Symbiotic AI Systems through a Human-Centered Approach Posters Miriana Calvano University of Bari
15:50 30m Poster		A Comprehensive Framework Proposal to Design Symbiotic AI Systems Posters Antonio Curci University of Bari

Wed 19 Jun
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09:00 - 10:30	OpeningResearch Papers / Posters / / Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results / Industry / Journal-first / at Room Vietri Chair(s): Alexander Serebrenik Eindhoven University of Technology

09:00 20m Social Event		Opening Social Events
09:20 70m Keynote		Why Large Language Models will (not) Kill Software Engineering Research Keynote K: Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy

	10:30 - 11:00	Coffee BreakCatering

11:00 - 12:20	Human AspectsShort Papers, Vision and Emerging Results / Research Papers / Industry at Room Capri Chair(s): Guilherme Horta Travassos Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

11:00 15m Talk		Trustworthy AI in practice: an analysis of practitioners' needs and challenges Research Papers Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari , Domenico Gigante SER&Practices and University of Bari, Azzurra Ragone University of Bari, Sara Tibidò Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca, Marcos Kalinowski Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
11:15 15m Talk		"Looks Good To Me ;-)": Assessing Sentiment Analysis Tools for Pull Request Discussions Research Papers Daniel Coutinho Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Luísa Cito Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Maria Vitória Lima Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Beatriz Arantes Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Juliana Alves Pereira PUC-Rio, Johny Arriel PUC-Rio, João Godinho Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Vinícius Martins PUC-Rio, Paulo Vítor C. F. Libório Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Leonardo Leite Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL), Alessandro Garcia Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Wesley Assunção North Carolina State University, Igor Steinmacher Northern Arizona University, Augusto Baffa PUC-Rio, Baldoino Fonseca Federal University of Alagoas
11:30 15m Talk		Motivation Research Using Labeling Functions Research Papers Idan Amit The Hebrew University, Dror Feitelson Hebrew University DOI Pre-print
11:45 15m Talk		Insight AI Risk Detection Model - Vulnerable People Emotional Situation Support Industry Diego Gosmar Open Voice Trustmark Ethical use task force Linux Foundation AI & DATA, Elena Peretto Fundaci— Ajuda i Esperanچa, Oita Coleman Open Voice Trustmark Ethical use task force Linux Foundation AI & DATA
12:00 10m Talk		On the Use of ChatGPT for Code Review Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results Miku Watanabe Nara College, National Institute of Technology/Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Yutaro Kashiwa Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Bin Lin Radboud University, Toshiki Hirao , Ken'Ichi Yamaguchi , Hajimu Iida Nara Institute of Science and Technology Pre-print
12:10 10m Talk		What You Use is What You Get: Unforced Errors in Studying Cultural Aspects in Agile Software Development Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results Michael Neumann University of Applied Sciences & Arts Hannover, Klaus Schmid University of Hildesheim, Lars Baumann DOI Pre-print

11:00 - 12:20	ArchitectureJournal-first / Research Papers / Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results / Industry at Room Vietri Chair(s): Davide Di Ruscio University of L'Aquila

11:00 15m Talk		An Empirically Grounded Reference Architecture for Software Supply Chain Metadata Management 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 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 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 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 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 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

12:30 - 14:00	LunchCatering

12:30 90m Lunch		Lunch Catering

14:00 - 15:20	Program ComprehensionResearch Papers / Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results at Room Capri Chair(s): Nicole Novielli University of Bari

14:00 15m Talk		Adversarial Attack and Robustness Improvement on Code Summarization Research Papers Xi Ding Sun Yat-Sen University, Yuan Huang Sun Yat-sen University, Xiangping Chen Sun Yat-Sen University, Jing Bian Sun Yat-Sen University
14:15 15m Talk		Understanding Logical Expressions with Negations: Its Complicated Research Papers Aviad Baron Hebrew University, Ilai Granot Hebrew University, Ron Yosef Hebrew University, Dror Feitelson Hebrew University
14:30 15m Talk		A Quantitative Investigation of Trends in Confusing Variable Pairs Through Commits: Do Confusing Variable Pairs Survive? Research Papers Hirohisa Aman Ehime University, Sousuke Amasaki Okayama Prefectural University, Tomoyuki Yokogawa Okayama Prefectural University, Minoru Kawahara Ehime University
14:45 10m Talk		When simplicity meets effectiveness: Detecting code comments coherence with word embeddings and LSTM Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results Michael Dubem Igbomezie University of L'Aquila, Phuong T. Nguyen University of L’Aquila, Davide Di Ruscio University of L'Aquila Pre-print
14:55 10m Talk		Exploring Influence of Feature Toggles on Code Complexity Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results Md Tajmilur Rahman Gannon University, Imran Shalabi Gannon University, Tushar Sharma Dalhousie University
15:05 15m Talk		An Empirical Study on the Energy Usage and Performance of Pandas and Polars Data Analysis Python Libraries Research Papers Felix Nahrstedt Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Mehdi Karmouche Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Karolina Bargieł Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Pouyeh Banijamali Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Apoorva Nalini Pradeep Kumar Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Ivano Malavolta Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Pre-print

14:00 - 15:20	TestingResearch Papers / 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

	15:35 - 16:00	Coffee BreakCatering

Thu 20 Jun
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09:00 - 10:10	Keynote: Nicole NovielliResearch Papers / Posters / / Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results / Industry / Journal-first / at Room Vietri Chair(s): Alexander Serebrenik Eindhoven University of Technology

09:00 70m Keynote		Surfing the AI Wave in Software Engineering: Opportunities and Challenges Keynote K: Nicole Novielli University of Bari

10:10 - 10:30	Lightning talks of the postersPosters at Room Vietri Chair(s): Anna Rita Fasolino Federico II University of Naples

10:10 5m		Introduction Posters Anna Rita Fasolino Federico II University of Naples
10:15 5m Talk		Automated Software Vulnerability Detection in Statement Level using Vulnerability Reports 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 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 Posters Winnie Bahati Mbaka Vrije Universiteit

	10:30 - 11:00	Coffee BreakCatering

10:30 - 11:00	Poster ExhibitionPosters at Room Capri

10:30 30m Poster		Automatic detection and correction of code errors applying machine learning - current research state 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
10:30 30m Poster		Automated Software Vulnerability Detection in Statement Level using Vulnerability Reports 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
10:30 30m Poster		New experimental design to capture bias using LLM to validate security threats Posters Winnie Bahati Mbaka Vrije Universiteit

11:00 - 12:25	DefectsIndustry / Research Papers / Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results / Journal-first at Room Capri Chair(s): Davide Falessi University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

11:00 15m Talk		Context Switch Sensitive Fault LocalizationDistinguished Paper Award Research Papers Ferenc Horv�th University of Szeged, Department of Software Engineering, Roland Aszmann University of Szeged, Department of Software Engineering, Péter Attila Soha Department of Software Engineering, University of Szeged, Árpád Beszédes Department of Software Engineering, University of Szeged, Tibor Gyimothy
11:15 15m Talk		Improving classifier-based effort-aware software defect prediction by reducing ranking errors Research Papers Yuchen GUO Xi'an Jiaotong University, Martin Shepperd Brunel University London, Ning Li School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University Pre-print
11:30 15m Talk		Issues and Their Causes in WebAssembly Applications: An Empirical Study Research Papers Muhammad Waseem University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland, Teerath Das University of Jyväskylä, Aakash Ahmad School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Peng Liang Wuhan University, China, Tommi Mikkonen University of Jyvaskyla Link to publication Pre-print Media Attached
11:45 15m Talk		Taming App Reliability: Mobile Analytics ‘in the wild’ Industry Julian Harty Commercetest Limited, Arosha K Bandara The Open University DOI File Attached
12:00 15m Talk		Improving the Quality of Software Issue Report Descriptions in Turkish: An Industrial Case Study at Softtech Journal-first Ethem Utku Aktas Softtech Inc., Ebru Cakmak Microsoft EMEA, Mete Cihad Inan Softtech Research and Development, Cemal Yilmaz Sabancı University
12:15 10m Talk		Unraveling the Influences on Bug Fixing Time: A Comparative Analysis of Causal Inference Model Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results Sien Reeve O. Peralta Waseda University, Hironori Washizaki Waseda University, Yoshiaki Fukazawa Waseda University, Yuki Noyori Hitachi, Ltd., Shuhei Nojiri Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Reserch Laboratory, Hideyuki Kanuka Hitachi, Ltd. File Attached

11:00 - 12:30	Mining Software RepositoriesResearch Papers / Journal-first at Room Vietri Chair(s): Giuseppe Destefanis Brunel University London

11:00 15m Talk		On the Accuracy of GitHub's Dependency Graph 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 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 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 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 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 Journal-first Akhila Sri Manasa Venigalla IIT Tirupati, Sridhar Chimalakonda Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati

12:30 - 14:00	LunchCatering

12:30 90m Lunch		Lunch Catering

14:00 - 15:25	Artificial Intelligence for Software EngineeringIndustry / Research Papers / Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results at Room Capri Chair(s): Sridhar Chimalakonda Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati, Klaus Schmid University of Hildesheim

14:00 15m Talk		A Performance Study of LLM-Generated Code on Leetcode Research Papers Tristan Coignion , Clement Quinton University of Lille, Inria, Romain Rouvoy Univ. Lille / Inria / CNRS Pre-print
14:15 15m Talk		How Much Logs Does My Source Code File Need? Learning to Predict the Density of Logs Research Papers Mohamed Amine Batoun École de Technologie Supérieure, Mohammed Sayagh ETS Montreal, University of Quebec, Ali Ouni ETS Montreal, University of Quebec
14:30 15m Talk		The Promise and Challenges of using LLMs to Accelerate the Screening Process of Systematic Reviews Research Papers Aleksi Huotala University of Helsinki, Miikka Kuutila Dalhousie University, Paul Ralph Dalhousie University, Mika Mäntylä University of Helsinki and University of Oulu Link to publication DOI Pre-print
14:45 15m Talk		AI-enabled efficient PVM performance monitoring Industry Mario Veniero Independent Researcher, Davide Varriale MEDIACOM SRL DOI
15:00 15m Talk		Automated evaluation of game content display using deep learning Industry Ciprian Paduraru University of Bucharest, Marina Cernat University of Bucharest, Alin Stefanescu University of Bucharest
15:15 10m Talk		Automated categorization of pre-trained models in software engineering: A case study with a Hugging Face dataset Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results Claudio Di Sipio University of L'Aquila, Riccardo Rubei University of L'Aquila, Juri Di Rocco University of L'Aquila, Davide Di Ruscio University of L'Aquila, Phuong T. Nguyen University of L’Aquila Pre-print

14:00 - 15:30	Security (1)Industry / Research Papers / Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results at Room Vietri Chair(s): Giuseppe Scanniello University of Salerno

14:00 12m Talk		Analyzing Prerequisites of known Deserialization Vulnerabilities on Java Applications Research Papers Bruno Kreyssig Umeå University, Alexandre Bartel Umeå University
14:12 12m Talk		An Extensive Comparison of Static Application Security Testing Tools 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 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 Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results Alexandros Tsakpinis fortiss GmbH, Alexander Pretschner TU Munich DOI Pre-print
14:51 12m Talk		Unveiling iOS Scamwares through Crowdturfing Reviews Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results Zhipeng Xu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
15:04 12m Talk		Mining REST APIs for Potential Mass Assignment Vulnerabilities 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 Industry Rocio Cabrera Lozoya SAP Security Research, Antonino Sabetta SAP Labs, Tommaso Aiello SAP Security Research

	15:30 - 16:00	Coffee BreakCatering

16:00 - 16:40	Data and SustainabilityShort Papers, Vision and Emerging Results / Research Papers at Room Capri Chair(s): Gemma Catolino University of Salerno

16:00 16m Talk		Towards Comprehending Energy Consumption of Database Management Systems - A Tool and Empirical Study Research Papers Hemasri Sai Lella Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati, Rajrupa Chattaraj Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, India, Sridhar Chimalakonda Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati, Manasa Kurra DOI
16:15 15m Talk		Data Quality Assessment in the Wild: Findings from GitHub Research Papers Ipek Ustunboyacioglu JADS/Tilburg University, Indika Kumara Tilburg University, Dario Di Nucci University of Salerno, Willem-Jan van den Heuvel JADS/Tilburg University, Damian Andrew Tamburri TU/e
16:30 10m Talk		Sustainability in Blockchain Development: A BERT-Based Analysis of Ethereum Developer Discussions Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results Matteo Vaccargiu University of Cagliari, Sabrina Aufiero University College London, Silvia Bartolucci University College London, Rumyana Neykova Brunel University London, Roberto Tonelli University of Cagliari, Giuseppe Destefanis Brunel University London DOI Pre-print
16:40 15m Talk		Code Summarization without Direct Access to Code - Towards Exploring Federated LLMs for Software Engineering Research Papers Jahnavi Kumar Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, India, Sridhar Chimalakonda Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati

16:00 - 17:15	Security (2)Research Papers / 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 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 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 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 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 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 Social Events

Accepted Papers

	Title
	A Catalog of Transformations to Remove Test Smells From Natural Language TestsDistinguished Paper Award Research Papers Manoel Aranda III, Naelson Oliveira, Elvys Soares, Márcio Ribeiro, Davi Romão, Ullyanne Patriota, Rohit Gheyi, Emerson Paulo Soares de Souza, Ivan Machado Pre-print
	Adversarial Attack and Robustness Improvement on Code Summarization Research Papers Xi Ding, Yuan Huang, Xiangping Chen, Jing Bian
	Analyzing Prerequisites of known Deserialization Vulnerabilities on Java Applications Research Papers Bruno Kreyssig, Alexandre Bartel
	An Empirically Grounded Reference Architecture for Software Supply Chain Metadata Management Research Papers Nguyen Khoi Tran, Samodha Pallewatta, Muhammad Ali Babar
	An Empirical Study on Code Coverage of Performance Testing Research Papers Muhammad Imran, Vittorio Cortellessa, Davide Di Ruscio, Riccardo Rubei, Luca Traini Link to publication DOI
	An Empirical Study on the Energy Usage and Performance of Pandas and Polars Data Analysis Python Libraries Research Papers Felix Nahrstedt, Mehdi Karmouche, Karolina Bargieł, Pouyeh Banijamali, Apoorva Nalini Pradeep Kumar, Ivano Malavolta Pre-print
	An Extensive Comparison of Static Application Security Testing Tools Research Papers Matteo Esposito, Valentina Falaschi, Davide Falessi Pre-print
	A Performance Study of LLM-Generated Code on Leetcode Research Papers Tristan Coignion, Clement Quinton, Romain Rouvoy Pre-print
	A Quantitative Investigation of Trends in Confusing Variable Pairs Through Commits: Do Confusing Variable Pairs Survive? Research Papers Hirohisa Aman, Sousuke Amasaki, Tomoyuki Yokogawa, Minoru Kawahara
	Code Summarization without Direct Access to Code - Towards Exploring Federated LLMs for Software Engineering Research Papers Jahnavi Kumar, Sridhar Chimalakonda
	Context Switch Sensitive Fault LocalizationDistinguished Paper Award Research Papers Ferenc Horv�th, Roland Aszmann, Péter Attila Soha, Árpád Beszédes, Tibor Gyimothy
	Data Quality Assessment in the Wild: Findings from GitHub Research Papers Ipek Ustunboyacioglu, Indika Kumara, Dario Di Nucci, Willem-Jan van den Heuvel, Damian Andrew Tamburri
	Does trainer gender make a difference when delivering phishing training? A new experimental design to capture bias Research Papers André Palheiros Da Silva, Winnie Bahati Mbaka, Johann Mayer, Jan-Willem Bullee, Katja Tuma
	How Much Logs Does My Source Code File Need? Learning to Predict the Density of Logs Research Papers Mohamed Amine Batoun, Mohammed Sayagh, Ali Ouni
	How the Training Procedure Impacts the Performance of Deep Learning-based Vulnerability Patching Research Papers Antonio Mastropaolo, Vittoria Nardone, Gabriele Bavota, Massimiliano Di Penta
	Improving classifier-based effort-aware software defect prediction by reducing ranking errors Research Papers Yuchen GUO, Martin Shepperd, Ning Li Pre-print
	Issues and Their Causes in WebAssembly Applications: An Empirical Study Research Papers Muhammad Waseem, Teerath Das, Aakash Ahmad, Peng Liang, Tommi Mikkonen Link to publication Pre-print Media Attached
	LEGION: Harnessing Pre-trained Language Models for GitHub Topic Recommendations with Distribution-Balance Loss Research Papers Yen-Trang Dang, Le-Cong Thanh, Phuc-Thanh Nguyen, Anh M. T. Bui, Phuong T. Nguyen, Xuan-Bach D. Le, Quyet Thang Huynh Pre-print
	Leveraging Statistical Machine Translation for Code Search Research Papers Hung Phan, Ali Jannesari
	LLM-Based Chatbots for Mining Software Repositories: Challenges and Opportunities Research Papers Samuel Abedu, Ahmad Abdellatif, Emad Shihab Pre-print
	"Looks Good To Me ;-)": Assessing Sentiment Analysis Tools for Pull Request Discussions Research Papers Daniel Coutinho, Luísa Cito, Maria Vitória Lima, Beatriz Arantes, Juliana Alves Pereira, Johny Arriel, João Godinho, Vinícius Martins, Paulo Vítor C. F. Libório, Leonardo Leite, Alessandro Garcia, Wesley Assunção, Igor Steinmacher, Augusto Baffa, Baldoino Fonseca
	Motivation Research Using Labeling Functions Research Papers Idan Amit, Dror Feitelson DOI Pre-print
	Mutation Testing for Task-Oriented Chatbots Research Papers Pablo Gómez-Abajo, Sara Perez-Soler, Pablo C Canizares, Esther Guerra, Juan de Lara Pre-print
	On the Accuracy of GitHub's Dependency Graph Research Papers Daniele Bifolco, Sabato Nocera, Simone Romano, Massimiliano Di Penta, Rita Francese, Giuseppe Scanniello
	Reality Check: Assessing GPT-4 in Fixing Real-World Software Vulnerabilities Research Papers Zoltán Ságodi, Gabor Antal, Bence Bogenfürst, Martin Isztin, Peter Hegedus, Rudolf Ferenc
	The Promise and Challenges of using LLMs to Accelerate the Screening Process of Systematic Reviews Research Papers Aleksi Huotala, Miikka Kuutila, Paul Ralph, Mika Mäntylä Link to publication DOI Pre-print
	Towards Comprehending Energy Consumption of Database Management Systems - A Tool and Empirical Study Research Papers Hemasri Sai Lella, Rajrupa Chattaraj, Sridhar Chimalakonda, Manasa Kurra DOI
	Towards Semi-Automated Merge Conflict Resolution: Is It Easier Than We Expected?Distinguished Paper Award Research Papers Alexander Boll, Yael van Dok, Manuel Ohrndorf, Alexander Schultheiß, Timo Kehrer
	Trustworthy AI in practice: an analysis of practitioners' needs and challenges Research Papers Maria Teresa Baldassarre, Domenico Gigante, Azzurra Ragone, Sara Tibidò, Marcos Kalinowski
	Understanding Logical Expressions with Negations: Its Complicated Research Papers Aviad Baron, Ilai Granot, Ron Yosef, Dror Feitelson
	Using Large Language Models to Generate JUnit Tests: An Empirical Study Research Papers Mohammed Latif Siddiq, Joanna C. S. Santos, Ridwanul Hasan Tanvir, Noshin Ulfat, Fahmid Al Rifat, Vinicius Carvalho Lopes Pre-print
	VulDL: Tree-based and Graph-based Neural Networks for Vulnerability Detection and Localization Research Papers Jingzheng Wu, Xiang Ling, Xu Duan, Tianyue Luo, Mutian Yang

Call for Papers

The International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE) is one of the premier conferences for research related to empirical software engineering. The EASE research track seeks high-quality submissions of technical research papers describing original and unpublished results.

Topics and Methods

EASE welcomes papers addressing topics related to evaluating and assessing software products, processes, practices, tools & techniques, including:

Meta-science (e.g., papers about research methods and methodological issues, whether empirical or conceptual)
- Infrastructure and techniques for conducting empirical studies on SE.
- Theory development, operationalization, testing, and application.
Applications of evaluation and assessment in specific contexts, such as:
- Software Requirements
- Software Architecture
- Software Design
- Software Construction
- Software Testing
- Software Engineering Operations
- Software Maintenance
- Software Configuration Management
- Software Engineering Management
- Software Engineering Models and Methods
- Software Engineering Process
- Software Quality
- Software Security
- Software Engineering Economics
- Software Engineering Professional Practice
- Computing Foundations
- Human factors and behavioral aspects of SE
Inter- or multi-disciplinary studies intersecting software engineering
Evaluation and comparison of technologies and approaches (e.g., IoT, Context– Awareness, Cyber-physical)

Similarly, EASE welcomes papers employing any of the following empirical methods in SE:

Action Research
Benchmarking
Case Study
Case Survey
Data Science
Engineering Research (aka design as research, design science)
Experiment with human participants
Grounded Theory
Longitudinal Study
Meta-science
Mixed Methods (also select methods that were mixed)
Optimization Studies
Qualitative Survey (i.e., interview study)
Quantitative Simulation
Questionnaire Survey (quantitative)
Repository Mining
Systematic Literature Review
Mixed methods and multi-methodology
Replication studies

EASE also welcomes studies with negative findings or non-significant results.

How to submit

All papers must be submitted in PDF format through the web-based submission system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ease2024 Submissions must not exceed 10 pages, including all figures, tables, references, and appendices.

All submissions should use the official ACM Primary Article Template (https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template). Deviating from the ACM formatting instructions may lead to a desk rejection. LaTeX users should use the following options:

\documentclass[sigconf,review,anonymous]{acmart}
\acmConference[EASE 2024]{The 28th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering}{18–21 June, 2024}{Salerno, Italy}

Authors must comply with the SIGSOFT Open Science Policy https://github.com/acmsigsoft/open-science-policies/blob/master/sigsoft-open-science-policies.md (i.e., to archive data and artifacts in a permanent repository—e.g., Zenodo, not GitHub—to the extent ethically and practically possible, and include links in a Data Availability section in their manuscripts).

EASE 2024 will employ a double-anonymous review process. Do not include author names or affiliations in submissions. All references to the author’s prior work should be in the third person. Any online supplements, replication packages, etc., referred to in the work should also be anonymized. Advice for sharing supplements anonymously can be found here https://ineed.coffee/post/how-to-disclose-data-for-double-blind-review-and-make-it-archived-open-data-upon-acceptance

By submitting to EASE, authors agree to the ACM Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism, Misrepresentation, and Falsification https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/plagiarism-overview. Papers submitted to EASE must not be published or under review elsewhere. The Program Chairs may use plagiarism detection software under contract to the ACM. If the research involves human participants/subjects, the authors must adhere to the ACM Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/research-involving-human-participants-and-subjects.

Review criteria

Papers selected for the field experiment will receive two standards-based reviews. To see the criteria for standards-based reviews will use this tool. https://acmsigsoft.github.io/EmpiricalStandards/form_generator/Checklist.html?role=author. Read the introductory paragraph carefully. Select the method(s) used in your submission. Click “submit.” Going through this checklist is a great way to optimize your paper for EASE.

All papers will receive free-text reviews like in previous years. These reviews will evaluate submissions against the following criteria:

Soundness: The extent to which the paper’s contributions and/or innovations address its research questions and are supported by rigorous application of appropriate research methods
Significance: The extent to which the paper’s contributions can impact the field of software engineering and under which assumptions (if any)
Novelty: The extent to which the contributions are sufficiently original with respect to the state-of-the-art
Verifiability and Transparency: The extent to which the paper includes sufficient information to understand how an innovation works; how data was obtained, analyzed, and interpreted; and how the paper supports independent verification or replication of the paper’s claimed contributions.
Presentation: The extent to which the paper’s quality of writing meets the high standards of EASE, including clear descriptions, as well as adequate use of the English language, absence of major ambiguity, clearly readable figures and tables, and adherence to the formatting instructions provided above.

Important dates

~~Abstract Submission deadline: 11 January 2024, AoE~~
~~Submission deadline: 18 January 2024, AoE~~
~~Notification: 6 March 2024, AoE~~
~~Camera-ready: 26 April 2024, AoE~~
~~Early registration deadline: 5 May 2024, AoE~~

Conference Attendance Expectation

If a submission is accepted, at least one author of the paper is required to register for the conference and present the paper.

Research PapersEASE 2024

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Accepted Papers

Call for Papers

Topics and Methods

How to submit

Review criteria

Important dates

Conference Attendance Expectation

Jessica DíazProgram Co-Chair

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Spain

Alexander SerebrenikProgram Co-Chair

Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands

Silvia AbrahãoCommittee Member

Universitat Politècnica de València

Spain

Eman Abdullah AlOmarCommittee Member

Stevens Institute of Technology

United States

Shaukat AliCommittee Member

Simula Research Laboratory and Oslo Metropolitan University

Norway

Francesca Arcelli FontanaCommittee Member

University of Milano-Bicocca

Paris AvgeriouCommittee Member

University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Netherlands

Sebastian BaltesCommittee Member

University of Bayreuth

Germany

Ann BarcombCommittee Member

Department of Electrical and Software Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary

Canada

David BenavidesCommittee Member

Universidad de Sevilla

Spain

Alvine Boaye BelleCommittee Member

York University

Canada

John BusingeCommittee Member

University of Antwerp; Flanders Make; University of Nevada at Las Vegas

Belgium

Nathan CasseeCommittee Member

Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands

Fernando CastorCommittee Member

University of Twente and Federal University of Pernambuco

Sridhar ChimalakondaCommittee Member

Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati

India

Ruzanna ChitchyanCommittee Member

University of Bristol

United Kingdom

Eunjong ChoiCommittee Member

Kyoto Institute of Technology

Japan

Maya DanevaCommittee Member

University of Twente

Netherlands

Xavier DevroeyCommittee Member

University of Namur

Belgium

Daniele Di PompeoCommittee Member

University of L'Aquila

Italy

Edna Dias CanedoCommittee Member

University of Brasilia (UnB)

Brazil

Nicolás E. Díaz FerreyraCommittee Member

Hamburg University of Technology

Germany

Dror FeitelsonCommittee Member

Hebrew University

Israel

Ana M. Fernández-SáezCommittee Member

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