Frontmatter

Keynotes

On Whose Shoulders? (Keynote)
Jane Cleland-Huang
(DePaul University, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER15p1, author = {Jane Cleland-Huang}, title = {On Whose Shoulders? (Keynote)}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {1-0}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Checkpoint Alpha (Keynote)
Boris Debić
(Google, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER15p11, author = {Boris Debić}, title = {Checkpoint Alpha (Keynote)}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {11-10}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Main Research

Information Retrieval
Tue, Mar 3, 11:00 - 12:30

Modeling the Evolution of Development Topics using Dynamic Topic Models
Jiajun Hu, Xiaobing Sun, David Lo, and Bin Li
(Yangzhou University, China; Nanjing University, China; Singapore Management University, Singapore)


@InProceedings{SANER15p21, author = {Jiajun Hu and Xiaobing Sun and David Lo and Bin Li}, title = {Modeling the Evolution of Development Topics using Dynamic Topic Models}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {21-20}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Understanding Developers' Natural Language Queries with Interactive Clarification
Shihai Jiang, Liwei Shen, Xin Peng, Zhaojin Lv, and Wenyun Zhao
(Fudan University, China)


@InProceedings{SANER15p31, author = {Shihai Jiang and Liwei Shen and Xin Peng and Zhaojin Lv and Wenyun Zhao}, title = {Understanding Developers' Natural Language Queries with Interactive Clarification}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {31-30}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

APIs and Patterns
Tue, Mar 3, 14:00 - 15:30

Mining Multi-level API Usage Patterns
Mohamed Aymen Saied, Omar Benomar, Hani Abdeen, and Houari Sahraoui
(Université de Montréal, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p41, author = {Mohamed Aymen Saied and Omar Benomar and Hani Abdeen and Houari Sahraoui}, title = {Mining Multi-level API Usage Patterns}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {41-40}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

An Observational Study on API Usage Constraints and Their Documentation
Mohamed Aymen Saied, Houari Sahraoui, and Bruno Dufour
(Université de Montréal, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p51, author = {Mohamed Aymen Saied and Houari Sahraoui and Bruno Dufour}, title = {An Observational Study on API Usage Constraints and Their Documentation}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {51-50}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Improving Pattern Tracking with a Language-Aware Tree Differencing Algorithm
Nicolas Palix, Jean-Rémy Falleri, and Julia Lawall
(University of Grenoble, France; LaBRI, France; University of Bordeaux, France; INRIA, France)


@InProceedings{SANER15p61, author = {Nicolas Palix and Jean-Rémy Falleri and Julia Lawall}, title = {Improving Pattern Tracking with a Language-Aware Tree Differencing Algorithm}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {61-60}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Measuring the Quality of Design Pattern Detection Results
Shouzheng Yang, Ayesha Manzer, and Vassilios Tzerpos
(York University, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p71, author = {Shouzheng Yang and Ayesha Manzer and Vassilios Tzerpos}, title = {Measuring the Quality of Design Pattern Detection Results}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {71-70}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Analysis of Programming Languages
Tue, Mar 3, 16:00 - 17:30

Are PHP Applications Ready for Hack?
Laleh Eshkevari, Fabien Dos Santos, James R. Cordy, and Giuliano Antoniol
(Polytechnique Montréal, Canada; Polytech Montpellier, France; Queen's University, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p81, author = {Laleh Eshkevari and Fabien Dos Santos and James R. Cordy and Giuliano Antoniol}, title = {Are PHP Applications Ready for Hack?}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {81-80}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Does JavaScript Software Embrace Classes?
Leonardo Humberto Silva, Miguel Ramos, Marco Tulio Valente, Alexandre Bergel, and Nicolas Anquetil
(Federal Institute of Northern Minas Gerais, Brazil; Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil; University of Chile, Chile; INRIA, France)


@InProceedings{SANER15p91, author = {Leonardo Humberto Silva and Miguel Ramos and Marco Tulio Valente and Alexandre Bergel and Nicolas Anquetil}, title = {Does JavaScript Software Embrace Classes?}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {91-90}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Evolution Analysis for Accessibility Excessiveness in Java
Kazuo Kobori, Makoto Matsushita, and Katsuro Inoue
(NTT DATA, Japan; Osaka University, Japan)


@InProceedings{SANER15p101, author = {Kazuo Kobori and Makoto Matsushita and Katsuro Inoue}, title = {Evolution Analysis for Accessibility Excessiveness in Java}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {101-100}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

A Software Quality Model for RPG
Gergely Ladányi, Zoltán Tóth, Rudolf Ferenc, and Tibor Keresztesi
(University of Szeged, Hungary; R&R Software, Hungary)


@InProceedings{SANER15p111, author = {Gergely Ladányi and Zoltán Tóth and Rudolf Ferenc and Tibor Keresztesi}, title = {A Software Quality Model for RPG}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {111-110}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

On Crashes and Traces
Wed, Mar 4, 09:00 - 10:30

JCHARMING: A Bug Reproduction Approach using Crash Traces and Directed Model Checking
Mathieu Nayrolles, Abdelwahab Hamou-Lhadj, Sofiène Tahar, and Alf Larsson
(Concordia University, Canada; Ericsson, Sweden)


@InProceedings{SANER15p121, author = {Mathieu Nayrolles and Abdelwahab Hamou-Lhadj and Sofiène Tahar and Alf Larsson}, title = {JCHARMING: A Bug Reproduction Approach using Crash Traces and Directed Model Checking}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {121-120}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, } Best-Paper Candidate

Towards a Common Metamodel for Traces of High Performance Computing Systems to Enable Software Analysis Tasks
Luay Alawneh, Abdelwahab Hamou-Lhadj, and Jameleddine Hassine
(Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan; Concordia University, Canada; KFUPM, Saudi Arabia)


@InProceedings{SANER15p131, author = {Luay Alawneh and Abdelwahab Hamou-Lhadj and Jameleddine Hassine}, title = {Towards a Common Metamodel for Traces of High Performance Computing Systems to Enable Software Analysis Tasks}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {131-130}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Automated Extraction of Failure Reproduction Steps from User Interaction Traces
Tobias Roehm, Stefan Nosovic, and Bernd Bruegge
(TU München, Germany)


@InProceedings{SANER15p141, author = {Tobias Roehm and Stefan Nosovic and Bernd Bruegge}, title = {Automated Extraction of Failure Reproduction Steps from User Interaction Traces}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {141-140}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Misery Loves Company: CrowdStacking Traces to Aid Problem Detection
Tommaso Dal Sasso, Andrea Mocci, and Michele Lanza
(University of Lugano, Switzerland)


@InProceedings{SANER15p151, author = {Tommaso Dal Sasso and Andrea Mocci and Michele Lanza}, title = {Misery Loves Company: CrowdStacking Traces to Aid Problem Detection}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {151-150}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Code Reviews
Wed, Mar 4, 11:00 - 12:30

Who Should Review My Code? A File Location-Based Code-Reviewer Recommendation Approach for Modern Code Review
Patanamon Thongtanunam, Chakkrit Tantithamthavorn, Raula Gaikovina Kula, Norihiro Yoshida, Hajimu Iida, and Kenichi Matsumoto
(NAIST, Japan; Osaka University, Japan; Nagoya University, Japan)


@InProceedings{SANER15p161, author = {Patanamon Thongtanunam and Chakkrit Tantithamthavorn and Raula Gaikovina Kula and Norihiro Yoshida and Hajimu Iida and Kenichi Matsumoto}, title = {Who Should Review My Code? A File Location-Based Code-Reviewer Recommendation Approach for Modern Code Review}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {161-160}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Code Review: Veni, ViDI, Vici
Yuriy Tymchuk, Andrea Mocci, and Michele Lanza
(University of Lugano, Switzerland)


@InProceedings{SANER15p171, author = {Yuriy Tymchuk and Andrea Mocci and Michele Lanza}, title = {Code Review: Veni, ViDI, Vici}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {171-170}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Would Static Analysis Tools Help Developers with Code Reviews?
Sebastiano Panichella, Venera Arnaoudova, Massimiliano Di Penta, and Giuliano Antoniol
(University of Zurich, Switzerland; Polytechnique Montréal, Canada; University of Sannio, Italy)


@InProceedings{SANER15p181, author = {Sebastiano Panichella and Venera Arnaoudova and Massimiliano Di Penta and Giuliano Antoniol}, title = {Would Static Analysis Tools Help Developers with Code Reviews?}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {181-180}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Do Code Review Practices Impact Design Quality? A Case Study of the Qt, VTK, and ITK Projects
Rodrigo Morales, Shane McIntosh, and Foutse Khomh
(Polytechnique Montréal, Canada; Queen's University, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p191, author = {Rodrigo Morales and Shane McIntosh and Foutse Khomh}, title = {Do Code Review Practices Impact Design Quality? A Case Study of the Qt, VTK, and ITK Projects}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {191-190}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Searching and Cloning
Wed, Mar 4, 16:00 - 17:30

Scaling up Evaluation of Code Search Tools through Developer Usage Metrics
Kostadin Damevski, David C. Shepherd, and Lori Pollock
(Virginia State University, USA; ABB, USA; University of Delaware, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER15p201, author = {Kostadin Damevski and David C. Shepherd and Lori Pollock}, title = {Scaling up Evaluation of Code Search Tools through Developer Usage Metrics}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {201-200}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Optimized Feature Selection towards Functional and Non-functional Requirements in Software Product Lines
Xiaoli Lian and Li Zhang
(Beihang University, China)


@InProceedings{SANER15p211, author = {Xiaoli Lian and Li Zhang}, title = {Optimized Feature Selection towards Functional and Non-functional Requirements in Software Product Lines}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {211-210}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Threshold-Free Code Clone Detection for a Large-Scale Heterogeneous Java Repository
Iman Keivanloo, Feng Zhang, and Ying Zou
(Queen's University, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p221, author = {Iman Keivanloo and Feng Zhang and Ying Zou}, title = {Threshold-Free Code Clone Detection for a Large-Scale Heterogeneous Java Repository}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {221-220}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Detecting Duplicate Bug Reports with Software Engineering Domain Knowledge
Karan Aggarwal, Tanner Rutgers, Finbarr Timbers, Abram Hindle, Russ Greiner, and Eleni Stroulia
(University of Alberta, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p231, author = {Karan Aggarwal and Tanner Rutgers and Finbarr Timbers and Abram Hindle and Russ Greiner and Eleni Stroulia}, title = {Detecting Duplicate Bug Reports with Software Engineering Domain Knowledge}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {231-230}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, } Best-Paper Candidate

Change Impact Analysis
Thu, Mar 5, 11:00 - 12:30

Impact Analysis Based on a Global Hierarchical Object Graph
Marwan Abi-Antoun, Yibin Wang, Ebrahim Khalaj, Andrew Giang, and Václav Rajlich
(Wayne State University, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER15p241, author = {Marwan Abi-Antoun and Yibin Wang and Ebrahim Khalaj and Andrew Giang and Václav Rajlich}, title = {Impact Analysis Based on a Global Hierarchical Object Graph}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {241-240}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

A Framework for Cost-Effective Dependence-Based Dynamic Impact Analysis
Haipeng Cai and Raul Santelices
(University of Notre Dame, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER15p251, author = {Haipeng Cai and Raul Santelices}, title = {A Framework for Cost-Effective Dependence-Based Dynamic Impact Analysis}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {251-250}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Circular Dependencies and Change-Proneness: An Empirical Study
Tosin Daniel Oyetoyan, Jens Dietrich, Jean-Rémy Falleri, and Kamil Jezek
(NTNU, Norway; Massey University, New Zealand; LaBRI, France; University of Bordeaux, France; University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic)


@InProceedings{SANER15p261, author = {Tosin Daniel Oyetoyan and Jens Dietrich and Jean-Rémy Falleri and Kamil Jezek}, title = {Circular Dependencies and Change-Proneness: An Empirical Study}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {261-260}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

An Empirical Study of Work Fragmentation in Software Evolution Tasks
Heider Sanchez, Romain Robbes, and Victor M. Gonzalez
(University of Chile, Chile; ITAM, Mexico)


@InProceedings{SANER15p271, author = {Heider Sanchez and Romain Robbes and Victor M. Gonzalez}, title = {An Empirical Study of Work Fragmentation in Software Evolution Tasks}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {271-270}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, } Best-Paper Candidate

SCAM at SANER
Thu, Mar 5, 16:00 - 17:30

Library Functions Identification in Binary Code by Using Graph Isomorphism Testings
Jing Qiu, Xiaohong Su, and Peijun Ma
(Harbin Institute of Technology, China)


@InProceedings{SANER15p281, author = {Jing Qiu and Xiaohong Su and Peijun Ma}, title = {Library Functions Identification in Binary Code by Using Graph Isomorphism Testings}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {281-280}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

A Non-convex Abstract Domain for the Value Analysis of Binaries
Sven Mattsen, Arne Wichmann, and Sibylle Schupp
(TU Hamburg, Germany)


@InProceedings{SANER15p291, author = {Sven Mattsen and Arne Wichmann and Sibylle Schupp}, title = {A Non-convex Abstract Domain for the Value Analysis of Binaries}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {291-290}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Precision vs. Scalability: Context Sensitive Analysis with Prefix Approximation
Raveendra Kumar Medicherla and Raghavan Komondoor
(Tata Consultancy Services, India; Indian Institute of Science, India)


@InProceedings{SANER15p301, author = {Raveendra Kumar Medicherla and Raghavan Komondoor}, title = {Precision vs. Scalability: Context Sensitive Analysis with Prefix Approximation}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {301-300}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

MG++: Memory Graphs for Analyzing Dynamic Data Structures
Vineet Singh, Rajiv Gupta, and Iulian Neamtiu
(University of California at Riverside, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER15p311, author = {Vineet Singh and Rajiv Gupta and Iulian Neamtiu}, title = {MG++: Memory Graphs for Analyzing Dynamic Data Structures}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {311-310}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Mining Software Repositories
Fri, Mar 6, 09:00 - 10:30

SQA-Profiles: Rule-Based Activity Profiles for Continuous Integration Environments
Martin Brandtner, Sebastian C. Müller, Philipp Leitner, and Harald C. Gall
(University of Zurich, Switzerland)


@InProceedings{SANER15p321, author = {Martin Brandtner and Sebastian C. Müller and Philipp Leitner and Harald C. Gall}, title = {SQA-Profiles: Rule-Based Activity Profiles for Continuous Integration Environments}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {321-320}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Cross-Project Build Co-change Prediction
Xin Xia, David Lo, Shane McIntosh, Emad Shihab, and Ahmed E. Hassan
(Zhejiang University, China; Singapore Management University, Singapore; Queen's University, Canada; Concordia University, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p331, author = {Xin Xia and David Lo and Shane McIntosh and Emad Shihab and Ahmed E. Hassan}, title = {Cross-Project Build Co-change Prediction}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {331-330}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

The Influence of App Churn on App Success and StackOverflow Discussions
Latifa Guerrouj, Shams Azad, and Peter C. Rigby
(Concordia University, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p341, author = {Latifa Guerrouj and Shams Azad and Peter C. Rigby}, title = {The Influence of App Churn on App Success and StackOverflow Discussions}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {341-340}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Beyond Support and Confidence: Exploring Interestingness Measures for Rule-Based Specification Mining
Tien-Duy B. Le and David Lo
(Singapore Management University, Singapore)


@InProceedings{SANER15p351, author = {Tien-Duy B. Le and David Lo}, title = {Beyond Support and Confidence: Exploring Interestingness Measures for Rule-Based Specification Mining}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {351-350}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

On Code Changes
Fri, Mar 6, 11:00 - 12:30

Untangling Fine-Grained Code Changes
Martín Dias, Alberto Bacchelli, Georgios Gousios, Damien Cassou, and Stéphane Ducasse
(INRIA, France; University of Lille, France; Delft University of Technology, Netherlands; Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands)


@InProceedings{SANER15p361, author = {Martín Dias and Alberto Bacchelli and Georgios Gousios and Damien Cassou and Stéphane Ducasse}, title = {Untangling Fine-Grained Code Changes}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {361-360}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, } Best-Paper Candidate

A Comprehensive and Scalable Method for Analyzing Fine-Grained Source Code Change Patterns
Masatomo Hashimoto, Akira Mori, and Tomonori Izumida
(RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science, Japan; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan)


@InProceedings{SANER15p371, author = {Masatomo Hashimoto and Akira Mori and Tomonori Izumida}, title = {A Comprehensive and Scalable Method for Analyzing Fine-Grained Source Code Change Patterns}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {371-370}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Summarizing Evolutionary Trajectory by Grouping and Aggregating Relevant Code Changes
Qingtao Jiang, Xin Peng, Hai Wang, Zhenchang Xing, and Wenyun Zhao
(Fudan University, China; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)


@InProceedings{SANER15p381, author = {Qingtao Jiang and Xin Peng and Hai Wang and Zhenchang Xing and Wenyun Zhao}, title = {Summarizing Evolutionary Trajectory by Grouping and Aggregating Relevant Code Changes}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {381-380}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, } Best-Paper Candidate

Identifying the Exact Fixing Actions of Static Rule Violation
Hayatou Oumarou, Nicolas Anquetil, Anne Etien, Stéphane Ducasse, and Kolyang Dina Taiwe
(University of Maroua, Cameroon; INRIA, France; University of Lille, France)


@InProceedings{SANER15p391, author = {Hayatou Oumarou and Nicolas Anquetil and Anne Etien and Stéphane Ducasse and Kolyang Dina Taiwe}, title = {Identifying the Exact Fixing Actions of Static Rule Violation}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {391-390}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

The Human Within
Fri, Mar 6, 14:00 - 15:30

CloCom: Mining Existing Source Code for Automatic Comment Generation
Edmund Wong, Taiyue Liu, and Lin Tan
(University of Waterloo, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p401, author = {Edmund Wong and Taiyue Liu and Lin Tan}, title = {CloCom: Mining Existing Source Code for Automatic Comment Generation}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {401-400}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

amAssist: In-IDE Ambient Search of Online Programming Resources
Hongwei Li, Xuejiao Zhao, Zhenchang Xing, Lingfeng Bao, Xin Peng, Dongjing Gao, and Wenyun Zhao
(Fudan University, China; Jiangxi Normal University, China; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Zhejiang University, China)


@InProceedings{SANER15p411, author = {Hongwei Li and Xuejiao Zhao and Zhenchang Xing and Lingfeng Bao and Xin Peng and Dongjing Gao and Wenyun Zhao}, title = {amAssist: In-IDE Ambient Search of Online Programming Resources}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {411-410}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Reverse Engineering Time-Series Interaction Data from Screen-Captured Videos
Lingfeng Bao, Jing Li, Zhenchang Xing, Xinyu Wang, and Bo Zhou
(Zhejiang University, China; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)


@InProceedings{SANER15p421, author = {Lingfeng Bao and Jing Li and Zhenchang Xing and Xinyu Wang and Bo Zhou}, title = {Reverse Engineering Time-Series Interaction Data from Screen-Captured Videos}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {421-420}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Niche vs. Breadth: Calculating Expertise over Time through a Fine-Grained Analysis
Jose Ricardo da Silva Junior, Esteban Clua, Leonardo Murta, and Anita Sarma
(Federal Fluminense University, Brazil; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER15p431, author = {Jose Ricardo da Silva Junior and Esteban Clua and Leonardo Murta and Anita Sarma}, title = {Niche vs. Breadth: Calculating Expertise over Time through a Fine-Grained Analysis}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {431-430}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Search, Touch, Tweet
Fri, Mar 6, 16:00 - 17:30

Protecting Web Applications via Unicode Extension
Boze Zekan, Mark Shtern, and Vassilios Tzerpos
(York University, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p441, author = {Boze Zekan and Mark Shtern and Vassilios Tzerpos}, title = {Protecting Web Applications via Unicode Extension}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {441-440}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

A Search-Based Approach to Multi-view Clustering of Software Systems
Amir M. Saeidi, Jurriaan Hage, Ravi Khadka, and Slinger Jansen
(Utrecht University, Netherlands)


@InProceedings{SANER15p451, author = {Amir M. Saeidi and Jurriaan Hage and Ravi Khadka and Slinger Jansen}, title = {A Search-Based Approach to Multi-view Clustering of Software Systems}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {451-450}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

CEL: Touching Software Modeling in Essence
Remo Lemma, Michele Lanza, and Andrea Mocci
(University of Lugano, Switzerland)


@InProceedings{SANER15p461, author = {Remo Lemma and Michele Lanza and Andrea Mocci}, title = {CEL: Touching Software Modeling in Essence}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {461-460}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

NIRMAL: Automatic Identification of Software Relevant Tweets Leveraging Language Model
Abhishek Sharma, Yuan Tian, and David Lo
(Singapore Management University, Singapore)


@InProceedings{SANER15p471, author = {Abhishek Sharma and Yuan Tian and David Lo}, title = {NIRMAL: Automatic Identification of Software Relevant Tweets Leveraging Language Model}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {471-470}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Tool Demonstrations
Tue, Mar 3, 11:00 - 12:30

A Static Code Analysis Tool for Control System Software
Sreeja Nair, Raoul Jetley, Anil Nair, and Stefan Hauck-Stattelmann
(ABB Research, India; ABB Research, Germany)


@InProceedings{SANER15p481, author = {Sreeja Nair and Raoul Jetley and Anil Nair and Stefan Hauck-Stattelmann}, title = {A Static Code Analysis Tool for Control System Software}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {481-480}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

RbG: A Documentation Generator for Scientific and Engineering Software
Michael Moser, Josef Pichler, Günter Fleck, and Michael Witlatschil
(Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Austria; Siemens Transformers Austria, Austria)


@InProceedings{SANER15p486, author = {Michael Moser and Josef Pichler and Günter Fleck and Michael Witlatschil}, title = {RbG: A Documentation Generator for Scientific and Engineering Software}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {486-485}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Historef: A Tool for Edit History Refactoring
Shinpei Hayashi, Daiki Hoshino, Jumpei Matsuda, Motoshi Saeki, Takayuki Omori, and Katsuhisa Maruyama
(Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan; Ritsumeikan University, Japan)


@InProceedings{SANER15p491, author = {Shinpei Hayashi and Daiki Hoshino and Jumpei Matsuda and Motoshi Saeki and Takayuki Omori and Katsuhisa Maruyama}, title = {Historef: A Tool for Edit History Refactoring}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {491-490}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

ClonePacker: A Tool for Clone Set Visualization
Hiroaki Murakami, Yoshiki Higo, and Shinji Kusumoto
(Osaka University, Japan)


@InProceedings{SANER15p496, author = {Hiroaki Murakami and Yoshiki Higo and Shinji Kusumoto}, title = {ClonePacker: A Tool for Clone Set Visualization}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {496-495}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

GiLA: GitHub Label Analyzer
Javier Luis Cánovas Izquierdo, Valerio Cosentino, Belén Rolandi, Alexandre Bergel, and Jordi Cabot
(AtlanMod, France; University of Chile, Chile)


@InProceedings{SANER15p501, author = {Javier Luis Cánovas Izquierdo and Valerio Cosentino and Belén Rolandi and Alexandre Bergel and Jordi Cabot}, title = {GiLA: GitHub Label Analyzer}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {501-500}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

SPCP-Miner: A Tool for Mining Code Clones That Are Important for Refactoring or Tracking
Manishankar Mondal, Chanchal K. Roy, and Kevin A. Schneider
(University of Saskatchewan, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p506, author = {Manishankar Mondal and Chanchal K. Roy and Kevin A. Schneider}, title = {SPCP-Miner: A Tool for Mining Code Clones That Are Important for Refactoring or Tracking}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {506-505}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

TracerJD: Generic Trace-Based Dynamic Dependence Analysis with Fine-Grained Logging
Haipeng Cai and Raul Santelices
(University of Notre Dame, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER15p511, author = {Haipeng Cai and Raul Santelices}, title = {TracerJD: Generic Trace-Based Dynamic Dependence Analysis with Fine-Grained Logging}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {511-510}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Umple: A Framework for Model Driven Development of Object-Oriented Systems
Miguel A. Garzón, Hamoud Aljamaan, and Timothy C. Lethbridge
(University of Ottawa, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p516, author = {Miguel A. Garzón and Hamoud Aljamaan and Timothy C. Lethbridge}, title = {Umple: A Framework for Model Driven Development of Object-Oriented Systems}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {516-515}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Assessing the Bus Factor of Git Repositories
Valerio Cosentino, Javier Luis Cánovas Izquierdo, and Jordi Cabot
(AtlanMod, France)


@InProceedings{SANER15p521, author = {Valerio Cosentino and Javier Luis Cánovas Izquierdo and Jordi Cabot}, title = {Assessing the Bus Factor of Git Repositories}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {521-520}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Industrial Research
Wed, Mar 4, 16:00 - 17:15

Old Habits Die Hard: Why Refactoring for Understandability Does Not Give Immediate Benefits
Erik Ammerlaan, Wim Veninga, and Andy Zaidman
(Exact International Development, Netherlands; Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)


@InProceedings{SANER15p526, author = {Erik Ammerlaan and Wim Veninga and Andy Zaidman}, title = {Old Habits Die Hard: Why Refactoring for Understandability Does Not Give Immediate Benefits}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {526-525}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Bash2py: A Bash to Python Translator
Ian J. Davis, Mike Wexler, Cheng Zhang, Richard C. Holt, and Theresa Weber
(University of Waterloo, Canada; Owl Computing Technologies, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER15p530, author = {Ian J. Davis and Mike Wexler and Cheng Zhang and Richard C. Holt and Theresa Weber}, title = {Bash2py: A Bash to Python Translator}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {530-529}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

On Implementational Variations in Static Analysis Tools
Tukaram Muske and Prasad Bokil
(Tata Consultancy Services, India)


@InProceedings{SANER15p534, author = {Tukaram Muske and Prasad Bokil}, title = {On Implementational Variations in Static Analysis Tools}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {534-533}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Tracking Known Security Vulnerabilities in Proprietary Software Systems
Mircea Cadariu, Eric Bouwers, Joost Visser, and Arie van Deursen
(Software Improvement Group, Netherlands; Delft University of Technology, Netherlands; Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands)


@InProceedings{SANER15p538, author = {Mircea Cadariu and Eric Bouwers and Joost Visser and Arie van Deursen}, title = {Tracking Known Security Vulnerabilities in Proprietary Software Systems}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {538-537}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Early Research Achievements

Evolution and Reuse
Tue, Mar 3, 11:00 - 12:30

Trusting a Library: A Study of the Latency to Adopt the Latest Maven Release
Raula Gaikovina Kula, Daniel M. German, Takashi Ishio, and Katsuro Inoue
(Osaka University, Japan; University of Victoria, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p542, author = {Raula Gaikovina Kula and Daniel M. German and Takashi Ishio and Katsuro Inoue}, title = {Trusting a Library: A Study of the Latency to Adopt the Latest Maven Release}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {542-541}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Evolution of Dynamic Feature Usage in PHP
Mark Hills
(East Carolina University, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER15p547, author = {Mark Hills}, title = {Evolution of Dynamic Feature Usage in PHP}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {547-546}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Towards Incremental Model Slicing for Delta-Oriented Software Product Lines
Sascha Lity, Hauke Baller, and Ina Schaefer
(TU Braunschweig, Germany)


@InProceedings{SANER15p552, author = {Sascha Lity and Hauke Baller and Ina Schaefer}, title = {Towards Incremental Model Slicing for Delta-Oriented Software Product Lines}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {552-551}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Understanding Software Performance Regressions using Differential Flame Graphs
Cor-Paul Bezemer, Johan Pouwelse, and Brendan Gregg
(Delft University of Technology, Netherlands; Netflix, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER15p557, author = {Cor-Paul Bezemer and Johan Pouwelse and Brendan Gregg}, title = {Understanding Software Performance Regressions using Differential Flame Graphs}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {557-556}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Text and Labeling
Tue, Mar 3, 14:00 - 15:30

TextRank Based Search Term Identification for Software Change Tasks
Mohammad Masudur Rahman and Chanchal K. Roy
(University of Saskatchewan, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p562, author = {Mohammad Masudur Rahman and Chanchal K. Roy}, title = {TextRank Based Search Term Identification for Software Change Tasks}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {562-561}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Query Expansion via Wordnet for Effective Code Search
Meili Lu, Xiaobing Sun, Shaowei Wang, David Lo, and Yucong Duan
(Yangzhou University, China; Nanjing University, China; Singapore Management University, Singapore; Hainan University, China)


@InProceedings{SANER15p567, author = {Meili Lu and Xiaobing Sun and Shaowei Wang and David Lo and Yucong Duan}, title = {Query Expansion via Wordnet for Effective Code Search}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {567-566}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Exploring the Use of Labels to Categorize Issues in Open-Source Software Projects
Jordi Cabot, Javier Luis Cánovas Izquierdo, Valerio Cosentino, and Belén Rolandi
(AtlanMod, France)


@InProceedings{SANER15p572, author = {Jordi Cabot and Javier Luis Cánovas Izquierdo and Valerio Cosentino and Belén Rolandi}, title = {Exploring the Use of Labels to Categorize Issues in Open-Source Software Projects}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {572-571}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Explore the Evolution of Development Topics via On-Line LDA
Jiajun Hu, Xiaobing Sun, and Bin Li
(Yangzhou University, China; Nanjing University, China)


@InProceedings{SANER15p577, author = {Jiajun Hu and Xiaobing Sun and Bin Li}, title = {Explore the Evolution of Development Topics via On-Line LDA}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {577-576}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Bugs and Violations
Wed, Mar 4, 11:00 - 12:30

Code Coverage and Test Suite Effectiveness: Empirical Study with Real Bugs in Large Systems
Pavneet Singh Kochhar, Ferdian Thung, and David Lo
(Singapore Management University, Singapore)


@InProceedings{SANER15p582, author = {Pavneet Singh Kochhar and Ferdian Thung and David Lo}, title = {Code Coverage and Test Suite Effectiveness: Empirical Study with Real Bugs in Large Systems}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {582-581}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Detection of Violation Causes in Reflexion Models
Sebastian Herold, Michael English, Jim Buckley, Steve Counsell, and Mel Ó Cinnéide
(Lero, Ireland; University of Limerick, Ireland; Brunel University, UK; University College Dublin, Ireland)


@InProceedings{SANER15p587, author = {Sebastian Herold and Michael English and Jim Buckley and Steve Counsell and Mel Ó Cinnéide}, title = {Detection of Violation Causes in Reflexion Models}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {587-586}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

A Comparative Study on the Effectiveness of Part-of-Speech Tagging Techniques on Bug Reports
Yuan Tian and David Lo
(Singapore Management University, Singapore)


@InProceedings{SANER15p592, author = {Yuan Tian and David Lo}, title = {A Comparative Study on the Effectiveness of Part-of-Speech Tagging Techniques on Bug Reports}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {592-591}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Static and Dynamic Analysis
Thu, Mar 5, 11:00 - 12:30

Efficiently Identifying Object Production Sites
Alejandro Infante and Alexandre Bergel
(University of Chile, Chile)


@InProceedings{SANER15p597, author = {Alejandro Infante and Alexandre Bergel}, title = {Efficiently Identifying Object Production Sites}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {597-596}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Where Was This SQL Query Executed? A Static Concept Location Approach
Csaba Nagy, Loup Meurice, and Anthony Cleve
(University of Namur, Belgium)


@InProceedings{SANER15p602, author = {Csaba Nagy and Loup Meurice and Anthony Cleve}, title = {Where Was This SQL Query Executed? A Static Concept Location Approach}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {602-601}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Taint Analysis of Manual Service Compositions using Cross-Application Call Graphs
Marc-André Laverdière, Bernhard J. Berger, and Ettore Merlo
(Tata Consultancy Services, Canada; Polytechnique Montréal, Canada; University of Bremen, Germany)


@InProceedings{SANER15p607, author = {Marc-André Laverdière and Bernhard J. Berger and Ettore Merlo}, title = {Taint Analysis of Manual Service Compositions using Cross-Application Call Graphs}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {607-606}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Tutorials and Briefings

TXL Source Transformation in Practice
James R. Cordy
(Queen's University, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p612, author = {James R. Cordy}, title = {TXL Source Transformation in Practice}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {612-611}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Software Risk Management in Practice: Shed Light on Your Software Product
Jens Knodel, Matthias Naab, Eric Bouwers, and Joost Visser
(Fraunhofer IESE, Germany; Software Improvement Group, Netherlands; Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands)


@InProceedings{SANER15p616, author = {Jens Knodel and Matthias Naab and Eric Bouwers and Joost Visser}, title = {Software Risk Management in Practice: Shed Light on Your Software Product}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {616-615}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Software Architecture Reconstruction: Why? What? How?
Mehdi Mirakhorli
(Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER15p620, author = {Mehdi Mirakhorli}, title = {Software Architecture Reconstruction: Why? What? How?}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {620-619}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Doctoral Symposium
Tue, Mar 3, 16:00 - 17:30

SKilLed Communication for Toolchains
Timm Felden
(University of Stuttgart, Germany)


@InProceedings{SANER15p624, author = {Timm Felden}, title = {SKilLed Communication for Toolchains}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {624-623}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

The Impact of Column-Orientation on the Quality of Class Inheritance Mapping Specifications
Martin Lorenz
(HPI, Germany)


@InProceedings{SANER15p626, author = {Martin Lorenz}, title = {The Impact of Column-Orientation on the Quality of Class Inheritance Mapping Specifications}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {626-625}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Improving the Integration Process of Large Software Systems
Yujuan Jiang
(Polytechnique Montréal, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p628, author = {Yujuan Jiang}, title = {Improving the Integration Process of Large Software Systems}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {628-627}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Handling the Differential Evolution of Software Artefacts: A Framework for Consistency Management
Ildiko Pete and Dharini Balasubramaniam
(University of St. Andrews, UK)


@InProceedings{SANER15p630, author = {Ildiko Pete and Dharini Balasubramaniam}, title = {Handling the Differential Evolution of Software Artefacts: A Framework for Consistency Management}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {630-629}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Towards a Framework for Analysis, Transformation, and Manipulation of Makefiles
Doug Martin
(Queen's University, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p632, author = {Doug Martin}, title = {Towards a Framework for Analysis, Transformation, and Manipulation of Makefiles}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {632-631}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Towards a Framework for Automatic Correction of Anti-patterns
Rodrigo Morales
(Polytechnique Montréal, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p634, author = {Rodrigo Morales}, title = {Towards a Framework for Automatic Correction of Anti-patterns}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {634-633}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Towards an Ontology-Based Context-Aware Meta-Model for the Software Domain
Mostafa Erfani
(Concordia University, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p636, author = {Mostafa Erfani}, title = {Towards an Ontology-Based Context-Aware Meta-Model for the Software Domain}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {636-635}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

Investigating Modern Release Engineering Practices
Md Tajmilur Rahman
(Concordia University, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER15p638, author = {Md Tajmilur Rahman}, title = {Investigating Modern Release Engineering Practices}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {638-637}, doi = {}, year = {2015}, }

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