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ASE 2021
Sun 14 - Sat 20 November 2021 Australia

Call for Papers

The IEEE/ACM Automated Software Engineering (ASE) Conference series is the premier research forum for automated software engineering. Each year, it brings together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to discuss foundations, techniques, and tools for automating the analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance of large software systems. ASE 2021 invites high quality contributions describing significant, original, and unpublished results.

Solicited topics include, but are not limited to:
  • Testing, verification, and validation
  • Software analysis
  • Empirical software engineering
  • Maintenance and evolution
  • Artificial intelligence for software engineering
  • Software engineering for artificial intelligence
  • Software security and trust; data privacy
  • Recommender systems for software engineering
  • Program synthesis & transformations, automated defect repair
  • Program comprehension
  • Mobile app development
  • Automated reasoning techniques
  • Software architecture and design
  • Reverse engineering and re-engineering
  • Model-driven development
  • Knowledge acquisition and management
  • Cloud computing
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Component-based service-oriented systems
  • Specification languages
  • Configuration management
  • Requirements engineering
  • Software product line engineering
  • Software visualization

Two categories of submissions are solicited:

  • Technical Research Papers should describe innovative research in automating software development activities or automated support to users engaged in such activities. They should describe a novel contribution to the field and should carefully support claims of novelty with citations to the relevant literature. Where a submission builds upon previous work of the author(s), the novelty of the new contribution must be clearly described with respect to the previous work, but the author identity should not be revealed, i.e., prior work should be referenced in the third person, to reflect the double-blind review policy. Papers should also clearly discuss how the results were validated

  • Experience Papers should describe a significant experience in applying automated software engineering technology and should carefully identify and discuss important lessons learned, so that other researchers and/or practitioners can benefit from the experience. Of special interest are experience papers that report on industrial applications of automated software engineering.

Like ASE 2020, New Ideas Papers will be managed and evaluated by a separate track (Short Paper track), with a separate PC, deadline, etc.

SUBMISSION

Abstracts and papers must be submitted electronically through the ASE 2021 HotCRP submission site.

Format. All submissions must be in English.

All submissions must be in PDF format and conform, at time of submission, to the IEEE Conference Proceedings Formatting Guidelines (title in 24pt font and full text in 10pt type, LaTeX users must use \documentclass[10pt,conference]{IEEEtran} without including the compsoc or compsocconf option).

Papers submitted to this track (Technical Research and Experience Papers) must not exceed 10 pages (including figures) plus up to 2 pages that contain ONLY references. Exceeding this limit will be grounds for rejection without review.

Experience papers should contain the phrase “experience paper” prominently in the abstract, to ensure that they are evaluated appropriately.

The authors are strongly encouraged to use the HotCRP format checker on their submissions. Note that the format checker is not perfect. In particular, it can complain about small fonts in figures, footnotes, or references. As long as the main text follows the requested format, and the figures are readable, the paper will not be rejected for format violations. If you have any concerns, please contact the program chairs at ase2021research@gmail.com.

Originality. Papers submitted to ASE 2021 must not have been published elsewhere and must not be under review or submitted for review elsewhere when being considered for ASE 2021. Authors should be aware of the ACM Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism and the IEEE Plagiarism FAQ.

To check for double submission and plagiarism issues, the chairs reserve the right to (1) share the list of submissions with the PC Chairs of other conferences, affiliated with ACM or IEEE, with overlapping review periods and (2) use external plagiarism detection software, under contract to the ACM or IEEE, to detect violations of these policies.

ASE 2021 will pursue a double-blind review process. If you have any questions, please see FAQs and/or contact the PC chairs at ase2021research@gmail.com. Authors are encouraged to double check conflicts of interest on their papers in HotCRP shortly after the submission deadline.

Submissions that do not adhere to these limits or that violate the formatting guidelines will be desk-rejected without review.

Supplementary material. Supplementary material can be uploaded via the HotCRP site or anonymously linked from the paper submission. Although PC members are not obligated to look at this material, we strongly encourage submitters to use supplementary material to provide access to anonymized code or data, whenever possible. Please carefully review any supplementary material to ensure it conforms to the double-blind policy (described next). For example, code and data repositories may be exported to remove version control history, scrubbed of names in comments and metadata, and anonymously uploaded to a sharing site to support review. One resource that may be helpful in accomplishing this task is this blog post:

https://ineed.coffee/5205/how-to-disclose-data-for-double-blind-review-and-make-it-archived-open-data-upon-acceptance/

ACCEPTED PAPERS

Accepted papers will be permitted an additional page of content to allow authors to incorporate review feedback. The page limit for published papers will therefore be 11 pages (including figures), plus 2 pages which may only contain references. Note that all submitted papers must conform to the 10+2 requirement, described above.

We strongly encourage authors of accepted papers to archive the research artifacts, including code and data, associated with their ASE papers. Software Heritage (presented in a keynote at ASE 2018) requires only providing a URL to an existing archive:

https://www.softwareheritage.org/2019/08/05/saving-and-referencing-research-software-in-software-heritage/

Other often used solutions, focusing on data, include Figshare and Zenodo.

After acceptance, the list of paper authors can not be changed under any circumstances and the list of authors on camera-ready papers must be identical to those on submitted papers. After acceptance paper titles can not be changed except by permission of the Track Chairs, and only then when referees recommended a change for clarity or accuracy with paper content.

Dates
Tracks
Plenary
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Tue 16 Nov

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08:00 - 09:00
ASE2021 OpeningPlenary at Kangaroo
08:00
60m
Day opening
ASE2021 Opening
Plenary
G: John Grundy Monash University, P: Dan Hao Peking University, P: Denys Poshyvanyk William and Mary
09:00 - 10:00
MIP Talk 1Plenary at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Myra Cohen Iowa State University
09:00
60m
Talk
MIP: UMLDiff: an Algorithm for Object-Oriented Design Differencing
Plenary
Zhenchang Xing Australian National University, Eleni Stroulia University of Alberta
10:00 - 11:00
Virtual ReceptionSocial/Networking at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Mattia Fazzini University of Minnesota
10:00
60m
Social Event
Virtual Reception
Social/Networking

11:00 - 12:00
AutomationResearch Papers / Tool Demonstrations / Journal-first Papers at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Eunsuk Kang Carnegie Mellon University
11:00
20m
Talk
Automating User Notice Generation for Smart Contract Functions
Research Papers
Xing Hu Zhejiang University, Zhipeng Gao Monash University, Xin Xia Huawei Software Engineering Application Technology Lab, David Lo Singapore Management University, Xiaohu Yang Zhejiang University
11:20
20m
Talk
End-to-End Automation of Feedback on Student Assembly Programs
Research Papers
Zikai Liu ETH Zurich, Tingkai Liu UIUC, Qi Li Purdue University, Wenqing Luo UIUC, Steven S. Lumetta UIUC
11:40
10m
Talk
An automated model-based approach to repair test suites of evolving web applications
Journal-first Papers
Javaria Imtiaz National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Muhammad Zohaib Iqbal National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Muhammad Uzair Khan National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
11:50
5m
Talk
BeAFix: An Automated Repair Tool for Faulty Alloy Models
Tool Demonstrations
Simón Gutiérrez Brida University of Rio Cuarto and CONICET, Argentina, Germán Regis Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Guolong Zheng University of Nebraska Lincoln, Hamid Bagheri University of Nebraska-Lincoln, ThanhVu Nguyen George Mason University, Nazareno Aguirre University of Rio Cuarto and CONICET, Argentina, Marcelo F. Frias Dept. of Software Engineering Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires
11:55
5m
Talk
FLACK: Localizing Faults in Alloy Models
Tool Demonstrations
Guolong Zheng University of Nebraska Lincoln, ThanhVu Nguyen George Mason University, Simón Gutiérrez Brida University of Rio Cuarto and CONICET, Argentina, Germán Regis Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Marcelo F. Frias Dept. of Software Engineering Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, Nazareno Aguirre University of Rio Cuarto and CONICET, Argentina, Hamid Bagheri University of Nebraska-Lincoln
11:00 - 12:00
Empirical StudiesIndustry Showcase / Research Papers / Tool Demonstrations at Koala
Chair(s): Felipe Fronchetti Virginia Commonwealth University
11:00
20m
Talk
Is Historical Data an Appropriate Benchmark for Reviewer Recommendation Systems? A Case Study of the Gerrit Community
Research Papers
Ian X. Gauthier McGill University, Maxime Lamothe Polytechnique Montréal, Gunter Mussbacher McGill University, Shane McIntosh University of Waterloo
11:20
20m
Talk
An Empirical Study of Bugs in WebAssembly Compilers
Research Papers
Alan Romano University at Buffalo, Xinyue Liu University at Buffalo, SUNY, Yonghwi Kwon University of Virginia, Weihang Wang University at Buffalo, SUNY
11:40
10m
Talk
Improving Configurability of Unit-level Continuous Fuzzing: An Industrial Case Study with SAP HANA
Industry Showcase
Hanyoung Yoo Handong Global University, Jingun Hong SAP Labs, Bader Lucas SAP Labs, Dongwon Hwang SAP Labs, Shin Hong Handong Global University
11:50
5m
Talk
IncBL: Incremental Bug Localization
Tool Demonstrations
Zhou Yang Singapore Management University, Jieke Shi Singapore Management University, Shaowei Wang University of Manitoba, David Lo Singapore Management University
12:00 - 13:00
ProgrammingJournal-first Papers / Research Papers / NIER track at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Amiangshu Bosu Wayne State University
12:00
20m
Talk
Detecting TensorFlow Program Bugs in Real-World Industrial Environment
Research Papers
Chen Liu , Jie Lu SKL Computer Architecture, ICT, CAS, Guangwei Li Institute of Computing Technology, Ting Yuan SKL Computer Architecture, ICT, CAS University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Lian Li Institute of Computing Technology at Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Feng Tan Alibaba Group, Jun Yang Alibaba Group, Liang You Alibaba Group, Jingling Xue UNSW Sydney
Pre-print
12:20
20m
Talk
Why Do Developers Remove Lambda Expressions in Java?
Research Papers
Mingwei Zheng Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jun Yang Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Ming Wen Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hengcheng Zhu The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Yepang Liu Southern University of Science and Technology, Hai Jin Huazhong University of Science and Technology
12:40
10m
Talk
A Mocktail of Source Code Representations
NIER track
Dheeraj Vagavolu RISHA Lab, Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati, Karthik Chandra Swarna RISHA Lab, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Sridhar Chimalakonda RISHA Lab, Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati
12:50
10m
Talk
On Tracking Java Methods with Git Mechanisms
Journal-first Papers
Yoshiki Higo Osaka University, Shinpei Hayashi Tokyo Institute of Technology, Shinji Kusumoto Osaka University
12:00 - 13:00
LanguagesNIER track / Tool Demonstrations / Research Papers at Koala
Chair(s): Jean-Guy Schneider Deakin University
12:00
20m
Talk
Context Debloating for Object-Sensitive Pointer Analysis
Research Papers
Dongjie He UNSW Sydney, Jingbo Lu UNSW Sydney, Jingling Xue UNSW Sydney
12:20
20m
Talk
Dynamic Generation of Python Bindings for HPC Kernels
Research Papers
Steven Zhu The University of Texas at Austin, Nader Al Awar The University of Texas at Austin, Mattan Erez The University of Texas at Austin, Milos Gligoric University of Texas at Austin
12:40
10m
Talk
Empowering Web Applications with WebAssembly: Are We There Yet?
NIER track
Weihang Wang University at Buffalo, SUNY
12:50
5m
Talk
Q&A MAESTRO: Q&A Post Recommendation for Fixing Java Runtime Exceptions
Tool Demonstrations
Yusuke Kimura Fujitsu Ltd., Takumi Akazaki Fujitsu Limited, Shinji Kikuchi Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Sonal Mahajan Fujitsu Research of America, Inc., Mukul Prasad Fujitsu Research of America
12:55
5m
Talk
GenTree: Inferring Configuration Interactions using Decision Trees
Tool Demonstrations
KimHao Nguyen University of Nebraska-Lincoln, ThanhVu Nguyen George Mason University
18:00 - 19:00
Testing IResearch Papers / NIER track / Industry Showcase at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Xiaoyin Wang University of Texas at San Antonio
18:00
20m
Talk
Testing Your Question Answering Software via Asking RecursivelyACM Distinguished Paper
Research Papers
Songqiang Chen School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, Shuo Jin School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, Xiaoyuan Xie School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, China
18:20
20m
Talk
Improving Test Case Generation for REST APIs Through Hierarchical Clustering
Research Papers
Dimitri Stallenberg Delft University of Technology, Mitchell Olsthoorn Delft University of Technology, Annibale Panichella Delft University of Technology
DOI Pre-print
18:40
10m
Talk
Access Control Tree for Testing and Learning
Industry Showcase
Davrondzhon Gafurov Norsk Helsenett SF, Margrete Sunde Grovan Norsk Helsenett SF, Margrete Sunde Grovan Norsk Helsenett SF
18:50
10m
Talk
Property-based Test for Part-of-Speech Tagging Tool
NIER track
Shuo Jin School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, Songqiang Chen School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, Xiaoyuan Xie School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, China
18:00 - 19:00
Mining and IssuesNIER track / Research Papers at Koala
Chair(s): Hongyu Zhang University of Newcastle
18:00
20m
Talk
VizSmith: Automated Visualization Synthesis by Mining Data-Science Notebooks
Research Papers
Rohan Bavishi University of California at Berkeley, Shadaj Laddad UC Berkeley, Hiroaki Yoshida Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc., Mukul Prasad Fujitsu Research of America, Koushik Sen University of California at Berkeley
18:20
20m
Talk
ISPY: Automatic Issue-Solution Pair Extraction from Community Live ChatsACM Distinguished Paper
Research Papers
Lin Shi Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ziyou Jiang Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ye Yang Stevens Institute of Technology, Xiao Chen Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences, YuMin Zhang Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fangwen Mu Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hanzhi Jiang Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qing Wang Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences
Pre-print
18:40
10m
Talk
Understanding Code Fragments with Issue Reports
NIER track
Zexuan Li Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Hao Zhong Shanghai Jiao Tong University
18:50
10m
Talk
An Empirical Study on Obsolete Issue Reports
NIER track
Zexuan Li Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Hao Zhong Shanghai Jiao Tong University
19:00 - 20:00
CodeTool Demonstrations / Research Papers / NIER track at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Michael Pradel University of Stuttgart
19:00
20m
Talk
EditSum: A Retrieve-and-Edit Framework for Source Code Summarization
Research Papers
Jia Li Peking University, Yongmin Li Peking University, Ge Li Peking University, Xing Hu Zhejiang University, Xin Xia Huawei Software Engineering Application Technology Lab, Zhi Jin Peking University
19:20
20m
Talk
Interactive Cross-language Code Retrieval with Auto-Encoders
Research Papers
Binger Chen Technische Universität Berlin, Ziawasch Abedjan Leibniz Universität Hannover
19:40
10m
Talk
Did You Do Your Homework? Raising Awareness on Software Fairness and Discrimination
NIER track
Max Hort University College London, Federica Sarro University College London
19:50
5m
Talk
Quito: a Coverage-Guided Test Generator for Quantum Programs
Tool Demonstrations
Xinyi Wang Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China, Paolo Arcaini National Institute of Informatics , Tao Yue Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shaukat Ali Simula Research Laboratory, Norway
19:55
5m
Talk
Revizor: A Data-Driven Approach to Automate Frequent Code Changes Based on Graph Matching
Tool Demonstrations
Oleg Smirnov JetBrains Research, Saint Petersburg State University, Artyom Lobanov JetBrains Research, Yaroslav Golubev JetBrains Research, Elena Tikhomirova JetBrains Research, Timofey Bryksin JetBrains Research; HSE University
Pre-print
19:00 - 20:00
Using KnowledgeResearch Papers at Koala
Chair(s): Dalal Alrajeh Imperial College London
19:00
20m
Talk
Data-Driven Design and Evaluation of SMT Meta-Solving Strategies: Balancing Performance, Accuracy, and CostACM Distinguished Paper
Research Papers
Malte Mues TU Dortmund University, Falk Howar TU Dortmund University
19:20
20m
Talk
Reducing Bug Triaging Confusion by Learning from Mistakes with a Bug Tossing Knowledge GraphACM Distinguished Paper
Research Papers
Yanqi Su Australian National University, Zhenchang Xing Australian National University, Xin Peng Fudan University, Xin Xia Huawei Software Engineering Application Technology Lab, Chong Wang Fudan University, Xiwei (Sherry) Xu CSIRO’s Data61, Liming Zhu CSIRO’s Data61; UNSW
19:40
20m
Talk
ASE: A Value Set Decision Procedure for Symbolic Execution
Research Papers
Alireza S. Abyaneh University of Salzburg, Christoph Kirsch University of Salzburg; Czech Technical University
Pre-print
21:00 - 22:00
Fuzzing ApplicationsResearch Papers / Industry Showcase / Tool Demonstrations at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Thuan Pham The University of Melbourne
21:00
20m
Talk
CorbFuzz: Checking Browser Security Policies with Fuzzing
Research Papers
Chaofan Shou University of California, Santa Barbara, Ismet Burak Kadron University of California at Santa Barbara, Qi Su University of California Santa Barbara, Tevfik Bultan University of California, Santa Barbara
Pre-print
21:20
20m
Talk
SMARTIAN : Enhancing Smart Contract Fuzzing with Static and Dynamic Data-Flow Analyses
Research Papers
Jaeseung Choi KAIST, Doyeon Kim LINE Plus Corporation, Soomin Kim KAIST, Gustavo Grieco Trail of Bits, Alex Groce Northern Arizona University, Sang Kil Cha KAIST, South Korea
21:40
10m
Talk
FinFuzzer: One Step Further in Fuzzing Fintech Systems
Industry Showcase
Qingshun Wang East China Normal University, Lihua Xu New York University Shanghai, Jun Xiao Ant Group Co. Ltd., Qi Guo Ant Group Co. Ltd., Haotian Zhang Ant Group Co. Ltd., Liang Dou East China Normal University, Liang He East China Normal University, Tao Xie Peking University
21:50
5m
Talk
Scalable Fuzzing of Program Binaries with E9AFL
Tool Demonstrations
Xiang Gao National University of Singapore, Gregory J. Duck National University of Singapore, Abhik Roychoudhury National University of Singapore
21:00 - 22:00
APIs Research Papers at Koala
Chair(s): Timo Kehrer Humboldt University of Berlin
21:00
20m
Talk
Finding Replacements for Missing APIs in Library Update
Research Papers
Kaifeng Huang Fudan University, Bihuan Chen Fudan University, China, Linghao Pan Fudan University, Shuai Wu Fudan University, Xin Peng Fudan University
21:20
20m
Talk
Adversarial Attacks to API Recommender Systems: Time to Wake Up and Smell the Coffee?
Research Papers
Phuong T. Nguyen University of L’Aquila, Claudio Di Sipio University of L'Aquila, Juri Di Rocco University of L'Aquila, Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy, Davide Di Ruscio University of L'Aquila
Pre-print
22:00 - 23:00
Tool Demo (1)Tool Demonstrations at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Sridhar Chimalakonda RISHA Lab, Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati
22:00
2m
Talk
EvoMe: A Software Evolution Management Engine Based on Differential Factbase
Tool Demonstrations
Xiuheng Wu Nanyang Technological University, Mengyang Li Nanyang Technological University, Yi Li Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Pre-print
22:02
2m
Talk
Revizor: A Data-Driven Approach to Automate Frequent Code Changes Based on Graph Matching
Tool Demonstrations
Oleg Smirnov JetBrains Research, Saint Petersburg State University, Artyom Lobanov JetBrains Research, Yaroslav Golubev JetBrains Research, Elena Tikhomirova JetBrains Research, Timofey Bryksin JetBrains Research; HSE University
Pre-print
22:04
2m
Talk
SoManyConflicts: Resolve Many Merge Conflicts Interactively and Systematically
Tool Demonstrations
Bo Shen Peking University, Wei Zhang Peking University, Ailun Yu Peking University, Yifan Shi Peking University, Haiyan Zhao Peking University, Zhi Jin Peking University
22:06
2m
Talk
Automated Code Refactoring upon Database-Schema Changes in Web Applications
Tool Demonstrations
Sophie Xie Whitney Young High School, Junwen Yang University of Chicago, Shan Lu University of Chicago
22:08
2m
Talk
BeAFix: An Automated Repair Tool for Faulty Alloy Models
Tool Demonstrations
Simón Gutiérrez Brida University of Rio Cuarto and CONICET, Argentina, Germán Regis Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Guolong Zheng University of Nebraska Lincoln, Hamid Bagheri University of Nebraska-Lincoln, ThanhVu Nguyen George Mason University, Nazareno Aguirre University of Rio Cuarto and CONICET, Argentina, Marcelo F. Frias Dept. of Software Engineering Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires
22:10
2m
Talk
RefactorInsight: Enhancing IDE Representation of Changes in Git with Refactorings Information
Tool Demonstrations
Zarina Kurbatova JetBrains Research, Vladimir Kovalenko JetBrains Research, Ioana Savu Delft University of Technology, Bob Brockbernd Delft University of Technology, Dan Andreescu Delft University of Technology, Matei Anton Delft University of Technology, Roman Venediktov Higher School of Economics, Elena Tikhomirova JetBrains Research, Timofey Bryksin JetBrains Research; HSE University
Pre-print
22:00 - 23:00
ApplicationsResearch Papers / Industry Showcase / NIER track at Koala
Chair(s): ingo Mueller Monash University
22:00
20m
Talk
Targeting Requirements Violations of Autonomous Driving Systems by Dynamic Evolutionary Search
Research Papers
Yixing Luo Peking University, Xiaoyi Zhang National Institute of Informatics, Japan, Paolo Arcaini National Institute of Informatics , Zhi Jin Peking University, Haiyan Zhao Peking University, Fuyuki Ishikawa National Institute of Informatics, Rongxin Wu Xiamen University, Tao Xie Peking University
22:20
10m
Talk
Evaluating Semantic Autocompletion of Business Processes with Domain Experts
Industry Showcase
Maayan Goldstein Nokia Bell Labs, Israel, Cecilia Gonzalez-Alvarez Nokia Bell Labs
22:30
10m
Talk
Learning-based Assistant for Migrating Data of Enterprise Information Systems
Industry Showcase
Sayandeep Mitra Tata Consultancy Services, Debayan Mukherjee Tata Consultancy Services, Atreya Bandyopadhyay Tata Consultancy Services, Rajdip Chowdhury Tata Consultancy Services, Raveendra Kumar Medicherla Tata Consultancy Services, Indrajit Bhattacharya Tata Consultancy Services, Ravindra Naik TCS Research, TRDDC, India
22:40
10m
Talk
Shake Those System Parameters! On the Need for Parameter Coverage for Decision Systems
NIER track
Thomas Laurent Lero & University College Dublin, Paolo Arcaini National Institute of Informatics , Fuyuki Ishikawa National Institute of Informatics, Anthony Ventresque University College Dublin

Wed 17 Nov

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08:00 - 09:00
Bugs IResearch Papers / Industry Showcase / Tool Demonstrations at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Elena Sherman Boise State University
08:00
20m
Research paper
On the Real-World Effectiveness of Static Bug Detectors at Finding Null Pointer Exceptions
Research Papers
David A Tomassi University of California, Davis, Cindy Rubio-González University of California at Davis
08:20
20m
Talk
Subtle Bugs Everywhere: Generating Documentation for Data Wrangling Code
Research Papers
Chenyang Yang Peking University, Shurui Zhou University of Toronto, Jin L.C. Guo McGill University, Christian Kästner Carnegie Mellon University
08:40
10m
Talk
Reducing Time-To-Fix For Fuzzer Bugs
Industry Showcase
Rui Abreu Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal, Franjo Ivančić Google, Filip Niksic Google, Hadi Ravanbakhsh Google, Ramesh Viswanathan Google
08:50
5m
Talk
Shaker: a Tool for Detecting More Flaky Tests Faster
Tool Demonstrations
Marcello Cordeiro Federal University of Pernambuco, Denini Silva Federal University of Pernambuco, Leopoldo Teixeira Federal University of Pernambuco, Breno Miranda Federal University of Pernambuco, Marcelo d'Amorim Federal University of Pernambuco
Link to publication
08:00 - 09:00
VerificationResearch Papers at Koala
Chair(s): Nazareno Aguirre University of Rio Cuarto and CONICET, Argentina
08:00
20m
Talk
Distribution Models for Falsification and Verification of DNNs
Research Papers
Felipe Toledo , David Shriver University of Virginia, Sebastian Elbaum University of Virginia, Matthew B Dwyer University of Virginia
Pre-print
08:20
20m
Talk
SATune: A Study-Driven Auto-Tuning Approach for Configurable Software Verification Tools
Research Papers
Ugur Koc University of Maryland, College Park, Austin Mordahl The University of Texas at Dallas, Shiyi Wei The University of Texas at Dallas, Jeffrey S. Foster Tufts University, Adam Porter University of Maryland
08:40
20m
Talk
Efficient SMT-Based Model Checking for Signal Temporal Logic
Research Papers
Jia Lee POSTECH, Geunyeol Yu Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Kyungmin Bae Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
09:00 - 10:00
Learning INIER track / Research Papers / Tool Demonstrations at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Denys Poshyvanyk William and Mary
09:00
20m
Talk
DeepMetis: Augmenting a Deep Learning Test Set to Increase its Mutation Score
Research Papers
Vincenzo Riccio USI Lugano, Nargiz Humbatova Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Gunel Jahangirova USI Lugano, Paolo Tonella USI Lugano
09:20
20m
Talk
Efficient state synchronisation in model-based testing through reinforcement learning
Research Papers
Uraz Cengiz Türker University of Leicester, UK, Robert Hierons University of Sheffield, Mohammad Reza Mousavi King's College London, Ivan Tyukin University of Leicester
09:40
10m
Talk
What do pre-trained code models know about code?
NIER track
Anjan Karmakar Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Romain Robbes
09:50
5m
Talk
DEVIATE: A Deep Learning Variance Testing Framework
Tool Demonstrations
Hung Viet Pham University of Waterloo, Mijung Kim Purdue University, Lin Tan Purdue University, Yaoliang Yu University of Waterloo, Nachiappan Nagappan Microsoft Research
09:00 - 10:00
09:00
20m
Talk
Faster Mutation Analysis with Fewer Processes and Smaller Overheads
Research Papers
Bo Wang Beijing Jiaotong University, Sirui Lu Peking University, Yingfei Xiong Peking University, Feng Liu Beijing Jiaotong University
09:20
20m
Talk
FRUGAL: Unlocking Semi-supervised Learning for Software Analytics
Research Papers
Huy Tu North Carolina State University, USA, Tim Menzies North Carolina State University
09:40
10m
Talk
Automatically Deciding on the Integration of Commits Based on Their Descriptions
Industry Showcase
Samuel Cristo da Fonseca Sidia R&D, Mateus C. Lucena Sidia R&D , Tiago M. Reis Sidia R&D, Pedro F. Cabral Sidia R&D, Walmir A. Silva Sidia R&D, Flavia de S. Santos Sidia R&D, Felipe T. Giuntini Sidia R&D, Juliano Sales Sidia R&D
09:50
10m
Talk
SigRec: Automatic Recovery of Function Signatures in Smart Contracts
Journal-first Papers
Ting Chen University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, zihao li The Hong Kong Polytechnic Universituy, Xiapu Luo Hong Kong Polytechnic University, XiaoFeng Wang Indiana University Bloomington, Ting Wang Penn State University, Hongwei Li University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Xiaosong Zhang University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Link to publication DOI
10:00 - 11:00
Tool Demo (2)Tool Demonstrations at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Mattia Fazzini University of Minnesota
10:00
2m
Talk
Shaker: a Tool for Detecting More Flaky Tests Faster
Tool Demonstrations
Marcello Cordeiro Federal University of Pernambuco, Denini Silva Federal University of Pernambuco, Leopoldo Teixeira Federal University of Pernambuco, Breno Miranda Federal University of Pernambuco, Marcelo d'Amorim Federal University of Pernambuco
Link to publication
10:04
2m
Talk
GenTree: Inferring Configuration Interactions using Decision Trees
Tool Demonstrations
KimHao Nguyen University of Nebraska-Lincoln, ThanhVu Nguyen George Mason University
10:06
2m
Talk
DEVIATE: A Deep Learning Variance Testing Framework
Tool Demonstrations
Hung Viet Pham University of Waterloo, Mijung Kim Purdue University, Lin Tan Purdue University, Yaoliang Yu University of Waterloo, Nachiappan Nagappan Microsoft Research
10:08
2m
Talk
FLACK: Localizing Faults in Alloy Models
Tool Demonstrations
Guolong Zheng University of Nebraska Lincoln, ThanhVu Nguyen George Mason University, Simón Gutiérrez Brida University of Rio Cuarto and CONICET, Argentina, Germán Regis Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Marcelo F. Frias Dept. of Software Engineering Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, Nazareno Aguirre University of Rio Cuarto and CONICET, Argentina, Hamid Bagheri University of Nebraska-Lincoln
10:10
2m
Talk
Scalable Fuzzing of Program Binaries with E9AFL
Tool Demonstrations
Xiang Gao National University of Singapore, Gregory J. Duck National University of Singapore, Abhik Roychoudhury National University of Singapore
11:00 - 12:00
Finding DefectsResearch Papers / NIER track / Journal-first Papers at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Xiao Liu School of Information Technology, Deakin University
11:00
20m
Talk
Graph-based Incident Aggregation for Large-Scale Online Service Systems
Research Papers
Zhuangbin Chen Chinese University of Hong Kong, China, Yuxin Su The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Jinyang Liu , Hongyu Zhang University of Newcastle, Xuemin Wen Huawei Technologies, Xiao Ling Huawei Technologies, Yongqiang Yang Huawei Technologies, Michael Lyu The Chinese University of Hong Kong
11:20
20m
Talk
PyExplainer: Explaining the Predictions of Just-In-Time Defect ModelsACM Distinguished Paper
Research Papers
Chanathip Pornprasit Monash University, Kla Tantithamthavorn Monash University, Jirayus Jiarpakdee Monash University, Australia, Michael Fu Monash University, Patanamon Thongtanunam University of Melbourne
11:40
10m
Talk
Towards Systematic and Dynamic Task Allocation for Collaborative Parallel Fuzzing
NIER track
Thuan Pham The University of Melbourne, Manh-Dung Nguyen Montimage R&D, France, Quang-Trung Ta National University of Singapore, Toby Murray University of Melbourne, Benjamin I.P. Rubinstein University of Melbourne
11:50
10m
Talk
An Extensive Study on Smell-Aware Bug Localization
Journal-first Papers
Aoi Takahashi Tokyo Institute of Technology, Natthawute Sae-Lim Tokyo Institute of Technology, Shinpei Hayashi Tokyo Institute of Technology, Motoshi Saeki Nanzan University
Link to publication DOI
11:00 - 12:00
Large Scale SystemsIndustry Showcase / Research Papers at Koala
Chair(s): ingo Mueller Monash University
11:00
20m
Talk
Groot: An Event-graph-based Approach for Root Cause Analysis in Industrial Settings
Research Papers
Hanzhang Wang eBay, Zhengkai Wu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Huai Jiang eBay, USA, Yichao Huang eBay, Jiamu Wang eBay, Selcuk Kopru eBay, Tao Xie Peking University
11:20
10m
Talk
Lessons learned from hyper-parameter tuning for microservice candidate identification
Industry Showcase
Rahul Yedida North Carolina State University, Rahul Krishna IBM Research, Anup K. Kalia IBM Research, Tim Menzies North Carolina State University, Jin Xiao IBM Research, Maja Vukovic IBM Research
11:30
10m
Talk
BeeSwarm: Enabling Parallel Scaling Performance Measurement in Continuous Integration for HPC Applications
Industry Showcase
Jacob Tronge Kent State University, qiang guan Kent State University, Jieyang Chen , Patricia Grubel Los Alamos National Laboratory, Tim Randles Los Alamos National Laboratory, Rusty Davis Los Alamos National Laboratory, Quincy Wofford Los Alamos National Laboratory, Steven Anaya Los Alamos National Laboratory
12:00 - 13:00
Learning IIResearch Papers / Industry Showcase at Kangaroo
Chair(s): John Grundy Monash University
12:00
20m
Talk
On Multi-Modal Learning of Editing Source Code
Research Papers
Saikat Chakraborty Columbia University, Baishakhi Ray Columbia University
12:20
20m
Talk
Learning Highly Recursive Input Grammars
Research Papers
Neil Kulkarni University of California, Berkeley, Caroline Lemieux Microsoft Research, Koushik Sen University of California at Berkeley
Link to publication Pre-print
12:40
10m
Talk
Learning GraphQL Query Cost
Industry Showcase
Georgios Mavroudeas Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Guillaume Baudart Inria; ENS; PSL University, Alan Cha IBM Research, USA, Martin Hirzel IBM Research, Jim A. Laredo IBM Research, Malik Magdon-Ismail Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Louis Mandel IBM Research, USA, Erik Wittern IBM Research
12:00 - 13:00
Testing ApplicationsIndustry Showcase / NIER track / Research Papers at Koala
Chair(s): Scott Barnett
12:00
20m
Talk
Automated Testing for Machine Translation via Constituency Invariance
Research Papers
Pin Ji Nanjing University, Yang Feng Nanjing University, Jia Liu Nanjing University, Zhihong Zhao Nanjing Tech Unniversity, Baowen Xu Nanjing University
12:20
10m
Talk
Systematic Testing of Autonomous Driving Systems Using Map Topology-Based Scenario Classification
NIER track
Yun Tang Nanyang Technological University, Yuan Zhou Nanyang Technological University, Tianwei Zhang Nanyang Technological University, Fenghua Wu Nanyang Technological University, Yang Liu Nanyang Technological University, Gang Wang Alibaba Group
12:30
10m
Talk
Automatic HMI Structure Exploration Via Curiosity-Based Reinforcement Learning
Industry Showcase
Yushi Cao Nanyang Technological University, YAN ZHENG Nanyang Technological University, Shang-Wei Lin Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Yang Liu Nanyang Technological University, Yon Shin Teo Continental Automotive Singapore Pte. Ltd., Yuxuan Toh Continental Automotive Singapore Pte. Ltd., Vinay Vishnumurthy Adiga Continental Automotive Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18:00 - 19:00
Keynote - Andreas ZellerPlenary at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Dan Hao Peking University
18:00
60m
Keynote
Illustrated Code: Building Software in a Literate Way
Plenary
K: Andreas Zeller CISPA, S: Dan Hao Peking University
19:00 - 20:00
DetectionResearch Papers / NIER track at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Cuiyun Gao Harbin Institute of Technology
19:00
20m
Talk
Race Detection for Event-Driven Node.js Applications
Research Papers
Xiaoning Chang Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wensheng Dou Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jun Wei Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tao Huang Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jinhui Xie Tencent Inc., Yuetang Deng Tencent, Jianbo Yang Tencent Inc., Jiaheng Yang Tencent Inc.
19:20
20m
Talk
Log-based Anomaly Detection Without Log Parsing
Research Papers
Van-Hoang Le The University of Newcastle, Hongyu Zhang University of Newcastle
Link to publication DOI Pre-print
19:40
10m
Talk
Log Anomaly to Resolution: AI Based Proactive Incident Remediation
NIER track
Ruchi Mahindru IBM Research, Harshit Kumar IBM Research, Sahil Bansal IBM Research
19:50
10m
Talk
HyperGI: Automated Detection and Repair of Information Flow Leakage
NIER track
Ibrahim Mesecan Iowa State University, Daniel Blackwell University College London, David Clark University College London, Myra Cohen Iowa State University, Justyna Petke University College London
Pre-print
19:00 - 20:00
Android and Python Research Papers at Koala
Chair(s): Li Li Monash University
19:00
20m
Talk
Finding the Missing Piece: Permission Specification Analysis for Android NDK
Research Papers
Hao Zhou The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Haoyu Wang Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Shuohan Wu The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Xiapu Luo Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Yajin Zhou Zhejiang University, Ting Chen University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Ting Wang Pennsylvania State University
19:20
20m
Talk
Characterizing and Detecting Configuration Compatibility Issues in Android Apps
Research Papers
Huaxun Huang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Ming Wen Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Lili Wei Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Yepang Liu Southern University of Science and Technology, Shing-Chi Cheung Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
19:40
20m
Talk
Where to Start: Studying Type Annotation Practices in Python
Research Papers
Wuxia Jin Xi'an Jiaotong University, Dinghong Zhong Xi'an Jiaotong University, Zifan Ding Xi'an Jiaotong University, Ming Fan Xi'an Jiaotong University, Ting Liu Xi'an Jiaotong University
21:00 - 22:00
21:00
20m
Talk
APIzation: Generating Reusable APIs from StackOverflow Code Snippets
Research Papers
Valerio Terragni University of Auckland, Pasquale Salza University of Zurich
Pre-print
21:20
20m
Talk
FIGCPS: Effective Failure-inducing Input Generation for Cyber-Physical Systems with Deep Reinforcement Learning
Research Papers
Shaohua Zhang Tianjin University, Shuang Liu Tianjin University, Jun Sun Singapore Management University, Yuqi Chen Singapore Management University, Wenzhi Huang Tianjin University, Jinyi Liu Tianjin University, Jian Liu Tianjin University, Jianye Hao Tianjin University
21:40
10m
Talk
An evolutionary approach for generating software models: The case of Kromaia in Game Software Engineering
Journal-first Papers
Daniel Blasco SVIT Research Group. Universidad San Jorge, Jaime Font San Jorge University, Spain, Mar Zamorano SVIT Research Group. Universidad San Jorge, Carlos Cetina San Jorge University, Spain
21:50
10m
Talk
Signal-based properties of cyber-physical systems: Taxonomy and logic-based characterization
Journal-first Papers
Chaima Boufaied University of Luxembourg, Maris Jukss , Domenico Bianculli University of Luxembourg, Lionel Briand University of Luxembourg; University of Ottawa, Yago Isasi Parache LuxSpace
21:00 - 22:00
Fuzzing and SmellsResearch Papers at Koala
Chair(s): Xiaoyuan Xie School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, China
21:00
20m
Talk
InstruGuard: Find and Fix Instrumentation Errors for Coverage-based Greybox Fuzzing
Research Papers
Yuwei Liu Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yanhao Wang QiAnXin Technology Research Institute, Purui Su Institute of Software/CAS China, Yuanping Yu Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiangkun Jia Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences
21:20
20m
Talk
RULF: Rust Library Fuzzing via API Dependency Graph TraversalACM Distinguished Paper
Research Papers
Jianfeng Jiang Fudan University, Hui Xu Fudan University, Yangfan Zhou Fudan University
Pre-print
21:40
20m
Talk
PyNose: A Test Smell Detector For Python
Research Papers
Tongjie Wang University of California, Irvine, Yaroslav Golubev JetBrains Research, Oleg Smirnov JetBrains Research, Saint Petersburg State University, Jiawei Li University of California, Irvine, Timofey Bryksin JetBrains Research; HSE University, Iftekhar Ahmed University of California, Irvine
Pre-print
22:00 - 23:00
Analysis IIResearch Papers at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Annibale Panichella Delft University of Technology
22:00
20m
Talk
JSTAR: JavaScript Specification Type Analyzer using Refinement
Research Papers
Jihyeok Park KAIST, Seungmin An KAIST, Shin Wonho KAIST, Yusung Sim KAIST, Sukyoung Ryu KAIST
22:20
20m
Talk
Can neural clone detection generalize to unseen functionalities?
Research Papers
Chenyao Liu School of Software, Tsinghua University, Zeqi Lin Microsoft Research, China, Jian-Guang Lou Microsoft Research, Lijie Wen School of Software, Tsinghua University, Dongmei Zhang Microsoft Research
22:40
20m
Talk
Characterizing Transaction-Reverting Statements in Ethereum Smart Contracts
Research Papers
Lu Liu Southern University of Science and Technology; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Lili Wei Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Wuqi Zhang The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Ming Wen Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Yepang Liu Southern University of Science and Technology, Shing-Chi Cheung Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
22:00 - 23:00
PerformanceResearch Papers / Journal-first Papers / Tool Demonstrations at Koala
Chair(s): Ming Wen Huazhong University of Science and Technology
22:00
20m
Talk
"What makes my queries slow?": Subgroup Discovery for SQL Workload Analysis
Research Papers
Youcef Remil Infologic, INSA Lyon, Anes Bendimerad Infologic, Romain Mathonat Infologic, Philippe Chaleat Infologic, Mehdi Kaytoue INFOLOGIC
22:20
20m
Talk
AID: Efficient Prediction of Aggregated Intensity of Dependency in Large-scale Cloud Systems
Research Papers
Tianyi Yang The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Jiacheng Shen The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Yuxin Su The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Xiao Ling Huawei Technologies, Yongqiang Yang Huawei Technologies, Michael Lyu The Chinese University of Hong Kong
22:40
10m
Talk
Assessment of Off-the-Shelf SE-specific Sentiment Analysis Tools: An Extended Replication Study
Journal-first Papers
Nicole Novielli University of Bari, Fabio Calefato University of Bari, Filippo Lanubile University of Bari, Alexander Serebrenik Eindhoven University of Technology
22:50
5m
Talk
EvoMe: A Software Evolution Management Engine Based on Differential Factbase
Tool Demonstrations
Xiuheng Wu Nanyang Technological University, Mengyang Li Nanyang Technological University, Yi Li Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Pre-print
22:55
5m
Talk
RefactorInsight: Enhancing IDE Representation of Changes in Git with Refactorings Information
Tool Demonstrations
Zarina Kurbatova JetBrains Research, Vladimir Kovalenko JetBrains Research, Ioana Savu Delft University of Technology, Bob Brockbernd Delft University of Technology, Dan Andreescu Delft University of Technology, Matei Anton Delft University of Technology, Roman Venediktov Higher School of Economics, Elena Tikhomirova JetBrains Research, Timofey Bryksin JetBrains Research; HSE University
Pre-print
23:00 - 00:00
MIP Talk 2Plenary at Kangaroo
Chair(s): David Lo Singapore Management University
23:00
60m
Talk
MIP: PARSEWeb: A Programmer Assistant for Reusing Open Source Code on the Web
Plenary
Suresh Thummalapenta , Tao Xie Peking University
23:00 - 00:00
MIP Talk 2Plenary at Kangaroo
Chair(s): David Lo Singapore Management University
23:00
60m
Talk
MIP: PARSEWeb: A Programmer Assistant for Reusing Open Source Code on the Web
Plenary
Suresh Thummalapenta , Tao Xie Peking University

Thu 18 Nov

Displayed time zone: Hobart change

08:00 - 09:00
Keynote - Laurie WilliamsPlenary at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Denys Poshyvanyk William and Mary
08:00
60m
Keynote
Solving Software Security Challenges with Artificial Intelligence
Plenary
K: Laurie Williams North Carolina State University, S: Denys Poshyvanyk William and Mary
09:00 - 10:00
DevelopmentIndustry Showcase / Research Papers / NIER track at Kangaroo
Chair(s): James C. Davis Purdue University, USA
09:00
20m
Talk
Performance Testing for Cloud Computing with Dependent Data Bootstrapping
Research Papers
Sen He The University of Texas at San Antonio, Tianyi Liu The University of Texas at San Antonio, Palden Lama The University of Texas at San Antonio, Jaewoo Lee University of Georgia, In Kee Kim University of Georgia, Wei Wang University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
09:20
10m
Talk
Privacy as first-class requirements in software development: A socio-technical approach
NIER track
Itsik Benbenisty University of Haifa, Irit Hadar University of Haifa, Gil Luria University of Haifa, Paola Spoletini Kennesaw State University
09:30
10m
Talk
Towards a Serverless Java Runtime
Industry Showcase
Yifei Zhang Alibaba Group, Tianxiao Gu Alibaba Group, Xiaolin Zheng Alibaba Group, Lei Yu Alibaba Group, Wei Kuai Alibaba Group, Sanhong Li Alibaba Inc.
09:00 - 10:00
Testing IIResearch Papers at Koala
Chair(s): Rui Abreu Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal
09:00
20m
Talk
Nekara: Generalized Concurrency Testing
Research Papers
Udit Agarwal IIIT Delhi, Pantazis Deligiannis Microsoft Research, Cheng Huang Microsoft, Kumseok Jung University of British Columbia, Akash Lal Microsoft Research, Immad Naseer Microsoft, Matthew J. Parkinson Microsoft Research, UK, Arun Thangamani Microsoft Research, Jyothi Vedurada IIT Hyderabad, Yunpeng Xiao Microsoft
09:20
20m
Talk
QDiff: Differential Testing of Quantum Software Stacks
Research Papers
Jiyuan Wang University of California at Los Angeles, Qian Zhang University of California at Los Angeles, Guoqing Harry Xu University of California at Los Angeles, Miryung Kim University of California at Los Angeles, USA
09:40
20m
Talk
Restoring the Executability of Jupyter Notebooks by Automatic Upgrade of Deprecated APIs
Research Papers
Chenguang Zhu University of Texas at Austin, Ripon Saha Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc., Mukul Prasad Fujitsu Research of America, Sarfraz Khurshid The University of Texas at Austin
11:00 - 12:00
VulnerabilityResearch Papers at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Xusheng Xiao Case Western Reserve University
11:00
20m
Talk
Finding A Needle in a Haystack: Automated Mining of Silent Vulnerability Fixes
Research Papers
Jiayuan Zhou Centre for Software Excellence, Huawei, Canada, Michael Pacheco Centre for Software Excellence, Huawei, Zhiyuan Wan Zhejiang University, Xin Xia Huawei Software Engineering Application Technology Lab, David Lo Singapore Management University, Yuan Wang Huawei Sweden Research Center, Ahmed E. Hassan Queen's University
11:20
20m
Talk
DeepCVA: Automated Commit-level Vulnerability Assessment with Deep Multi-task Learning
Research Papers
Triet Le Huynh Minh The University of Adelaide, David Hin The University of Adelaide, Roland Croft The University of Adelaide, Muhammad Ali Babar University of Adelaide
Pre-print
11:00 - 12:00
AppsResearch Papers at Koala
Chair(s): Chunyang Chen Monash University
11:00
20m
Talk
Automated Repair for Size-Based Inaccessibility Issues in Mobile Apps
Research Papers
Ali S. Alotaibi University of Southern California, Paul T. Chiou University of Southern California, William G.J. Halfond University of Southern California
11:20
20m
Talk
Mining Cross-Domain Apps for Software Evolution: A Feature-based Approach
Research Papers
MD KAFIL UDDIN Swinburne University of Technology, Qiang He Swinburne University of Technology, Jun Han Swinburne University of Technology, Caslon Chua Swinburne University of Technology
11:40
20m
Talk
UI Test Migration Across Mobile Platforms
Research Papers
Saghar Talebipour University of Southern California, Yixue Zhao University of Massachusetts Amherst, Luka Dojcilovic University of Southern California, Chenggang Li University of Southern California, Nenad Medvidović University of Southern California, USA
Pre-print
12:00 - 13:00
Debt and RefactoringTool Demonstrations / Research Papers at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Yuan Tian Queens University, Kingston, Canada
12:00
20m
Talk
Intelligent Change Operators for Multi-Objective Refactoring
Research Papers
Chaima Abid University of Michigan, James Ivers Carnegie Mellon University, USA, Thiago Ferreira University of Michigan - Flint, Marouane Kessentini University of Michigan - Dearborn, Fares El Kahla University of Michigan, Ipek Ozkaya Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute
12:20
20m
Talk
Refactorings and Technical Debt in Docker Projects: An Empirical Study
Research Papers
Emna Ksontini University of Michigan - Dearborn, Marouane Kessentini University of Michigan - Dearborn, Thiago Ferreira University of Michigan - Flint, Foyzul Hassan University of Michigan - Dearborn
12:40
5m
Talk
FixMe: A GitHub Bot for Detecting and Monitoring On-hold Self-Admitted Technical Debt
Tool Demonstrations
Saranphon Phaithoon Mahidol University, Supakarn Wongnil Mahidol University, Patiphol Pussawong Mahidol University, Morakot Choetkiertikul Mahidol University, Thailand, Chaiyong Rakhitwetsagul Mahidol University, Thailand, Thanwadee Sunetnanta Mahidol University, Rungroj Maipradit Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Hideaki Hata Shinshu University, Kenichi Matsumoto Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Link to publication DOI Pre-print Media Attached
12:50
5m
Talk
Automated Code Refactoring upon Database-Schema Changes in Web Applications
Tool Demonstrations
Sophie Xie Whitney Young High School, Junwen Yang University of Chicago, Shan Lu University of Chicago
13:00 - 14:00
Keynote - Karen Li Plenary at Kangaroo
Chair(s): John Grundy Monash University
13:00
60m
Keynote
The challenges and trends in engineering excellence with automation
Plenary
K: Karen Li Xero, S: John Grundy Monash University
18:00 - 19:00
FirmwareResearch Papers / NIER track / Industry Showcase at Kangaroo
Chair(s): ingo Mueller Monash University
18:00
20m
Talk
FirmGuide: Boosting the Capability of Rehosting Embedded Linux Kernels through Model-Guided Kernel Execution
Research Papers
Qiang Liu Zhejiang University, Cen Zhang Nanyang Technological University, Lin Ma Zhejiang University, Muhui Jiang The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Zhejiang University, Yajin Zhou Zhejiang University, Lei Wu Zhejiang University, Wenbo Shen Zhejing University, Xiapu Luo Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Yang Liu Nanyang Technological University, Kui Ren Zhejiang University
Pre-print
18:20
20m
Talk
iFIZZ: Deep-State and Efficient Fault-Scenario Generation to Test IoT Firmware
Research Papers
Peiyu Liu Zhejiang University, Shouling Ji Zhejiang University, Xuhong Zhang Zhejiang University, Qinming Dai Zhejiang University, Kangjie Lu University of Minnesota, Lirong Fu Zhejiang University, Wenzhi Chen Zhejiang University, Peng Cheng Zhejiang University, Wenhai Wang Zhejiang University, Raheem Beyah Georgia Institute of Technology
18:40
10m
Talk
BIFF: Practical Binary Fuzzing Framework for Programs of IoT and Mobile Devices
Industry Showcase
Cen Zhang Nanyang Technological University, Yuekang Li Nanyang Technological University, Hongxu Chen Nanyang Technological University, Xiaoxing Luo Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Miaohua Li Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Anh Quynh Nguyen Nanyang Technological University, Yang Liu Nanyang Technological University
18:50
10m
Talk
Adaptation 2.0: Adapting Specification Learners in Assured Adaptive Systems
NIER track
Dalal Alrajeh Imperial College London, Patrick Benjamin Imperial College London, Sebastian Uchitel Imperial College London & University of Buenos Aires
18:00 - 19:00
ConfigurationResearch Papers at Koala
Chair(s): Maria Kechagia University College London
18:00
20m
Talk
Learning Patterns in Configuration
Research Papers
Ranjita Bhagwan Microsoft Research, Sonu Mehta Microsoft Research, Arjun Radhakrishna Microsoft, Sahil Garg
18:20
20m
Talk
Transcode: Detecting Status Code Mapping Errors in Large-Scale Systems
Research Papers
Wensheng Tang The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Yikun Hu The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Gang Fan Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Peisen Yao Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Ant Group, Rongxin Wu Xiamen University, Guangyuan Bai Tencent Inc., Pengcheng Wang Tencent, China, Charles Zhang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
18:40
20m
Talk
Evolutionary-Guided Synthesis of Verified Pareto Optimal Policies
Research Papers
Simos Gerasimou University of York, UK, Javier Camara University of Málaga, Radu Calinescu University of York, UK, Naif Alasmari University of York, Faisal Alhwikem University of York, UK, Xinwei Fang University of York, UK
19:00 - 20:00
DevelopersResearch Papers / Industry Showcase / NIER track at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Chetan Arora Deakin University
19:00
20m
Talk
Automating Developer Chat Mining
Research Papers
Shengyi Pan Zhejiang University, Lingfeng Bao Zhejiang University, Xiaoxue Ren Zhejiang University, Xin Xia Huawei Software Engineering Application Technology Lab, David Lo Singapore Management University, Shanping Li Zhejiang University
19:20
20m
Talk
Thinking Like a Developer? Comparing the Attention of Humans with Neural Models of Code
Research Papers
Matteo Paltenghi University of Stuttgart, Michael Pradel University of Stuttgart
Pre-print Media Attached
19:40
10m
Talk
Infrastructure in Code: Towards developer-friendly cloud applications
Industry Showcase
Vladislav Tankov Higher School of Economics, JetBrains, JetBrains Research, Dmitriy Valchuk JetBrains, ITMO University, Yaroslav Golubev JetBrains Research, Timofey Bryksin JetBrains Research; HSE University
Pre-print
19:50
10m
Talk
Towards Fluid Software Architectures: Bidirectional Human-AI Interaction
NIER track
Ammar Yasser German University in Cairo, Mervat Abu-Elkheir German University in Cairo
19:00 - 20:00
Bugs IIResearch Papers / NIER track / Tool Demonstrations at Koala
Chair(s): Annibale Panichella Delft University of Technology
19:00
20m
Talk
Detecting Memory-Related Bugs by Tracking Heap Memory Management of C++ Smart Pointers
Research Papers
Xutong Ma State Key Laboratory of Computer Science, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Jiwei Yan Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Wei Wang State Key Laboratory of Computer Science, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Jun Yan Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Jian Zhang Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Zongyan Qiu Peking University
19:20
20m
Talk
Understanding and Detecting Performance Bugs in Markdown Compilers
Research Papers
Penghui Li The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Yinxi Liu The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Wei Meng Chinese University of Hong Kong
Pre-print
19:40
10m
Talk
Bugs4Q: A Benchmark of Real Bugs for Quantum Programs
NIER track
Pengzhan Zhao Kyushu University, Jianjun Zhao Kyushu University, Zhongtao Miao Kyushu University, Shuhan Lan Kyushu University
19:50
5m
Talk
Muskit: A Mutation Analysis Tool for Quantum Software Testing
Tool Demonstrations
Eñaut Mendiluze Simula Research Laboratory, Norway, Shaukat Ali Simula Research Laboratory, Norway, Paolo Arcaini National Institute of Informatics , Tao Yue Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
19:55
5m
Talk
JTDog: a Gradle Plugin for Dynamic Test Smell Detection
Tool Demonstrations
Masayuki Taniguchi Osaka University, Shinsuke Matsumoto Osaka University, Shinji Kusumoto Osaka University
20:00 - 21:00
Tool Demo (3)Tool Demonstrations at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Mohamed Abdelrazek Deakin University, Australia
20:00
2m
Talk
Muskit: A Mutation Analysis Tool for Quantum Software Testing
Tool Demonstrations
Eñaut Mendiluze Simula Research Laboratory, Norway, Shaukat Ali Simula Research Laboratory, Norway, Paolo Arcaini National Institute of Informatics , Tao Yue Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
20:02
2m
Talk
IncBL: Incremental Bug Localization
Tool Demonstrations
Zhou Yang Singapore Management University, Jieke Shi Singapore Management University, Shaowei Wang University of Manitoba, David Lo Singapore Management University
20:04
2m
Talk
FixMe: A GitHub Bot for Detecting and Monitoring On-hold Self-Admitted Technical Debt
Tool Demonstrations
Saranphon Phaithoon Mahidol University, Supakarn Wongnil Mahidol University, Patiphol Pussawong Mahidol University, Morakot Choetkiertikul Mahidol University, Thailand, Chaiyong Rakhitwetsagul Mahidol University, Thailand, Thanwadee Sunetnanta Mahidol University, Rungroj Maipradit Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Hideaki Hata Shinshu University, Kenichi Matsumoto Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Link to publication DOI Pre-print Media Attached
20:06
2m
Talk
Quito: a Coverage-Guided Test Generator for Quantum Programs
Tool Demonstrations
Xinyi Wang Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China, Paolo Arcaini National Institute of Informatics , Tao Yue Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shaukat Ali Simula Research Laboratory, Norway
20:08
2m
Talk
Q&A MAESTRO: Q&A Post Recommendation for Fixing Java Runtime Exceptions
Tool Demonstrations
Yusuke Kimura Fujitsu Ltd., Takumi Akazaki Fujitsu Limited, Shinji Kikuchi Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Sonal Mahajan Fujitsu Research of America, Inc., Mukul Prasad Fujitsu Research of America
20:10
2m
Talk
JTDog: a Gradle Plugin for Dynamic Test Smell Detection
Tool Demonstrations
Masayuki Taniguchi Osaka University, Shinsuke Matsumoto Osaka University, Shinji Kusumoto Osaka University
21:00 - 22:00
Learning ApplicationsResearch Papers / Tool Demonstrations / Journal-first Papers at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Michael Pradel University of Stuttgart
21:00
20m
Talk
Deep GUI: Black-box GUI Input Generation with Deep Learning
Research Papers
Faraz YazdaniBanafsheDaragh University of California, Irvine, Sam Malek University of California at Irvine, USA
21:20
20m
Talk
Towards Exploring the Limitations of Active Learning: An Empirical Study
Research Papers
Qiang Hu University of Luxembourg, Yuejun GUo University of Luxembourg, Maxime Cordy University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Xiaofei Xie Kyushu University, Wei Ma University of Luxembourg, Mike Papadakis University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Yves Le Traon University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
21:40
10m
Talk
Machine Learning based Success Prediction for Crowdsourcing Software Projects
Journal-first Papers
Inam Illahi Beijing Institute of Technology, Hui Liu Beijing Institute of Technology, Qasim Umer Beijing Institute of Technology, Nan Niu University of Cincinnati
21:50
5m
Talk
SoManyConflicts: Resolve Many Merge Conflicts Interactively and Systematically
Tool Demonstrations
Bo Shen Peking University, Wei Zhang Peking University, Ailun Yu Peking University, Yifan Shi Peking University, Haiyan Zhao Peking University, Zhi Jin Peking University
21:00 - 22:00
RepositoriesResearch Papers at Koala
Chair(s): Zeqi Lin Microsoft Research, China
21:00
20m
Talk
Learning Domain-Specific Edit Operations from Model Repositories with Frequent Subgraph Mining
Research Papers
Christof Tinnes Saarland University, Timo Kehrer Humboldt University of Berlin, Mitchell Joblin Siemens AG, Uwe Hohenstein Siemens AG, Andreas Biesdorf Siemens AG, Sven Apel Saarland University
21:20
20m
Talk
Unsupervised Labeling and Extraction of Phrase-based Concepts in Vulnerability Descriptions
Research Papers
Sofonias Yitagesu Tianjin University, Zhenchang Xing Australian National University, Xiaowang Zhang Tianjin University, Zhiyong Feng Tianjin University, Xiaohong Li TianJin University, Linyi Han Tianjin University
21:40
20m
Talk
A Compositional Deadlock Detector for Android Java
Research Papers
James Brotherston , Paul Brunet University College London, Nikos Gorogiannis Facebook, Max Kanovich University College London
22:00 - 23:00
Analysis IIINIER track / Research Papers at Kangaroo
Chair(s): Jifeng Xuan Wuhan University
22:00
20m
Talk
Binary Diffing as a Network Alignment Problem via Belief Propagation
Research Papers
Elie Mengin SAMM, EA 4543 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Fabrice Rossi CEREMADE, CNRS, UMR 7534 - Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL University
22:20
20m
Talk
CiFi: Versatile Analysis of Class and Field ImmutabilityACM Distinguished Paper
Research Papers
Tobias Roth Technische Universität Darmstadt, Dominik Helm Technische Universität Darmstadt, Michael Reif Technische Universität Darmstadt, Mira Mezini Technische Universität Darmstadt
22:40
10m
Talk
Assessing Robustness of ML-Based Program Analysis Tools using Metamorphic Program Transformations
NIER track
Leonhard Applis Delft University of Technology, Annibale Panichella Delft University of Technology, Arie van Deursen Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Pre-print
22:50
10m
Talk
Defeating program analysis techniques via Ambiguous Translation
NIER track
Chijung Jung University of Virginia, Doowon Kim University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Weihang Wang University at Buffalo, SUNY, Yunhui Zheng IBM Research, Kyu Hyung Lee University of Georgia, Yonghwi Kwon University of Virginia
22:00 - 23:00
ModellingResearch Papers at Koala
Chair(s): Nimrod Busany Tel Aviv University
22:00
20m
Talk
Modeling Team Dynamics for the Characterization and Prediction of Delays in User Stories
Research Papers
Elvan Kula Delft University of Technology, Arie van Deursen Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, Georgios Gousios Facebook & Delft University of Technology
Pre-print
22:20
20m
Talk
DeepMemory: Model-based Memorization Analysis of Deep Neural Language Models
Research Papers
Derui Zhu Technical University of Munich, Jinfu Chen Centre for Software Excellence, Huawei, Canada, Weiyi Shang Concordia University, Xuebing Zhou Huawei Munich Research Center, Jens Grossklags Technical University of Munich, Ahmed E. Hassan Queen's University
22:40
20m
Talk
Automated Verification of Go Programs via Bounded Model CheckingACM Distinguished Paper
Research Papers
Nicolas Dilley University of Kent, Julien Lange Royal Holloway University of London
Pre-print
23:00 - 00:00
ASE2021 ClosingPlenary at Kangaroo
23:00
60m
Day closing
Closing
Plenary

Accepted Papers

Title
A Compositional Deadlock Detector for Android Java
Research Papers
Adversarial Attacks to API Recommender Systems: Time to Wake Up and Smell the Coffee?
Research Papers
Pre-print
AID: Efficient Prediction of Aggregated Intensity of Dependency in Large-scale Cloud Systems
Research Papers
An Empirical Study of Bugs in WebAssembly Compilers
Research Papers
APIzation: Generating Reusable APIs from StackOverflow Code Snippets
Research Papers
Pre-print
ASE: A Value Set Decision Procedure for Symbolic Execution
Research Papers
Pre-print
Automated Repair for Size-Based Inaccessibility Issues in Mobile Apps
Research Papers
Automated Testing for Machine Translation via Constituency Invariance
Research Papers
Automated Verification of Go Programs via Bounded Model CheckingACM Distinguished Paper
Research Papers
Pre-print
Automating Developer Chat Mining
Research Papers
Automating User Notice Generation for Smart Contract Functions
Research Papers
Binary Diffing as a Network Alignment Problem via Belief Propagation
Research Papers
Can neural clone detection generalize to unseen functionalities?
Research Papers
Characterizing and Detecting Configuration Compatibility Issues in Android Apps
Research Papers
Characterizing Transaction-Reverting Statements in Ethereum Smart Contracts
Research Papers
CiFi: Versatile Analysis of Class and Field ImmutabilityACM Distinguished Paper
Research Papers
Context Debloating for Object-Sensitive Pointer Analysis
Research Papers
CorbFuzz: Checking Browser Security Policies with Fuzzing
Research Papers
Pre-print
Data-Driven Design and Evaluation of SMT Meta-Solving Strategies: Balancing Performance, Accuracy, and CostACM Distinguished Paper
Research Papers
DeepCVA: Automated Commit-level Vulnerability Assessment with Deep Multi-task Learning
Research Papers
Pre-print
Deep GUI: Black-box GUI Input Generation with Deep Learning
Research Papers
DeepMemory: Model-based Memorization Analysis of Deep Neural Language Models
Research Papers
DeepMetis: Augmenting a Deep Learning Test Set to Increase its Mutation Score
Research Papers
Detecting Memory-Related Bugs by Tracking Heap Memory Management of C++ Smart Pointers
Research Papers
Detecting TensorFlow Program Bugs in Real-World Industrial Environment
Research Papers
Pre-print
Distribution Models for Falsification and Verification of DNNs
Research Papers
Pre-print
Dynamic Generation of Python Bindings for HPC Kernels
Research Papers
EditSum: A Retrieve-and-Edit Framework for Source Code Summarization
Research Papers
Efficient SMT-Based Model Checking for Signal Temporal Logic
Research Papers
Efficient state synchronisation in model-based testing through reinforcement learning
Research Papers
End-to-End Automation of Feedback on Student Assembly Programs
Research Papers
Evolutionary-Guided Synthesis of Verified Pareto Optimal Policies
Research Papers
Faster Mutation Analysis with Fewer Processes and Smaller Overheads
Research Papers
FIGCPS: Effective Failure-inducing Input Generation for Cyber-Physical Systems with Deep Reinforcement Learning
Research Papers
Finding A Needle in a Haystack: Automated Mining of Silent Vulnerability Fixes
Research Papers
Finding Replacements for Missing APIs in Library Update
Research Papers
Finding the Missing Piece: Permission Specification Analysis for Android NDK
Research Papers
FirmGuide: Boosting the Capability of Rehosting Embedded Linux Kernels through Model-Guided Kernel Execution
Research Papers
Pre-print
FRUGAL: Unlocking Semi-supervised Learning for Software Analytics
Research Papers
Graph-based Incident Aggregation for Large-Scale Online Service Systems
Research Papers
Groot: An Event-graph-based Approach for Root Cause Analysis in Industrial Settings
Research Papers
iFIZZ: Deep-State and Efficient Fault-Scenario Generation to Test IoT Firmware
Research Papers
Improving Test Case Generation for REST APIs Through Hierarchical Clustering
Research Papers
DOI Pre-print
InstruGuard: Find and Fix Instrumentation Errors for Coverage-based Greybox Fuzzing
Research Papers
Intelligent Change Operators for Multi-Objective Refactoring
Research Papers
Interactive Cross-language Code Retrieval with Auto-Encoders
Research Papers
Is Historical Data an Appropriate Benchmark for Reviewer Recommendation Systems? A Case Study of the Gerrit Community
Research Papers
ISPY: Automatic Issue-Solution Pair Extraction from Community Live ChatsACM Distinguished Paper
Research Papers
Pre-print
JSTAR: JavaScript Specification Type Analyzer using Refinement
Research Papers
Learning Domain-Specific Edit Operations from Model Repositories with Frequent Subgraph Mining
Research Papers
Learning Highly Recursive Input Grammars
Research Papers
Link to publication Pre-print
Learning Patterns in Configuration
Research Papers
Log-based Anomaly Detection Without Log Parsing
Research Papers
Link to publication DOI Pre-print
Mining Cross-Domain Apps for Software Evolution: A Feature-based Approach
Research Papers
Modeling Team Dynamics for the Characterization and Prediction of Delays in User Stories
Research Papers
Pre-print
Nekara: Generalized Concurrency Testing
Research Papers
On Multi-Modal Learning of Editing Source Code
Research Papers
On the Real-World Effectiveness of Static Bug Detectors at Finding Null Pointer Exceptions
Research Papers
Performance Testing for Cloud Computing with Dependent Data Bootstrapping
Research Papers
PyExplainer: Explaining the Predictions of Just-In-Time Defect ModelsACM Distinguished Paper
Research Papers
PyNose: A Test Smell Detector For Python
Research Papers
Pre-print
QDiff: Differential Testing of Quantum Software Stacks
Research Papers
Race Detection for Event-Driven Node.js Applications
Research Papers
Reducing Bug Triaging Confusion by Learning from Mistakes with a Bug Tossing Knowledge GraphACM Distinguished Paper
Research Papers
Refactorings and Technical Debt in Docker Projects: An Empirical Study
Research Papers
Restoring the Executability of Jupyter Notebooks by Automatic Upgrade of Deprecated APIs
Research Papers
RULF: Rust Library Fuzzing via API Dependency Graph TraversalACM Distinguished Paper
Research Papers
Pre-print
SATune: A Study-Driven Auto-Tuning Approach for Configurable Software Verification Tools
Research Papers
SMARTIAN : Enhancing Smart Contract Fuzzing with Static and Dynamic Data-Flow Analyses
Research Papers
Subtle Bugs Everywhere: Generating Documentation for Data Wrangling Code
Research Papers
Targeting Requirements Violations of Autonomous Driving Systems by Dynamic Evolutionary Search
Research Papers
Testing Your Question Answering Software via Asking RecursivelyACM Distinguished Paper
Research Papers
Thinking Like a Developer? Comparing the Attention of Humans with Neural Models of Code
Research Papers
Pre-print Media Attached
Towards Exploring the Limitations of Active Learning: An Empirical Study
Research Papers
Transcode: Detecting Status Code Mapping Errors in Large-Scale Systems
Research Papers
UI Test Migration Across Mobile Platforms
Research Papers
Pre-print
Understanding and Detecting Performance Bugs in Markdown Compilers
Research Papers
Pre-print
Unsupervised Labeling and Extraction of Phrase-based Concepts in Vulnerability Descriptions
Research Papers
VizSmith: Automated Visualization Synthesis by Mining Data-Science Notebooks
Research Papers
"What makes my queries slow?": Subgroup Discovery for SQL Workload Analysis
Research Papers
Where to Start: Studying Type Annotation Practices in Python
Research Papers
Why Do Developers Remove Lambda Expressions in Java?
Research Papers

If you have questions not answered below, please contact the program chairs at ase2021research@gmail.com

Q: Why Double Blind?

There are many reasons for a submission track to employ a double-blind review process – not the least being the considerable number of requests to do so from the community. Over the past several years, this model has become an accepted practice at many Software Engineering conferences, and it is standard in many other communities as well. For more information on the motivation for double-blind reviewing, see Claire Le Goues’ blog post arguing in favor of double-blind review processes for Software Engineering conferences. See also a list of double-blind resources from Robert Feldt, as well as a more formal study of the subject by Moritz Beller and Alberto Bacchelli.

Q: How to prepare your paper for double-blind reviewing?

You must make every reasonable effort to honor the double-blind review process, but you do not need to guarantee that your identity is undiscoverable. The double-blind aspect of the review process is not to set up an adversarial identity-discovery process. Essentially, the guiding principle should be to maximize the number of people who could plausibly be authors, subject to the constraint that no change is made to any technical details of the work. Therefore, you should ensure that the reviewers are able to read and review your paper without needing to know who any of the authors are. Specifically, this involves at least adhering to the following three points:

  • Omit all authors’ names and affiliations from the title page. If you have acknowledgments, do not mention any names or organizations. Take care not to inadvertently include this information in PDF metadata.
  • Refer to your own work in the third person. You should not omit or change the names of your own previously published tools, approaches, or systems, because this would clearly compromise the review process; it would also violate the constraint that “no change is made to any technical details of the work”. Instead, refer to the authorship or provenance of tools, approaches, or systems in the third person, so that it is credible that another author could have written your paper.
  • Take care with the use of supplementary material in the paper. Try to avoid relying on supplementary material that is impossible to properly anonymize, such as a companion technical report or thesis (see below), your personal website, or a YouTube channel. We do encourage the careful sharing of suitably anonymized code repositories and datasets, such as through an anonymous sharing links (doable via DropBox, for example) to a cleaned and anonymized GitHub repository. Check such data files and repositories carefully for any information that could reveal author identities. It is also possible to submit supplementary material with the paper, but again it is necessary to check the material carefully for anything that can reveal author identity.

Q: Can I submit my work on Arxiv?

To comply with the double-blind reviewing process, we request that the authors postpone publishing your submitted work on Arxiv or similar sites until after the notification of acceptance. If the authors have compelling reasons to nevertheless publish a preprint earlier, this publication cannot take place in the two weeks before or after the ASE submission deadline. If the program chairs get the impression that the authors frivolously share papers and do not live up to the spirit of the double-blind reviewing process, the program chairs can decide to (desk) reject the paper.

Q: Can I disseminate a non-blinded version of my submitted work by discussing it with colleagues, giving talks, etc.?

You can discuss and present your work that is under submission at small meetings (e.g., job talks, visits to research labs, a Dagstuhl or Shonan meeting), but you should avoid broadly advertising it in a way that reaches the reviewers even if they are not searching for it. For example, you should not discuss your work specifically with members of the program committee, publicize your work on mailing lists or media that are widely shared and can reach the program committee. One option is to make a tech report at your institution, which allows someone to cite the work, if need be, like arXiv, but doesn’t have the same degree of visibility.

Q: I published a previous version of my work on arXiv or as a tech report at my institution. Do I need to cite it, and if so how?

A paper on arXiv or a tech report is not a peer-reviewed publication. If the submission completely subsumes the previous version, then there is no need to cite the previous version at all. We explicitly discourage “anonymous” references (e.g., “[31] —Reference omitted for double-blind review—”: if the cited report is necessary for a reviewer to fully understand the submission, then the relevant material should either be included in the submission, cited in the third person, or provided as suitably anonymized supplementary material (such as an anonymized appendix) hosted anonymously. Note that reviewers are not obligated to review such previous material, however, and so you should strive to make your submissions as stand-alone as possible (regardless of the double-blind review process).

Q: I previously published an earlier version of this work elsewhere than arXiv. What should I do about citing that previous work? If the previous work is published in a peer-reviewed venue, then it should be cited, but in the third person so that it is not revealed that the cited work and the submitted paper share one or more authors. This would include posters, but only if the poster is accompanied by a paper in the conference proceedings. Posters that are not represented in the proceedings can be ignored.

Q: What about a PhD or master’s thesis?

It’s perfectly fine to publish work arising from a PhD or master’s degree, and there’s no need to cite it in a submission that is undergoing double-blind review because prior dissertation publication does not compromise novelty. In the final camera-ready version of the paper, please do cite the dissertation to acknowledge its contribution. In general, the guideline is that the author’s job is to ensure that the submission is readable and reviewable, without the reviewers needing to know the identities of the submission’s authors. You do not need to make it impossible for the reviewers to discover the authors’ identities. The referees will be trying hard not to discover the authors’ identities, so they will likely not be searching the web to check whether there is a tech report or other unpublished material related to this work.

This FAQ is based on guidelines for double-blind reviewing from ASE 2019, ICSE 2019, and FSE 2021