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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

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	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Meeting

Technical Briefing on srcML & srcDiff: Infrastructure to Support Exploring, Analyzing, and Differencing of Source Code

Research Track

Accepted Papers

	Title
	An Empirical Study of Automatic Program Repair Techniques for Injection VulnerabilitiesResearch Track Paper Research Track Tingwei Zhu, Tongtong Xu, Kui Liu, Jiayuan Zhou, Xing Hu, Xin Xia, Tian Zhang, David Lo
	A Taxonomy of Self-Admitted Technical Debt in Deep Learning SystemsResearch Track Paper Research Track Federica Pepe, Fiorella Zampetti, Antonio Mastropaolo, Gabriele Bavota, Massimiliano Di Penta Pre-print
	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
	Blessing or Curse? Investigating Test Code Maintenance through Inheritance and InterfaceResearch Track Paper Research Track Dong Jae Kim, Tse-Hsun (Peter) Chen
	Broken Windows: Exploring the Applicability of a Controversial Theory on Code QualityResearch Track Paper Research Track Diomidis Spinellis, Panos Louridas, Maria Kechagia, Tushar Sharma
	Can Developers Prompt? A Controlled Experiment for Code Documentation GenerationOpen Research ObjectResearch Object ReviewedResearch Track Paper Research Track Hans-Alexander Kruse, Tim Puhlfürß, Walid Maalej
	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
	Compilation of Commit Changes within Java Source Code RepositoriesOpen Research ObjectResearch Track Paper Research Track Stefan Schott, Wolfram Fischer, Serena Elisa Ponta, Jonas Klauke, Eric Bodden Pre-print
	CPLS: Optimizing the Assignment of LLM QueriesResearch Track Paper Research Track Yueyue Liu, Hongyu Zhang, Zhiqiang Li, Yuantian Miao
	Decomposing God Header File via Multi-View Graph ClusteringResearch Track Paper Research Track Yue Wang, Wenhui Chang, Yanzhen Zou, Tongwei Deng, Bing Xie Pre-print
	Deep Learning-based Code Completion: On the Impact on Performance of Contextual InformationResearch Track Paper Research Track Matteo Ciniselli, Luca Pascarella, Gabriele Bavota
	Demystifying Device-specific Compatibility Issues in Android AppsResearch Track Paper Research Track Junfeng Chen, Kevin Li, Yifei Chen, Lili Wei, Yepang Liu
	Encoding Domain Knowledge in Log AnalysisResearch Track Paper Research Track Filip Zamfirov, Dennis Dams, Mazyar Seraj, Alexander Serebrenik
	Enhancing Web Test Script Repair using Integrated UI Structural and Visual InformationResearch Track Paper Research Track Zhongzhen Wen, Yifei Lu, Tongtong Xu, Minxue Pan, Tian Zhang, Xuandong Li
	Exploring Pseudo-Testedness: Empirically Evaluating Extreme Mutation Testing at the Statement LevelResearch Track Paper Research Track Megan Maton, Gregory Kapfhammer, Phil McMinn
	Exploring the Adoption of Fuzz Testing in Open-Source Software: A Case Study of the Go CommunityResearch Track Paper Research Track Olivier Nourry, Masanari Kondo, Mahmoud Alfadel, Shane McIntosh, Yasutaka Kamei Pre-print
	Focused: An Approach to Framework-oriented Cross-language Link Specification and DetectionResearch Track Paper Research Track Ailun Yu, Yifan Shi, Bo Shen, Wei Zhang, Haiyan Zhao, Guangtai Liang, Tianyong Wu, Zhi Jin File Attached
	How Far Have We Gone in Binary Code Understanding Using Large Language ModelsResearch Track Paper Research Track Xiuwei Shang, Shaoyin Cheng, Guoqiang Chen, Yanming Zhang, Li Hu, Xiao Yu, Gangyang Li, Weiming Zhang, Nenghai Yu Pre-print
	Impact of JVM Configurations on Test RuntimeResearch Track Paper Research Track Abdelrahman Baz, Milos Gligoric, August Shi
	Improving long-tail vulnerability detection through data augmentation based on large language modelsResearch Track Paper Research Track Xiao Deng, Fuyao Duan, Rui Xie, Wei Ye, Shikun Zhang
	Improving Retrieval-Augmented Code Comment Generation by Retrieving for GenerationResearch Track Paper Research Track Lu Hanzhen, Zhongxin Liu
	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 Pre-print
	Leveraging Large Vision-Language Model For Better Automatic Web GUI TestingResearch Track Paper Research Track Siyi Wang, Sinan Wang, Yujia Fan, Xiaolei Li, Yepang Liu
	Maven Unzipped: Packaging Impacts the EcosystemResearch Track Paper Research Track Mehdi Keshani, Gideon Bot, Priyam Rungta, Maliheh Izadi, Arie van Deursen, Sebastian Proksch
	Mind the Gap: The Disconnect Between Refactoring Criteria Used in Industry and Refactoring Recommendation ToolsResearch Track Paper Research Track James Ivers, Anwar Ghammam, Khouloud Gaaloul, Ipek Ozkaya, Marouane Kessentini, Wajdi Aljedaani
	New PHP Language Features Make Your Static Code Analysis Tools Miss VulnerabilitiesResearch Track Paper Research Track Lin Wang, Yuan Zhang, Xin Tan, Shengke Ye, Min Yang
	Next-Generation Refactoring: Combining LLM Insights and IDE Capabilities for Extract MethodOpen Research ObjectResearch Track Paper Research Track Dorin Pomian, Abhiram Bellur, Malinda Dilhara, Zarina Kurbatova, Egor Bogomolov, Timofey Bryksin, Danny Dig
	On the Generalizability of Transformer Models to Code Completions of Different LengthsResearch Track Paper Research Track Nathan Cooper, Rosalia Tufano, Gabriele Bavota, Denys Poshyvanyk
	On the Impact of Draft Pull Requests on Accelerating FeedbackResearch Track Paper Research Track Firas Harbaoui, Mohammed Sayagh, Rabe Abdalkareem
	On the Rationale and Use of Assertion Messages in Test Code: Insights from Software PractitionersOpen Research ObjectResearch Track Paper Research Track Anthony Peruma, Taryn Takebayashi, Rocky Huang, Joseph Carmelo Averion, Veronica Hodapp, Christian D. Newman, Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer Pre-print
	On the Use of Deep Learning Models for Semantic Clone DetectionResearch Track Paper Research Track Subroto Nag Pinku, Debajyoti Mondal, Chanchal K. Roy
	OPass: Orchestrating TVM's Passes for Lowering Memory Footprints of Computation GraphsResearch Track Paper Research Track Pengbo Nie, Zihan Wang, Chengcheng Wan, Ziyi Lin, He Jiang, Jianjun Zhao, Yuting Chen
	Optimizing Decompiler Output by Eliminating Redundant Data Flow in Self-Recursive InliningResearch Track Paper Research Track Runze Zhang, Ying Cao, Ruigang Liang, Peiwei Hu, Kai Chen
	Precos: Project-specific Retrieval for Better Code SummarizationResearch Track Paper Research Track Tingwei Zhu, Zhong Li, Tian Zhang, Minxue Pan, Xuandong Li
	Private — Keep Out? Understanding How Developers Account for Code Visibility in Unit TestingResearch Track Paper Research Track Muhammad Firhard Roslan, José Miguel Rojas, Phil McMinn
	RENAS: Prioritizing Co-Renaming Opportunities of IdentifiersOpen Research ObjectResearch Object ReviewedResearch Track Paper Research Track Naoki Doi, Yuki Osumi, Shinpei Hayashi DOI Pre-print
	RetypeR: Integrated Retrieval-based Automatic Program Repair for Python Type ErrorsResearch Track Paper Research Track Sichong Hao, Xianjun Shi, Hongwei Liu
	Supporting Software Maintenance with Dynamically Generated Document HierarchiesResearch Track Paper Research Track Katherine R. Dearstyne, Alberto D. Rodriguez, Jane Cleland-Huang
	Technical Briefing on srcML & srcDiff: Infrastructure to Support Exploring, Analyzing, and Differencing of Source Code Research Track
	Test Scheduling Across Heterogeneous Machines While Balancing Running Time, Price, and FlakinessResearch Track Paper Research Track Hengchen Yuan, Jiefang Lin, Wing Lam, August Shi
	The Effectiveness of Compact Fine-Tuned LLMs for Log ParsingResearch Track Paper Research Track Maryam Mehrabi, Wahab Hamou-Lhadj, Hossein Moosavi
	The Impact of Program Reduction on Automated Program RepairOpen Research ObjectResearch Object ReviewedResearch Track Paper Research Track Linas Vidziunas, Leon Moonen, David Binkley Pre-print Media Attached
	Toward Debugging Deep Reinforcement Learning Programs with RLExplorerResearch Track Paper Research Track Rached Bouchoucha, Ahmed Haj Yahmed, Darshan Patil, Janarthanan Rajendran, Amin Nikanjam, Sarath Chandar, Foutse Khomh
	Towards Identifying Python Proficiency to Foster Software Maintenance and EvolutionResearch Track Paper Research Track Ruksit Rojpaisarnkit, Gregorio Robles, Raula Gaikovina Kula, Dong Wang, Chaiyong Ragkhitwetsagul, Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona, Kenichi Matsumoto Pre-print
	Towards Unmasking LGTM Smells in Code Reviews: A Comparative Study of Comment-Free and Commented ReviewsResearch Track Paper Research Track Mahmut Furkan Gön, Burak Yetistiren, Eray Tüzün
	Understanding Code Change with Micro-ChangesResearch Track Paper Research Track Lei Chen, Michele Lanza, Shinpei Hayashi DOI Pre-print Media Attached
	Understanding Web Application Workloads and Their Applications: Systematic Literature Review and CharacterizationResearch Track Paper Research Track Roozbeh Aghili, Qiaolin Qin, Heng Li, Foutse Khomh Pre-print
	Unraveling the Impact of Code Smell Agglomerations on Code StabilityOpen Research ObjectResearch Object ReviewedResearch Track Paper Research Track Amanda Santana, Eduardo Figueiredo, Juliana Alves Pereira
	vFix: Facilitating Software Maintenance of Smart Contracts via Automatically Fixing VulnerabilitiesResearch Track Paper Research Track Pengcheng Fang, Peng Gao, Yun Peng, Qingzhao Zhang, Tao Xie, Dawn Song, Prateek Mittal, Sanjeev Kulkarni, Zhuotao Liu, Xusheng Xiao
	“What Happened to my Models?” History-Aware Co-Existence and Co-Evolution of Metamodels and ModelsResearch Track Paper Research Track Marcel Homolka, Luciano Marchezan, Wesley Assunção, Alexander Egyed

Call for Papers

Goal and Scope

The 40th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2024) is the premier forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences, and challenges in software maintenance and evolution. We invite high quality submissions describing significant and unpublished results related to but not limited to any of the following software maintenance and evolution topics (in alphabetical order):

Change and defect management
Code cloning and provenance
Concept and feature location
Continuous integration/deployment
Empirical studies of software maintenance and evolution
Evolution of non-code artifacts
Evolution and maintenance of AI-based applications
Human aspects of software maintenance and evolution
Large Language Models for software evolution and maintenance tasks
Maintenance and evolution of model-based methods
Maintenance and evolution of mobile apps
Maintenance and evolution of service-oriented and cloud computing systems
Maintenance and evolution processes
Maintenance versus release process
Mining software repositories
Productivity of software engineers during maintenance and evolution
Release engineering
Reverse engineering and re-engineering
Run-time evolution and dynamic configuration
Software and system comprehension
Software migration and renovation
Software quality assessment
Software refactoring and restructuring
Software testing theory and practice
Source code analysis and manipulation
Technical Debt

ICSME welcomes innovative ideas that are timely, well-presented, and evaluated. All submissions must position themselves within the existing literature, describe the relevance of the results to specific software engineering goals, and include a clear motivation and presentation of the work. All submissions must be in English and follow the paper submission guidelines below.

All papers must be full papers.

Evaluation

Submissions that are not in compliance with the required submission format or that are out of the scope of the conference will be desk-rejected without being reviewed. All submissions that meet the submission criteria and fit the scope of the conference will be reviewed by three members of the program committee. The importance of contribution, originality, quality of presentation, soundness, evaluation (where applicable), and appropriate comparison to related work will be assessed for all submissions. Where applicable (e.g., empirical studies and other technical contributions with an evaluation), the replicability of the work will be assessed.

Author Response Period

ICSME 2024 will offer a seven-day author response period. In this period, the authors will have the opportunity to inspect the reviews and answer specific questions raised by the program committee. This period is scheduled after all reviews have been completed and discussed, to inform the subsequent decision-making process. Authors will be able to see the full reviews, including the reviewer scores as part of the author response process.

NEW IN 2024: Early Decisions

To reduce the author and reviewer burden of unnecessary writing/reading of author responses, ICSME 2024 is introducing early decisions: * If reviewers already decide that a paper can be accepted in its current state without requiring any further input from the authors, the authors will receive an “Accept” decision at the beginning of the author response period and will not be required to submit a response. * Conversely, if the paper is perceived to be in a highly deficient state by the reviewers, leading them to conclude that the authors’ response is unlikely to alter their evaluation significantly, the authors will receive a “Reject” decision at the beginning of the author response period and will not be asked to submit a response. * All other papers will receive a “Response Recommended” notification at the beginning of the author response period. However, as customary, it is still up to the authors to decide if they want to submit an author response.

This approach ensures that author responses are primarily reserved for cases with some controversy or where the reviewers have specific and pertinent inquiries to be addressed.

Publication and Presentation

Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. All authors of all accepted papers will be asked to complete an electronic IEEE Copyright form and will receive further instructions for preparing their camera-ready versions. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper at the conference. Failure of at least one author to register by the early registration date will result in the paper being withdrawn from the conference proceedings. IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., by not placing it in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library) if the paper is not presented at the conference. Presentation details will follow notifications of acceptance.

Paper Submission

Submitted papers must comply with IEEE plagiarism policy and procedures. Papers submitted to ICSME 2024 must not have been published elsewhere and must not be under review, or submitted for review elsewhere while under consideration for ICSME 2024. Submitting the same paper to different tracks of ICSME 2024 is also not allowed. ICSME 2024 will use 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 compliance before reviewing begins.)
References to authors’ own related work must be in the third person. (For example, instead of “We build on our previous work…”, use “We build on the work of…”)
The title of the submission must be different from the preprints of the authors on arXiv or similar sites. During the review period, authors must not publicly use the submission title.
Please see the Double-Anonymous Reviewing FAQ for more information and guidance.

Papers must strictly adhere to the two-column IEEE conference proceedings format. Please use the templates available here. LaTeX users should use the following configuration: \documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran}. Microsoft Word users should use the US Letter format template. Papers must not exceed 10 pages (including figures and appendices) plus up to 2 pages that contain ONLY references. All submissions must be in PDF and must be submitted online by the deadline via the ICSME 2024 EasyChair link. All authors, reviewers, and organizers are expected to uphold the IEEE Code of Conduct.

Authors of select papers from the research track will be invited to submit extended versions of their work to a special issue of the Springer International Journal of Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE). Invited papers will be expected to comply with the standard guidelines when publishing an extended version of a paper, including the addition of about 30% new material.

Submission

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

Open Science Policy

ICSME encourages open science practices. While sharing of data sets, replication packages, or preprints is not required, it is expected to be the default, and non-sharing needs to be justified, for example, in the case of industry data subject to confidentiality issues or legal requirements. PC members are not required to run code and check details of the artifact, but are asked to comment on its inclusion (specifically whether the data/code promised in the paper is available in the artifact). Upon submission, authors should do one of the following: (1) make their data available to the program committee via an online archival (see below), (2) include in the paper an explanation as to why this is not possible or desirable, or (3) indicate that they intend to make their data publicly available upon acceptance. Note that, even if not intentional, the last option can create doubt in reviewers’ minds as to why the data is not made available for review. Accordingly, we strongly encourage following one of the first two options.

When sharing data, please use an online archival site such as zenodo.org, figshare.com, or https://osf.io/. These sites ensure that the content is archived and they generate a DOI for the content, enabling it to be cited. To learn more about how to share data while maintaining double-anonymous, read the explanation provided by Daniel Graziotin. One resource that may be helpful in accomplishing this task is this blog post. We recognize that anonymizing artifacts such as source code is more difficult than preserving anonymity in a paper. We ask authors to take a best-effort approach to not reveal their identities. We will also ask reviewers to avoid trying to identify authors by looking at commit histories and other such information that is not easily anonymized. Authors wanting to share GitHub repositories may want to look into using https://anonymous.4open.science, which is an open-source tool that helps you quickly double anonymous your repository.

ICSME supports and encourages Green Open Access (also called self-archiving). We encourage authors to self-archive a preprint of their accepted manuscript in an e-print server such as arXiv.org. Open access increases the availability of your work and increases citation impact. To learn more about open access, please read the Green Open Access FAQ by Arie van Deursen. Note that if your research includes scraped GitHub data, the GitHub Terms of Service require that “publications resulting from that research are open access”. If possible, we recommend that you archive your paper (e.g., on arXiv or on your website) only after the ICSME reviewing process is completed, to avoid undermining the double-anonymous reviewing process.

Authors of papers accepted into ICSME 2024 will be invited to submit their artifacts to the Artifact Evaluation Track. Papers with accepted artifacts will be awarded badges and invited to present lightning talks at the ROSE (Recognising and Rewarding Open Science in Software Engineering) Festival. Please see the Call for Participation for the Artifact Evaluation Track.

For inquiries, we invite you to reach out to the ROSE Festival and artifacts chairs, Massimiliano di Penta (dipenta@unisannio.it) and Fernanda Madeiral (f.madeiral.delfim@vu.nl).

Important Dates

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

Abstract submission: April 4, 2024
Paper submission: April 11, 2024
Early decision notification: May 30, 2024
Final notification: June 13, 2024
Camera-ready submission: July 29, 2024

Track Co-Chairs

Fabio Calefato (fabio.calefato@uniba.it), University of Bari, Italy

Sarah Nadi (sarah.nadi@nyu.edu), New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE

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

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

13:30 - 15:00	Rose Festival & Artifact EvaluationArtifact Evaluation Track and ROSE Festival at Fremont Chair(s): Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy, Fernanda Madeiral Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

13:30 10m Talk		RENAS: Prioritizing Co-Renaming Opportunities of IdentifiersOpen Research ObjectResearch Object ReviewedICSME 2024 Research Artifact Evaluation Track and ROSE Festival Naoki Doi Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yuki Osumi Tokyo Institute of Technology, Shinpei Hayashi Tokyo Institute of Technology DOI Pre-print Media Attached
13:40 10m Talk		Interactive Diagrams for Software DocumentationOpen Research ObjectResearch Object ReviewedVISSOFT 2024 Artifact Evaluation Track and ROSE Festival Adam Štěpánek Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, David Kuťák Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Barbora Kozlíková Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Jan Byška Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University; Department of Informatics, University of Bergen
13:50 10m Talk		Enhancing HTML Structure Comprehension: Real-Time 3D/XR Visualization of the DOM - ArtifactOpen Research ObjectResearch Object ReviewedVISSOFT 2024 Artifact Evaluation Track and ROSE Festival David Moreno-Lumbreras Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
14:00 10m Talk		Replication Package for "The Impact of Program Reduction on Automated Program Repair"Open Research ObjectResearch Object ReviewedICSME 2024 Research Artifact Evaluation Track and ROSE Festival Linas Vidziunas Simula Research Laboratory, David Binkley Loyola University Maryland, Leon Moonen Simula Research Laboratory and BI Norwegian Business School DOI Pre-print Media Attached
14:10 10m Talk		Unraveling the Impact of Code Smell Agglomerations on Code StabilityOpen Research ObjectResearch Object ReviewedICSME 2024 Research Artifact Evaluation Track and ROSE Festival Amanda Santana Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Eduardo Figueiredo Federal University of Minas Gerais, Juliana Alves Pereira PUC-Rio
14:20 10m Talk		Enhancing Identifier Naming Through Multi-Mask Fine-tuning of Language Models of CodeOpen Research ObjectResearch Object ReviewedSCAM 2024 Artifact Evaluation Track and ROSE Festival Sanidhya Vijayvargiya BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Mootez Saad Dalhousie University, Tushar Sharma Dalhousie University
14:30 10m Talk		Can Developers Prompt? A Controlled Experiment for Code Documentation GenerationOpen Research ObjectResearch Object ReviewedICSME 2024 Research Artifact Evaluation Track and ROSE Festival Hans-Alexander Kruse Universität Hamburg, Tim Puhlfürß Universität Hamburg, Walid Maalej University of Hamburg
14:40 10m Talk		Next-Generation Refactoring: Combining LLM Insights and IDE Capabilities for Extract MethodOpen Research ObjectICSME 2024 Research Artifact Evaluation Track and ROSE Festival 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

	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.

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

	18:15 - 20:15	ReceptionCatering at Lobby Join us for the conference reception at the Lobby.

	18:00 - 22:00	BanquetCatering at The Gopher's Hole (Weatherford Hotel) Conference banquet held at The Gopher’s Hole, located in the Weatherford Hotel.

	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.

	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.

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Information for Participants

Accepted Papers

Call for Papers

Fabio CalefatoPC Chair

University of Bari

Italy

Sarah NadiPC Chair

New York University Abu Dhabi, University of Alberta

United Arab Emirates

Ahmad Abdellatif

University of Calgary

Canada

Abdelwahab Hamou-Lhadj

Canada

Shamsa Abid

Lahore University of Management Sciences

Pakistan

Francesca Arcelli Fontana

University of Milano-Bicocca

Paris Avgeriou

University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Netherlands

Sebastian Baltes

University of Bayreuth

Germany

Abdul Ali Bangash

Software Analysis and Intelligence Lab (SAIL), Queen's University, Canada

Canada

Alexandre Bergel

University of Chile

Chile

Árpád Beszédes

Department of Software Engineering, University of Szeged

Hungary

Cor-Paul Bezemer

Queen's University

Matteo Biagiola

Università della Svizzera italiana

Domenico Bianculli

University of Luxembourg

Luxembourg

David Binkley

Loyola University Maryland

United States

Tegawendé F. Bissyandé

University of Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Kelly Blincoe

University of Auckland

New Zealand

Nicolás Cardozo

Universidad de los Andes

Colombia

Gemma Catolino

University of Salerno

Italy

Mariano Ceccato

University of Verona

Italy

Tse-Hsun (Peter) Chen

Concordia University

Canada

Zhenpeng Chen

Nanyang Technological University

Singapore

James Clause

University of Delaware

United States

Anthony Cleve

University of Namur

Belgium

Eleni Constantinou

University of Cyprus

Cyprus

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