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Rethinking the Health of Evolving Software Ecosystems

Eleni Constantinou

The Last Mile of Software Engineering Research: Lessons from Large Industrial Systems

Benoit Verhaeghe

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Mon 14 Sep
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	09:00 - 09:30	SCAM Opening SessionKeynotes at A51S

09:30 - 10:30	SCAM KeynoteKeynotes at A51S Chair(s): Carolin Brandt Delft University of Technology

09:30 60m Keynote		Rethinking the Health of Evolving Software Ecosystems Keynotes Eleni Constantinou University of Cyprus

10:30 - 11:00	Coffee BreakCatering at 1st Floor Corridor/Courtyard

10:30 30m Coffee break		Break Catering

11:00 - 12:30	TestingResearch Track / Engineering Track at A51S Chair(s): Saba Alimadadi Simon Fraser University

11:00 18m Talk		Text Probes: Unit Testing of Source Code Analysis Research Track Anton Risberg Alaküla Lund University, Görel Hedin Lund University, Niklas Fors Lund University Pre-print
11:18 18m Talk		CogPath: A Constraint-Guided Context-Reduction Framework for LLM-Based Test Generation Research Track Jianhan Liu Nanjing University, Tangzhi Xu Nanjing Unversity, Yuan Yao Nanjing University, Feng Xu Nanjing University, Xiaoxing Ma Nanjing University
11:36 18m Talk		Uncovering AGENTS.md: What Testing Guidance Open Source Projects Provide to Coding Agents Research Track Baris Ardic Delft University of Technology, Mitchell Olsthoorn Delft University of Technology, Andy Zaidman TU Delft
11:54 18m Talk		Retrieval First: An Empirical Study of LLM-Based Type Inference in JavaScript Research Track Lucian Negru Delft University of Technology, Mitchell Olsthoorn Delft University of Technology
12:12 9m Talk		Code Health in LLM-Based Test Generation: Effectiveness and Token Efficiency Engineering Track Freya Wirdemann Heidelberg University, Markus Borg CodeScene, Nadim Hagatulah Lund University, Adam Tornhill Codescene AB
12:21 9m Talk		Fuzzing with Aliasing Structures Engineering Track Ruben Backx Delft University of Technology, Andy Zaidman TU Delft, Andreea Costea Delft University of Technology

12:30 - 14:00	Lunch BreakCatering at 1st Floor Corridor/Courtyard

12:30 90m Coffee break		Break Catering

14:00 - 15:30	Software StructureResearch Track / Engineering Track at A51S Chair(s): Quentin Stiévenart Université du Québec à Montréal

14:00 18m Talk		Abstract Interpretation for Exception-Aware Function Summaries in Binaries Research Track Daniel Engel Open University Of The Netherlands, Freek Verbeek Open University of the Netherlands, Binoy Ravindran Virginia Tech
14:18 18m Talk		AStrId: An Interpretable Code Representation and Distance for Classifying Student Solution Strategies Research Track Guillaume Steveny Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, Kim Mens Université catholique de Louvain, ICTEAM institute, Belgium, Siegfried Nijssen UC Louvain
14:36 18m Talk		Formalizing Lock-Contention Smells as Source-Level Specifications from Developer Fixes Research Track Ankita Mukherjee Ontario Tech University, Ramiro Liscano Ontario Tech University, Akramul Azim Ontario Tech University
14:54 18m Talk		Formalizing and Automating Fine-Grained Move Refactorings across Methods Research Track Kota Yasuhara Institute of Science Tokyo, Shinpei Hayashi Institute of Science Tokyo Pre-print
15:12 18m Talk		Empirical Study of incremental Architectural Migration from Blocking to Reactive Concurrency in Java Web Systems Engineering Track Aondowase James Orban University of Szeged, Florence Elei Federal University of Technology Owerri, Sinisa Vlajic University of Belgrade, Ikenna Caesar Nwandu Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO)

15:30 - 16:00	Coffee BreakCatering at 1st Floor Corridor/Courtyard

15:30 30m Coffee break		Break Catering

16:00 - 17:15	Dependencies, Regulations, and TranslationsResearch Track / Engineering Track at A51S Chair(s): Coen De Roover Vrije Universiteit Brussel

16:00 18m Talk		Verity: A Framework to Generate Privacy Captions from Android Source Code using LLMs Research Track Vijayanta Jain Colby College, Sepideh Ghanavati University of Maine , Sai Teja Peddinti Google Inc., Collin McMillan University of Notre Dame
16:18 18m Talk		SMTpip: Interpreter-Aware SMT-Based Dependency Conflict Resolution for Restoring Python Source-Code Executability Research Track Sadman Jashim Sakib University of Windsor, Muhammad Asaduzzaman University of Windsor, Curtis Bright University of Waterloo
16:36 18m Talk		Assessing the Quality of GitHub-Generated SBOMs: A Detailed Bill of Health Research Track Grant Enderson William & Mary, Nathan Wintersgill William & Mary, Trevor Stalnaker William & Mary, Oscar Chaparro William & Mary, Denys Poshyvanyk William & Mary
16:54 18m Talk		Fine-Tuning or RAG? An Empirical Evaluation of Text-to-Cypher Translation for Code Graph Analysis Engineering Track Tim But Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Nan Yang TNO-ESI, Joseph Reynolds TNO-ESI, Laurens Prast TNO-ESI, Mauricio Verano Merino Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Rosilde Corvino TNO-ESI

	17:15 - 17:45	Most Influential Paper SCAM 2015Keynotes at A51S Chair(s): Patrick Lam University of Waterloo

	19:00 - 21:00	SCAM/VISSOFT Joint DinnerICSME Social Events Location: La Pampanini 1956, Via San Pasquale 8, Benevento Joint dinner for SCAM and VISSOFT. Event details

Tue 15 Sep
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	09:00 - 09:30	SCAM PC Chair reports, steering committeeKeynotes at A51S

	09:00 - 10:30	DS Session 1 - Introduction and Plenary Panel 1ICSME Research Papers Track / ICSME Doctoral Symposium at A52S Chair(s): Andrian Marcus National Science Foundation/George Mason University Panelists: Michele Lanza, Denys Poshyvanyk, Gregorio Robles, Nicole Novielli

09:30 - 10:30	SCAM/VISSOFT KeynoteKeynotes at Auditorium Chair(s): Anne Etien University of Lille, Lille, France

09:30 60m Keynote		The Last Mile of Software Engineering Research: Lessons from Large Industrial Systems Keynotes Benoit Verhaeghe Berger-Levrault

10:30 - 11:00	Coffee BreakICSME Catering at 1st Floor Corridor/Courtyard

10:30 30m Coffee break		Break ICSME Catering

11:00 - 12:21	Tools and ApplicationsResearch Track / Engineering Track at A51S Chair(s): Masud Rahman Dalhousie University

11:00 9m Talk		iTrace-Chrome: Enabling Eye Tracking in the Browser for Software Engineering Research Engineering Track Elijah Rohrs University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Zachary Kozak University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Kang-il Park University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Joshua A.C. Behler Bowling Green State University, Michael J. Decker Bowling Green State University, Jonathan I. Maletic Kent State University, Bonita Sharif University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
11:09 18m Talk		TripleBound: Triplet-Guided Heterogeneous Graph Learning for Microservice Decomposition Research Track Himindu Kularathne University of Moratuwa, Mineth Weerasinghe University of Moratuwa, Methmini Madhushika University of Moratuwa, Danuka Lakshan University of Moratuwa, Nisansa de Silva University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, Dr. Adeesha Wijayasiri Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Srinath Perera WSO2
11:27 18m Talk		CRANE-LLM: Runtime-Augmented LLMs for Crash Prediction and Diagnosis in ML Notebooks Research Track Yiran Wang Linköping University, José Antonio Hernández López Department of Computer Science and Systems, University of Murcia, Ulf Nilsson Linköping University, Daniel Varro Linköping University / McGill University Pre-print
11:45 18m Talk		LLM-Assisted Seed Generation for Coverage-Guided Greybox Fuzzing of Programs with Structured Textual Languages Research Track Hamidreza Maneshti Université du Québec à Montréal, Alireza Manashty DAITA Cloud Inc., Quentin Stiévenart Université du Québec à Montréal
12:03 18m Talk		Detecting Argument-Swap Bugs Using Context-Enhanced Code Representations Research Track Subrata Das Lakehead University, Ali Aman University of Windsor, Muhammad Asaduzzaman University of Windsor, Kawser Wazed Nafi SWAT Lab, Department of Computer Engineering, Polytechnique de Montreal, Salimur Choudhury School of Computing, Queen's University

12:30 - 14:00	Lunch BreakICSME Catering at 1st Floor Corridor/Courtyard

12:30 90m Lunch		Lunch ICSME Catering

14:00 - 15:21	Software EvolutionResearch Track / Engineering Track at A51S Chair(s): Nan Yang TNO-ESI

14:00 18m Talk		Configuration Smells in AGENTS.md Files: Common Mistakes in Configuring Coding Agents Research Track Hélio Victor Flexa dos Santos UFMG, Vitor Costa UFMG, João Eduardo Montandon Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Luciana Lourdes Silva IFMG, Marco Tulio Valente Federal University of Minas Gerais
14:18 18m Talk		An Exploratory Study of Library Migration in Rust Research Track Muyangye Zhejiang University, Lingfeng Bao Zhejiang University, Zhongxin Liu Zhejiang University, Jiaqi Wu Zhejiang University, Jiakun Liu Harbin Institute of Technology
14:36 18m Talk		A Quantitative Characterization of Semantic Conflicts in Open-Source Java Projects Research Track Matheus Barbosa de Oliveira Federal University of Pernambuco, Vinicius Resende Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Ykaro dos Santos Silva Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Paulo Borba Federal University of Pernambuco, Rodrigo Bonifácio Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Pedro Patriota Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Maria Clara Araújo Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
14:54 18m Talk		CRACS: Question-Driven Assessment of Legacy Code Summaries in Industrial IBM-i Modernization Engineering Track KOUADIO N'Guessan Hermann University of Rennes; Inria; IRISA, Mathieu Acher Univ Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, Olivier Barais University of Rennes, France / Inria, France / CNRS, France / IRISA, France, Jean-Marc Jézéquel Univ Rennes, IUF, INRIA, CNRS, IRISA
15:12 9m Talk		Detecting Iterator-Constrainable Template Parameters in C++ Source Code Engineering Track Ábel Szauter ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, Norbert Pataki Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Informatics, Department of Programming Languages and Compilers

	14:00 - 15:30	DS Session 3 - Plenary Panel 2ICSME Research Papers Track / ICSME Doctoral Symposium at A52S Chair(s): Nicole Novielli University of Bari Panelists: Michele Lanza, Denys Poshyvanyk, Gregorio Robles, Andrian Marcus, Sabato Nocera

15:30 - 16:00	Coffee BreakICSME Catering at 1st Floor Corridor/Courtyard

15:30 30m Coffee break		Break ICSME Catering

16:00 - 16:55	Code QualityResearch Track / Engineering Track at A51S Chair(s): Yutaro Kashiwa Nara Institute of Science and Technology

16:00 18m Talk		Characterizing Structural Testability in JavaScript: An Empirical Study Research Track Shahrzad Mirzaei Simon Fraser University, Saba Alimadadi Simon Fraser University
16:18 18m Talk		IntentProbe: Turning Source/Specification Mismatches into Executable Probes for Hidden-Failure Triage Research Track Shenzhou Liu School of Computer Science, Wuhan University
16:36 18m Talk		Precise Taint Analysis built on Symbolic Execution Engineering Track Dániel Krupp Ericsson Ltd, Zoltán Porkoláb ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

	16:00 - 17:30	DS Session 4 - Share Your ExperiencesICSME Research Papers Track / ICSME Doctoral Symposium at A52S

	16:55 - 17:05	SCAM Closing SessionKeynotes at A51S

17:10 - 18:10	Steering Committee SessionKeynotes at A51S Chair(s): Leon Moonen Simula Research Laboratory

17:10 60m Meeting		Open Steering Committee Meeting Keynotes

KeynotesSCAM 2026

Keynote

Rethinking the Health of Evolving Software Ecosystems

Eleni Constantinou

The Last Mile of Software Engineering Research: Lessons from Large Industrial Systems

Benoit Verhaeghe

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Mon 14 Sep
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Tue 15 Sep
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KeynotesSCAM 2026

Keynote

Rethinking the Health of Evolving Software Ecosystems

Eleni Constantinou

The Last Mile of Software Engineering Research: Lessons from Large Industrial Systems

Benoit Verhaeghe

This program is tentative and subject to change.

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