SSBSE 2022
Thu 17 - Fri 18 November 2022 Singapore
co-located with ESEC/FSE 2022

RENE - Replications and Negative Results

This track provides a venue for researchers to submit (i) replications of all types of empirical studies related to Search-Based Software Engineering, and (ii) original works reporting negative results on any of the topics of interest for the SSBSE conference (see the main Research track).

NIER - New Ideas and Emerging Results

The New Ideas and Emerging Results Track at SSBSE 2022 is a forum to present and get feedback on forward-looking, innovative ideas in the Search-Based Software Engineering (SBSE) field. This forum provides an opportunity for researchers to present and gather feedback on groundbreaking results, tools under development, experience reports, or position papers. The track provides an opportunity for researchers to introduce ideas that challenge the status-quo in the SBSE community, start a discussion, and receive feedback on new research ideas or results in an early stage of investigation. Early career researchers and Ph.D. students are particularly encouraged to present inspiring research efforts that push the boundaries of SBSE.

Dates
Tracks
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Thu 17 Nov

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09:00 - 10:30
Plenary + Keynote 1Keynotes at ERC SR 9
Chair(s): Mike Papadakis University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
09:00
90m
Keynote
Applications of Search-based Software Testing to Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
Keynotes
Lionel Briand University of Luxembourg; University of Ottawa
Media Attached
11:00 - 12:30
Session 1Research Papers / RENE / NIER at ERC SR 9
Chair(s): Ezekiel Soremekun SnT, University of Luxembourg
11:00
30m
Talk
Guess What: Test Case Generation for Javascript with Unsupervised Probabilistic Type Inference
Research Papers
Dimitri Stallenberg Delft University of Technology, Mitchell Olsthoorn Delft University of Technology, Annibale Panichella Delft University of Technology
Pre-print Media Attached File Attached
11:30
30m
Talk
Improving Search-based Android Test Generation using Surrogate Models
Research Papers
Michael Auer University of Passau, Felix Adler University of Passau, Gordon Fraser University of Passau
Media Attached File Attached
12:00
30m
Talk
Applying Combinatorial Testing to Verification-Based Fairness Testing
RENE / NIER
Takashi Kitamura , Zhenjiang Zhao Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan, Takahisa Toda The University of Electro-Communications
14:00 - 15:30
Session 2Research Papers / Challenge Track at ERC SR 9
Chair(s): Renzo Degiovanni SnT, University of Luxembourg
14:00
30m
Talk
An Empirical Comparison of EvoSuite and DSpot for Improving Developer-Written Test Suites with Respect to Mutation Score
Research Papers
Muhammad Firhard Roslan University of Sheffield, José Miguel Rojas The University of Sheffield, Phil McMinn University of Sheffield
Media Attached File Attached
14:30
30m
Talk
Efficient Fairness Testing through Hash-Based Sampling
Research Papers
Zhenjiang Zhao Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan, Takahisa Toda The University of Electro-Communications, Takashi Kitamura
Media Attached File Attached
15:00
30m
Talk
Multi-Objective Genetic Improvement: A Case Study with EvoSuite
Challenge Track
James Callan UCL, Justyna Petke University College London
16:00 - 17:30
Session 3Research Papers at ERC SR 9
Chair(s): Mitchell Olsthoorn Delft University of Technology
16:00
30m
Talk
EvoAttack: An Evolutionary Search-based Adversarial Attack for Object Detection Models
Research Papers
Kenneth Chan Michigan State University, Betty H.C. Cheng Michigan State University
Media Attached File Attached
16:30
30m
Talk
Search-based Test Suite Generation for Rust
Research Papers
Vsevolod Tymofyeyev University of Passau, Gordon Fraser University of Passau
Media Attached File Attached

Fri 18 Nov

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11:00 - 12:30
Future of SSBSE 1Future of SBSE at Virtual 3 (Whova)
Chair(s): Thiago Ferreira University of Michigan - Flint
11:00
30m
Talk
ML is the new SBSE
Future of SBSE
Myra Cohen Iowa State University
11:30
30m
Talk
Reverse engineering the new SBSE
Future of SBSE
Tim Menzies North Carolina State University
14:00 - 15:30
TutorialTutorial at Virtual 3 (Whova)
Chair(s): Jeongju Sohn University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
14:30
60m
Tutorial
Methodology and Guidelines for Evaluating Multi-Objective Search-Based Software Engineering
Tutorial
Miqing Li University of Birmingham, Tao Chen Loughborough University
Link to publication Pre-print Media Attached File Attached
16:00 - 17:30
Keynote 2Keynotes at Virtual 3 (Whova)
Chair(s): Annibale Panichella Delft University of Technology
16:00
90m
Keynote
Genetic Improvement of Software
Keynotes
Justyna Petke University College London
File Attached
18:30 - 20:00
Future of SSBSE 2Future of SBSE at Virtual 3 (Whova)
Chair(s): Giovani Guizzo University College London
18:30
30m
Talk
Online software safety: a new paradigm for SBSE research
Future of SBSE
Mark Harman Meta Platforms, Inc. and UCL
19:00
30m
Talk
"SSBSE 2050: 14-18 November, Oxia Palus, Mars"
Future of SBSE
Andrea Arcuri Kristiania University College and Oslo Metropolitan University
Media Attached File Attached
19:30
30m
Talk
Data Mining Algorithms Using/Used-by Optimisers: a DUO Approach to Software Engineering
Future of SBSE
Leandro Minku University of Birmingham, UK

Call for Papers

NIER Track - New Ideas and Emerging Results

The New Ideas and Emerging Results Track is a forum to present and get feedback on forward-looking, innovative ideas in the Search-Based Software Engineering field. This forum provides an opportunity for researchers to present and gather feedback on groundbreaking results, tools under development, experience reports, or position papers. The track provides an opportunity for researchers to introduce ideas that challenge the status-quo in the SBSE community, start a discussion, and receive feedback on new research ideas or results in an early stage of investigation. Early career researchers and Ph.D. students are particularly encouraged to present inspiring research efforts that push the boundaries of SBSE. However, researchers at all levels are invited to submit.

You are encouraged to submit your work that provides:

  • Innovative results that may open new research directions in SBSE;
  • New ideas that can be further explored by emerging SBSE community;
  • Perspectives that call into question long held beliefs or conventions;
  • Visions of new directions in SBSE; and,
  • Novel interdisciplinary synergies.

Papers submitted to the NIER Track should address the following questions:

  • Why is the problem worth exploring?
  • What is the potential for disruption of current practice?
  • What makes the approach original?
  • Is the proposed approach sound and feasible?
  • Has the relevant literature been covered?

RENE Track - Replications and Negative Results

The Replications and Negative Results Track provides a venue for researchers to submit replications of all types of empirical studies related to Search-Based Software Engineering, and original works reporting negative results on any of the topics of interest for the research track of the SSBSE conference. Replications can either strengthen the results of the original study by increasing external validity with additional data or provide new insights into the variables that may impact the results. Papers can report replications of the author’s own work or replications of another researcher’s work. If the experiments have been replicated and reproduced either partially or fully, the replications track is the right venue to submit your findings.

Replication papers should describe any changes to the original study design made during the replication, along with a justification for each change. The papers should contain a discussion section that compares the findings of the original and replication studies and describe the new knowledge gained and lessons learned from the replication. Partial replications are also welcome as long as the paper clearly states which parts of the study were replicated and which parts are new. When possible, i.e., when not dealing with proprietary artifacts, papers should provide links to the artifacts that they are reusing and to the artifacts built in their work to allow verifiability.

We also welcome negative results papers as we believe they are important contributions to scientific knowledge because they allow us to constantly evaluate our hypothesis space and understanding of the current approaches. We welcome all types of empirical studies (controlled experiments, case studies, etc.) and all types of analyses (quantitative and qualitative) that show negative results. Papers must provide details and rationale for the type of analysis performed to show the validity of the chosen path. Of particular importance is the discussion of the implications of the results on the SSBSE community and of the future directions that should be considered.


Format and Submission

Submissions for the NIER Track should not exceed 6 pages in length. Submissions for the RENE Track can be either full papers (15 pages in length, including all text, figures, appendices and references) or short papers (6 pages in length, including everything). Full papers are expected to describe a fully or partially replicated study or an original study reporting negative results. Short papers can report on work in progress or preliminary experimental designs with the intention of running the full study in the near future.

All papers should be prepared for double-anonymous review following the symposium’s general instructions. Please, refer to the “Format and submission” section of the Research Track (https://conf.researchr.org/track/ssbse-2022/ssbse-2022-papers#format-and-submission) for further details.

Papers must not have been previously published, or be in consideration for any journal, book, or other conferences. Papers will be evaluated by members of the program committee of each track based on their originality, technical soundness, and presentation quality. Submissions must conform to Springer’s LNCS format (http://www.springer.com/lncs). If a paper is accepted, at least one author is expected to attend the symposium and present the paper. In the case of a student paper, the first (student) author is expected to attend and present the paper. Submissions can be made via Easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssbse2022) by the submission deadline.

UKRI Open Access Policy

For the planned Springer Nature conference proceedings later, the License-to-Publish form for the papers accepted will be compatible with the UKRI policy introduced April 1st, 2022. Springer Nature will be pleased to allow UKRI-funded authors of accepted papers the right to make the authors’ Accepted Manuscripts – after acceptance by the conference but before any publisher typesetting / production editing (i.e., not the Version of Record) – available on their own personal, self-maintained website immediately on acceptance, or available for public release on their employer’s internal website or their institutional and / or funder repositories immediately upon acceptance without an embargo period, under a CC BY licence.