Dates
Tracks
Thu 6 JunDisplayed time zone: Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi change
Thu 6 Jun
Displayed time zone: Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi change
14:00 - 15:30 | Session 3A: API and MicroservicesResearch Papers / New and Emerging Ideas Session Chair: Daniele Di Pompeo, University of L’Aquila | ||
14:00 25mResearch paper | MAGNET: Method-based Approach using Graph Neural Network for Microservices IdentificationResearch Paper Research Papers A: Imen Trabelsi , A: Naouel Moha École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS), A: Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc Concordia University and Polytechnique Montréal, A: Lucas Geffard École de Technologie Supérieure | ||
14:25 25mResearch paper | Automated Reverse Engineering for MoM-based Microservices (ARE4MOM) using static analysisResearch Paper Research Papers A: Snigdha Singh Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, A: Anne Koziolek Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | ||
14:50 25mResearch paper | Detecting Usage of Deprecated Web APIs via TracingResearch Paper Research Papers Pre-print File Attached | ||
15:15 20mResearch paper | Toward a Collaboration Optimization in Microservice Projects based on Developer PersonalitiesNEMI New and Emerging Ideas A: Xiaozhou Li , A: Fabio Calefato University of Bari, A: Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu, A: Davide Taibi University of Oulu and Tampere University | ||
14:00 - 15:30 | Session 3B: Ethics, Security, Trust and ResponsibilityNew and Emerging Ideas / Research Papers Session Chair: Patricia Lago, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | ||
14:00 20mResearch paper | Towards Anthropomorphic Trust Management for Digital SocietyNEMI New and Emerging Ideas | ||
14:20 20mResearch paper | An architecture for ethics-based negotiation in the decision-making of intelligent autonomous systemsNEMI New and Emerging Ideas A: Mashal Afzal Memon University of L’Aquila, Italy, A: Gian Luca Scoccia Gran Sasso Science Institute, A: Marco Autili University of L'Aquila, Italy, A: Paola Inverardi University of L'Aquila | ||
14:40 15mShort-paper | Towards Responsible Generative AI: A Reference Architecture for Designing Foundation Model based AgentsShort Paper Research Papers A: Qinghua Lu Data61, CSIRO, A: Liming Zhu The University of New South Wales, A: Xiwei (Sherry) Xu Data61, CSIRO, A: Zhenchang Xing CSIRO’s Data61; Australian National University, A: Stefan Harrer , A: Jon Whittle CSIRO's Data61 and Monash University | ||
14:55 15mResearch paper | A Novel Approach for Security Analysis in Microservices using Graph Neural NetworksNEMI New and Emerging Ideas A: Chitra Babu , A: Akil Karthikeyan Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, A: Nandakishor Velu , A: Kaarthik Sivakumar , A: Abhishek Pathak | ||
15:10 15mResearch paper | Towards a Single Source of Truth with a Freely Shareable DeltachainNEMI New and Emerging Ideas | ||
16:00 - 17:30 | Session 4: QoS 1Research Papers / Journal First Session Chair: Ian Gorton, Northeastern University – Seattle, USA | ||
16:00 15mShort-paper | Blockchain interoperability patternsShort Paper Research Papers A: Guzmán Llambías Universidad de la República and Pyxis, A: Laura González Universidad de la República, A: Raul Ruggia , A: Guzmán Llambías Universidad de la República and Pyxis | ||
16:15 15mShort-paper | Sarch-Checks: A Method for Checking Software Architecture Security Properties using a Knowledge GraphShort Paper Research Papers A: Jeisson Andrés Vergara Vargas Universidad Nacional de Colombia and IRISA - Université Bretagne Sud, A: Felipe Restrepo-Calle , A: Salah Sadou , A: Chouki Tibermacine LIRMM, CNRS and University of Montpellier | ||
16:30 20mPaper | Improving hardware/software interface management in Systems of Systems through Documentation as CodeJournal First Journal First A: Héctor Cadavid University of Groningen, A: Vasilios Andrikopoulos University of Groningen, A: Paris Avgeriou University of Groningen, The Netherlands | ||
16:50 20mPaper | The Uphill Journey of FaaS in the Open-Source CommunityJournal First Journal First | ||
17:10 15mShort-paper | CCDUIT: A Software Overlay for Cross-Federation Collaboration between Data SpacesShort Paper Research Papers A: Nikolaos Papadakis , A: Georgios Bouloukakis Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, A: Kostas Magoutis | ||
Fri 7 JunDisplayed time zone: Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi change
Fri 7 Jun
Displayed time zone: Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi change
11:30 - 13:00 | Session 5: QoS - 2Research Papers Session Chair: Davide Taibi, University of Oulu, and Tampere University, Finland. | ||
11:30 25mResearch paper | Exploring sustainable alternatives for the deployment of microservices architectures in the cloudResearch Paper Research Papers A: Vittorio Cortellessa University of L'Aquila, A: Daniele Di Pompeo University of L'Aquila, A: Michele Tucci University of L'Aquila | ||
11:55 25mResearch paper | Smart HPA: A Resource-Efficient Horizontal Pod Auto-scaler for Microservice ArchitecturesResearch Paper Research Papers A: Hussain Ahmad University of Adelaide, A: Christoph Treude Singapore Management University, A: Markus Wagner Monash University, Australia, A: Claudia Szabo The University of Adelaide | ||
12:20 25mResearch paper | Automating the Evaluation of Interoperability Effectiveness in Heterogeneous IoT SystemsResearch Paper Research Papers A: Georgios Bouloukakis Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, A: Nikolaos Georgantas , A: Ajay Kattepur Ericsson Research, A: Houssam Hajj Hassan SAMOVAR, Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, A: Valerie Issarny Inria | ||
12:45 15mShort-paper | A Message Broker Architecture for Adaptive Data Exchange in the IoTShort Paper Research Papers A: Houssam Hajj Hassan SAMOVAR, Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, A: Georgios Bouloukakis Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, A: Luca Scalzotto , A: Nirmine Khaled , A: Denis Conan SAMOVAR, Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, A: Ajay Kattepur , A: Djamel Belaïd | ||
14:00 - 15:30 | Session 6A: Architecture Design & Rationale 1New and Emerging Ideas / Research Papers Session Chair: Ingo Weber, TU Munich and Fraunhofer Gesellschaft | ||
14:00 25mResearch paper | Informed and Assessable Observability Design Decisions in Cloud-native Microservice Applications Research Papers A: Maria C Borges Technische Universität Berlin, A: Joshua Bauer Technische Universität Berlin, A: Sebastian Werner TU Berlin, Germany, A: Michael Gebauer TU Berlin, Germany, A: Stefan Tai Technische Universität Berlin Pre-print | ||
14:25 25mResearch paper | Can LLMs Generate Architectural Design Decisions? - An Exploratory Empirical studyResearch Paper Research Papers A: Rudra Dhar SERC, IIIT Hyderabad, India, A: Karthik Vaidhyanathan IIIT Hyderabad, A: Vasudeva Varma International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad Pre-print | ||
14:50 25mResearch paper | Supporting Architectural Decision Making on Training Strategies in Reinforcement Learning ArchitecturesResearch Paper Research Papers A: Evangelos Ntentos University of Vienna, A: Stephen John Warnett University of Vienna, A: Uwe Zdun University of Vienna | ||
15:15 20mResearch paper | Towards Connecting Bugs and Architecture in Software Systems: A PerspectiveNEMI New and Emerging Ideas | ||
14:00 - 15:30 | Session 6B: Conformance Checking & Empirical Analysis 1Research Papers / Journal First Session Chair: Elisa Yumi Nakagawa, University of São Paulo | ||
14:00 25mResearch paper | We're Drifting Apart: Architectural Drift from the Developers' PerspectiveResearch Paper Research Papers A: Emilie Anthony Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, A: Astrid Berntsson Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, A: Tiziano Santilli Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), A: Rebekka Wohlrab Chalmers University of Technology | ||
14:25 25mResearch paper | Continuous conformance of software architecturesResearch Paper Research Papers A: Alessio Bucaioni Mälardalen University, A: Amleto Di Salle Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), A: Ludovico Iovino Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy, A: Leonardo Mariani University of Milano-Bicocca, A: Patrizio Pelliccione Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy | ||
14:50 25mResearch paper | RESTRuler: Towards Automatically Identifying Violations of RESTful Design Rules in Web APIs Research Papers A: Justus Bogner Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, A: Sebastian Kotstein Reutlingen University, A: Daniel Abajirov University of Stuttgart, A: Timothy Ernst , A: Manuel Merkel University of Stuttgart Pre-print | ||
15:15 20mPaper | What is Continuous Compliance?Journal First Journal First A: Tiziano Santilli Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), A: Patrizio Pelliccione Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy, A: Rebekka Wohlrab Chalmers University of Technology, A: Ali Shahrokni Systemite | ||
16:00 - 17:30 | Session 7A: Architecture Design & Rationale 2New and Emerging Ideas / Research Papers Session Chair: Vasudev Varma, Brane Research & IIIT Hyderabad. India | ||
16:00 25mResearch paper | Architectural Design Decisions for Self-Serve Data Platforms in Data MeshesResearch Paper Research Papers A: Tom van Dijk , A: Indika Kumara Tilburg University, A: Dario Di Nucci University of Salerno, A: Damian Andrew Tamburri TU/e, A: Willem-Jan van den Heuvel JADS/Tilburg University Pre-print File Attached | ||
16:25 25mResearch paper | A data-flow oriented software architecture for heterogeneous marine data streamsResearch Paper Research Papers A: Keila Lima Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, A: Ngoc-Thanh Nguyen Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, A: Rogardt Heldal , A: Lars Kristensen Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, A: Tosin Daniel Oyetoyan SINTEF Digital, A: Patrizio Pelliccione Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy, A: Eric Knauss Chalmers | University of Gothenburg | ||
16:50 20mResearch paper | Brain-Inspired Software Architecture: An Adaptive Neural Network SystemsNEMI New and Emerging Ideas A: Ashish Ranjan , A: Sushant Kumar Pandey Chalmers and University of Gothenburg, A: Tribikram Pradhan , A: Ashwini Kumar Singh | ||
17:10 20mResearch paper | Cyber-Resilient Edge Computing: A Holistic Approach with Multi-Level MAPE-K LoopsNEMI New and Emerging Ideas A: Marco Stadler Johannes Kepler University Linz, A: Johannes Sametinger , A: Michael Riegler Johannes Kepler University Linz | ||
16:00 - 17:35 | Session 7B: Conformance Checking & Empirical Analysis 2Research Papers / Journal First Session Chair: Sridhar Chimalakonda, IIT Tirupathi, India | ||
16:00 25mResearch paper | How Do Microservice API Patterns Impact Understandability? A Controlled Experiment Research Papers A: Justus Bogner Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, A: Olaf Zimmermann University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland (OST), A: Pawel Wójcik University of Science and Technology in Cracow Pre-print | ||
16:25 25mResearch paper | Experimental Evaluation of Energy Efficiency Tactics in Industry: Results and Lessons LearnedResearch Paper Research Papers A: Markus Funke Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, A: Patricia Lago Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, A: Esther Adenekan Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, A: Ivano Malavolta Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, A: Ilja Heitlager Schuberg Philis Pre-print | ||
16:50 25mResearch paper | Characterizing Software Architectural Metrics for Continuous Compliance in the Automotive DomainResearch Paper Research Papers A: Tiziano Santilli Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), A: Marco De Luca Federico II University of Naples, A: Patrizio Pelliccione Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy, A: Domenico Amalfitano University of Naples Federico II, A: Anna Rita Fasolino Federico II University of Naples | ||
17:15 20mPaper | Do RESTful API design rules have an impact on the understandability of Web APIs?Journal First Journal First A: Justus Bogner Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, A: Sebastian Kotstein Reutlingen University, A: Timo Pfaff Link to publication DOI | ||
Accepted Papers
Call for Papers
The goal of the New and Emerging Ideas (NEMI) track at ICSA is to encourage the software architecture community to propose new software architecture research visions and ideas, which can potentially challenge the status quo of the software architecture discipline (research and practice) and point to new directions and opportunities.
The ICSA 2024 NEMI track seeks the following types of contributions:
New Ideas
- Visions or exciting new directions supported by a robust and well-motivated scientific foundation or practical application with concrete plans going forward
- Arguments or results that challenge established results or beliefs, providing evidence that calls for fundamentally new directions, opening up new research avenues or software architecture practices
- Thought-provoking reflections, bold and unexpected results, and reflections that can help us look at current research directions in a new light, calling for new directions for future research; bold revisits of current research directions that may be somehow misguided
- Radically new approaches, techniques, or theories that can bring new results to software architecture research or practice; may have yet to be supported by solid experimental results, but are nonetheless supported by strong and well-argued scientific intuitions as well as concrete plans going forward
Emerging Results
- Not yet fully mature research results, which may lack full validation however they should be supported by initial evidence. These initial results should point to important scientific novelty or gaps that can stimulate reflection.
- Startling new results that come in conflict with established results or beliefs, supporting a call for fundamentally new research directions
- Papers that trigger discussion and raise awareness and reflection on specific topics in research and/or practice
Scope of NEMI Track
NEMI provides a forum for innovative, thought-provoking insights in software architecture to accelerate the exposure of the community to early and ongoing yet promising and potentially inspiring innovations in both industry and academia. A NEMI track paper is not just a scaled-down version of an ICSA research track paper. The NEMI track is reserved for first-class contributions that provide novel, soundly motivated directions and emerging results in research and practice.In principle, the track addresses the same software architecture topics of interest as those of the research track. However, NEMI authors are encouraged to combine those topics in new ways to establish connections to other fields outside of classical software architecture, push the boundaries of software architecture to new avenues, as well as to argue for the importance of software architecture research and practice in areas not explicitly listed.
Out of Scope
A NEMI submission should not be just incremental results on existing research, nor disguised advertisements for previously published results, products, tools or methods, or experience reports. ICSA 2023 offers several tracks and workshops where such work can be submitted for the benefits of the ICSA community.Expected Content
NEMI papers must clearly motivate and illustrate a rationale for changing current practice and/or research in software architecture. Evaluation results are not required for NEMI papers (but if such results exist, they may be presented if only to give the reviewers insights into the evaluation plan). Strong argumentation and reasoning are expected to inspire the readers.Papers must include, in the abstract and the introduction, a clear statement about the claimed contribution, i.e., “New Ideas”or “Emerging Results”.
NEMI submissions must include a section titled “Discussion”, including a critical reflection on the new idea or emerging results that explicitly addresses relevant aspects for discussion during the conference. These aspects include, for example, the potential societal impact of the vision, ideas, and/or results proposed; alternatives and their pros and cons in comparison with the proposal; aspects going beyond technical barriers that may affect the feasibility of the submitted proposal, and others. Finally, we require all submissions to the NEMI track to include a section titled “Future Plans”, where the authors outline the work they plan on doing to turn their new idea or emerging results into a full-length paper in the future.
Evaluation
Each submission will be reviewed and evaluated in terms of the following quality criteria:- Value: the problem is worth exploring, ideally inspired by real-world use;
- Impact: the potential for disruption of current practice and/or research;
- Originality: the novelty of insights or ideas/visions; the extent to which the contributions are sufficiently original with respect to the state-of-the-art;
- Scholarship: appropriate consideration of the current literature;
- Evaluation: appropriate consideration of relevant literature and/or research evaluation to demonstrate originality, arguments, and limitations; and
- Quality: overall manuscript quality and how the paper’s quality of writing meets the high standards of ICSA, including explicit 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
New Ideas will also be evaluated based on: Rationale: soundness of the justification, reasoning, and argumentation
Emerging Results will also be evaluated based on: Evaluation: initial evidence; appropriate consideration of relevant literature and/or research evaluation to demonstrate originality, arguments, and limitations
Formatting and Submission
All NEMI submissions must conform to the author Instructions (including the instructions under “Expected Content” above) and must not exceed 5 pages, including all text, references, appendices, and figures. No double-blind, but single-blind review will apply to NEMI papers. All papers must be submitted electronically via EasyChair (track: ICSA 2024 New and Emerging Ideas) , by the submission deadline. Submissions must not have been published elsewhere and must not be under review or submitted for review elsewhere while under consideration for ICSA 2023 NEMI track. Note that in addition to an oral plenary presentation at the conference, authors of accepted papers may also bring a poster describing their work further to showcase their work to a broader ICSA audience.Important Dates
- Abstract Submission: Feb 11th, 2024
- Paper Submission: Feb 18th, 2024
- Notification of Acceptance: March 17th, 2024
- Camera-ready Submission: March 31st, 2024
Publication and Attendance
All accepted contributions will be published in ICSA 2024 Companion proceedings and will appear in IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Note that at least one author of an accepted contribution is required to register and present the work at the conference. In the absence of restrictions (such as those due to Covid-19), an in-person presentation is required. All submissions must conform to the IEEE paper formatting and submission instructions and must not exceed 10 pages for the main text, inclusive of all figures, tables, appendices, etc. Two additional pages containing only references are permitted. The submissions must conform to the author instructions as well as to the IEEE Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Generated TextAll papers are to be submitted electronically via the EasyChair submission system by the submission deadline, and must not have been published before or be submitted for review elsewhere while under consideration at ICSA. All submissions will be checked with an anti-plagiarism tool.
New and Emerging Ideas Track Chairs
Nelly Bencomo, Durham University, UK
Damian Andrew Tamburri, Eindhoven University of Technology – JADS, NL & Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Important Dates AoE (UTC-12h)
| Sun 31 Mar 2024 Camera Ready Due |
| Sun 17 Mar 2024 Notification of Acceptance |
| Sun 18 Feb 2024 Paper Submission |
Submission Link
Nelly BencomoCo-chair
Durham University
United Kingdom
Justus BognerCommittee Member
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Netherlands
Barbora BuhnovaCommittee Member
Masaryk University
Czechia
Ilias GerostathopoulosCommittee Member
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Netherlands
Patricia LagoCommittee Member
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Netherlands
Peng LiangCommittee Member
Wuhan University, China
China
Cesare PautassoCommittee Member
Software Institute, Faculty of Informatics, USI Lugano
Switzerland
Dirk RiehleCommittee Member
U of Erlangen
Patrizia ScandurraCommittee Member
University of Bergamo, Italy
Italy
Damian Andrew TamburriCo-chair
TU/e
Netherlands
Danny WeynsCommittee Member
KU Leuven
Belgium