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.
Tue 7 JulDisplayed time zone: (UTC) Coordinated Universal Time change
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 6mTalk | Threats to Validity in Experimenting Mutation-Based Fault LocalizationNIER New Ideas and Emerging Results |
07:00 - 08:00 | I2-SecurityNew Ideas and Emerging Results / Technical Papers at Goguryeo Chair(s): Andrea Stocco Università della Svizzera italiana | ||
07:48 6mTalk | 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 6mTalk | 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 6mTalk | 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 | A2-Testing and Debugging 1New Ideas and Emerging Results / Journal First / Technical Papers / Software Engineering in Practice at Goguryeo Chair(s): Na Meng Virginia Tech | ||
15:32 6mTalk | Automatically Predicting Bug Severity Early in the Development ProcessNIER New Ideas and Emerging Results |
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 6mTalk | 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 6mTalk | 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 6mTalk | Is Your Quantum Program Bug-Free? New Ideas and Emerging Results Andriy Miranskyy Ryerson University, Lei Zhang Ryerson University, Javad Doliskani Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada Pre-print | ||
16:53 6mTalk | 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 JulDisplayed time zone: (UTC) Coordinated Universal Time change
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 6mTalk | 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 | P9-Bugs and RepairJournal First / Technical Papers / Software Engineering in Practice / New Ideas and Emerging Results at Silla Chair(s): Yingfei Xiong Peking University, China | ||
00:52 6mTalk | 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 | P10-Stack OverflowJournal First / New Ideas and Emerging Results / Technical Papers at Baekje Chair(s): Emerson Murphy-Hill Google | ||
01:29 6mTalk | 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 6mTalk | Eye of the Mind: Image Processing for Social CodingNIER New Ideas and Emerging Results Maleknaz Nayebi York University Pre-print | ||
15:38 6mTalk | 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 6mTalk | 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 | A9-TraceabilityNew Ideas and Emerging Results / Demonstrations / Technical Papers / Software Engineering in Practice at Silla Chair(s): Andrea Zisman The Open University | ||
15:24 6mTalk | 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 6mTalk | 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 6mTalk | 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 JulDisplayed time zone: (UTC) Coordinated Universal Time change
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 6mTalk | 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 6mTalk | 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 JulDisplayed time zone: (UTC) Coordinated Universal Time change
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 6mTalk | 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 6mTalk | 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 | A22-CognitionNew Ideas and Emerging Results / Technical Papers / Software Engineering in Practice at Baekje Chair(s): Walid Maalej University of Hamburg | ||
15:48 6mTalk | 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 6mTalk | 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 6mTalk | Manifold for Machine Learning AssuranceNIER New Ideas and Emerging Results | ||
16:54 6mTalk | 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 JulDisplayed time zone: (UTC) Coordinated Universal Time change
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 6mTalk | 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 6mTalk | Predictive Constraint Solving and Analysis 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
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.