SANER 2017 – Proceedings

Frontmatter

Keynote

UNVEIL: A Large-Scale, Automated Approach to Detecting Ransomware (Keynote)
Engin Kirda
(Northeastern University, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER17p1, author = {Engin Kirda}, title = {UNVEIL: A Large-Scale, Automated Approach to Detecting Ransomware (Keynote)}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {1-0}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Main Research

MSR and Open Source
Wed, Feb 22, 11:00 - 12:30

An Empirical Comparison of Dependency Issues in OSS Packaging Ecosystems
Alexandre Decan, Tom Mens, and Maëlick Claes
(University of Mons, Belgium)


@InProceedings{SANER17p2, author = {Alexandre Decan and Tom Mens and Maëlick Claes}, title = {An Empirical Comparison of Dependency Issues in OSS Packaging Ecosystems}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {2-1}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Detecting Similar Repositories on GitHub
Yun Zhang, David Lo, Pavneet Singh Kochhar, Xin Xia, Quanlai Li, and Jianling Sun
(Zhejiang University, China; Singapore Management University, Singapore; University of California at Berkeley, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER17p14, author = {Yun Zhang and David Lo and Pavneet Singh Kochhar and Xin Xia and Quanlai Li and Jianling Sun}, title = {Detecting Similar Repositories on GitHub}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {14-13}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Code of Conduct in Open Source Projects
Parastou Tourani, Bram Adams, and Alexander Serebrenik
(Polytechnique Montréal, Canada; Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)


@InProceedings{SANER17p26, author = {Parastou Tourani and Bram Adams and Alexander Serebrenik}, title = {Code of Conduct in Open Source Projects}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {26-25}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Socio-Technical Evolution of the Ruby Ecosystem in GitHub
Eleni Constantinou and Tom Mens
(University of Mons, Belgium)


@InProceedings{SANER17p38, author = {Eleni Constantinou and Tom Mens}, title = {Socio-Technical Evolution of the Ruby Ecosystem in GitHub}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {38-37}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Features and Knowledge
Wed, Feb 22, 14:00 - 15:30

StiCProb: A Novel Feature Mining Approach using Conditional Probability
Yutian Tang and Hareton Leung
(Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China)


@InProceedings{SANER17p50, author = {Yutian Tang and Hareton Leung}, title = {StiCProb: A Novel Feature Mining Approach using Conditional Probability}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {50-49}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

HDSKG: Harvesting Domain Specific Knowledge Graph from Content of Webpages
Xuejiao Zhao, Zhenchang Xing, Muhammad Ashad Kabir, Naoya Sawada, Jing Li, and Shang-Wei Lin
(Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Australian National University, Australia; Charles Sturt University, Australia; NTT, Japan)


@InProceedings{SANER17p62, author = {Xuejiao Zhao and Zhenchang Xing and Muhammad Ashad Kabir and Naoya Sawada and Jing Li and Shang-Wei Lin}, title = {HDSKG: Harvesting Domain Specific Knowledge Graph from Content of Webpages}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {62-61}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Analyzing Closeness of Code Dependencies for Improving IR-Based Traceability Recovery
Hongyu Kuang, Jia Nie, Hao Hu, Patrick Rempel, Jian Lü, Alexander Egyed, and Patrick Mäder
(Nanjing University, China; JKU Linz, Austria; TU Ilmenau, Germany)


@InProceedings{SANER17p74, author = {Hongyu Kuang and Jia Nie and Hao Hu and Patrick Rempel and Jian Lü and Alexander Egyed and Patrick Mäder}, title = {Analyzing Closeness of Code Dependencies for Improving IR-Based Traceability Recovery}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {74-73}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

STRICT: Information Retrieval Based Search Term Identification for Concept Location
Mohammad Masudur Rahman and Chanchal K. Roy
(University of Saskatchewan, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER17p86, author = {Mohammad Masudur Rahman and Chanchal K. Roy}, title = {STRICT: Information Retrieval Based Search Term Identification for Concept Location}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {86-85}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Apps and Energy
Wed, Feb 22, 16:00 - 17:10

Analyzing Reviews and Code of Mobile Apps for Better Release Planning
Adelina Ciurumelea, Andreas Schaufelbühl, Sebastiano Panichella, and Harald C. Gall
(University of Zurich, Switzerland)


@InProceedings{SANER17p98, author = {Adelina Ciurumelea and Andreas Schaufelbühl and Sebastiano Panichella and Harald C. Gall}, title = {Analyzing Reviews and Code of Mobile Apps for Better Release Planning}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {98-97}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Software-Based Energy Profiling of Android Apps: Simple, Efficient and Reliable?
Dario Di Nucci, Fabio Palomba, Antonio Prota, Annibale Panichella, Andy Zaidman, and Andrea De Lucia
(University of Salerno, Italy; Delft University of Technology, Netherlands; University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)


@InProceedings{SANER17p110, author = {Dario Di Nucci and Fabio Palomba and Antonio Prota and Annibale Panichella and Andy Zaidman and Andrea De Lucia}, title = {Software-Based Energy Profiling of Android Apps: Simple, Efficient and Reliable?}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {110-109}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Investigating the Energy Impact of Android Smells
Antonin Carette, Mehdi Adel Ait Younes, Geoffrey Hecht, Naouel Moha, and Romain Rouvoy
(Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada; Inria, France; University of Lille, France; IUF, France)


@InProceedings{SANER17p122, author = {Antonin Carette and Mehdi Adel Ait Younes and Geoffrey Hecht and Naouel Moha and Romain Rouvoy}, title = {Investigating the Energy Impact of Android Smells}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {122-121}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Software and Model Analysis
Wed, Feb 22, 16:00 - 17:10

Automated Generation of Consistency-Achieving Model Editors
Patrick Neubauer, Robert Bill, Tanja Mayerhofer, and Manuel Wimmer
(Vienna University of Technology, Austria)


@InProceedings{SANER17p134, author = {Patrick Neubauer and Robert Bill and Tanja Mayerhofer and Manuel Wimmer}, title = {Automated Generation of Consistency-Achieving Model Editors}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {134-133}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Historical and Impact Analysis of API Breaking Changes: A Large-Scale Study
Laerte Xavier, Aline Brito, Andre Hora, and Marco Tulio Valente
(Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)


@InProceedings{SANER17p146, author = {Laerte Xavier and Aline Brito and Andre Hora and Marco Tulio Valente}, title = {Historical and Impact Analysis of API Breaking Changes: A Large-Scale Study}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {146-145}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Reducing Redundancies in Multi-revision Code Analysis
Carol V. Alexandru, Sebastiano Panichella, and Harald C. Gall
(University of Zurich, Switzerland)


@InProceedings{SANER17p158, author = {Carol V. Alexandru and Sebastiano Panichella and Harald C. Gall}, title = {Reducing Redundancies in Multi-revision Code Analysis}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {158-157}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Code and Data Transformations
Thu, Feb 23, 11:00 - 12:30

Recommending Source Code Locations for System Specific Transformations
Gustavo Santos, Klérisson V. R. Paixão, Nicolas Anquetil, Anne Etien, Marcelo de Almeida Maia, and Stéphane Ducasse
(University of Lille, France; CNRS, France; Inria, France; Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil)


@InProceedings{SANER17p170, author = {Gustavo Santos and Klérisson V. R. Paixão and Nicolas Anquetil and Anne Etien and Marcelo de Almeida Maia and Stéphane Ducasse}, title = {Recommending Source Code Locations for System Specific Transformations}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {170-169}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Extracting Executable Transformations from Distilled Code Changes
Reinout Stevens and Coen De Roover
(Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)


@InProceedings{SANER17p182, author = {Reinout Stevens and Coen De Roover}, title = {Extracting Executable Transformations from Distilled Code Changes}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {182-181}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Automatic Generation of Opaque Constants Based on the K-Clique Problem for Resilient Data Obfuscation
Roberto Tiella and Mariano Ceccato
(Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy)


@InProceedings{SANER17p194, author = {Roberto Tiella and Mariano Ceccato}, title = {Automatic Generation of Opaque Constants Based on the K-Clique Problem for Resilient Data Obfuscation}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {194-193}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

The Dark Side of Event Sourcing: Managing Data Conversion
Michiel Overeem, Marten Spoor, and Slinger Jansen
(AFAS Software, Netherlands; Utrecht University, Netherlands)


@InProceedings{SANER17p206, author = {Michiel Overeem and Marten Spoor and Slinger Jansen}, title = {The Dark Side of Event Sourcing: Managing Data Conversion}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {206-205}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Program Comprehension
Thu, Feb 23, 16:00 - 17:30

Automatically Generating Natural Language Descriptions for Object-Related Statement Sequences
Xiaoran Wang, Lori Pollock, and K. Vijay-Shanker
(University of Delaware, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER17p218, author = {Xiaoran Wang and Lori Pollock and K. Vijay-Shanker}, title = {Automatically Generating Natural Language Descriptions for Object-Related Statement Sequences}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {218-217}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Shorter Identifier Names Take Longer to Comprehend
Johannes Hofmeister, Janet Siegmund, and Daniel V. Holt
(University of Passau, Germany; University of Heidelberg, Germany)


@InProceedings{SANER17p230, author = {Johannes Hofmeister and Janet Siegmund and Daniel V. Holt}, title = {Shorter Identifier Names Take Longer to Comprehend}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {230-229}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Lexical Categories for Source Code Identifiers
Christian D. Newman, Reem S. AlSuhaibani, Michael L. Collard, and Jonathan I. Maletic
(Kent State University, USA; University of Akron, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER17p242, author = {Christian D. Newman and Reem S. AlSuhaibani and Michael L. Collard and Jonathan I. Maletic}, title = {Lexical Categories for Source Code Identifiers}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {242-241}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Computing Counter-Examples for Privilege Protection Losses using Security Models
Marc-André Laverdière and Ettore Merlo
(Tata Consultancy Services, Canada; Polytechnique Montréal, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER17p254, author = {Marc-André Laverdière and Ettore Merlo}, title = {Computing Counter-Examples for Privilege Protection Losses using Security Models}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {254-253}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Software Development Support
Fri, Feb 24, 09:00 - 10:30

Enriching In-IDE Process Information with Fine-Grained Source Code History
Sebastian Proksch, Sarah Nadi, Sven Amann, and Mira Mezini
(TU Darmstadt, Germany; University of Alberta, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER17p266, author = {Sebastian Proksch and Sarah Nadi and Sven Amann and Mira Mezini}, title = {Enriching In-IDE Process Information with Fine-Grained Source Code History}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {266-265}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

How to Gamify Software Engineering
Tommaso Dal Sasso, Andrea Mocci, Michele Lanza, and Ebrisa Mastrodicasa
(University of Lugano, Switzerland)


@InProceedings{SANER17p278, author = {Tommaso Dal Sasso and Andrea Mocci and Michele Lanza and Ebrisa Mastrodicasa}, title = {How to Gamify Software Engineering}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {278-277}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Scalable Tag Recommendation for Software Information Sites
Pingyi Zhou, Jin Liu, Zijiang Yang, and Guangyou Zhou
(Wuhan University, China; Western Michigan University, USA; Central China Normal University, China)


@InProceedings{SANER17p290, author = {Pingyi Zhou and Jin Liu and Zijiang Yang and Guangyou Zhou}, title = {Scalable Tag Recommendation for Software Information Sites}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {290-289}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Stack Overflow: A Code Laundering Platform?
Le An, Ons Mlouki, Foutse Khomh, and Giuliano Antoniol
(Polytechnique Montréal, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER17p302, author = {Le An and Ons Mlouki and Foutse Khomh and Giuliano Antoniol}, title = {Stack Overflow: A Code Laundering Platform?}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {302-301}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Code Smells and Refactoring
Fri, Feb 24, 11:00 - 12:30

An Empirical Study of Code Smells in JavaScript Projects
Amir Saboury, Pooya Musavi, Foutse Khomh, and Giuliano Antoniol
(Polytechnique Montréal, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER17p314, author = {Amir Saboury and Pooya Musavi and Foutse Khomh and Giuliano Antoniol}, title = {An Empirical Study of Code Smells in JavaScript Projects}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {314-313}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Antipatterns Causing Memory Bloat: A Case Study
Kamil Jezek and Richard Lipka
(University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic)


@InProceedings{SANER17p326, author = {Kamil Jezek and Richard Lipka}, title = {Antipatterns Causing Memory Bloat: A Case Study}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {326-325}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Variant-Preserving Refactorings for Migrating Cloned Products to a Product Line
Wolfram Fenske, Jens Meinicke, Sandro Schulze, Steffen Schulze, and Gunter Saake
(University of Magdeburg, Germany; Carnegie Mellon University, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER17p338, author = {Wolfram Fenske and Jens Meinicke and Sandro Schulze and Steffen Schulze and Gunter Saake}, title = {Variant-Preserving Refactorings for Migrating Cloned Products to a Product Line}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {338-337}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Efficient Method Extraction for Automatic Elimination of Type-3 Clones
Ran Ettinger, Shmuel Tyszberowicz, and Shay Menaia
(Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel; Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Israel)


@InProceedings{SANER17p350, author = {Ran Ettinger and Shmuel Tyszberowicz and Shay Menaia}, title = {Efficient Method Extraction for Automatic Elimination of Type-3 Clones}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {350-349}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Testing and Fault Localization
Fri, Feb 24, 14:00 - 15:30

Spreadsheet Testing in Practice
Sohon Roy, Felienne Hermans, and Arie van Deursen
(Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)


@InProceedings{SANER17p362, author = {Sohon Roy and Felienne Hermans and Arie van Deursen}, title = {Spreadsheet Testing in Practice}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {362-361}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Dynamic Patch Generation for Null Pointer Exceptions using Metaprogramming
Thomas Durieux, Benoit Cornu, Lionel Seinturier, and Martin Monperrus
(University of Lille, France; Inria, France)


@InProceedings{SANER17p374, author = {Thomas Durieux and Benoit Cornu and Lionel Seinturier and Martin Monperrus}, title = {Dynamic Patch Generation for Null Pointer Exceptions using Metaprogramming}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {374-373}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Improving Fault Localization for Simulink Models using Search-Based Testing and Prediction Models
Bing Liu, Lucia, Shiva Nejati, and Lionel C. Briand
(University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)


@InProceedings{SANER17p386, author = {Bing Liu and Lucia and Shiva Nejati and Lionel C. Briand}, title = {Improving Fault Localization for Simulink Models using Search-Based Testing and Prediction Models}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {386-385}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

An Empirical Investigation into the Cost-Effectiveness of Test Effort Allocation Strategies for Finding Faults
Yiyang Feng, Wanwangying Ma, Yibiao Yang, Hongmin Lu, Yuming Zhou, and Baowen Xu
(Nanjing University, China)


@InProceedings{SANER17p398, author = {Yiyang Feng and Wanwangying Ma and Yibiao Yang and Hongmin Lu and Yuming Zhou and Baowen Xu}, title = {An Empirical Investigation into the Cost-Effectiveness of Test Effort Allocation Strategies for Finding Faults}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {398-397}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Early Research Achievements

Learning from and Providing Help to Developers
Wed, Feb 22, 11:00 - 12:30

What Information about Code Snippets Is Available in Different Software-Related Documents? An Exploratory Study
Preetha Chatterjee, Manziba Akanda Nishi, Kostadin Damevski, Vinay Augustine, Lori Pollock, and Nicholas A. Kraft
(University of Delaware, USA; Virginia Commonwealth University, USA; ABB Corporate Research, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER17p410, author = {Preetha Chatterjee and Manziba Akanda Nishi and Kostadin Damevski and Vinay Augustine and Lori Pollock and Nicholas A. Kraft}, title = {What Information about Code Snippets Is Available in Different Software-Related Documents? An Exploratory Study}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {410-409}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Harnessing Twitter to Support Serendipitous Learning of Developers
Abhishek Sharma, Yuan Tian, Agus Sulistya, David Lo, and Aiko Fallas Yamashita
(Singapore Management University, Singapore; Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway)


@InProceedings{SANER17p415, author = {Abhishek Sharma and Yuan Tian and Agus Sulistya and David Lo and Aiko Fallas Yamashita}, title = {Harnessing Twitter to Support Serendipitous Learning of Developers}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {415-414}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Why Do We Break APIs? First Answers from Developers
Laerte Xavier, Andre Hora, and Marco Tulio Valente
(Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)


@InProceedings{SANER17p420, author = {Laerte Xavier and Andre Hora and Marco Tulio Valente}, title = {Why Do We Break APIs? First Answers from Developers}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {420-419}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

An Arc-Based Approach for Visualization of Code Smells
Marcel Steinbeck
(University of Bremen, Germany)


@InProceedings{SANER17p425, author = {Marcel Steinbeck}, title = {An Arc-Based Approach for Visualization of Code Smells}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {425-424}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Towards Continuous Software Release Planning
David Ameller, Carles Farré, Xavier Franch, Danilo Valerio, and Antonino Cassarino
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain; Siemens, Austria)


@InProceedings{SANER17p430, author = {David Ameller and Carles Farré and Xavier Franch and Danilo Valerio and Antonino Cassarino}, title = {Towards Continuous Software Release Planning}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {430-429}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Evolution of Open Source Systems
Fri, Feb 24, 09:00 - 10:30

An Exploratory Study on Library Aging by Monitoring Client Usage in a Software Ecosystem
Raula Gaikovina Kula, Daniel M. German, Takashi Ishio, Ali Ouni, and Katsuro Inoue
(Osaka University, Japan; University of Victoria, Canada; United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates)


@InProceedings{SANER17p435, author = {Raula Gaikovina Kula and Daniel M. German and Takashi Ishio and Ali Ouni and Katsuro Inoue}, title = {An Exploratory Study on Library Aging by Monitoring Client Usage in a Software Ecosystem}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {435-434}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Trends on Empty Exception Handlers for Java Open Source Libraries
Ana Filipa Nogueira, José C. B. Ribeiro, and Mário A. Zenha-Rela
(University of Coimbra, Portugal; Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal)


@InProceedings{SANER17p440, author = {Ana Filipa Nogueira and José C. B. Ribeiro and Mário A. Zenha-Rela}, title = {Trends on Empty Exception Handlers for Java Open Source Libraries}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {440-439}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Analyzing the Evolution of Testing Library Usage in Open Source Java Projects
Ahmed Zerouali and Tom Mens
(University of Mons, Belgium)


@InProceedings{SANER17p445, author = {Ahmed Zerouali and Tom Mens}, title = {Analyzing the Evolution of Testing Library Usage in Open Source Java Projects}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {445-444}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

On the Evolution of Exception Usage in Java Projects
Haidar Osman, Andrei Chiş, Jakob Schaerer, Mohammad Ghafari, and Oscar Nierstrasz
(University of Bern, Switzerland; Feenk, Switzerland)


@InProceedings{SANER17p450, author = {Haidar Osman and Andrei Chiş and Jakob Schaerer and Mohammad Ghafari and Oscar Nierstrasz}, title = {On the Evolution of Exception Usage in Java Projects}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {450-449}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Statically Identifying Class Dependencies in Legacy JavaScript Systems: First Results
Leonardo Humberto Silva, Marco Tulio Valente, and Alexandre Bergel
(Federal Institute of Northern Minas Gerais, Brazil; Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil; University of Chile, Chile)


@InProceedings{SANER17p455, author = {Leonardo Humberto Silva and Marco Tulio Valente and Alexandre Bergel}, title = {Statically Identifying Class Dependencies in Legacy JavaScript Systems: First Results}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {455-454}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

CodeCritics Applied to Database Schema: Challenges and First Results
Julien Delplanque, Anne Etien, Olivier Auverlot, Tom Mens, Nicolas Anquetil, and Stéphane Ducasse
(University of Mons, Belgium; University of Lille, France; Inria, France)


@InProceedings{SANER17p460, author = {Julien Delplanque and Anne Etien and Olivier Auverlot and Tom Mens and Nicolas Anquetil and Stéphane Ducasse}, title = {CodeCritics Applied to Database Schema: Challenges and First Results}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {460-459}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Patterns and Optimization
Fri, Feb 24, 14:00 - 15:30

Cloud-Based Parallel Concolic Execution
Ting Chen, Youzheng Feng, Xiapu Luo, Xiaodong Lin, and Xiaosong Zhang
(University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China; Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China; University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada)


@InProceedings{SANER17p465, author = {Ting Chen and Youzheng Feng and Xiapu Luo and Xiaodong Lin and Xiaosong Zhang}, title = {Cloud-Based Parallel Concolic Execution}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {465-464}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Under-Optimized Smart Contracts Devour Your Money
Ting Chen, Xiaoqi Li, Xiapu Luo, and Xiaosong Zhang
(University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China; Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China)


@InProceedings{SANER17p470, author = {Ting Chen and Xiaoqi Li and Xiapu Luo and Xiaosong Zhang}, title = {Under-Optimized Smart Contracts Devour Your Money}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {470-469}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Pluggable Controllers and Nano-Patterns
Yossi Gil, Ori Marcovitch, and Matteo Orrù
(Technion, Israel)


@InProceedings{SANER17p475, author = {Yossi Gil and Ori Marcovitch and Matteo Orrù}, title = {Pluggable Controllers and Nano-Patterns}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {475-474}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Query Construction Patterns in PHP
David Anderson and Mark Hills
(East Carolina University, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER17p480, author = {David Anderson and Mark Hills}, title = {Query Construction Patterns in PHP}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {480-479}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Supporting Schema Evolution in Schema-Less NoSQL Data Stores
Loup Meurice and Anthony Cleve
(University of Namur, Belgium)


@InProceedings{SANER17p485, author = {Loup Meurice and Anthony Cleve}, title = {Supporting Schema Evolution in Schema-Less NoSQL Data Stores}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {485-484}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Tool Demonstrations

Static Analysis and Refactoring
Wed, Feb 22, 14:00 - 15:30

XCore: Support for Developing Program Analysis Tools
Alexandru Ștefănică and Petru Florin Mihancea
(Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania)


@InProceedings{SANER17p490, author = {Alexandru Ștefănică and Petru Florin Mihancea}, title = {XCore: Support for Developing Program Analysis Tools}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {490-489}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

srcQL: A Syntax-Aware Query Language for Source Code
Brian Bartman, Christian D. Newman, Michael L. Collard, and Jonathan I. Maletic
(Kent State University, USA; University of Akron, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER17p495, author = {Brian Bartman and Christian D. Newman and Michael L. Collard and Jonathan I. Maletic}, title = {srcQL: A Syntax-Aware Query Language for Source Code}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {495-494}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

UAV: Warnings from Multiple Automated Static Analysis Tools at a Glance
Tim Buckers, Clinton Cao, Michiel Doesburg, Boning Gong, Sunwei Wang, Moritz Beller, and Andy Zaidman
(Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)


@InProceedings{SANER17p500, author = {Tim Buckers and Clinton Cao and Michiel Doesburg and Boning Gong and Sunwei Wang and Moritz Beller and Andy Zaidman}, title = {UAV: Warnings from Multiple Automated Static Analysis Tools at a Glance}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {500-499}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

The Spartanizer: Massive Automatic Refactoring
Yossi Gil and Matteo Orrù
(Technion, Israel)


@InProceedings{SANER17p505, author = {Yossi Gil and Matteo Orrù}, title = {The Spartanizer: Massive Automatic Refactoring}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {505-504}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

c-JRefRec: Change-Based Identification of Move Method Refactoring Opportunities
Naoya Ujihara, Ali Ouni, Takashi Ishio, and Katsuro Inoue
(Osaka University, Japan; United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates)


@InProceedings{SANER17p510, author = {Naoya Ujihara and Ali Ouni and Takashi Ishio and Katsuro Inoue}, title = {c-JRefRec: Change-Based Identification of Move Method Refactoring Opportunities}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {510-509}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Lightweight Detection of Android-Specific Code Smells: The aDoctor Project
Fabio Palomba, Dario Di Nucci, Annibale Panichella, Andy Zaidman, and Andrea De Lucia
(Delft University of Technology, Netherlands; University of Salerno, Italy; University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)


@InProceedings{SANER17p515, author = {Fabio Palomba and Dario Di Nucci and Annibale Panichella and Andy Zaidman and Andrea De Lucia}, title = {Lightweight Detection of Android-Specific Code Smells: The aDoctor Project}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {515-514}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Binaries and Evolution
Thu, Feb 23, 11:00 - 12:30

scat: Learning from a Single Execution of a Binary
Franck de Goër, Christopher Ferreira, and Laurent Mounier
(LIG, France; University of Grenoble, France; VERIMAG, France)


@InProceedings{SANER17p520, author = {Franck de Goër and Christopher Ferreira and Laurent Mounier}, title = {scat: Learning from a Single Execution of a Binary}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {520-519}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

dynStruct: An Automatic Reverse Engineering Tool for Structure Recovery and Memory Use Analysis
Daniel Mercier, Aziem Chawdhary, and Richard Jones
(University of Kent, UK)


@InProceedings{SANER17p525, author = {Daniel Mercier and Aziem Chawdhary and Richard Jones}, title = {dynStruct: An Automatic Reverse Engineering Tool for Structure Recovery and Memory Use Analysis}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {525-524}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

InsDal: A Safe and Extensible Instrumentation Tool on Dalvik Byte-Code for Android Applications
Jierui Liu, Tianyong Wu, Xi Deng, Jun Yan, and Jian Zhang
(Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; University at Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)


@InProceedings{SANER17p530, author = {Jierui Liu and Tianyong Wu and Xi Deng and Jun Yan and Jian Zhang}, title = {InsDal: A Safe and Extensible Instrumentation Tool on Dalvik Byte-Code for Android Applications}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {530-529}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Columbo: High Perfomance Unpacking
Jason Raber
(MalwareBytes, USA)


@InProceedings{SANER17p535, author = {Jason Raber}, title = {Columbo: High Perfomance Unpacking}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {535-534}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Hindsight: Revealing the Evolution of Dependencies to Developers
George Ganea
(Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania)


@InProceedings{SANER17p540, author = {George Ganea}, title = {Hindsight: Revealing the Evolution of Dependencies to Developers}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {540-539}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Replan: A Release Planning Tool
David Ameller, Carles Farré, Xavier Franch, Antonino Cassarino, Danilo Valerio, and Valentin Elvassore
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain; Siemens, Austria)


@InProceedings{SANER17p545, author = {David Ameller and Carles Farré and Xavier Franch and Antonino Cassarino and Danilo Valerio and Valentin Elvassore}, title = {Replan: A Release Planning Tool}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {545-544}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Industrial Research
Fri, Feb 24, 11:00 - 12:30

Bringing Back-in-Time Debugging Down to the Database
Arian Treffer, Michael Perscheid, and Matthias Uflacker
(HPI, Germany; SAP, Germany)


@InProceedings{SANER17p550, author = {Arian Treffer and Michael Perscheid and Matthias Uflacker}, title = {Bringing Back-in-Time Debugging Down to the Database}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {550-549}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Performance Tuning for Automotive Software Fault Prediction
Harald Altinger, Steffen Herbold, Friederike Schneemann, Jens Grabowski, and Franz Wotawa
(Audi Electronics Venture, Germany; University of Göttingen, Germany; Graz University of Technology, Austria)


@InProceedings{SANER17p555, author = {Harald Altinger and Steffen Herbold and Friederike Schneemann and Jens Grabowski and Franz Wotawa}, title = {Performance Tuning for Automotive Software Fault Prediction}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {555-554}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Business Process Recovery Based on System Log and Information of Organizational Structure
Ryota Mibe, Tadashi Tanaka, Takashi Kobayashi, and Shingo Kobayashi
(Hitachi, Japan; Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan; Japan EXpert Clone, Japan)


@InProceedings{SANER17p560, author = {Ryota Mibe and Tadashi Tanaka and Takashi Kobayashi and Shingo Kobayashi}, title = {Business Process Recovery Based on System Log and Information of Organizational Structure}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {560-559}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Multi-language Re-documentation to Support a COBOL to Java Migration Project
Bernhard Dorninger, Michael Moser, and Josef Pichler
(Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Austria)


@InProceedings{SANER17p565, author = {Bernhard Dorninger and Michael Moser and Josef Pichler}, title = {Multi-language Re-documentation to Support a COBOL to Java Migration Project}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {565-564}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Proactive Reviews of Textual Requirements
Vard Antinyan and Miroslaw Staron
(University of Gothenburg, Sweden)


@InProceedings{SANER17p570, author = {Vard Antinyan and Miroslaw Staron}, title = {Proactive Reviews of Textual Requirements}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {570-569}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

Data Access Visualization for Legacy Application Maintenance
Keisuke Yano and Akihiko Matsuo
(Fujitsu Labs, Japan)


@InProceedings{SANER17p575, author = {Keisuke Yano and Akihiko Matsuo}, title = {Data Access Visualization for Legacy Application Maintenance}, booktitle = {Proc.\ SANER}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {575-574}, doi = {}, year = {2017}, }

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