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ICSE 2020
Wed 24 June - Thu 16 July 2020

The New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER) track at ICSE provides a vibrant forum for forward looking, innovative research in software engineering. Our aim is to accelerate the exposure of the software engineering community to early yet potentially ground-breaking research results, or to techniques and perspectives that challenge the status quo in the discipline.

Dates
Tue 7 Jul 2020
Wed 8 Jul 2020
Thu 9 Jul 2020
Fri 10 Jul 2020
Sat 11 Jul 2020
Tracks
ICSE Demonstrations
ICSE Journal First
ICSE New Ideas and Emerging Results
ICSE Software Engineering in Practice
ICSE Technical Papers
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Tue 7 Jul

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07:00 - 08:00
I1-MetastudiesNew Ideas and Emerging Results / Technical Papers / Journal First / Demonstrations at Baekje
Chair(s): Michael Vierhauser Johannes Kepler University Linz
07:31
6m
Talk
Threats to Validity in Experimenting Mutation-Based Fault LocalizationNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Juyoung Jeon Handong Global University, Shin Hong Handong Global University
07:00 - 08:00
I2-SecurityNew Ideas and Emerging Results / Technical Papers at Goguryeo
Chair(s): Andrea Stocco Università della Svizzera italiana
07:48
6m
Talk
Hey, my data are mine! Active data to empower the userNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Gian Luca Scoccia University of L'Aquila, Matteo Maria Fiore University of L'Aquila, Patrizio Pelliccione University of L'Aquila and Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Marco Autili University of L'Aquila, Italy, Paola Inverardi University of L'Aquila, Alejandro Russo Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
07:54
6m
Talk
Threat modeling: from infancy to maturityNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Koen Yskout imec - DistriNet, KU Leuven, Thomas Heyman Toreon, Dimitri Van Landuyt Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Laurens Sion imec-DistriNet, KU Leuven, Kim Wuyts imec-DistriNet, KU Leuven, Wouter Joosen Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Pre-print
08:05 - 09:05
I4-Clones and ChangesTechnical Papers / Journal First / New Ideas and Emerging Results / Demonstrations at Baekje
Chair(s): Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan
08:29
6m
Talk
Code Duplication on Stack OverflowNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Sebastian Baltes QAware GmbH and The University of Adelaide, Christoph Treude The University of Adelaide
Pre-print Media Attached
15:00 - 16:00
15:32
6m
Talk
Automatically Predicting Bug Severity Early in the Development ProcessNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Jude Arokiam Ontario Tech University, Jeremy Bradbury Ontario Tech University
15:00 - 16:00
A3-Code SummarizationTechnical Papers / New Ideas and Emerging Results at Silla
Chair(s): Shaohua Wang New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
15:36
6m
Talk
Where should I comment my code? A dataset and model for predicting locations that need commentsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Annie Louis University of Edinburgh, Santanu Dash University College London, UK, Earl T. Barr University College London, UK, Michael D. Ernst University of Washington, USA, Charles Sutton Google Research
15:54
6m
Talk
The Dual Channel HypothesisNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Casey Casalnuovo University of California at Davis, USA, Earl T. Barr University College London, UK, Santanu Dash University College London, UK, Prem Devanbu University of California, Emily Morgan University of California, Davis
16:05 - 17:05
A5-Testing and Debugging 2Demonstrations / New Ideas and Emerging Results / Technical Papers at Goguryeo
Chair(s): Marcelo d'Amorim Federal University of Pernambuco
16:29
6m
Talk
Is Your Quantum Program Bug-Free?New Ideas and Emerging Results Distinguished Paper AwardsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Andriy Miranskyy Ryerson University, Lei Zhang Ryerson University, Javad Doliskani Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Pre-print
16:53
6m
Talk
Blending Kinematic and Software Models for Tighter Reachability AnalysisNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Carl Hildebrandt University of Virginia, Sebastian Elbaum University of Virginia, USA, Nicola Bezzo University of Virginia

Wed 8 Jul

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00:00 - 01:00
P7-Human AspectsNew Ideas and Emerging Results / Technical Papers / Journal First at Baekje
Chair(s): Mei Nagappan University of Waterloo
00:08
6m
Talk
Towards Understanding Emotional Response to Requirements Changes in Agile TeamsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Kashumi Madampe Monash University, Australia, Rashina Hoda Monash University, Paramvir Singh The University of Auckland
Pre-print
00:00 - 01:00
00:52
6m
Talk
CHASE: Checklist to Assess User Experience in Internet of Things EnvironmentsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Rodrigo Almeida Federal University of Ceará, Joseane Paiva Federal University of Ceará, Rossana Andrade Federal University of Ceará, Ticianne Darin Federal University of Ceará
01:05 - 02:05
01:29
6m
Talk
Why Will My Question Be Closed? NLP-Based Pre-Submission Predictions of Question Closing Reasons on Stack OverflowNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Laszlo Toth University of Szeged, Hungary, Balázs Nagy University of Szeged, Hungary, László Vidács University of Szeged, Hungary, Tibor Gyimóthy University of Szeged, Hungary
15:00 - 16:00
A7-Human Aspects 1Technical Papers / Journal First / New Ideas and Emerging Results at Baekje
Chair(s): Alexander Serebrenik Eindhoven University of Technology
15:08
6m
Talk
Eye of the Mind: Image Processing for Social CodingNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Maleknaz Nayebi York University
Pre-print
15:38
6m
Talk
Better Code, Better Sharing: On the Need of Analyzing Jupyter NotebooksNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Jiawei Wang Monash University, Li Li Monash University, Australia, Andreas Zeller CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
Pre-print
15:44
6m
Talk
Stress and Burnout in Open Source: Toward Finding, Understanding, and Mitigating Unhealthy InteractionsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Naveen Raman University of Maryland, College Park, Minxuan Cao Carnegie Mellon University, Yulia Tsvetkov Carnegie Mellon University, Christian Kästner Carnegie Mellon University, Bogdan Vasilescu Carnegie Mellon University
Pre-print
15:00 - 16:00
15:24
6m
Talk
Synthesis of Assurance Cases for Software CertificationNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Hamid Bagheri University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, Eunsuk Kang Carnegie Mellon University, Niloofar Mansoor University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Pre-print
16:05 - 17:05
A11-Performance and AnalysisNew Ideas and Emerging Results / Journal First / Technical Papers / Demonstrations at Goguryeo
Chair(s): Pooyan Jamshidi University of South Carolina
16:44
6m
Talk
Program Debloating via Stochastic OptimizationNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Qi Xin Georgia Institute of Technology, Myeongsoo Kim Georgia Institute of Technology, Qirun Zhang Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, Alessandro Orso Georgia Tech
16:05 - 17:05
A12-TestingJournal First / New Ideas and Emerging Results / Demonstrations / Technical Papers at Silla
Chair(s): Sasa Misailovic University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
16:28
6m
Talk
A Container-Based Infrastructure for Fuzzy-Driven Root Causing of Flaky TestsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Valerio Terragni Università della Svizzera Italiana, Pasquale Salza University of Zurich, Filomena Ferrucci University of Salerno
Pre-print Media Attached

Thu 9 Jul

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08:05 - 09:05
I18-APIs and CommitsNew Ideas and Emerging Results / Journal First / Technical Papers at Silla
Chair(s): Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio
08:13
6m
Talk
Cooperative API Misuse Detection Using Correction RulesNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Sebastian Nielebock Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany, Robert Heumüller Chair of Software Engineering, Faculty of Computer Science, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Jacob Krüger Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Frank Ortmeier Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Faculty of Computer Science, Chair of Software Engineering
DOI Pre-print
08:43
6m
Talk
Boosting Automated Program Repair with Bug-Inducing CommitsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Ming Wen Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, Yepang Liu Southern University of Science and Technology, Shing-Chi Cheung Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Fri 10 Jul

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07:00 - 08:00
I19-Code Generation and VerificationTechnical Papers / Software Engineering in Practice / New Ideas and Emerging Results at Baekje
Chair(s): Raffi Khatchadourian City University of New York (CUNY) Hunter College
07:00
6m
Talk
Using Hypersafety Verification for Proving Correctness of Programming AssignmentsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Jude Anil TCS Research, Sumanth Prabhu TCS Research, Kumar Madhukar TCS Innovation Labs (TRDDC), R Venkatesh
07:18
6m
Talk
On the Power of Abstraction: a Model-Driven Co-evolution Approach of Software CodeNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Djamel Eddine Khelladi CNRS, France, Benoit Combemale University of Toulouse and Inria, Mathieu Acher (Univ Rennes, Inria, IRISA), Olivier Barais (Univ Rennes, Inria, IRISA)
15:00 - 16:00
15:48
6m
Talk
Understanding FLOSS through community publications: Strategies for Grey Literature ReviewNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Melissa Wen University of São Paulo, Leonardo Alexandre Ferreira Leite University of São Paulo, Fabio Kon University of São Paulo, Paulo Meirelles Federal University of São Paulo
16:05 - 17:05
A23-RequirementsJournal First / Technical Papers / New Ideas and Emerging Results at Goguryeo
Chair(s): Dalal Alrajeh Imperial College London
16:49
6m
Talk
With Registered Reports Towards Large Scale Data CurationNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Steffen Herbold University of Göttingen
Pre-print
16:05 - 17:05
A24-Testing and Debugging 4Technical Papers / New Ideas and Emerging Results / Journal First / Demonstrations at Silla
Chair(s): Yijun Yu The Open University, UK
16:05
6m
Talk
Manifold for Machine Learning AssuranceNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Taejoon Byun University of Minnesota, Sanjai Rayadurgam University of Minnesota
16:54
6m
Talk
Visual Sketching: From Image Sketches to CodeNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Marcelo d'Amorim Federal University of Pernambuco, Rui Abreu Instituto Superior Técnico, U. Lisboa & INESC-ID, Carlos Mello Federal University of Pernambuco
Pre-print Media Attached

Sat 11 Jul

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15:00 - 16:00
A27-Software ArchitectureNew Ideas and Emerging Results / Journal First / Demonstrations / Software Engineering in Practice at Silla
Chair(s): Patrizio Pelliccione University of L'Aquila and Chalmers | University of Gothenburg
15:23
6m
Talk
Towards Engineering Future Gameful ApplicationsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Antonio Bucchiarone Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy, Antonio Cicchetti Mälardalen University, Annapaola Marconi Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy
16:05 - 17:05
A29-Code Analysis and VerificationTechnical Papers / New Ideas and Emerging Results at Goguryeo
Chair(s): Elena Sherman Boise State University
16:29
6m
Talk
Predictive Constraint Solving and AnalysisNew Ideas and Emerging Results Distinguished Paper AwardsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Alyas Almaawi The University of Texas at Austin, Nima Dini University of Texas at Austin, Cagdas Yelen The University of Texas at Austin, Milos Gligoric The University of Texas at Austin, Sasa Misailovic University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Sarfraz Khurshid University of Texas at Austin, USA

Accepted Papers

Title
A Container-Based Infrastructure for Fuzzy-Driven Root Causing of Flaky TestsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Pre-print Media Attached
Automatically Predicting Bug Severity Early in the Development ProcessNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Better Code, Better Sharing: On the Need of Analyzing Jupyter NotebooksNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Pre-print
Blending Kinematic and Software Models for Tighter Reachability AnalysisNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Boosting Automated Program Repair with Bug-Inducing CommitsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
CHASE: Checklist to Assess User Experience in Internet of Things EnvironmentsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Code Duplication on Stack OverflowNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Pre-print Media Attached
Cooperative API Misuse Detection Using Correction RulesNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
DOI Pre-print
Eye of the Mind: Image Processing for Social CodingNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Pre-print
Hey, my data are mine! Active data to empower the userNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Is Your Quantum Program Bug-Free?New Ideas and Emerging Results Distinguished Paper AwardsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Pre-print
Manifold for Machine Learning AssuranceNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
On the Power of Abstraction: a Model-Driven Co-evolution Approach of Software CodeNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Predictive Constraint Solving and AnalysisNew Ideas and Emerging Results Distinguished Paper AwardsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Program Debloating via Stochastic OptimizationNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Stress and Burnout in Open Source: Toward Finding, Understanding, and Mitigating Unhealthy InteractionsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Pre-print
Synthesis of Assurance Cases for Software CertificationNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Pre-print
The Dual Channel HypothesisNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Threat modeling: from infancy to maturityNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Pre-print
Threats to Validity in Experimenting Mutation-Based Fault LocalizationNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Towards Engineering Future Gameful ApplicationsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Towards Understanding Emotional Response to Requirements Changes in Agile TeamsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Pre-print
Understanding FLOSS through community publications: Strategies for Grey Literature ReviewNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Using Hypersafety Verification for Proving Correctness of Programming AssignmentsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Visual Sketching: From Image Sketches to CodeNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Pre-print Media Attached
Where should I comment my code? A dataset and model for predicting locations that need commentsNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Why Will My Question Be Closed? NLP-Based Pre-Submission Predictions of Question Closing Reasons on Stack OverflowNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
With Registered Reports Towards Large Scale Data CurationNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Pre-print

Call for Papers

The New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER) track at ICSE provides a vibrant forum for forward looking, innovative research in software engineering. Our aim is to accelerate the exposure of the software engineering community to early yet potentially ground-breaking research results, or to techniques and perspectives that challenge the status quo in the discipline. To broadly capture this goal, NIER 2020 will publish the following types of papers.

  • Visionary forward looking research: exciting new directions or techniques that may have yet to be supported by solid experimental results, but nonetheless supported by strong and well argued scientific intuitions.
  • Thought provoking reflections: bold and unexpected results and reflections that can help us look at current research directions under a new light, calling for fundamentally new directions of future research.

Scope of NIER Track

A NIER track paper is not just a scaled down version of a ICSE full research track paper. NIER track is reserved for first class, top quality technical contributions. Therefore, a NIER submission is neither a ICSE full research track submission with weaker or no evaluation, nor an op-ed piece advertising for existing and already published results. Authors of such submissions should instead consider submitting to either the main track, or one of the many satellite events of ICSE.

Evaluation Criteria

Each submission will be reviewed and evaluated in terms of the following quality criteria:

  • Value: whether the problem is worth exploring;
  • Impact: the potential for disruption of current practice;
  • Soundness: the validity of the rationale;
  • Quality: the overall quality of the paper’s writing

Formatting

Each submission must not exceed 4 pages, including all text, appendices, figures, and references. Formatting instructions are available at https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template for both LaTeX and Word users. LaTeX users must use the provided acmart.cls and ACM-Reference-Format.bst without modification, enable the conference format in the preamble of the document (i.e., \documentclass[sigconf,review]{acmart}), and use the ACM reference format for the bibliography (i.e., \bibliographystyle{ACM-Reference-Format}). The review option adds line numbers, thereby allowing referees to refer to specific lines in their comments.

How to Submit

All submissions must conform to the ICSE 2020 formatting and submission instructions and must not exceed 4 pages for the main text, inclusive of references, all figures, tables, appendices, etc. All submissions must be in PDF. The page limit is strict, and it will not be possible to purchase additional pages at any point in the process (including after the paper is accepted).

Formatting instructions are available at https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template for both LaTeX and Word users. LaTeX users must use the provided acmart.cls and ACM-Reference-Format.bst without modification, enable the conference format in the preamble of the document (i.e., \documentclass[sigconf,review]{acmart}), and use the ACM reference format for the bibliography (i.e., \bibliographystyle{ACM-Reference-Format}). The review option adds line numbers, thereby allowing referees to refer to specific lines in their comments.

By submitting to the ICSE NIER Track, authors acknowledge that they are aware of and agree to be bound by the ACM Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism (https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/plagiarism) and the IEEE Plagiarism FAQ (https://www.ieee.org/publications/rights/plagiarism/plagiarism-faq.html). In particular, papers submitted to ICSE 2020 must not have been published elsewhere and must not be under review or submitted for review elsewhere whilst under consideration for ICSE 2020. Contravention of this concurrent submission policy will be deemed a serious breach of scientific ethics, and appropriate action will be taken in all such cases. To check for double submission and plagiarism issues, the chairs reserve the right to (1) share the list of submissions with the PC Chairs of other conferences with overlapping review periods and (2) use external plagiarism detection software, under contract to the ACM or IEEE, to detect violations of these policies.

Double Blind Submission Guidelines

The ICSE 2020 NIER track will adopt a double-blind review process. No submitted paper may reveal its authors’ identities. The authors must make every effort to honor the double-blind review process; reviewers will be asked to honour the double-blind review process as much as possible. Any author having further questions on double blind reviewing is encouraged to contact the track’s program co-chairs by e-mail. Any submission that does not comply with the double blind review process will be desk-rejected. Further advice, guidance and explanation about the double-blind review process can be found in the Q&A page (https://conf.researchr.org/track/icse-2020/icse-2020-papers#Submitting-to-ICSE-Q-A).

Conference Attendance Expectation

If a submission is accepted, at least one author of the paper is required to register for and attend the full 3-day technical conference and present the paper in person.

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