MSR 2011 – Proceedings

Preface

Keynotes

Fantasy, Farms, and Freemium: What Game Data Mining Teaches Us About Retention, Conversion, and Virality (Keynote Abstract)
Jim Whitehead
(UC Santa Cruz, USA)


@InProceedings{MSR11p1, author = {Jim Whitehead}, title = {Fantasy, Farms, and Freemium: What Game Data Mining Teaches Us About Retention, Conversion, and Virality (Keynote Abstract)}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {1-0}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Connecting Technology with Real-world Problems - From Copy-paste Detection to Detecting Known Bugs (Keynote Abstract)
Yuanyuan Zhou
(UC San Diego, USA)


@InProceedings{MSR11p3, author = {Yuanyuan Zhou}, title = {Connecting Technology with Real-world Problems - From Copy-paste Detection to Detecting Known Bugs (Keynote Abstract)}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {3-2}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Language Evolution

Java Generics Adoption: How New Features are Introduced, Championed, or Ignored
Chris Parnin, Christian Bird, and Emerson Murphy-Hill
(Georgia Institute of Technology, USA; Microsoft Research, USA; North Carolina State University, USA)


@InProceedings{MSR11p5, author = {Chris Parnin and Christian Bird and Emerson Murphy-Hill}, title = {Java Generics Adoption: How New Features are Introduced, Championed, or Ignored}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {5-4}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

A Study of Language Usage Evolution in Open Source Software
Siim Karus and Harald Gall
(University of Tartu, Estonia; University of Zurich, Switzerland)


@InProceedings{MSR11p15, author = {Siim Karus and Harald Gall}, title = {A Study of Language Usage Evolution in Open Source Software}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {15-14}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

How Developers Use the Dynamic Features of Programming Languages: The Case of Smalltalk
Oscar Callaú, Romain Robbes, Éric Tanter, and David Röthlisberger
(University of Chile, Chile; University of Bern, Switzerland)


@InProceedings{MSR11p25, author = {Oscar Callaú and Romain Robbes and Éric Tanter and David Röthlisberger}, title = {How Developers Use the Dynamic Features of Programming Languages: The Case of Smalltalk}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {25-24}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

An Exploratory Study of Identifier Renamings
Laleh M. Eshkevari, Venera Arnaoudova, Massimiliano Di Penta, Rocco Oliveto, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, and Giuliano Antoniol
(École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada; University of Sannio, Italy; University of Molise, Italy)


@InProceedings{MSR11p35, author = {Laleh M. Eshkevari and Venera Arnaoudova and Massimiliano Di Penta and Rocco Oliveto and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc and Giuliano Antoniol}, title = {An Exploratory Study of Identifier Renamings}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {35-34}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Retrieval, Refactoring, Clones, Readability

Retrieval from Software Libraries for Bug Localization: A Comparative Study of Generic and Composite Text Models
Shivani Rao and Avinash Kak
(Purdue University, USA)


@InProceedings{MSR11p45, author = {Shivani Rao and Avinash Kak}, title = {Retrieval from Software Libraries for Bug Localization: A Comparative Study of Generic and Composite Text Models}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {45-44}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Comparison of Similarity Metrics for Refactoring Detection
Benjamin Biegel, Quinten David Soetens, Willi Hornig, Stephan Diehl, and Serge Demeyer
(University of Trier, Germany; University of Antwerp, Belgium)


@InProceedings{MSR11p55, author = {Benjamin Biegel and Quinten David Soetens and Willi Hornig and Stephan Diehl and Serge Demeyer}, title = {Comparison of Similarity Metrics for Refactoring Detection}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {55-54}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Finding Software License Violations Through Binary Code Clone Detection
Armijn Hemel, Karl Trygve Kalleberg, Rob Vermaas, and Eelco Dolstra
(gpl-violations.org, Netherlands; KolibriFX, Norway; Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)


@InProceedings{MSR11p65, author = {Armijn Hemel and Karl Trygve Kalleberg and Rob Vermaas and Eelco Dolstra}, title = {Finding Software License Violations Through Binary Code Clone Detection}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {65-64}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

A Simpler Model of Software Readability
Daryl Posnett, Abram Hindle, and Premkumar Devanbu
(UC Davis, USA)


@InProceedings{MSR11p75, author = {Daryl Posnett and Abram Hindle and Premkumar Devanbu}, title = {A Simpler Model of Software Readability}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {75-74}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Software Quality

Comparing Fine-Grained Source Code Changes And Code Churn For Bug Prediction
Emanuel Giger, Martin Pinzger, and Harald Gall
(University of Zurich, Switzerland; Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)


@InProceedings{MSR11p85, author = {Emanuel Giger and Martin Pinzger and Harald Gall}, title = {Comparing Fine-Grained Source Code Changes And Code Churn For Bug Prediction}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {85-84}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Security Versus Performance Bugs: A Case Study on Firefox
Shahed Zaman, Bram Adams, and Ahmed E. Hassan
(Queen's University, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR11p95, author = {Shahed Zaman and Bram Adams and Ahmed E. Hassan}, title = {Security Versus Performance Bugs: A Case Study on Firefox}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {95-94}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Empirical Evaluation of Reliability Improvement in an Evolving Software Product Line
Sandeep Krishnan, Robyn R. Lutz, and Katerina Goševa-Popstojanova
(Iowa State University, USA; West Virginia University, USA)


@InProceedings{MSR11p105, author = {Sandeep Krishnan and Robyn R. Lutz and Katerina Goševa-Popstojanova}, title = {Empirical Evaluation of Reliability Improvement in an Evolving Software Product Line}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {105-104}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Implementing Quality Metrics and Goals at the Corporate Level
Pete Rotella and Sunita Chulani
(Cisco Systems Inc., USA)


@InProceedings{MSR11p115, author = {Pete Rotella and Sunita Chulani}, title = {Implementing Quality Metrics and Goals at the Corporate Level}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {115-114}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Developers

How Do Developers Blog? An Exploratory Study
Dennis Pagano and Walid Maalej
(Technische Universität München, Germany)


@InProceedings{MSR11p125, author = {Dennis Pagano and Walid Maalej}, title = {How Do Developers Blog? An Exploratory Study}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {125-124}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Entering the Circle of Trust: Developer Initiation as Committers in Open-Source Projects
Vibha Singhal Sinha, Senthil Mani, and Saurabh Sinha
(IBM Research, India)


@InProceedings{MSR11p135, author = {Vibha Singhal Sinha and Senthil Mani and Saurabh Sinha}, title = {Entering the Circle of Trust: Developer Initiation as Committers in Open-Source Projects}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {135-134}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Social Interactions around Cross-System Bug Fixings: The Case of FreeBSD and OpenBSD
Gerardo Canfora, Luigi Cerulo, Marta Cimitile, and Massimiliano Di Penta
(University of Sannio, Italy; Unitelma Sapienza, Italy)


@InProceedings{MSR11p145, author = {Gerardo Canfora and Luigi Cerulo and Marta Cimitile and Massimiliano Di Penta}, title = {Social Interactions around Cross-System Bug Fixings: The Case of FreeBSD and OpenBSD}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {145-144}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Do Time of Day and Developer Experience Affect Commit Bugginess?
Jon Eyolfson, Lin Tan, and Patrick Lam
(University of Waterloo, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR11p155, author = {Jon Eyolfson and Lin Tan and Patrick Lam}, title = {Do Time of Day and Developer Experience Affect Commit Bugginess?}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {155-154}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Development Support

Automated Topic Naming to Support Cross-project Analysis of Software Maintenance Activities
Abram Hindle, Neil A. Ernst, Michael W. Godfrey, and John Mylopoulos
(UC Davis, USA; University of Toronto, Canada; University of Waterloo, Canada; University of Trento, Italy)


@InProceedings{MSR11p165, author = {Abram Hindle and Neil A. Ernst and Michael W. Godfrey and John Mylopoulos}, title = {Automated Topic Naming to Support Cross-project Analysis of Software Maintenance Activities}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {165-164}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Modeling the Evolution of Topics in Source Code Histories
Stephen W. Thomas, Bram Adams, Ahmed E. Hassan, and Dorothea Blostein
(Queen's University, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR11p175, author = {Stephen W. Thomas and Bram Adams and Ahmed E. Hassan and Dorothea Blostein}, title = {Modeling the Evolution of Topics in Source Code Histories}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {175-174}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Software Bertillonage: Finding the Provenance of an Entity
Julius Davies, Daniel M. German, Michael W. Godfrey, and Abram Hindle
(University of Victoria, Canada; University of Waterloo, Canada; UC Davis, USA)


@InProceedings{MSR11p185, author = {Julius Davies and Daniel M. German and Michael W. Godfrey and Abram Hindle}, title = {Software Bertillonage: Finding the Provenance of an Entity}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {185-184}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Supporting Software History Exploration
Alexander W. J. Bradley and Gail C. Murphy
(University of British Columbia, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR11p195, author = {Alexander W. J. Bradley and Gail C. Murphy}, title = {Supporting Software History Exploration}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {195-194}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Short Papers

Improving Identifier Informativeness Using Part of Speech Information
David Binkley, Matthew Hearn, and Dawn Lawrie
(Loyola University Maryland, USA)


@InProceedings{MSR11p205, author = {David Binkley and Matthew Hearn and Dawn Lawrie}, title = {Improving Identifier Informativeness Using Part of Speech Information}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {205-204}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Bug-fix Time Prediction Models: Can We Do Better?
Pamela Bhattacharya and Iulian Neamtiu
(UC Riverside, USA)


@InProceedings{MSR11p209, author = {Pamela Bhattacharya and Iulian Neamtiu}, title = {Bug-fix Time Prediction Models: Can We Do Better?}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {209-208}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Integrating Software Engineering Data Using Semantic Web Technologies
Yuan-Fang Li and Hongyu Zhang
(Monash University, Australia; Tsinghua University, China)


@InProceedings{MSR11p213, author = {Yuan-Fang Li and Hongyu Zhang}, title = {Integrating Software Engineering Data Using Semantic Web Technologies}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {213-212}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Improving Efficiency in Software Maintenance
Sergey Zeltyn, Peri Tarr, Murray Cantor, Robert Delmonico, Sateesh Kannegala, Mila Keren, Ashok Pon Kumar, and Segev Wasserkrug
(IBM Haifa Research Laboratory, Israel; IBM Watson Research, USA; IBM Rational Software, USA; IBM India Software Laboratory, India)


@InProceedings{MSR11p217, author = {Sergey Zeltyn and Peri Tarr and Murray Cantor and Robert Delmonico and Sateesh Kannegala and Mila Keren and Ashok Pon Kumar and Segev Wasserkrug}, title = {Improving Efficiency in Software Maintenance}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {217-216}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

An Empirical Analysis of the FixCache Algorithm
Caitlin Sadowski, Chris Lewis, Zhongpeng Lin, Xiaoyan Zhu, and E. James Whitehead, Jr.
(UC Santa Cruz, USA; Xi’an Jiaotong University, China)


@InProceedings{MSR11p221, author = {Caitlin Sadowski and Chris Lewis and Zhongpeng Lin and Xiaoyan Zhu and E. James Whitehead, Jr.}, title = {An Empirical Analysis of the FixCache Algorithm}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {221-220}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Visualizing Collaboration and Influence in the Open-Source Software Community
Brandon Heller, Eli Marschner, Evan Rosenfeld, and Jeffrey Heer
(Stanford University, USA)


@InProceedings{MSR11p225, author = {Brandon Heller and Eli Marschner and Evan Rosenfeld and Jeffrey Heer}, title = {Visualizing Collaboration and Influence in the Open-Source Software Community}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {225-224}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Mining Challenge

MSR Challenge 2011: Eclipse, Netbeans, Firefox, and Chrome
Adrian Schröter
(University of Victoria, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR11p229, author = {Adrian Schröter}, title = {MSR Challenge 2011: Eclipse, Netbeans, Firefox, and Chrome}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {229-228}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Operating System Compatibility Analysis of Eclipse and Netbeans Based on Bug Data
Xinlei (Oscar) Wang, Eilwoo Baik, and Premkumar Devanbu
(UC Davis, USA)


@InProceedings{MSR11p233, author = {Xinlei (Oscar) Wang and Eilwoo Baik and Premkumar Devanbu}, title = {Operating System Compatibility Analysis of Eclipse and Netbeans Based on Bug Data}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {233-232}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

What Topics do Firefox and Chrome Contributors Discuss?
Mario Luca Bernardi, Carmine Sementa, Quirino Zagarese, Damiano Distante, and Massimiliano Di Penta
(University of Sannio, Italy; Unitelma Sapienza University, Italy)


@InProceedings{MSR11p237, author = {Mario Luca Bernardi and Carmine Sementa and Quirino Zagarese and Damiano Distante and Massimiliano Di Penta}, title = {What Topics do Firefox and Chrome Contributors Discuss?}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {237-236}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

A Tale of Two Browsers
Olga Baysal, Ian Davis, and Michael W. Godfrey
(University of Waterloo, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR11p241, author = {Olga Baysal and Ian Davis and Michael W. Godfrey}, title = {A Tale of Two Browsers}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {241-240}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Do Comments Explain Codes Adequately? Investigation by Text Filtering
Yukinao Hirata and Osamu Mizuno
(Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan)


@InProceedings{MSR11p245, author = {Yukinao Hirata and Osamu Mizuno}, title = {Do Comments Explain Codes Adequately? Investigation by Text Filtering}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {245-244}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

Apples vs. Oranges? An Exploration of the Challenges of Comparing the Source Code of Two Software Systems
Daniel M. German and Julius Davies
(University of Victoria, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR11p249, author = {Daniel M. German and Julius Davies}, title = {Apples vs. Oranges? An Exploration of the Challenges of Comparing the Source Code of Two Software Systems}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {ACM}, pages = {249-248}, doi = {}, year = {2011}, }

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