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Wed 5 Mar
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11:00 - 12:30	Software Maintenance and EvolutionJournal First Track / Industrial Track / Research Papers at L-1720 Chair(s): Ronnie de Souza Santos University of Calgary

11:00 15m Talk		How Effective are Large Language Models in Generating Software Specifications? Research Papers Danning Xie Purdue University, Byoungwoo Yoo UNIST, Nan Jiang Purdue University, Mijung Kim UNIST, Lin Tan Purdue University, Xiangyu Zhang Purdue University, Judy Lee ADP
11:15 15m Talk		Why Do Developers Engage with ChatGPT in Issue-Tracker? Investigating Usage and Reliance on ChatGPT-Generated Code Research Papers Joy Krishan Das University of Saskatchewan, Saikat Mondal University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan, Canada Pre-print
11:30 15m Talk		FSECAM: A Contextual Thematic Approach for Linking Feature to Multi-level Software Architectural Components Journal First Track Amit Mondal Associate Professor, Khulna University, Muhammad Mainul Hossain University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan, Kevin Schneider University of Saskatchewan
11:45 15m Talk		Evaluating ReLink for Traceability Link Recovery in Practice Industrial Track Ayberk Yaşa Bilkent University, Cemhan Kaan Özaltan , Görkem Ayten , Fatih Kaplama , Omercan Devran , Baykal Mehmet Ucar , Eray Tüzün Bilkent University
12:00 15m Talk		Development of Automated Software Design Document Review Methods Using Large Language Models Industrial Track Takasaburo Fukuda , Takao Nakagawa , Susumu Tokumoto Fujitsu Limited, Keisuke Miyazaki
12:15 15m Talk		Experiences on Using Large Language Models to Re-engineer a Legacy System at Volvo Group Industrial Track Vanshika Singh North Carolina State University, Caglar Korlu , Onur Orcun , Wesley Assunção North Carolina State University

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14:00 - 15:30	Defect Prediction & AnalysisResearch Papers / Industrial Track / Journal First Track at L-1710 Chair(s): Rrezarta Krasniqi University of North Carolina at Charlotte

14:00 15m Talk		An ensemble learning method based on neighborhood granularity discrimination index and its application in software defect prediction Research Papers Yuqi Sha College of Information Science and Technology,Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Feng Jiang College of Information Science and Technology,Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qiang Hu College of Information Science and Technology, Qingdao University of Science and technology, Yifan He Institute of Cosmetic Regulatory Science,Beijing Technology and Business University
14:15 15m Talk		ALOGO: A Novel and Effective Framework for Online Cross-project Defect Prediction Research Papers Rongrong Shi Beijing Jiaotong University, Yuxin He Beijing Jiaotong University, Ying Liu Beijing Jiaotong University, Zonghao Li Beijing Jiaotong University, Jingxin Su Beijing Jiaotong University, Haonan Tong Beijing Jiaotong University
14:30 15m Talk		Cross-System Software Log-based Anomaly Detection Using Meta-Learning Research Papers Yuqing Wang University of Helsinki, Finland, Mika Mäntylä University of Helsinki and University of Oulu, Jesse Nyyssölä University of Helsinki, Ke Ping University of Helsinki, Liqiang Wang University of Wyoming Pre-print
14:45 15m Talk		RADICE: Causal Graph Based Root Cause Analysis for System Performance Diagnostic Industrial Track Andrea Tonon Huawei Ireland Research Center, Meng Zhang Shandong University, Bora Caglayan Huawei Ireland Research Center, Fei Shen Huawei Nanjing Research Center, Tong Gui , Mingxue Wang Huawei Ireland Research Center, Rong Zhou
15:00 15m Talk		Can We Trust the Actionable Guidance from Explainable AI Techniques in Defect Prediction? Research Papers Gichan Lee Hanyang University, Hansae Ju Hanyang University, Scott Uk-Jin Lee Hanyang University
15:15 15m Talk		Making existing software quantum safe: A case study on IBM Db2 Journal First Track Lei Zhang , Andriy Miranskyy Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), Walid Rjaibi IBM Canada Lab, Greg Stager IBM Canada Lab, Michael Gray IBM, John Peck IBM

16:00 - 17:00	Software EcosystemJournal First Track / Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track / Research Papers at M-2101 Chair(s): Chris Parnin Microsoft

16:00 15m Talk		CapAssess: An Endeavor to Assess and Enhance Linux Capabilities Utilization Research Papers Jingzi Meng Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuewu Wang University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lingguang Lei Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jiwu Jing University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Pingjian Wang Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chunjing Kou University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wang Peng University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
16:15 7m Talk		Service Extraction from Object-Oriented Monolithic Systems: Supporting Incremental Migration Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track Soufyane Labsari Université Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Inria, UMR 9189 - CRIStAL, Imen Sayar Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inria, Centrale Lille, UMR 9189 CRIStAL, F-59000 Lille, France, Nicolas Anquetil University of Lille, Lille, France, Benoit Verhaeghe Berger-Levrault, Anne Etien Université de Lille, CNRS, Inria, Centrale Lille, UMR 9189 –CRIStAL
16:22 15m Talk		GitHub Marketplace for Automation and Innovation in Software Production Journal First Track Sk Golam Saroar York University, Waseefa Ahmed York University, Elmira Onagh York University, Maleknaz Nayebi York University
16:37 15m Talk		Protect Your Secrets: Understanding and Measuring Data Exposure in VSCode Extensions Research Papers Yue Liu Monash University, Kla Tantithamthavorn Monash University, Li Li Beihang University Pre-print

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11:00 - 12:30	Change Management & Program ComprehensionReproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track / Research Papers / Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track at L-1710 Chair(s): Masud Rahman Dalhousie University

11:00 15m Talk		AdvFusion: Adapter-based Knowledge Transfer for Code Summarization on Code Language Models Research Papers Iman Saberi University of British Columbia Okanagan, Amirreza Esmaeili University of British Columbia, Fatemeh Hendijani Fard University of British Columbia, Chen Fuxiang University of Leicester
11:15 15m Talk		EarlyPR: Early Prediction of Potential Pull-Requests from Forks Research Papers XiangChen Wu , Liang Wang Nanjing University, Xianping Tao Nanjing University
11:30 15m Talk		The Hidden Challenges of Merging: A Tool-Based Exploration Research Papers Luciana Gomes UFCG, Melina Mongiovi Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil, Sabrina Souto UEPB, Everton L. G. Alves Federal University of Campina Grande
11:45 7m Talk		On the Performance of Large Language Models for Code Change Intent Classification Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track Issam Oukay Department of Software and IT Engineering, ETS Montreal, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada, Moataz Chouchen Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, Ali Ouni ETS Montreal, University of Quebec, Fatemeh Hendijani Fard University of British Columbia
11:52 15m Talk		Revisiting Method-Level Change Prediction: Comparative Evaluation at Different Granularities Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track Hiroto Sugimori School of Computing, Institute of Science Tokyo, Shinpei Hayashi Institute of Science Tokyo DOI Pre-print

11:00 - 12:30	Mining Software RepositoriesResearch Papers / Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track / Journal First Track / Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track at L-1720 Chair(s): Brittany Reid Nara Institute of Science and Technology

11:00 15m Talk		An Empirical Study of Transformer Models on Automatically Templating GitHub Issue Reports Research Papers Jin Zhang Hunan Normal University, Maoqi Peng Hunan Normal University, Yang Zhang National University of Defense Technology, China
11:15 15m Talk		How to Select Pre-Trained Code Models for Reuse? A Learning Perspective Research Papers Zhangqian Bi Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Yao Wan Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Zhaoyang Chu Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Yufei Hu Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Junyi Zhang Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hongyu Zhang Chongqing University, Guandong Xu University of Technology, Hai Jin Huazhong University of Science and Technology Pre-print
11:30 7m Talk		Uncovering the Challenges: A Study of Corner Cases in Bug-Inducing Commits Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track Atakan Şerifoğlu Bilkent University, Eray Tüzün Bilkent University
11:37 15m Talk		A Bot Identification Model and Tool Based on GitHub Activity Sequences Journal First Track Natarajan Chidambaram University of Mons, Alexandre Decan University of Mons; F.R.S.-FNRS, Tom Mens University of Mons
11:52 15m Talk		Does the Tool Matter? Exploring Some Causes of Threats to Validity in Mining Software Repositories Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track Nicole Hoess Technical University of Applied Sciences Regensburg, Carlos Paradis No Affiliation, Rick Kazman University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Wolfgang Mauerer Technical University of Applied Sciences Regensburg

11:00 - 12:30	Code Quality and RefactoringResearch Papers / Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track at M-1410 Chair(s): Wesley Assunção North Carolina State University

11:00 15m Talk		Evaluating Software Development Agents: Patch Patterns, Code Quality, and Issue Complexity in Real-World GitHub Scenarios Research Papers Zhi Chen Singapore Management University, Lingxiao Jiang Singapore Management University Pre-print
11:15 15m Talk		Evaluating the Effectiveness of LLMs in Fixing Maintainability Issues in Real-World Projects Research Papers Henrique Gomes Nunes Federal University of Minas Gerais, Eduardo Figueiredo Federal University of Minas Gerais, Larissa Rocha State University of Bahia, Sarah Nadi New York University Abu Dhabi, Fischer Ferreira Federal University of Ceará, Geanderson Esteves dos Santos Federal University of Minas Gerais
11:30 15m Talk		Exploring the Potential of Llama Models in Automated Code Refinement: A Replication Study Research Papers Genevieve Caumartin Concordia University, Qiaolin Qin Polytechnique Montréal, Heng Li Polytechnique Montréal, Diego Costa Concordia University, Canada Pre-print
11:45 15m Talk		Exploring the Relationship between Technical Debt and Lead Time: An Industrial Case Study Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track Bhuwan Paudel Blekinge Institute of Technology, Javier Gonzalez-Huerta Blekinge Institute of Technology, Ehsan Zabardast Nordea, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Eriks Klotins Blekinge Institute of Technology

Accepted Papers

	Title
	A Bot Identification Model and Tool Based on GitHub Activity Sequences Journal First Track Natarajan Chidambaram, Alexandre Decan , Tom Mens
	FSECAM: A Contextual Thematic Approach for Linking Feature to Multi-level Software Architectural Components Journal First Track Amit Mondal, Muhammad Mainul Hossain, Chanchal K. Roy, Banani Roy, Kevin Schneider
	GitHub Marketplace for Automation and Innovation in Software Production Journal First Track Sk Golam Saroar, Waseefa Ahmed, Elmira Onagh, Maleknaz Nayebi
	Making existing software quantum safe: A case study on IBM Db2 Journal First Track Lei Zhang, Andriy Miranskyy, Walid Rjaibi, Greg Stager, Michael Gray, John Peck

Call For Papers

The 32nd edition of the International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering (SANER’25) features the Journal First track. The aim is to bring together scientific advancements published in leading journals to the SANER community to exchange ideas, problems, and results. It provides a platform for interaction with one another. The papers in the Journal First track follow the general topics specified in the SANER 2025 research track.

We have partnered with several software engineering journals to incorporate Journal First / Conference Second (J1C2) papers into the SANER program. Through this initiative, authors of journal-first papers accepted in the participating journals will be invited to present their work at SANER, allowing the authors to interact directly with the community and offering the SANER attendees a richer set of presentations.

The participating journals that partner with SANER are the following:

Empirical Software Engineering (Springer)
Journal of Systems and Software (Elsevier)
Information and Software Technology (Elsevier)
Journal of Software: Evolution and Process (Wiley)
Science of Computer Programming (Elsevier)

Scope

To be eligible to participate in the J1C2 program, a paper must:

Be accepted in one of the participating journals after December 1, 2022, and before December 1, 2024.
Be in the scope of the conference, i.e., focus on work related to software analysis, evolution, and reengineering.
Report on new research results that are not an extension of a previous conference publication. That is, journal versions extending prior conference publications with additional empirical results, proofs, algorithms, or other such details are out of scope for the J1C2 track.
Not have been presented at or under current consideration for any journal-first program of another conference (or a past edition of this conference).
Be a peer-reviewed article (e.g., letters to the editor are not considered eligible).

Evaluation Criteria

The J1C2 committee will check whether the submission is in scope for the J1C2 track. As the manuscripts have already been reviewed and accepted by the journals, they will not be reviewed again for technical correctness but rather be checked for the J1C2 criteria.

Submission Instructions

Authors of manuscripts that fulfill the above criteria are invited to submit a presentation proposal via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=saner2025). The proposal should consist of the following:

the paper title;
names of all authors;
an extended abstract (one page) using IEEE double-column format;
the acceptance and publication dates of the journal paper;
a short statement on how the work satisfies the J1C2 criteria relevant to the SANER community;
a statement confirming that the paper presents new research results that are not an extension of a previous conference publication;
a statement confirming that the paper has not been presented at or under current consideration for any journal-first program of another conference (or a past edition of this conference);
a pointer to the original journal paper.

Please list all authors of the original journal paper as authors of your submission in EasyChair.

To submit your paper, please use the same submission link. After clicking on “Make a New Submission,” you will be presented with a list of all available tracks. Be sure to select the correct track (e.g., Short Papers and Posters Track), as illustrated in the attached screenshot.

EasyChair Submission

Presentation and Proceedings

At least one author of each accepted J1C2 submission must register and attend the conference to present the paper. The accepted journal-first papers will have the title of their journal article listed in the conference program. Full journal-first manuscripts are published through the journals and will not be part of the SANER proceedings.

Important Dates

-Paper submission deadline: December 3, 2024 AoE

-Notifications: December 17, 2024 AoE

09:00 - 10:30	Keynote 1Research Papers at Amphithéâtre Bernard Lamarre (C-631) Chair(s): Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari , Masud Rahman Dalhousie University

09:00 90m Keynote		Keynote 1: AI for Code Generation to Software Engineering Research Papers Baishakhi Ray Columbia University, New York;

11:00 - 12:30	Empirical Studies & LLMIndustrial Track / Research Papers / Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track at L-1710 Chair(s): Diego Costa Concordia University, Canada

11:00 15m Talk		Beyond pip install: Evaluating LLM agents for the automated installation of Python projects Research Papers Louis Mark Milliken KAIST, Sungmin Kang National University of Singapore, Shin Yoo Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Pre-print
11:18 12m Talk		On the Compression of Language Models for Code: An Empirical Study on CodeBERT Research Papers Giordano d'Aloisio University of L'Aquila, Luca Traini University of L'Aquila, Federica Sarro University College London, Antinisca Di Marco University of L'Aquila Pre-print
11:30 15m Talk		Can Large Language Models Discover Metamorphic Relations? A Large-Scale Empirical Study Research Papers Jiaming Zhang University of Science and Technology Beijing, Chang-ai Sun University of Science and Technology Beijing, Huai Liu Swinburne University of Technology, Sijin Dong University of Science and Technology Beijing
11:45 15m Talk		Revisiting the Non-Determinism of Code Generation by the GPT-3.5 Large Language Model Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track Salimata Sawadogo Centre d'Excellence Interdisciplinaire en Intelligence Artificielle pour le Développement (CITADEL), Aminata Sabané Université Joseph KI-ZERBO, Centre d'Excellence CITADELLE, Rodrique Kafando Centre d'Excellence Interdisciplinaire en Intelligence Artificielle pour le Développement (CITADEL), Tegawendé F. Bissyandé University of Luxembourg
12:00 15m Talk		Language Models to Support Multi-Label Classification of Industrial Data Industrial Track Waleed Abdeen Blekinge Institute of Technology, Michael Unterkalmsteiner , Krzysztof Wnuk Blekinge Institute of Technology , Alessio Ferrari CNR-ISTI, Panagiota Chatzipetrou

13:00 - 14:00	Steering Committee MeetingResearch Papers at M-4225 - Pavillon Lassonde

13:00 60m Meeting		Steering Committee Meeting Research Papers

09:00 - 10:30	Keynote 2 Research Papers at Amphithéâtre Bernard Lamarre (C-631) Chair(s): Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari , Masud Rahman Dalhousie University

09:00 90m Keynote		Keynote 2: Source Code Diff Revolution Research Papers Nikolaos Tsantalis Concordia University

11:00 - 12:30	Software Analysis & Recommendation SystemsResearch Papers / Industrial Track / Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track at L-1720 Chair(s): Brittany Reid Nara Institute of Science and Technology

11:00 15m Talk		A First Look at Package-to-Group Mechanism: An Empirical Study of the Linux Distributions Research Papers Dongming Jin Key Lab of High-Confidence of Software Technologies (PKU), Ministry of Education, NIANYU LI ZGC Lab, China, Kai Yang Zhongguancun Laboratory, Minghui Zhou Peking University, Zhi Jin Peking University
11:15 15m Talk		Preprocessing is All You Need: Boosting the Performance of Log Parsers With a General Preprocessing Framework Research Papers Qiaolin Qin Polytechnique Montréal, Roozbeh Aghili Polytechnique Montréal, Heng Li Polytechnique Montréal, Ettore Merlo Polytechnique Montreal Pre-print
11:30 7m Talk		Boosting Large Language Models for System Software Retargeting: A Preliminary Study Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track Ming Zhong SKLP, Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Fang Lv Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lulin Wang , Lei Qiu SKLP, Institute of Computing Technology, CAS; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hongna Geng SKLP, Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Huimin Cui Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiaobing Feng ICT CAS
11:37 15m Talk		Analyzing Logs of Large-Scale Software Systems using Time Curves Visualization Industrial Track Dmytro Borysenkov , Adriano Vogel , Sören Henning Johannes Kepler University Linz, Esteban Pérez Wohlfeil
11:52 15m Talk		Building Your Own Product Copilot: Challenges, Opportunities, and Needs Industrial Track Chris Parnin Georgia Tech, Gustavo Soares Microsoft, Rahul Pandita GitHub, Inc., Sumit Gulwani Microsoft, Jessica Rich , Austin Henley University of Tennessee
12:07 15m Talk		Filter-based Repair of Semantic Segmentation in Safety-Critical Systems Industrial Track Sebastian Schneider , Tomas Sujovolsky , Paolo Arcaini National Institute of Informatics , Fuyuki Ishikawa National Institute of Informatics, Truong Vinh Truong Duy

Journal First Track SANER 2025

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Accepted Papers

Call For Papers

Coen De RooverJournal First Co-Chair

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Belgium

Andreea VescanJournal First Co-Chair

Babes-Bolyai University

Romania

Tracks

	07:30 - 17:00	RegistrationResearch Papers at Atrium Lassonde (M-3500) The registration will be available throughout the day, at Atrium Lassonde.

	08:30 - 09:00	Opening (Welcome from the GCs and PCs)Research Papers at Amphithéâtre Bernard Lamarre (C-631) Chair(s): Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari , Mohammad Hamdaqa Polytechnique Montréal, Foutse Khomh Polytechnique Montréal, Masud Rahman Dalhousie University

14:00 - 15:30	Smart Contracts & MicroservicesResearch Papers / Industrial Track at L-1710 Chair(s): Anthony Cleve University of Namur

14:00 15m Talk		LLM-based Generation of Solidity Smart Contracts from System Requirements in Natural Language: the AstraKode Case Industrial Track Gabriele De Vito Università di Salerno, Damiano D'Amici Damiano D'Amici, Head of Product and co-founder, AstraKode S.r.l., Fabiano Izzo Fabiano Izzo, CEO and co-founder, AstraKode S.r.l., Filomena Ferrucci University of Salerno, Dario Di Nucci University of Salerno
14:15 15m Talk		Deep Smart Contract Intent Detection Research Papers Youwei Huang Institute of Intelligent Computing Technology, Suzhou, CAS, Sen Fang North Carolina State University, Jianwen Li , Bin Hu Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jiachun Tao Suzhou City University, Tao Zhang Macau University of Science and Technology Pre-print
14:30 15m Talk		Enhancing Microservice Migration Transformation from Monoliths with Graph Neural Networks Research Papers Deli Chen hainan university, Chunyang Ye Hainan University, Hui Zhou Hainan University, Shanyan Lai hainan university, Bo Li hainan university
14:45 15m Talk		Specification Mining for Smart Contracts with Trace Slicing and Predicate Abstraction Research Papers Ye Liu , Yixuan Liu Nanyang Technological University, Yi Li Nanyang Technological University, Cyrille Artho KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
15:00 15m Talk		Towards Change Impact Analysis in Microservices-based System Evolution Research Papers Tomas Cerny University of Arizona, Gabriel Goulis Systems and Industrial Engineering, University of Arizona, Amr Elsayed The University of Arizona Pre-print
15:15 15m Talk		An Empirical Study on Microservices Deployment Trends, Topics and Challenges in Stack Overflow Research Papers Amina Bouaziz Laval University, Mohamed Aymen saied Laval University, Mohammed Sayagh ETS Montreal, University of Quebec, Ali Ouni ETS Montreal, University of Quebec, Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer University of Michigan - Flint

14:00 - 15:30	API and Dependency Analysis (Room: L-1720)Research Papers at L-1720 Chair(s): Raula Gaikovina Kula Osaka University

14:00 15m Talk		Analysing Software Supply Chains of Infrastructure as Code: Extraction of Ansible Plugin Dependencies Research Papers Ruben Opdebeeck Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Bram Adams Queen's University, Coen De Roover Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pre-print
14:15 15m Talk		Enhancing Automated Vulnerability Repair through Dependency Embedding and Pattern Store Research Papers Qingao Dong Beihang university, Yuanzhang Lin Beihang University, Xiang Gao Beihang University, Hailong Sun Beihang University
14:30 15m Talk		Improving API Knowledge Comprehensibility: A Context-Dependent Entity Detection and Context Completion Approach using LLM Research Papers Zhang Zhang National University of Defense Technology, Xinjun Mao National University of Defense Technology, Shangwen Wang National University of Defense Technology, Kang Yang National University of Defense Technology, Tanghaoran Zhang National University of Defense Technology, Fei Gao National University of Defense Technology, Xunhui Zhang National University of Defense Technology, China
14:45 15m Talk		Pay Your Attention on Lib! Android Third-Party Library Detection via Feature Language Model Research Papers Dahan Pan Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Yi Xu Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Runhan Feng Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Donghui Yu Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Jiawen Chen Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Ya Fang Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Yuanyuan Zhang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
15:00 15m Talk		THINK: Tackling API Hallucinations in LLMs via Injecting Knowledge Research Papers Jiaxin Liu National University of Defense Technology, Yating Zhang National University of Defense Technology, Deze Wang National University of Defense Technology, Yiwei Li National University of Defense Technology, Wei Dong National University of Defense Technology

	16:00 - 17:00	Townhall MeetingResearch Papers at Atrium Lassonde (M-3500) Chair(s): Rick Kazman University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

	08:30 - 09:00	MIP Announcement & TalkResearch Papers at Amphithéâtre Bernard Lamarre (C-631) Chair(s): Bram Adams Queen's University

11:00 - 12:30	Software Testing & DebuggingResearch Papers at L-1710 Chair(s): Coen De Roover Vrije Universiteit Brussel

11:00 15m Talk		A Multi-Language Tool for Generating Unit Tests from Execution Traces Research Papers Gabriel Darbord Inria, Nicolas Anquetil University of Lille, Lille, France, Anne Etien Université de Lille, CNRS, Inria, Centrale Lille, UMR 9189 –CRIStAL, Benoit Verhaeghe Berger-Levrault
11:15 15m Talk		CSE-WSS: Code Structure Enhancement Framework with Weighted Semantic Similarity for Changeset-based Bug Localization Research Papers Zhenghao Liu School of Software Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, Li Yuan School of Software Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, Jiexin Wang School of Software Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, Yi Cai School of Software Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
11:30 15m Talk		From Bug Reports to Workarounds: The Real-World Impact of Compiler Bugs Research Papers Zhixing He , Hao Zhong Shanghai Jiao Tong University
11:45 15m Talk		Optimizing Class Integration Testing with Criticality-Driven Test Order Generation Research Papers yanru ding China University of Mining and Technology, Yanmei ZHANG China University of Mining and Technology, Guan Yuan China University of Mining and Technology, Shujuan Jiang China University of Mining and Technology, Wei Dai China University of Mining and Technology, Luciano Baresi Politecnico di Milano
12:00 15m Talk		Generating and Contributing Test Cases for C Libraries from Client Code: A Case Study Research Papers Ahmed Zaki Imperial College London, Arindam Sharma Imperial College London, Cristian Cadar Imperial College London

11:00 - 12:30	Program AnalysisResearch Papers at M-1410 Chair(s): Rrezarta Krasniqi University of North Carolina at Charlotte

11:00 15m Talk		Adapting Knowledge Prompt Tuning for Enhanced Automated Program Repair Research Papers Xuemeng Cai Singapore Management University, Lingxiao Jiang Singapore Management University
11:15 15m Talk		A Metric for Measuring the Impact of Rare Paths on Program Coverage Research Papers Leo St. Amour Virginia Tech, Eli Tilevich Virginia Tech, Muhammad Ali Gulzar Virginia Tech
11:30 15m Talk		A Progressive Transformer for Unifying Binary Code Embedding and Knowledge Transfer Research Papers Hanxiao Lu Columbia University, Hongyu Cai Purdue University, Yiming Liang Purdue University, Antonio Bianchi Purdue University, Z. Berkay Celik Purdue University
11:45 15m Talk		Is This You, LLM? Recognizing AI-written Programs with Multilingual Code Stylometry Research Papers Andrea Gurioli DISI - University of Bologna, Maurizio Gabbrielli DISI - University of Bologna, Stefano Zacchiroli Télécom Paris, Polytechnic Institute of Paris Pre-print
12:00 15m Talk		SpeedGen: Enhancing Code Efficiency through Large Language Model-Based Performance Optimization Research Papers Nils Purschke Technical University of Munich, Sven Kirchner Technical University of Munich, Alois Knoll Technical University of Munich
12:15 15m Talk		StriCT-BJ: A String Constraint Benchmark from Real Java Programs Research Papers Chi Zhang Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jian Zhang Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

14:00 - 15:30	Search & SimilarityResearch Papers / Industrial Track at M-1410 Chair(s): Fatemeh Hendijani Fard University of British Columbia

14:00 15m Talk		BinEGA: Enhancing DNN-based Binary Code Similarity Detection through Efficient Graph Alignment Research Papers Shize Zhou Zhejiang University, Lirong Fu Hangzhou Dianzi University, Peiyu Liu Zhejiang University, Wenhai Wang Zhejiang University
14:15 15m Talk		Evaluating the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Demonstration Retrievers in RAG for Code Tasks Research Papers Pengfei He University of Manitoba, Shaowei Wang University of Manitoba, Shaiful Chowdhury University of Manitoba, Tse-Hsun (Peter) Chen Concordia University
14:30 15m Talk		Stack Trace Deduplication: Faster, More Accurately, and in More Realistic Scenarios Research Papers Egor Shibaev Constructor University, JetBrains, Denis Sushentsev JetBrains, Yaroslav Golubev JetBrains Research, Aleksandr Khvorov JetBrains; Constructor University Bremen Pre-print
14:45 15m Talk		Industrial-Scale Neural Network Clone Detection with Disk-Based Similarity Search Industrial Track Gul Aftab Ahmed , Muslim Chochlov , Abdul Razzaq , James Vincent Patten , Yuanhua Han , Guoxian Lu , Jim Buckley Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, David Gregg Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

	16:00 - 17:00	Ask Me Anything Session (New Comers Onboarding)Research Papers at L-1710 Chair(s): Jeremy Bradbury Ontario Tech University, Foutse Khomh Polytechnique Montréal

09:00 - 10:30	Keynote 3: IVADOResearch Papers at Amphithéâtre Bernard Lamarre (C-631) Chair(s): Foutse Khomh Polytechnique Montréal

09:00 10m Talk		IVADO Presentation Research Papers
09:10 40m Keynote		Keynote 3: Advances and Challenges in Foundation Agents: From Brain-Inspired Intelligence to Evolutionary, Collaborative, and Safe Systems Research Papers Bang Liu DIRO & Mila, Université de Montréal
09:50 40m Talk		Keynote 4: LLMs: Facts, Lies, Reasoning and Software Agents in the Real World Research Papers Chris Pal Polytechnique Montreal

	14:00 - 15:00	IMC2 - Cyber Security PanelResearch Papers at Amphithéâtre Bernard Lamarre (C-631) Chair(s): Mohammad Hamdaqa Polytechnique Montréal

15:30 - 17:00	Software SecurityEarly Research Achievement (ERA) Track / Research Papers at L-1710 Chair(s): Sabbir M. Saleh University of Western Ontario

15:30 15m Talk		Characterizing Logs in Vulnerability Reports: In-Depth Analysis and Security Implications Research Papers Yao Shu Wuhan University, Lianyu Zheng Wuhan University, Jinfu Chen Wuhan University, Jifeng Xuan Wuhan University
15:45 15m Talk		Conan: Uncover Consensus Issues in Distributed Databases Using Fuzzing-driven Fault Injection Research Papers Haojia Huang Sun Yat-Sen Universty, Pengfei Chen Sun Yat-sen University, Guangba Yu Sun Yat-sen University, Haiyu Huang Sun Yat-sen University, Jia Chang Huawei, Jun Li Huawei, Jian Han Huawei
16:00 15m Talk		Dissecting APKs from Google Play: Trends, Insights and Security Implications Research Papers Pedro Jesús Ruiz Jiménez University of Luxembourg, Jordan Samhi University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Tegawendé F. Bissyandé University of Luxembourg, Jacques Klein University of Luxembourg
16:15 15m Talk		WakeMint: Detecting Sleepminting Vulnerabilities in NFT Smart Contracts Research Papers Lei Xiao Sun Yat-sen University, Shuo Yang Sun Yat-sen University, Wen Chen Energy Development Research Institute, China Southern Power Grid Company Limited, Zibin Zheng Sun Yat-sen University
16:30 7m Talk		On Categorizing Open Source Software Security Vulnerability Reporting Mechanisms on GitHub Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track Sushawapak Kancharoendee , Thanat Phichitphanphong , Chanikarn Jongyingyos Mahidol University, Brittany Reid Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Raula Gaikovina Kula Osaka University, Morakot Choetkiertikul Mahidol University, Thailand, Chaiyong Rakhitwetsagul Mahidol University, Thailand, Thanwadee Sunetnanta Mahidol University

15:30 - 17:00	SE Education and PeopleReproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track / Registered Report Track / Research Papers at M-2101 Chair(s): Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari , Jeremy Bradbury Ontario Tech University

15:30 15m Talk		Hidden Figures in Software Engineering: A Replication Study Exploring Undergraduate Software Students’ Awareness of Distinguished Scientists from Underrepresented Groups Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track Ronnie de Souza Santos University of Calgary, Italo Santos Northern Arizona University, Robson T. de Souza Santos UFPE, Cleyton Vanut Cordeiro de Magalhães UFPE
15:45 15m Talk		On the Impact of 3D Visualization of Repository Metrics in Software Engineering Education Registered Report Track Dario Di Dario University of Salerno, Stefano Lambiase University of Salerno, Fabio Palomba University of Salerno, Carmine Gravino University of Salerno Pre-print
16:00 15m Talk		Improving Evidence-Based Tech Hiring with GitHub-Supported Resume Matching Research Papers Swanand Vaishampayan Virginia Tech, Muhammad Ali Gulzar Virginia Tech, Chris Brown Virginia Tech
16:15 15m Talk		Towards Decoding Developer Cognition in the Age of AI Assistants Registered Report Track Ebtesam Al Haque George Mason University, Chris Brown Virginia Tech, Thomas LaToza George Mason University, Brittany Johnson George Mason University

Journal First Track SANER 2025

Program Display Configuration

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Accepted Papers

Call For Papers

Coen De RooverJournal First Co-Chair

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Belgium

Andreea VescanJournal First Co-Chair

Babes-Bolyai University

Romania

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