Preface

Keynote

Improving Program Comprehension by Answering Questions (Keynote)
Brad A. Myers
(CMU, USA)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p1, author = {Brad A. Myers}, title = {Improving Program Comprehension by Answering Questions (Keynote)}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {1-0}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13keynotes-key-1-p doi:

Technical Research

Textual Analysis
Mon, May 20, 11:00 - 12:30, Bayview A (Chair: Gabriele Bavota)

Part-of-Speech Tagging of Program Identifiers for Improved Text-Based Software Engineering Tools
Samir Gupta, Sana Malik, Lori Pollock, and K. Vijay-Shanker
(University of Delaware, USA; University of Maryland, USA)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p11, author = {Samir Gupta and Sana Malik and Lori Pollock and K. Vijay-Shanker}, title = {Part-of-Speech Tagging of Program Identifiers for Improved Text-Based Software Engineering Tools}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {11-10}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id55-p doi:

Evaluating Source Code Summarization Techniques: Replication and Expansion
Brian P. Eddy, Jeffrey A. Robinson, Nicholas A. Kraft, and Jeffrey C. Carver
(University of Alabama, USA)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p21, author = {Brian P. Eddy and Jeffrey A. Robinson and Nicholas A. Kraft and Jeffrey C. Carver}, title = {Evaluating Source Code Summarization Techniques: Replication and Expansion}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {21-20}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id43-p doi:

Automatic Generation of Natural Language Summaries for Java Classes
Laura Moreno, Jairo Aponte, Giriprasad Sridhara, Andrian Marcus, Lori Pollock, and K. Vijay-Shanker
(Wayne State University, USA; Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia; IBM Research, India; University of Delaware, USA)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p31, author = {Laura Moreno and Jairo Aponte and Giriprasad Sridhara and Andrian Marcus and Lori Pollock and K. Vijay-Shanker}, title = {Automatic Generation of Natural Language Summaries for Java Classes}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {31-30}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id74-p doi:

The Role of Visualization in Program Comprehension
Mon, May 20, 14:00 - 16:00, Bayview A (Chair: Andrian Marcus)

An Empirical Study on the Efficiency of Graphical vs. Textual Representations in Requirements Comprehension
Zohreh Sharafi, Alessandro Marchetto, Angelo Susi, Giuliano Antoniol, and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc
(Polytechnique Montréal, Canada; Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p41, author = {Zohreh Sharafi and Alessandro Marchetto and Angelo Susi and Giuliano Antoniol and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc}, title = {An Empirical Study on the Efficiency of Graphical vs. Textual Representations in Requirements Comprehension}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {41-40}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id18-p doi:

SArF Map: Visualizing Software Architecture from Feature and Layer Viewpoints
Kenichi Kobayashi, Manabu Kamimura, Keisuke Yano, Koki Kato, and Akihiko Matsuo
(Fujitsu Labs, Japan)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p51, author = {Kenichi Kobayashi and Manabu Kamimura and Keisuke Yano and Koki Kato and Akihiko Matsuo}, title = {SArF Map: Visualizing Software Architecture from Feature and Layer Viewpoints}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {51-50}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id32-p doi:

Multiscale Visual Comparison of Execution Traces
Jonas Trümper, Jürgen Döllner, and Alexandru Telea
(HPI, Germany; University of Groningen, Netherlands)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p61, author = {Jonas Trümper and Jürgen Döllner and Alexandru Telea}, title = {Multiscale Visual Comparison of Execution Traces}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {61-60}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id27-p doi:

In Situ Understanding of Performance Bottlenecks through Visually Augmented Code
Fabian Beck, Oliver Moseler, Stephan Diehl, and Günter Daniel Rey
(University of Stuttgart, Germany; University of Trier, Germany; Fernuniversität in Hagen, Germany)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p71, author = {Fabian Beck and Oliver Moseler and Stephan Diehl and Günter Daniel Rey}, title = {In Situ Understanding of Performance Bottlenecks through Visually Augmented Code}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {71-70}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id7-p doi:

Software Quality
Mon, May 20, 16:30 - 17:30, Bayview A (Chair: Andrew Begel)

Monitoring User Interactions for Supporting Failure Reproduction
Tobias Roehm, Nigar Gurbanova, Bernd Bruegge, Christophe Joubert, and Walid Maalej
(TU Munich, Germany; Prodevelop, Spain; University of Hamburg, Germany)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p81, author = {Tobias Roehm and Nigar Gurbanova and Bernd Bruegge and Christophe Joubert and Walid Maalej}, title = {Monitoring User Interactions for Supporting Failure Reproduction}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {81-80}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id35-p doi:

Quality Analysis of Source Code Comments
Daniela Steidl, Benjamin Hummel, and Elmar Juergens
(CQSE, Germany)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p91, author = {Daniela Steidl and Benjamin Hummel and Elmar Juergens}, title = {Quality Analysis of Source Code Comments}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {91-90}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id2-p doi:

Source Code Comprehension
Tue, May 21, 11:00 - 12:30, Bayview A (Chair: Andy Zaidman)

Gapped Code Clone Detection with Lightweight Source Code Analysis
Hiroaki Murakami, Keisuke Hotta, Yoshiki Higo, Hiroshi Igaki, and Shinji Kusumoto
(Osaka University, Japan)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p101, author = {Hiroaki Murakami and Keisuke Hotta and Yoshiki Higo and Hiroshi Igaki and Shinji Kusumoto}, title = {Gapped Code Clone Detection with Lightweight Source Code Analysis}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {101-100}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id24-p doi:

Insight into a Method Co-change Pattern to Identify Highly Coupled Methods: An Empirical Study
Manishankar Mondal, Chanchal K. Roy, and Kevin A. Schneider
(University of Saskatchewan, Canada)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p111, author = {Manishankar Mondal and Chanchal K. Roy and Kevin A. Schneider}, title = {Insight into a Method Co-change Pattern to Identify Highly Coupled Methods: An Empirical Study}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {111-110}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id54-p doi:

Patterns of Cross-Language Linking in Java Frameworks
Philip Mayer and Andreas Schroeder
(LMU Munich, Germany)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p121, author = {Philip Mayer and Andreas Schroeder}, title = {Patterns of Cross-Language Linking in Java Frameworks}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {121-120}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id4-p doi:

Traceability and Feature Location
Tue, May 21, 14:00 - 15:00, Bayview A (Chair: Lori Pollok)

Using Code Ownership to Improve IR-Based Traceability Link Recovery
Diana Diaz, Gabriele Bavota, Andrian Marcus, Rocco Oliveto, Silvia Takahashi, and Andrea De Lucia
(Universidad de los Andes, Colombia; University of Sannio, Italy; Wayne State University, USA; University of Molise, Italy; University of Salerno, Italy)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p131, author = {Diana Diaz and Gabriele Bavota and Andrian Marcus and Rocco Oliveto and Silvia Takahashi and Andrea De Lucia}, title = {Using Code Ownership to Improve IR-Based Traceability Link Recovery}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {131-130}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id46-p doi:

Structural Information Based Term Weighting in Text Retrieval for Feature Location
Blake Bassett and Nicholas A. Kraft
(University of Alabama, USA)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p141, author = {Blake Bassett and Nicholas A. Kraft}, title = {Structural Information Based Term Weighting in Text Retrieval for Feature Location}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {141-140}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id78-p doi:

Comprehending API
Tue, May 21, 15:00 - 16:00, Bayview A (Chair: Chris Parnin)

Extracting Problematic API Features from Forum Discussions
Yingying Zhang and Daqing Hou
(Clarkson University, USA)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p151, author = {Yingying Zhang and Daqing Hou}, title = {Extracting Problematic API Features from Forum Discussions}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {151-150}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id47-p doi:

Multi-dimensional Exploration of API Usage
Coen De Roover, Ralf Lämmel, and Ekaterina Pek
(Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium; University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p161, author = {Coen De Roover and Ralf Lämmel and Ekaterina Pek}, title = {Multi-dimensional Exploration of API Usage}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {161-160}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id53-p doi:

Comprehending Software Architectures
Tue, May 21, 16:30 - 18:00, Bayview A (Chair: Dirk Beyer)

Evaluating Software Clustering Algorithms in the Context of Program Comprehension
Anas Mahmoud and Nan Niu
(Mississippi State University, USA)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p171, author = {Anas Mahmoud and Nan Niu}, title = {Evaluating Software Clustering Algorithms in the Context of Program Comprehension}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {171-170}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id59-p doi:

On the Accuracy of Architecture Compliance Checking Support: Accuracy of Dependency Analysis and Violation Reporting
Leo Pruijt, Christian Köppe, and Sjaak Brinkkemper
(Hogeschool Utrecht, Netherlands; Utrecht University, Netherlands)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p181, author = {Leo Pruijt and Christian Köppe and Sjaak Brinkkemper}, title = {On the Accuracy of Architecture Compliance Checking Support: Accuracy of Dependency Analysis and Violation Reporting}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {181-180}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id67-p doi:

Building Extensions for Applications: Towards the Understanding of Extension Possibilities
Mohamed Aly, Anis Charfi, and Mira Mezini
(SAP, Germany; TU Darmstadt, Germany)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p191, author = {Mohamed Aly and Anis Charfi and Mira Mezini}, title = {Building Extensions for Applications: Towards the Understanding of Extension Possibilities}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {191-190}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13main-id41-p doi:

Industry Track
Mon, May 20, 16:30 - 17:30, Bayview B

On the Understanding of Programs with Continuous Code Reviews
Mario Bernhart and Thomas Grechenig
(TU Vienna, Austria)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p201, author = {Mario Bernhart and Thomas Grechenig}, title = {On the Understanding of Programs with Continuous Code Reviews}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {201-200}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13industry-t21-p doi:

Applying Clone Change Notification System into an Industrial Development Process
Yuki Yamanaka, Eunjong Choi, Norihiro Yoshida, Katsuro Inoue, and Tateki Sano
(Osaka University, Japan; Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan; NEC, Japan)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p209, author = {Yuki Yamanaka and Eunjong Choi and Norihiro Yoshida and Katsuro Inoue and Tateki Sano}, title = {Applying Clone Change Notification System into an Industrial Development Process}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {209-208}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13industry-t22-p doi:

Early Research Achievements Track
Tue, May 21, 16:30 - 18:00, Bayview B

Manhattan: Supporting Real-Time Visual Team Activity Awareness
Michele Lanza, Marco D'Ambros, Alberto Bacchelli, Lile Hattori, and Francesco Rigotti
(University of Lugano, Switzerland)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p217, author = {Michele Lanza and Marco D'Ambros and Alberto Bacchelli and Lile Hattori and Francesco Rigotti}, title = {Manhattan: Supporting Real-Time Visual Team Activity Awareness}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {217-216}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13era-t2-p doi:

Blogging Developer Knowledge: Motivations, Challenges, and Future Directions
Chris Parnin, Christoph Treude, and Margaret-Anne Storey
(Georgia Tech, USA; McGill University, Canada; University of Victoria, Canada)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p221, author = {Chris Parnin and Christoph Treude and Margaret-Anne Storey}, title = {Blogging Developer Knowledge: Motivations, Challenges, and Future Directions}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {221-220}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13era-t3-p doi:

Towards Generating Human-Oriented Summaries of Unit Test Cases
Manabu Kamimura and Gail C. Murphy
(Fujitsu Labs, Japan; University of British Columbia, Canada)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p225, author = {Manabu Kamimura and Gail C. Murphy}, title = {Towards Generating Human-Oriented Summaries of Unit Test Cases}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {225-224}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13era-t9-p doi:

Towards a Unified Software Attack Model to Assess Software Protections
Cataldo Basile and Mariano Ceccato
(Politecnico di Torino, Italy; Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p229, author = {Cataldo Basile and Mariano Ceccato}, title = {Towards a Unified Software Attack Model to Assess Software Protections}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {229-228}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13era-t12-p doi:

Improving the Detection Accuracy of Evolutionary Coupling
Manishankar Mondal, Chanchal K. Roy, and Kevin A. Schneider
(University of Saskatchewan, Canada)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p233, author = {Manishankar Mondal and Chanchal K. Roy and Kevin A. Schneider}, title = {Improving the Detection Accuracy of Evolutionary Coupling}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {233-232}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13era-t16-p doi:

Tool Demonstrations
Tue, May 21, 11:00 - 12:30, Bayview B

Agec: An Execution-Semantic Clone Detection Tool
Toshihiro Kamiya
(Future University Hakodate, Japan)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p237, author = {Toshihiro Kamiya}, title = {Agec: An Execution-Semantic Clone Detection Tool}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {237-236}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13tool-t24-p doi:

JSummarizer: An Automatic Generator of Natural Language Summaries for Java Classes
Laura Moreno, Andrian Marcus, Lori Pollock, and K. Vijay-Shanker
(Wayne State University, USA; University of Delaware, USA)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p241, author = {Laura Moreno and Andrian Marcus and Lori Pollock and K. Vijay-Shanker}, title = {JSummarizer: An Automatic Generator of Natural Language Summaries for Java Classes}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {241-240}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13tool-t25-p doi:

OnionUML: An Eclipse Plug-In for Visualizing UML Class Diagrams in Onion Graph Notation
Michael Falcone and Bonita Sharif
(Youngstown State University, USA)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p245, author = {Michael Falcone and Bonita Sharif}, title = {OnionUML: An Eclipse Plug-In for Visualizing UML Class Diagrams in Onion Graph Notation}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {245-244}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13tool-t26-p doi:

SimCad: An Extensible and Faster Clone Detection Tool for Large Scale Software Systems
Md. Sharif Uddin, Chanchal K. Roy, and Kevin A. Schneider
(University of Saskatchewan, Canada)


@InProceedings{ICPC13p249, author = {Md. Sharif Uddin and Chanchal K. Roy and Kevin A. Schneider}, title = {SimCad: An Extensible and Faster Clone Detection Tool for Large Scale Software Systems}, booktitle = {Proc.\ ICPC}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {249-248}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icpc13tool-t29-p doi:

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