MSR 2012 – Proceedings

Preface

Keynote I

MSR 2012 Keynote: Software Analytics in Practice: Approaches and Experiences
Dongmei Zhang
(Microsoft Research, China)


@InProceedings{MSR12p1, author = {Dongmei Zhang}, title = {MSR 2012 Keynote: Software Analytics in Practice: Approaches and Experiences}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {1-0}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-idk2-p doi:

Software Repositories

Towards Improving Bug Tracking Systems with Game Mechanisms
Rafael Lotufo, Leonardo Passos, and Krzysztof Czarnecki
(University of Waterloo, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR12p11, author = {Rafael Lotufo and Leonardo Passos and Krzysztof Czarnecki}, title = {Towards Improving Bug Tracking Systems with Game Mechanisms}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {11-10}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id3-p doi:

GHTorrent: Github's Data from a Firehose
Georgios Gousios and Diomidis Spinellis
(Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece)


@InProceedings{MSR12p21, author = {Georgios Gousios and Diomidis Spinellis}, title = {GHTorrent: Github's Data from a Firehose}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {21-20}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id70-p doi:

MIC Check: A Correlation Tactic for ESE Data
Daryl Posnett, Premkumar Devanbu, and Vladimir Filkov
(UC Davis, USA)


@InProceedings{MSR12p31, author = {Daryl Posnett and Premkumar Devanbu and Vladimir Filkov}, title = {MIC Check: A Correlation Tactic for ESE Data}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {31-30}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id101-p doi:

A Linked Data Platform for Mining Software Repositories
Iman Keivanloo, Christopher Forbes, Aseel Hmood, Mostafa Erfani, Christopher Neal, George Peristerakis, and Juergen Rilling
(Concordia University, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR12p41, author = {Iman Keivanloo and Christopher Forbes and Aseel Hmood and Mostafa Erfani and Christopher Neal and George Peristerakis and Juergen Rilling}, title = {A Linked Data Platform for Mining Software Repositories}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {41-40}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id110-p doi:

How Distributed Version Control Systems Impact Open Source Software Projects
Christian Rodríguez-Bustos and Jairo Aponte
(Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia)


@InProceedings{MSR12p45, author = {Christian Rodríguez-Bustos and Jairo Aponte}, title = {How Distributed Version Control Systems Impact Open Source Software Projects}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {45-44}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id95-p doi:

Bug Fixing and Prediction

An Empirical Study of Supplementary Bug Fixes
Jihun Park, Miryung Kim, Baishakhi Ray, and Doo-Hwan Bae
(KAIST, South Korea; University of Texas at Austin, USA)


@InProceedings{MSR12p49, author = {Jihun Park and Miryung Kim and Baishakhi Ray and Doo-Hwan Bae}, title = {An Empirical Study of Supplementary Bug Fixes}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {49-48}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id56-p doi:

Incorporating Version Histories in Information Retrieval Based Bug Localization
Bunyamin Sisman and Avinash C. Kak
(Purdue University, USA)


@InProceedings{MSR12p59, author = {Bunyamin Sisman and Avinash C. Kak}, title = {Incorporating Version Histories in Information Retrieval Based Bug Localization}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {59-58}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id82-p doi:

Think Locally, Act Globally: Improving Defect and Effort Prediction Models
Nicolas Bettenburg, Meiyappan Nagappan, and Ahmed E. Hassan
(Queen's University, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR12p69, author = {Nicolas Bettenburg and Meiyappan Nagappan and Ahmed E. Hassan}, title = {Think Locally, Act Globally: Improving Defect and Effort Prediction Models}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {69-68}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id96-p doi:

Characterizing Verification of Bug Fixes in Two Open Source IDEs
Rodrigo Souza and Christina Chavez
(Federal University of Bahia, Brazil)


@InProceedings{MSR12p79, author = {Rodrigo Souza and Christina Chavez}, title = {Characterizing Verification of Bug Fixes in Two Open Source IDEs}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {79-78}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id34-p doi:

Are Faults Localizable?
Lucia, Ferdian Thung, David Lo, and Lingxiao Jiang
(Singapore Management University, Singapore)


@InProceedings{MSR12p83, author = { Lucia and Ferdian Thung and David Lo and Lingxiao Jiang}, title = {Are Faults Localizable?}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {83-82}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id25-p doi:

New MSR Trends

Green Mining: A Methodology of Relating Software Change to Power Consumption
Abram Hindle
(University of Alberta, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR12p87, author = {Abram Hindle}, title = {Green Mining: A Methodology of Relating Software Change to Power Consumption}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {87-86}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id78-p doi:

Analysis of Customer Satisfaction Survey Data
Pete Rotella and Sunita Chulani
(Cisco Systems, USA)


@InProceedings{MSR12p97, author = {Pete Rotella and Sunita Chulani}, title = {Analysis of Customer Satisfaction Survey Data}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {97-96}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id40-p doi:

Mining Usage Data and Development Artifacts
Olga Baysal, Reid Holmes, and Michael W. Godfrey
(University of Waterloo, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR12p107, author = {Olga Baysal and Reid Holmes and Michael W. Godfrey}, title = {Mining Usage Data and Development Artifacts}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {107-106}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id61-p doi:

App Store Mining and Analysis: MSR for App Stores
Mark Harman, Yue Jia, and Yuanyuan Zhang
(University College London, UK)


@InProceedings{MSR12p117, author = {Mark Harman and Yue Jia and Yuanyuan Zhang}, title = {App Store Mining and Analysis: MSR for App Stores}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {117-116}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id80-p doi:

Mining Challenge

Mining Challenge 2012: The Android Platform
Emad Shihab, Yasutaka Kamei, and Pamela Bhattacharya
(Queen's University, Canada; Kyushu University, Japan; UC Riverside, USA)


@InProceedings{MSR12p121, author = {Emad Shihab and Yasutaka Kamei and Pamela Bhattacharya}, title = {Mining Challenge 2012: The Android Platform}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {121-120}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-idc1-p doi:

Bug Introducing Changes: A Case Study with Android
Muhammad Asaduzzaman, Michael C. Bullock, Chanchal K. Roy, and Kevin A. Schneider
(University of Saskatchewan, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR12p131, author = {Muhammad Asaduzzaman and Michael C. Bullock and Chanchal K. Roy and Kevin A. Schneider}, title = {Bug Introducing Changes: A Case Study with Android}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {131-130}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id124-p doi:

Trendy Bugs: Topic Trends in the Android Bug Reports
Lee Martie, Vijay Krishna Palepu, Hitesh Sajnani, and Cristina Lopes
(UC Irvine, USA)


@InProceedings{MSR12p135, author = {Lee Martie and Vijay Krishna Palepu and Hitesh Sajnani and Cristina Lopes}, title = {Trendy Bugs: Topic Trends in the Android Bug Reports}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {135-134}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id127-p doi:

Do the Stars Align? Multidimensional Analysis of Android's Layered Architecture
Victor Guana, Fabio Rocha, Abram Hindle, and Eleni Stroulia
(University of Alberta, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR12p139, author = {Victor Guana and Fabio Rocha and Abram Hindle and Eleni Stroulia}, title = {Do the Stars Align? Multidimensional Analysis of Android's Layered Architecture}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {139-138}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id119-p doi:

The Build Dependency Perspective of Android's Concrete Architecture
Wei Hu, Dan Han, Abram Hindle, and Kenny Wong
(University of Alberta, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR12p143, author = {Wei Hu and Dan Han and Abram Hindle and Kenny Wong}, title = {The Build Dependency Perspective of Android's Concrete Architecture}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {143-142}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id126-p doi:

MINCE: MINing ChangE History of Android Project
Vibha Singhal Sinha, Senthil Mani, and Monika Gupta
(IBM Research, India)


@InProceedings{MSR12p147, author = {Vibha Singhal Sinha and Senthil Mani and Monika Gupta}, title = {MINCE: MINing ChangE History of Android Project}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {147-146}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id125-p doi:

Mining for Localization in Android
Laura Arjona Reina and Gregorio Robles
(Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)


@InProceedings{MSR12p151, author = {Laura Arjona Reina and Gregorio Robles}, title = {Mining for Localization in Android}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {151-150}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id129-p doi:

Keynote II

MSR 2012 Keynote: The Evolution of the Social Programmer
Margaret-Anne Storey
(University of Victoria, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR12p155, author = {Margaret-Anne Storey}, title = {MSR 2012 Keynote: The Evolution of the Social Programmer}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {155-154}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-idk1-p doi:

Software Analysis

Why Do Software Packages Conflict?
Cyrille Artho, Kuniyasu Suzaki, Roberto Di Cosmo, Ralf Treinen, and Stefano Zacchiroli
(AIST, Japan; Paris Diderot University, France)


@InProceedings{MSR12p165, author = {Cyrille Artho and Kuniyasu Suzaki and Roberto Di Cosmo and Ralf Treinen and Stefano Zacchiroli}, title = {Why Do Software Packages Conflict?}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {165-164}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id6-p doi:

Discovering Complete API Rules with Mutation Testing
Anh Cuong Nguyen and Siau-Cheng Khoo
(National University of Singapore, Singapore)


@InProceedings{MSR12p175, author = {Anh Cuong Nguyen and Siau-Cheng Khoo}, title = {Discovering Complete API Rules with Mutation Testing}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {175-174}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id50-p doi:

Inferring Semantically Related Words from Software Context
Jinqiu Yang and Lin Tan
(University of Waterloo, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR12p185, author = {Jinqiu Yang and Lin Tan}, title = {Inferring Semantically Related Words from Software Context}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {185-184}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id88-p doi:

The Evolution of Data Races
Caitlin Sadowski, Jaeheon Yi, and Sunghun Kim
(UC Santa Cruz, USA; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China)


@InProceedings{MSR12p195, author = {Caitlin Sadowski and Jaeheon Yi and Sunghun Kim}, title = {The Evolution of Data Races}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {195-194}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id102-p doi:

Error Mining: Bug Detection through Comparison with Large Code Databases
Alexander Breckel
(University of Ulm, Germany)


@InProceedings{MSR12p199, author = {Alexander Breckel}, title = {Error Mining: Bug Detection through Comparison with Large Code Databases}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {199-198}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id52-p doi:

Quality and Performance

Do Faster Releases Improve Software Quality? An Empirical Case Study of Mozilla Firefox
Foutse Khomh, Tejinder Dhaliwal, Ying Zou, and Bram Adams
(Queen's University, Canada; École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR12p203, author = {Foutse Khomh and Tejinder Dhaliwal and Ying Zou and Bram Adams}, title = {Do Faster Releases Improve Software Quality? An Empirical Case Study of Mozilla Firefox}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {203-202}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id91-p doi:

Explaining Software Defects Using Topic Models
Tse-Hsun Chen, Stephen W. Thomas, Meiyappan Nagappan, and Ahmed E. Hassan
(Queen's University, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR12p213, author = {Tse-Hsun Chen and Stephen W. Thomas and Meiyappan Nagappan and Ahmed E. Hassan}, title = {Explaining Software Defects Using Topic Models}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {213-212}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id87-p doi:

A Qualitative Study on Performance Bugs
Shahed Zaman, Bram Adams, and Ahmed E. Hassan
(Queen's University, Canada; École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada)


@InProceedings{MSR12p223, author = {Shahed Zaman and Bram Adams and Ahmed E. Hassan}, title = {A Qualitative Study on Performance Bugs}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {223-222}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id92-p doi:

Issue Handling Performance in Proprietary Software Projects
Aigerim Issabayeva, Ariadi Nugroho, and Joost Visser
(Tilburg University, Netherlands; Software Improvement Group, Netherlands; Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands)


@InProceedings{MSR12p233, author = {Aigerim Issabayeva and Ariadi Nugroho and Joost Visser}, title = {Issue Handling Performance in Proprietary Software Projects}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {233-232}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id33-p doi:

Co-evolution of Logical Couplings and Commits for Defect Estimation
Maximilian Steff and Barbara Russo
(Free University of Bolzano, Italy)


@InProceedings{MSR12p243, author = {Maximilian Steff and Barbara Russo}, title = {Co-evolution of Logical Couplings and Commits for Defect Estimation}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {243-242}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id69-p doi:

Evolution and Process

Can We Predict Types of Code Changes? An Empirical Analysis
Emanuel Giger, Martin Pinzger, and Harald C. Gall
(University of Zurich, Switzerland; TU Delft, Netherlands)


@InProceedings{MSR12p247, author = {Emanuel Giger and Martin Pinzger and Harald C. Gall}, title = {Can We Predict Types of Code Changes? An Empirical Analysis}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {247-246}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id49-p doi:

An Empirical Investigation of Changes in Some Software Properties Over Time
Joseph Gil, Maayan Goldstein, and Dany Moshkovich
(Technion, Israel; IBM Research, Israel)


@InProceedings{MSR12p257, author = {Joseph Gil and Maayan Goldstein and Dany Moshkovich}, title = {An Empirical Investigation of Changes in Some Software Properties Over Time}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {257-256}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id46-p doi:

Who? Where? What? Examining Distributed Development in Two Large Open Source Projects
Christian Bird and Nachiappan Nagappan
(Microsoft Research, USA)


@InProceedings{MSR12p267, author = {Christian Bird and Nachiappan Nagappan}, title = {Who? Where? What? Examining Distributed Development in Two Large Open Source Projects}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {267-266}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id103-p doi:

What Does Software Engineering Community Microblog About?
Yuan Tian, Palakorn Achananuparp, Ibrahim Nelman Lubis, David Lo, and Ee-Peng Lim
(Singapore Management University, Singapore)


@InProceedings{MSR12p277, author = {Yuan Tian and Palakorn Achananuparp and Ibrahim Nelman Lubis and David Lo and Ee-Peng Lim}, title = {What Does Software Engineering Community Microblog About?}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {277-276}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id35-p doi:

Developing an H-Index for OSS Developers
Andrea Capiluppi, Alexander Serebrenik, and Ahmmad Youssef
(Brunel University London, UK; Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands; University of East London, UK)


@InProceedings{MSR12p281, author = {Andrea Capiluppi and Alexander Serebrenik and Ahmmad Youssef}, title = {Developing an H-Index for OSS Developers}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MSR}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {281-280}, doi = {}, year = {2012}, } Article: msr12-id67-p doi:

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