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Wed 9 Oct
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09:00 - 10:00	ICSME KeynoteResearch Track / Industry Track / Tool Demo Track / New Ideas and Emerging Results Track / Registered Reports Track / Journal First Track / Artifact Evaluation Track and ROSE Festival at Humphreys Chair(s): Fabio Calefato University of Bari

09:00 60m Keynote		Maintaining Intelligence: Evolving Software Engineering Practices for AI-Enabled SystemsKeynote Research Track Foutse Khomh Polytechnique Montréal

10:30 - 12:00	Session 1: Code Understanding and OptimizationResearch Track / New Ideas and Emerging Results Track at Abineau Chair(s): Rosalia Tufano Università della Svizzera Italiana

10:30 15m		Optimizing Decompiler Output by Eliminating Redundant Data Flow in Self-Recursive InliningResearch Track Paper Research Track Runze Zhang , Ying Cao Institute of Information Engineering at Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ruigang Liang Institute of Information Engineering at Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peiwei Hu , Kai Chen Institute of Information Engineering at Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
10:45 15m		Compilation of Commit Changes within Java Source Code RepositoriesOpen Research ObjectResearch Track Paper Research Track Stefan Schott Heinz Nixdorf Institut, Paderborn University, Wolfram Fischer SAP Security Research, Serena Elisa Ponta SAP Security Research, Jonas Klauke Heinz Nixdorf Institut, Paderborn University, Eric Bodden Pre-print
11:00 15m		Understanding Code Change with Micro-ChangesResearch Track Paper Research Track Lei Chen Tokyo Institute of Technology, Michele Lanza Software Institute - USI, Lugano, Shinpei Hayashi Tokyo Institute of Technology DOI Pre-print Media Attached
11:15 10m		What You Need is What You Get: Theory of Mind for an LLM-Based Code Understanding AssistantNIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Jonan Richards Radboud University, Mairieli Wessel Radboud University Pre-print
11:25 15m		Decomposing God Header File via Multi-View Graph ClusteringResearch Track Paper Research Track Yue Wang , Wenhui Chang , Yanzhen Zou Peking University, Tongwei Deng , Bing Xie Peking University Pre-print
11:40 10m		How Far Have We Gone in Binary Code Understanding Using Large Language ModelsResearch Track Paper Research Track Xiuwei Shang University of Science and Technology of China, Shaoyin Cheng University of Science and Technology of China, Guoqiang Chen University of Science and Technology of China, Yanming Zhang , Li Hu , Xiao Yu , Gangyang Li , Weiming Zhang University of Science and Technology of China, Nenghai Yu Pre-print

15:30 - 17:00	Session 6: Maintenance of AI-based SystemsResearch Track / Industry Track / New Ideas and Emerging Results Track at Fremont Chair(s): Sujoy Roychowdhury Ericsson R&D

15:30 15m		A Taxonomy of Self-Admitted Technical Debt in Deep Learning SystemsResearch Track Paper Research Track Federica Pepe , Fiorella Zampetti University of Sannio, Italy, Antonio Mastropaolo William and Mary, USA, Gabriele Bavota Software Institute @ Università della Svizzera Italiana, Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy Pre-print
15:45 10m		Property-based Testing within ML Projects: an Empirical StudyNIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Cindy Wauters Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Coen De Roover Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pre-print
15:55 15m		Toward Debugging Deep Reinforcement Learning Programs with RLExplorerResearch Track Paper Research Track Rached Bouchoucha Polytechnique Montréal, Ahmed Haj Yahmed École Polytechnique de Montréal, Darshan Patil , Janarthanan Rajendran , Amin Nikanjam École Polytechnique de Montréal, Sarath Chandar Polytechnique Montréal, Foutse Khomh Polytechnique Montréal
16:10 15m		Ghost Echoes Revealed: Benchmarking Maintainability Metrics and Machine Learning Predictions Against Human AssessmentsIndustry Track Paper Industry Track Markus Borg CodeScene, Marwa Ezzouhri University of Clermont Auvergne, Adam Tornhill Codescene AB Pre-print
16:25 10m		RetypeR: Integrated Retrieval-based Automatic Program Repair for Python Type ErrorsResearch Track Paper Research Track Sichong Hao Faculty of Computing, Harbin Institute of Technology, Xianjun Shi , Hongwei Liu Faculty of Computing, Harbin Institute of Technology
16:35 10m		OPass: Orchestrating TVM's Passes for Lowering Memory Footprints of Computation GraphsResearch Track Paper Research Track Pengbo Nie Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zihan Wang Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Chengcheng Wan East China Normal University, Ziyi Lin Alibaba Group, He Jiang Dalian University of Technology, Jianjun Zhao Kyushu University, Yuting Chen Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Thu 10 Oct
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09:00 - 10:00	ICSME KeynoteResearch Track / Industry Track / Tool Demo Track / New Ideas and Emerging Results Track / Registered Reports Track / Journal First Track / Artifact Evaluation Track and ROSE Festival at Humphreys Chair(s): Sarah Nadi New York University Abu Dhabi, University of Alberta

09:00 60m Keynote		Disrupting Developer Dynamics: AI-Driven Innovations' Influence on CommunitiesKeynote Research Track Denae Ford Microsoft Research

10:30 - 12:00	Session 8: Software Testing and PerformanceIndustry Track / Research Track / New Ideas and Emerging Results Track at Fremont Chair(s): Ajay Jha North Dakota State University

10:30 15m		Blessing or Curse? Investigating Test Code Maintenance through Inheritance and InterfaceResearch Track Paper Research Track Dong Jae Kim DePaul University, Tse-Hsun (Peter) Chen Concordia University
10:45 15m		Test Scheduling Across Heterogeneous Machines While Balancing Running Time, Price, and FlakinessResearch Track Paper Research Track Hengchen Yuan The University of Texas at Austin, Jiefang Lin , Wing Lam George Mason University, August Shi The University of Texas at Austin
11:00 15m		Impact of JVM Configurations on Test RuntimeResearch Track Paper Research Track Abdelrahman Baz The University of Texas at Austin, Milos Gligoric The University of Texas at Austin, August Shi The University of Texas at Austin
11:15 15m		Just-in-Time Flaky Test Detection via Abstracted Failure Symptom MatchingIndustry Track Paper Industry Track Gabin An Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Juyeon Yoon Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Thomas Bach SAP, Jingun Hong SAP Labs, Shin Yoo Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Pre-print
11:30 10m		On the Impact of Test Strategies on Online Optimization for Ensemble-Learning Defect PredictionNIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Kensei Hamamoto Kindai University, Masateru Tsunoda Kindai University, Amjed Tahir Massey University, Kwabena Ebo Bennin Wageningen University and Research, Akito Monden Okayama University, Koji Toda Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Keitaro Nakasai National Institute of Technology, Kagoshima College, Kenichi Matsumoto Nara Institute of Science and Technology
11:40 15m		BIPeC: A Combined Change-Point Analyzer to Identify Performance Regressions in Large-scale Database SystemsIndustry Track Paper Industry Track Zhan Lyu SAP, Thomas Bach SAP, Yong Li SAP Labs China, Nguyen Minh Le SAP Labs China, Lars Hoemke SAP

13:30 - 15:00	Session 9: Reflections and New IdeasIndustry Track / Registered Reports Track / New Ideas and Emerging Results Track / Journal First Track at Abineau Chair(s): Andrea Capiluppi University of Groningen

13:30 15m		Developing a Llama-Based Chatbot for CI/CD Question Answering: A Case Study at EricssonIndustry Track Paper Industry Track Daksh Chaudhary University of Ottawa, Sri Lakshmi Vadlamani Ericsson, Dimple Thomas Ericsson, Shiva Nejati University of Ottawa, Mehrdad Sabetzadeh University of Ottawa Pre-print
13:45 10m		RevToken: A Token-Level Review Recommendation: How Far Are We?NIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Yasuhito Morikawa Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Yutaro Kashiwa Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Kenji Fujiwara Nara Women’s University, Hajimu Iida Nara Institute of Science and Technology
13:55 10m		Leveraging LSTM and Pre-trained Models for Effective Summarization of Stack Overflow PostsNIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Anh M. T. Bui Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Nguyen Duc-Loc Hanoi University of Science and Technology
14:05 15m		Integrating Lean Processes and Engineering Discipline into Work Culture Over 20 Years: An Experience ReportIndustry Track Paper Industry Track Doug Durham Don't Panic Labs, Bonita Sharif University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
14:20 15m		A reflection on the impact of model mining from GitHubJ1C2 Paper Journal First Track Gregorio Robles Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Michel Chaudron Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, Rodi Jolak RISE Research Institutes of Sweden and Mid Sweden University, Regina Hebig Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany
14:35 10m		Analyzing the Ripple Effects of Refactoring. A Registered ReportRegistered Reports Paper Registered Reports Track Mikel Robredo University of Oulu, Matteo Esposito University of Oulu, Fabio Palomba University of Salerno, Rafael Peñaloza University of Milano-Bicocca, Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu DOI Pre-print
14:45 10m		Learning Strategies using Boolean Program Metrics to Verify Industrial CodeIndustry Track Paper Industry Track Bharti Chimdyalwar Tata Consultancy Services, Priyanka Darke Tata Consultancy Services, Manoj Alladawar TCS Research, Sahil Sulakhe TCS Research, R Venkatesh , Supratik Chakraborty IIT Bombay

15:30 - 17:00	Session 10: Mobile and Web Application DevelopmentResearch Track / Industry Track / New Ideas and Emerging Results Track at Abineau Chair(s): Karim Ali NYU Abu Dhabi

15:30 15m		Understanding Web Application Workloads and Their Applications: Systematic Literature Review and CharacterizationResearch Track Paper Research Track Roozbeh Aghili Polytechnique Montréal, Qiaolin Qin Polytechnique Montréal, Heng Li Polytechnique Montréal, Foutse Khomh Polytechnique Montréal Pre-print
15:45 15m		Demystifying Device-specific Compatibility Issues in Android AppsResearch Track Paper Research Track Junfeng Chen , Kevin Li , Yifei Chen , Lili Wei McGill University, Yepang Liu Southern University of Science and Technology
16:00 15m		A Developer-Centric Study Exploring Mobile Application Security Practices and ChallengesIndustry Track PaperOpen Research ObjectResearch Object Reviewed Industry Track Anthony Peruma University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Timothy Huo University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Ana Araújo University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Jake Imanaka University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Rick Kazman University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Pre-print
16:15 15m		Effective Unit Test Generation for Android AppsIndustry Track Paper Industry Track Guojun Ma Douyin Co., Ltd., Yu Pei Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Liushan Chen Douyin Co., Ltd., Chen Qing Gan Douyin Co., Ltd., Hao Zhang Nanjing University, Hao Liang Douyin Co., Ltd., Tian Zhang Nanjing University
16:30 10m		Enhancing Web Test Script Repair using Integrated UI Structural and Visual InformationResearch Track Paper Research Track Zhongzhen Wen Nanjing University, Yifei Lu Nanjing University, Tongtong Xu Huawei, Minxue Pan Nanjing University, Tian Zhang Nanjing University, Xuandong Li Nanjing University
16:40 5m		NeuroUI: A Metamorphic Testing Strategy to Make UI Component Detection Models RobustNIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Proma Chowdhury Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Kazi Sakib Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka

15:30 - 17:00	Session 11: Mining Software RepositoriesTool Demo Track / Research Track / Registered Reports Track / New Ideas and Emerging Results Track at Fremont Chair(s): Gregorio Robles Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

15:30 15m		“What Happened to my Models?” History-Aware Co-Existence and Co-Evolution of Metamodels and ModelsResearch Track Paper Research Track Marcel Homolka Institute for Software Systems Engineering, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Luciano Marchezan Johannes Kepler University Linz, Wesley Assunção North Carolina State University, Alexander Egyed Johannes Kepler University Linz
15:45 10m		MetaSim: A search engine for finding Similar GitHub RepositoriesTool Demo Paper Tool Demo Track Md Rayhanul Masud University of California, Riverside, Md Omar Faruk Rokon Sponsored Search, Walmart Global Tech, Qian Zhang University of California at Riverside, Michalis Faloutsos UCR Media Attached
15:55 10m		SEART Data Hub: Streamlining Large-Scale Source Code Mining and Pre-ProcessingTool Demo Paper Tool Demo Track Ozren Dabic Software Institute, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Switzerland, Rosalia Tufano Università della Svizzera Italiana, Gabriele Bavota Software Institute @ Università della Svizzera Italiana
16:05 10m		Diving into Software Evolution: Virtual Reality vs. On-ScreenRegistered Reports Paper Registered Reports Track David Moreno-Lumbreras Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Gregorio Robles Universidad Rey Juan Carlos DOI Pre-print
16:15 10m		Review-Pulse: A Dashboard for Managing User Feedback for Android ApplicationsTool Demo Paper Tool Demo Track Omar Adbealziz University of Saskatchewan, Zadia Codabux University of Saskatchewan, Kevin Schneider University of Saskatchewan
16:25 10m		Monitoring Temporal Dynamics of Issues in Crowdsourced User Reviews and their Impact on Mobile App UpdatesNIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Vitor Mesaque Alves de Lima Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Jacson Rodrigues Barbosa Institute of Informatics (INF) / Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Ricardo Marcondes Marcacini University of São Paulo
16:35 10m		Using Animations to Understand CommitsNIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Carmen Armenti Software Institute - USI, Lugano, Michele Lanza Software Institute - USI, Lugano DOI Pre-print
16:45 10m		Maven Unzipped: Packaging Impacts the EcosystemResearch Track Paper Research Track Mehdi Keshani Delft University of Technology, Gideon Bot Delft University of Technology, Priyam Rungta , Maliheh Izadi Delft University of Technology, Arie van Deursen Delft University of Technology, Sebastian Proksch Delft University of Technology

Fri 11 Oct
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08:45 - 10:00	ICSME 2024 Awards CeremonyResearch Track / Industry Track / Tool Demo Track / New Ideas and Emerging Results Track / Registered Reports Track / Journal First Track / Artifact Evaluation Track and ROSE Festival at Humphreys Chair(s): Marco Gerosa Northern Arizona University, Igor Steinmacher Northern Arizona University, Fabio Calefato University of Bari, Sarah Nadi New York University Abu Dhabi, University of Alberta, Leon Moonen Simula Research Laboratory and BI Norwegian Business School

08:45 35m		ICSME 2024 Awards Research Track
09:20 40m		Most Influential Paper Talk: "An Exploratory Study on Self-Admitted Technical Debt" Research Track Aniket Potdar , Emad Shihab Concordia University Link to publication DOI Pre-print

10:30 - 12:00	Session 12: Machine Learning in Software EngineeringTool Demo Track / Research Track / New Ideas and Emerging Results Track / Registered Reports Track at Abineau Chair(s): Mohammed Sayagh ETS Montreal, University of Quebec

10:30 15m		Can We Do Better with What We Have Done? Unveiling the Potential of ML Pipeline in NotebooksResearch Track Paper Research Track Yuangan Zou , Xinpeng Shan , Shiqi Tan , Shurui Zhou University of Toronto
10:45 10m		MergeRepair: Merging Task-Specific Adapters in Code LLMs for Automated Program RepairRegistered Reports Paper Registered Reports Track Meghdad Dehghan University of British Columbia, Jie JW Wu University of British Columbia (UBC), Fatemeh Hendijani Fard University of British Columbia, Ali Ouni ETS Montreal, University of Quebec Pre-print
10:55 15m		On the Use of Deep Learning Models for Semantic Clone DetectionResearch Track Paper Research Track Subroto Nag Pinku University of Saskatchewan, Debajyoti Mondal , Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan, Canada
11:10 10m		GlueTest: Testing Code Translation via Language InteroperabilityNIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Muhammad Salman Abid Cornell University, Mrigank Pawagi Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Sugam Adhikari Islington College, Xuyan Cheng Dickinson College, Ryed Badr University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Md Wahiduzzaman BRAC University, Vedant Rathi Adlai E Stevenson High School, Ronghui Qi Wuhan University, Choiyin Li Po Leung Kuk Ngan Po Ling College, Lu Liu University of Washington, Rohit Sai Naidu Dublin High School, Licheng Lin Zhejiang University, Que Liu University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Asif Zubayer Palak BRAC University, Mehzabin Haque University of Dhaka, Xinyu Chen University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Darko Marinov University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Saikat Dutta Cornell University
11:20 10m		Does Co-Development with AI Assistants Lead to More Maintainable Code? A Registered ReportRegistered Reports Paper Registered Reports Track Markus Borg CodeScene, Dave Hewett Equal Experts, Donald Graham Equal Experts, Noric Couderc Lund University, Emma Söderberg Lund University, Luke Church University of Cambridge \| Candela Inc, Dave Farley Continuous Delivery Pre-print
11:30 15m		Leveraging Large Vision-Language Model For Better Automatic Web GUI TestingResearch Track Paper Research Track Siyi Wang , Sinan Wang Southern University of Science and Technology, Yujia Fan , Xiaolei Li , Yepang Liu Southern University of Science and Technology
11:45 5m		StackRAG Agent: Improving Developer Answers with Retrieval-Augmented GenerationTool Demo Paper Tool Demo Track Davit Abrahamyan University of British Columbia, Fatemeh Hendijani Fard University of British Columbia

13:30 - 15:00	Session 15: Developer Experience and CommunicationIndustry Track / Research Track / Journal First Track / New Ideas and Emerging Results Track at Fremont Chair(s): Alexander Serebrenik Eindhoven University of Technology

13:30 25m		Overcoming the five fundamental challenges to enable “constant velocity indefinitely” in modern software systemsIndustry Track Talk Industry Track Doug Durham Don't Panic Labs
13:55 15m Research paper		Investigating Developers' Preferences for Learning and Issue Resolution Resources in the ChatGPT EraResearch Track Paper Research Track Ahmad Tayeb , Mohammad D. Alahmadi , Elham Tajik , Sonia Haiduc Florida State University Pre-print
14:10 15m		Remote Communication Trends Among Developers and Testers in Post-Pandemic Work EnvironmentsIndustry Track Paper Industry Track Felipe Jansen CESAR School, Ronnie de Souza Santos University of Calgary Link to publication Pre-print
14:25 10m		Nigerian Software Engineer or American Data Scientist? GitHub Profile Recruitment Bias in Large Language ModelsNIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Takashi Nakano Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Kazumasa Shimari Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Raula Gaikovina Kula Osaka University, Christoph Treude Singapore Management University, Marc Cheong the University of Melbourne, Kenichi Matsumoto Nara Institute of Science and Technology Pre-print
14:35 10m		Cross-status Communication and Project Outcomes in OSS Development– A Language Style Matching PerspectiveJ1C2 Paper Journal First Track Yisi Han Nanjing University, Zhendong Wang University of California, Irvine, Yang Feng Nanjing University, Zhihong Zhao Nanjing Tech Unniversity, Yi Wang Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Accepted Papers

	Title
	GlueTest: Testing Code Translation via Language InteroperabilityNIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Muhammad Salman Abid, Mrigank Pawagi, Sugam Adhikari, Xuyan Cheng, Ryed Badr, Md Wahiduzzaman, Vedant Rathi, Ronghui Qi, Choiyin Li, Lu Liu, Rohit Sai Naidu, Licheng Lin, Que Liu, Asif Zubayer Palak, Mehzabin Haque, Xinyu Chen, Darko Marinov, Saikat Dutta
	Leveraging LSTM and Pre-trained Models for Effective Summarization of Stack Overflow PostsNIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Anh M. T. Bui, Nguyen Duc-Loc
	Monitoring Temporal Dynamics of Issues in Crowdsourced User Reviews and their Impact on Mobile App UpdatesNIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Vitor Mesaque Alves de Lima, Jacson Rodrigues Barbosa, Ricardo Marcondes Marcacini
	NeuroUI: A Metamorphic Testing Strategy to Make UI Component Detection Models RobustNIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Proma Chowdhury, Kazi Sakib
	Nigerian Software Engineer or American Data Scientist? GitHub Profile Recruitment Bias in Large Language ModelsNIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Takashi Nakano, Kazumasa Shimari, Raula Gaikovina Kula, Christoph Treude, Marc Cheong, Kenichi Matsumoto Pre-print
	On the Impact of Test Strategies on Online Optimization for Ensemble-Learning Defect PredictionNIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Kensei Hamamoto, Masateru Tsunoda, Amjed Tahir, Kwabena Ebo Bennin, Akito Monden, Koji Toda, Keitaro Nakasai, Kenichi Matsumoto
	Property-based Testing within ML Projects: an Empirical StudyNIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Cindy Wauters, Coen De Roover Pre-print
	RevToken: A Token-Level Review Recommendation: How Far Are We?NIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Yasuhito Morikawa, Yutaro Kashiwa, Kenji Fujiwara, Hajimu Iida
	Using Animations to Understand CommitsNIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Carmen Armenti, Michele Lanza DOI Pre-print
	What You Need is What You Get: Theory of Mind for an LLM-Based Code Understanding AssistantNIER Paper New Ideas and Emerging Results Track Jonan Richards, Mairieli Wessel Pre-print

Call for Papers

Goal and Scope

The goal of the New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER) track is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to present innovative, promising ideas in the early stages of research. The NIER track provides constructive feedback by fostering discussion around challenging, cutting-edge, and innovative early-stage research. As such, these ideas do not require a strong empirical evaluation, but preliminary results that provide initial support for the feasibility of the proposed ideas are welcome. The topics of interest for this track are the same as for the main research track, that is, all the topics in software maintenance and evolution research and practice. Papers submitted to ICSME NIER 2024 must not have been published elsewhere, and must not have been under review or submitted for review elsewhere during consideration for ICSME NIER 2024.

Evaluation

Submissions will be evaluated on how well they characterize the following:

The basis of the contribution’s originality
The importance of the contribution
The potential to stimulate discussion
The potential to challenge/disrupt current practices
Soundness
Overall quality and consistency of presentation
Appropriate comparison with related work

Special emphasis will be put on the originality and timeliness of the proposed contribution, that is, a full evaluation of the proposed ideas is not required. Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the ICSME NIER 2024 Program Committee.

Publication and Presentation

Upon notification of acceptance, all authors of accepted papers will be asked to complete an IEEE Copyright form and will receive further instructions for preparing their camera-ready versions. Accepted papers will be published in the electronic conference proceedings, which will also be available in the IEEE Digital Library.

Accepted papers will be presented in a formal setting. At least one author of the paper must register and present the paper at the conference for the paper to be published in the proceedings. More details about the presentations will follow the notifications.

How to Submit

Submissions will be reviewed following a double-anonymous reviewing process. Submitted papers must adhere to the following rules:

Author names and affiliations must be omitted. (The track co-chairs will check for compliance before reviewing begins.)
References to the authors’ own related work must be in the third person. (For example, not “We build on our previous work…” but rather “We build on the work of…”)
Please see the Double-Anonymous Reviewing FAQ for more information and guidance.
Submissions must be in English and conform to the ICSME 2024 Formatting Instructions. Please see the Research Track Call for Papers for more information.
Papers must not exceed five pages for all text and figures, plus 1 page for references.
All submissions must be in PDF format and submitted online through Easychair.

Submission Link

Please use the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icsme2024

Important Dates

All submission dates are at 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth)

Abstract Submission: June 20, 2024
Paper Submission: June 25, 2024
Author Notification: August 1, 2024
Camera-ready Submission: August 20, 2024

13:30 - 15:00	Session 3: Code Completion, Generation, and SummarizationResearch Track / Industry Track at Abineau Chair(s): Gabriele Bavota Software Institute @ Università della Svizzera Italiana

13:30 15m		Deep Learning-based Code Completion: On the Impact on Performance of Contextual InformationResearch Track Paper Research Track Matteo Ciniselli Università della Svizzera Italiana, Luca Pascarella ETH Zurich, Gabriele Bavota Software Institute @ Università della Svizzera Italiana
13:45 15m		On the Generalizability of Transformer Models to Code Completions of Different LengthsResearch Track Paper Research Track Nathan Cooper , Rosalia Tufano Università della Svizzera Italiana, Gabriele Bavota Software Institute @ Università della Svizzera Italiana, Denys Poshyvanyk William & Mary
14:00 15m		Can Developers Prompt? A Controlled Experiment for Code Documentation GenerationOpen Research ObjectResearch Object ReviewedResearch Track Paper Research Track Hans-Alexander Kruse Universität Hamburg, Tim Puhlfürß Universität Hamburg, Walid Maalej University of Hamburg
14:15 15m		Icing on the Cake: Automatic Code Summarization at EricssonIndustry Track Paper Industry Track Giriprasad Sridhara IBM Research Labs, Sujoy Roychowdhury Ericsson R&D, Sumit Soman Ericsson R&D, Ranjani H G Ericsson R&D, Ricardo Britto Ericsson / Blekinge Institute of Technology Pre-print
14:30 10m		Precos: Project-specific Retrieval for Better Code SummarizationResearch Track Paper Research Track Tingwei Zhu Nanjing University, Zhong Li , Tian Zhang Nanjing University, Minxue Pan Nanjing University, Xuandong Li Nanjing University
14:40 10m		Improving Retrieval-Augmented Code Comment Generation by Retrieving for GenerationResearch Track Paper Research Track Lu Hanzhen , Zhongxin Liu Zhejiang University

13:30 - 15:00	Session 4: Software Maintenance and RefactoringResearch Track at Fremont Chair(s): Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer University of Michigan - Flint

13:30 15m		Broken Windows: Exploring the Applicability of a Controversial Theory on Code QualityResearch Track Paper Research Track Diomidis Spinellis Athens University of Economics and Business & Delft University of Technology, Panos Louridas Athens University of Economics and Business, Maria Kechagia University College London, Tushar Sharma Dalhousie University
13:45 15m		Mind the Gap: The Disconnect Between Refactoring Criteria Used in Industry and Refactoring Recommendation ToolsResearch Track Paper Research Track James Ivers Carnegie Mellon University, Anwar Ghammam Oakland University, Khouloud Gaaloul University of Michigan - Dearborn, Ipek Ozkaya Carnegie Mellon University, Marouane Kessentini University of Michigan - Flint, Wajdi Aljedaani
14:00 15m		Next-Generation Refactoring: Combining LLM Insights and IDE Capabilities for Extract MethodOpen Research ObjectResearch Track Paper Research Track Dorin Pomian University of Colorado Boulder, Abhiram Bellur University of Colorado Boulder, Malinda Dilhara University of Colorado Boulder, Zarina Kurbatova JetBrains Research, Egor Bogomolov JetBrains Research, Timofey Bryksin JetBrains Research, Danny Dig University of Colorado Boulder, JetBrains Research
14:15 15m		RENAS: Prioritizing Co-Renaming Opportunities of IdentifiersOpen Research ObjectResearch Object ReviewedResearch Track Paper Research Track Naoki Doi Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yuki Osumi Tokyo Institute of Technology, Shinpei Hayashi Tokyo Institute of Technology DOI Pre-print
14:30 15m		Unraveling the Impact of Code Smell Agglomerations on Code StabilityOpen Research ObjectResearch Object ReviewedResearch Track Paper Research Track Amanda Santana Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Eduardo Figueiredo Federal University of Minas Gerais, Juliana Alves Pereira PUC-Rio
14:45 10m		New PHP Language Features Make Your Static Code Analysis Tools Miss VulnerabilitiesResearch Track Paper Research Track Lin Wang Fudan University, Yuan Zhang Fudan University, Xin Tan Fudan University, Shengke Ye , Min Yang Fudan University

10:30 - 12:00	Session 7: Software Architecture and DesignIndustry Track / Tool Demo Track at Abineau Chair(s): Bonita Sharif University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

10:30 25m		How to train your dinosaur: our strategy to migrate mainframe applications to the cloudIndustry Track Talk Industry Track Johan Fabry Raincode Labs, Belgium
10:55 15m		Migrating Existing Container Workload to Kubernetes - LLM Based Approach and EvaluationIndustry Track Paper Industry Track Masaru Ueno Fujitsu Limited, Tetsuya Uchiumi Fujitsu Limited Pre-print
11:10 15m		Insights on Microservice Architecture Through the Eyes of Industry PractitionersIndustry Track Paper Industry Track Vinicius L. Nogueira Universidade Estadual de Maringa - UEM, Fernando S. Felizardo Universidade Estadual de Maringa - UEM, Aline M. M. M. Amaral State University of Maringá, Wesley Assunção North Carolina State University, Thelma Elita Colanzi State University of Maringa, Brazil Pre-print
11:25 10m		Stereocode: A Tool for Automatic Identification of Method and Class Stereotypes for Software SystemsTool Demo Paper Tool Demo Track Ali F. Al-Ramadan Department of Computer Science, Kent State University, Joshua Behler Kent State University, Michael J. Decker Bowling Green State University, Natalia Dragan Kent State University, Michael L. Collard The University of Akron, Jonathan I. Maletic Kent State University
11:35 15m		Enhancing Legacy Code Quality through Iterative Refactoring: A Case Study at ASMLIndustry Track Paper Industry Track Andrei Valentin Girjoaba University of Groningen, Andrea Capiluppi University of Groningen

10:30 - 12:00	Session 13: Software Development Practices and ToolsResearch Track / Journal First Track at Fremont Chair(s): Ronnie de Souza Santos University of Calgary

10:30 15m		Towards Unmasking LGTM Smells in Code Reviews: A Comparative Study of Comment-Free and Commented ReviewsResearch Track Paper Research Track Mahmut Furkan Gön Bilkent University, Burak Yetistiren UCLA, Eray Tüzün Bilkent University
10:45 15m		Towards Identifying Python Proficiency to Foster Software Maintenance and EvolutionResearch Track Paper Research Track Ruksit Rojpaisarnkit Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Gregorio Robles Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Raula Gaikovina Kula Osaka University, Dong Wang Tianjin University, Chaiyong Ragkhitwetsagul Mahidol University, Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Kenichi Matsumoto Nara Institute of Science and Technology Pre-print
11:00 15m		Supporting Software Maintenance with Dynamically Generated Document HierarchiesResearch Track Paper Research Track Katherine R. Dearstyne University of Notre Dame, Alberto D. Rodriguez University of Notre Dame, Jane Cleland-Huang University of Notre Dame
11:15 15m		Investigating developers’ perception on software testability and its effectsJ1C2 Paper Journal First Track Tushar Sharma Dalhousie University, Stefanos Georgiou Queen's University, Maria Kechagia University College London, Taher A Ghaleb Trent University, Federica Sarro University College London Link to publication
11:30 15m		On the Rationale and Use of Assertion Messages in Test Code: Insights from Software PractitionersOpen Research ObjectResearch Track Paper Research Track Anthony Peruma University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Taryn Takebayashi University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Rocky Huang University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Joseph Carmelo Averion University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Veronica Hodapp Columbia University, Christian D. Newman Rochester Institute of Technology, Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer University of Michigan - Flint Pre-print
11:45 10m		Focused: An Approach to Framework-oriented Cross-language Link Specification and DetectionResearch Track Paper Research Track Ailun Yu Peking University, Yifan Shi Peking University, Bo Shen Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Co., Ltd., Wei Zhang Peking University, Haiyan Zhao Peking University, Guangtai Liang Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies, Tianyong Wu , Zhi Jin Peking University File Attached

13:30 - 15:00	Session 14: Software Testing and Quality AssuranceResearch Track / Tool Demo Track / Journal First Track at Abineau Chair(s): Wesley Assunção North Carolina State University

13:30 15m		An empirical study on the usage of mocking frameworks in Apache software foundationJ1C2 Paper Journal First Track Lu Xiao Stevens Institute of Technology, Gengwu Zhao Stevens Institute of Technology, Xiao Wang Stevens Institute of Technology, Keye Li Stevens Institute of Technology, Erick Lim Stevens Institute of Technology, Chenhao Wei Stevens Institute of Technology, Tingting Yu University of Connecticut, Xiaoyin Wang University of Texas at San Antonio
13:45 15m		Exploring the Adoption of Fuzz Testing in Open-Source Software: A Case Study of the Go CommunityResearch Track Paper Research Track Olivier Nourry Kyushu University, Masanari Kondo Kyushu University, Mahmoud Alfadel University of Calgary, Shane McIntosh University of Waterloo, Yasutaka Kamei Kyushu University Pre-print
14:00 15m		Private — Keep Out? Understanding How Developers Account for Code Visibility in Unit TestingResearch Track Paper Research Track Muhammad Firhard Roslan University of Sheffield, José Miguel Rojas The University of Sheffield, Phil McMinn University of Sheffield
14:15 15m		Exploring Pseudo-Testedness: Empirically Evaluating Extreme Mutation Testing at the Statement LevelResearch Track Paper Research Track Megan Maton University of Sheffield, Gregory Kapfhammer Allegheny College, Phil McMinn University of Sheffield
14:30 10m		TRec: A Regression Test Recommender for Java ProjectsTool Demo Paper Tool Demo Track Sai Kiran Bhrugumalla North Dakota State University, Ajay Jha North Dakota State University Pre-print
14:40 10m		Viscount: A Direct Method Call Coverage Tool for JavaTool Demo Paper Tool Demo Track Muhammad Firhard Roslan University of Sheffield, José Miguel Rojas The University of Sheffield, Phil McMinn University of Sheffield
14:50 10m		CPLS: Optimizing the Assignment of LLM QueriesResearch Track Paper Research Track Yueyue Liu , Hongyu Zhang Chongqing University, Zhiqiang Li , Yuantian Miao

	08:45 - 09:00	ICSME Conference OpeningResearch Track / Industry Track / Tool Demo Track / New Ideas and Emerging Results Track / Registered Reports Track / Journal First Track / Artifact Evaluation Track and ROSE Festival at Humphreys Chair(s): Marco Gerosa Northern Arizona University, Igor Steinmacher Northern Arizona University, Fabio Calefato University of Bari, Sarah Nadi New York University Abu Dhabi, University of Alberta Welcome and opening remarks for the conference.

10:30 - 12:00	Session 2: Automated Program Repair and Vulnerability DetectionResearch Track / Journal First Track at Fremont Chair(s): Fernanda Madeiral Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

10:30 15m		vFix: Facilitating Software Maintenance of Smart Contracts via Automatically Fixing VulnerabilitiesResearch Track Paper Research Track Pengcheng Fang Case Western Reserve University, Peng Gao Virginia Tech, USA, Yun Peng The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Qingzhao Zhang , Tao Xie Peking University, Dawn Song , Prateek Mittal , Sanjeev Kulkarni , Zhuotao Liu Tsinghua University, Xusheng Xiao Arizona State University
10:45 15m		An empirical investigation of the relationship between pattern grime and code smellsJ1C2 Paper Journal First Track Maha Alharbi KFUPM, Mohammad Alshayeb King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
11:00 15m		The Impact of Program Reduction on Automated Program RepairOpen Research ObjectResearch Object ReviewedResearch Track Paper Research Track Linas Vidziunas Simula Research Laboratory, Leon Moonen Simula Research Laboratory and BI Norwegian Business School, David Binkley Loyola University Maryland Pre-print Media Attached
11:15 15m		Two Sides of the Same Coin: A Study on Developers' Perception of DefectsJ1C2 Paper Journal First Track Geanderson Santos Federal University of Minas Gerais, Igor Pereira Federal University of Ouro Preto, Eduardo Figueiredo Federal University of Minas Gerais
11:30 10m		Improving long-tail vulnerability detection through data augmentation based on large language modelsResearch Track Paper Research Track Xiao Deng , Fuyao Duan , Rui Xie Peking University, Wei Ye Peking University, Shikun Zhang Peking University
11:40 10m		BABLE: a Novel Software Vulnerability Detection Framework for Breaking Language BarriersResearch Track Paper Research Track Xia Li , Yuhang Lin , Yongqiang Zheng , Junyi He , Rihu Liao , Junlang Wang

	13:30 - 15:00	Technical Briefing on srcML & srcDiff: Infrastructure to Support Exploring, Analyzing, and Differencing of Source CodeResearch Track at Humphreys This technology briefing is intended for those interested in constructing custom software analysis and manipulation tools to support research. The briefing is also aimed at researchers interested in leveraging syntactic differencing in their investigations. srcML (srcML.org) is an infrastructure consisting of an XML representation for C/C++/C#/Java source code along with efficient parsing technology to convert source code to-and-from the srcML format. srcDiff (srcDiff.org) is an infrastructure supporting syntactic source-code differencing and change analysis. srcDiff leverages srcML along with an efficient differencing algorithm to produce deltas that accurately model developer edits. In this tech briefing, we give an overview of srcML and srcDiff along with a tutorial of how to use them to support research efforts. The briefing is also a forum to seek feedback and input from the community on what new enhancements and features will better support software engineering research.

15:30 - 17:00	Session 5: Software Analytics and MetricsTool Demo Track / Research Track / Journal First Track at Abineau Chair(s): Andrea Capiluppi University of Groningen

15:30 15m		Encoding Domain Knowledge in Log AnalysisResearch Track Paper Research Track Filip Zamfirov , Dennis Dams , Mazyar Seraj Eindhoven University of Technology, Alexander Serebrenik Eindhoven University of Technology
15:45 10m		jscefr: A Tool to Evaluate the Code Proficiency for JavaScriptTool Demo Paper Tool Demo Track Chaiyong Ragkhitwetsagul Mahidol University, Komsan Kongwongsupak Mahidol University, Thanakrit Maneesawas Mahidol University, Natpichsinee Puttiwarodom Mahidol University, Ruksit Rojpaisarnkit Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Morakot Choetkiertikul Mahidol University, Thailand, Raula Gaikovina Kula Osaka University, Thanwadee Sunetnanta Mahidol University Pre-print
15:55 15m		The Effectiveness of Compact Fine-Tuned LLMs for Log ParsingResearch Track Paper Research Track Maryam Mehrabi , Wahab Hamou-Lhadj Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, Hossein Moosavi
16:10 15m		Software development metrics: to VR or not to VR?J1C2 Paper Journal First Track David Moreno-Lumbreras Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Gregorio Robles Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Daniel Izquierdo-Cortazar Bitergia, Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
16:25 10m		An Empirical Study of Automatic Program Repair Techniques for Injection VulnerabilitiesResearch Track Paper Research Track Tingwei Zhu Nanjing University, Tongtong Xu Huawei, Kui Liu Huawei, Jiayuan Zhou Huawei, Xing Hu Zhejiang University, Xin Xia Huawei, Tian Zhang Nanjing University, David Lo Singapore Management University

	17:00 - 18:00	ICSME Steering Committee Open MeetingResearch Track at Fremont

15:30 - 17:00	Session 16: Software Development Process and ToolsTool Demo Track / Industry Track / Registered Reports Track / Research Track at Fremont Chair(s): Shurui Zhou University of Toronto

15:30 15m		On the Impact of Draft Pull Requests on Accelerating FeedbackResearch Track Paper Research Track Firas Harbaoui , Mohammed Sayagh ETS Montreal, University of Quebec, Rabe Abdalkareem Omar Al-Mukhtar University
15:45 15m		Take Loads Off Your Developers : Automated User Story Generation Using Large Language ModelIndustry Track Paper Industry Track Tajmilur Rahman University of Saskatchewan, Yuecai Zhu Bell Mobility, Lamyea Maha University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan, Kevin Schneider University of Saskatchewan
16:00 10m		PseudoSweep: A Pseudo-Tested Code IdentifierTool Demo Paper Tool Demo Track Megan Maton University of Sheffield, Gregory Kapfhammer Allegheny College, Phil McMinn University of Sheffield
16:10 10m		GitTruck@Duck - Interactive Time Range Selection in Hierarchy-Oriented Polymetric Visualization of Git Repository EvolutionTool Demo Paper Tool Demo Track Adrian Hoff IT University of Copenhagen, Thomas Hoffmann Kilbak IT University of Copenhagen, Leonel Merino Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Mircea Lungu IT University, Copenhagen Media Attached
16:20 10m		iRisk: A Scalable Microservice for Classifying Issue Risks Based on Crowdsourced App ReviewsTool Demo Paper Tool Demo Track Vitor Mesaque Alves de Lima Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Jacson Rodrigues Barbosa Institute of Informatics (INF) / Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Ricardo Marcondes Marcacini University of São Paulo
16:30 15m		If it’s not SBOM, then what? How Italian Practitioners Manage the Software Supply ChainIndustry Track Paper Industry Track Sabato Nocera University of Salerno, Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy, Rita Francese University of Salerno, Simone Romano University of Salerno, Giuseppe Scanniello University of Salerno
16:45 10m		ROOT: Requirements Organization and Optimization ToolTool Demo Paper Tool Demo Track Katherine R. Dearstyne University of Notre Dame, Alberto D. Rodriguez University of Notre Dame, Jane Cleland-Huang University of Notre Dame
16:55 5m		Automated Detection of Algorithm Debt in Deep Learning Frameworks: An Empirical StudyRegistered Reports Paper Registered Reports Track Emmanuel Iko-Ojo Simon Australian National University, Chirath Hettiarachchi Australian National University, Alex Potanin Australian National University, Hanna Suominen Australian National University, Fatemeh Hendijani Fard University of British Columbia DOI Pre-print

	17:00 - 17:30	ICSME Conference ClosingResearch Track / Industry Track / Tool Demo Track / New Ideas and Emerging Results Track / Registered Reports Track / Journal First Track / Artifact Evaluation Track and ROSE Festival at Humphreys Join us for the closing plenary session to wrap up ICSME 2024 and take a peek at the 2025 edition.

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Rohit GheyiCo-chair

Federal University of Campina Grande

Brazil

Hideaki HataCo-chair

Shinshu University

Japan

Juliana Alves PereiraCommittee Member

PUC-Rio

Brazil

Wesley AssunçãoCommittee Member

North Carolina State University

United States

Maria Teresa BaldassarreCommittee Member

Department of Computer Science, University of Bari

Italy

Cor-Paul BezemerCommittee Member

University of Alberta

Canada

Oscar ChaparroCommittee Member

William & Mary

United States

Daniel FeitosaCommittee Member

University of Groningen

Netherlands

Cuiyun GaoCommittee Member

Harbin Institute of Technology

China

Alejandra GarridoCommittee Member

LIFIA, University of La Plata & CONICET, Argentina

Emanuele IannoneCommittee Member

Hamburg University of Technology

Germany

Maliheh IzadiCommittee Member

Delft University of Technology

Netherlands

Yutaro KashiwaCommittee Member

Kyushu University

Japan

Takashi KobayashiCommittee Member

Institute of Science Tokyo

Japan

Stefano LambiaseCommittee Member

University of Salerno

Italy

Maxime LamotheCommittee Member

Polytechnique Montreal

Canada

Bin LinCommittee Member

Radboud University

Netherlands

Ivan MachadoCommittee Member

Federal University of Bahia

Brazil

Fernanda MadeiralCommittee Member

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Netherlands

Darko MarinovCommittee Member

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

United States

Yusuf Sulistyo NugrohoCommittee Member

Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Japan

Ali OuniCommittee Member

ETS Montreal, University of Quebec

Canada

Valeria PontilloCommittee Member

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