The IEEE/ACM Automated Software Engineering (ASE) Conference series is the premier research forum for automated software engineering. Each year, it brings together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to discuss foundations, techniques, and tools for automating the analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance of large software systems. ASE 2019 invites high quality contributions describing significant, original, and unpublished results.
Tue 12 Nov
08:30 - 09:00 | Welcome from the Chairs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09:00 - 10:00 Talk | Re-engineering Software Engineering for a Data-centric World Miryung KimUniversity of California, Los Angeles |
10:40 - 11:00 Talk | Assessing the Generalizability of code2vec Token Embeddings Kang Hong JinSchool of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Tegawendé F. BissyandéSnT, University of Luxembourg, David LoSingapore Management University Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:00 - 11:20 Talk | Multi-Modal Attention Network Learning for Semantic Source Code Retrieval Yao WanZhejiang University, Jingdong ShuZhejiang University, Yulei SuiUniversity of Technology Sydney, Australia, Guandong XuUniversity of Technology, Sydney, Zhou ZhaoZhejiang University, Jian WuZhejiang University, philip yuUniversity of Illinois at Chicago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:20 - 11:40 Talk | Experience Paper: Search-based Testing in Automated Driving Control ApplicationsACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award Christoph GladischCorporate Research, Robert Bosch GmbH, Thomas HeinzCorporate Research, Robert Bosch GmbH, Christian HeinzemannCorporate Research, Robert Bosch GmbH, Jens OehlerkingCorporate Research, Robert Bosch GmbH, Anne von VietinghoffCorporate Research, Robert Bosch GmbH, Tim PfitzerRobert Bosch Automotive Steering GmbH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:40 - 12:00 Talk | Machine Translation-Based Bug Localization Technique for Bridging Lexical Gap Yan XiaoDepartment of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Jacky KeungDepartment of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Kwabena E. BenninBlekinge Institute of Technology, SERL Sweden, Qing MiDepartment of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong Link to publication | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:00 - 12:10 Talk | AutoFocus: Interpreting Attention-based Neural Networks by Code Perturbation Nghi Duy Quoc BuiSingapore Management University, Singapore, Yijun YuThe Open University, UK, Lingxiao JiangSingapore Management University Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:10 - 12:20 Demonstration | A Quantitative Analysis Framework for Recurrent Neural Network Xiaoning DuNanyang Technological University, Xiaofei XieNanyang Technological University, Yi LiNanyang Technological University, Lei MaKyushu University, Yang LiuNanyang Technological University, Singapore, Jianjun ZhaoKyushu University |
10:40 - 11:00 Talk | Test Transfer Across Mobile Apps Through Semantic Mapping Jun-Wei LinUniversity of California, Irvine, Reyhaneh JabbarvandUniversity of California, Irvine, Sam MalekUniversity of California, Irvine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:00 - 11:20 Talk | Test Migration Between Mobile Apps with Similar Functionality | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:20 - 11:40 Talk | DaPanda: Detecting Aggressive Push Notification in Android Apps Tianming LiuBeijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China, Haoyu WangBeijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China, Li LiMonash University, Australia, Guangdong BaiGriffith University, Yao GuoPeking University, Guoai Xu Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:40 - 12:00 Talk | Automatic, highly accurate app permission recommendation Zhongxin LiuZhejiang University, Xin XiaMonash University, David LoSingapore Management University, John GrundyMonash University Link to publication | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:00 - 12:10 Demonstration | LIRAT: Layout and Image Recognition Driving Automated Mobile Testing of Cross-Platform Shengcheng YuNanjing University, China, Chunrong FangNanjing University, Yang FengUniversity of California, Irvine, Wenyuan ZhaoNanjing University, Zhenyu ChenNanjing University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:10 - 12:20 Demonstration | Humanoid: A Deep Learning-based Approach to Automated Black-box Android App Testing Yuanchun LiPeking University, Ziyue YangPeking University, Yao GuoPeking University, Xiangqun ChenPeking University |
10:40 - 12:20: Papers - Testing and Coverage at Cortez 1 Chair(s): Jonathan BellGeorge Mason University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10:40 - 11:00 Talk | Automatic Self-Validation for Code Coverage Profilers Yibiao YangHuazhong University of Science and Technology, Yanyan JiangNanjing University, Zhiqiang ZuoNanjing University, China, Yang WangNanjing University, Hao SunUnaffiliated, Hongmin LuNanjing University, Yuming ZhouNanjing University, Baowen XuNanjing University Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:00 - 11:20 Talk | Efficient Test Generation Guided by Field Coverage Criteria Ariel GodioDept. of Software Engineering Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, Valeria BengoleaDept. of Computer Science FCEFQyN, University of Rio Cuarto, Pablo PonzioDept. of Computer Science FCEFQyN, University of Rio Cuarto, Nazareno AguirreDept. of Computer Science FCEFQyN, University of Rio Cuarto, Marcelo F. FriasDept. of Software Engineering Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:20 - 11:40 Talk | Exploring Output-Based Coverage for Testing PHP Web Applications Hung Viet NguyenGoogle LLC, USA, Hung Dang PhanECpE Department, Iowa State University, Christian KästnerCarnegie Mellon University, Tien N. NguyenUniversity of Texas at Dallas Link to publication | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:40 - 12:00 Talk | PHANTA: Diversified Test Code Quality Measurement for Modern Software Development Media Attached | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:00 - 12:10 Demonstration | TestCov: Robust Test-Suite Execution and Coverage Measurement Pre-print Media Attached File Attached | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:10 - 12:20 Demonstration | VisFuzz: Understanding and Intervening Fuzzing with Interactive Visualization Chijin ZhouTsinghua University, Mingzhe WangTsinghua University, Jie LiangTsinghua University, Zhe LiuNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Chengnian SunWaterloo University, Yu JiangTsinghua University |
13:40 - 15:20: Papers - Natural Language and Human Aspects at Cortez 2&3 Chair(s): Bogdan VasilescuCarnegie Mellon University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13:40 - 14:00 Talk | Discovering, Explaining and Summarizing Controversial Discussions in Community Q&A Sites Xiaoxue RenZhejiang University, Zhenchang XingAustralia National University, Xin XiaMonash University, Guoqiang LiShanghai Jiao Tong University, Jianling SunZhejiang University Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14:00 - 14:20 Talk | Automating App Review Response Generation Cuiyun GaoNanyang Technological University, Singapore, Jichuan ZengThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Xin XiaMonash University, David LoSingapore Management University, Michael LyuThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Irwin KingThe Chinese University of Hong Kong Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14:20 - 14:40 Talk | Automatic Generation of Pull Request DescriptionsACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award Zhongxin LiuZhejiang University, Xin XiaMonash University, Christoph TreudeThe University of Adelaide, David LoSingapore Management University, Shanping LiZhejiang University Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14:40 - 15:00 Talk | Recommending Who to Follow in the Software Engineering Twitter Space Abhishek Sharma Singapore Management University, Singapore, Yuan TianQueens University, Kingston, Canada, Agus SulistyaSchool of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Dinusha WijedasaSchool of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, David LoSingapore Management University Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15:00 - 15:10 Demonstration | Developer Reputation Estimator (DRE) Sadika AmreenUniversity of Tennessee Knoxville, Andrey KarnauchUniversity of Tennessee Knoxville, Audris MockusUniversity of Tennessee - Knoxville | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15:10 - 15:20 Demonstration | CocoQa: Question Answering for Coding Conventions over Knowledge Graphs Tianjiao DuShanghai JiaoTong University, Junming CaoShanghai JiaoTong University, Qinyue WuShanghai JiaoTong University, Wei LiShanghai JiaoTong University, Beijun ShenSchool of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Yuting ChenShanghai Jiao Tong University |
13:40 - 15:20: Papers - Testing and Verification at Cortez 1 Chair(s): Weihang WangUniversity at Buffalo, SUNY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13:40 - 14:00 Talk | Systematically Covering Input Structure Nikolas HavrikovCISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Andreas ZellerCISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14:00 - 14:20 Talk | SEGATE: Unveiling Semantic Inconsistencies between Code and Specification of String Inputs Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14:20 - 14:40 Talk | Detecting Error-Handling Bugs without Error Specification Input Zhouyang JiaNational University of Defense Technology, Shanshan LiNational University of Defense Technology, Tingting YuUniversity of Kentucky, Xiangke LiaoNational University of Defense Technology, China, Ji WangNational University of Defense Technology, Xiaodong LiuNational University of Defense Technology, Yunhuai LiuPeking University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14:40 - 15:00 Talk | Test Automation and its Limitations Ahyoung SungSamsung Electronics, Yangsu KimSamsung Electronics, Sangjun KimSamsung Electronics, Jongin KimSamsung Electronics, Neo JangSamsung Electronics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15:00 - 15:10 Talk | Grading-Based Test Suite Augmentation Jonathan Osei-OwusuUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Angello AstorgaUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Liia ButlerUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Tao XiePeking University, Geoffrey ChallenUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15:10 - 15:20 Demonstration | MutAPK: Source-Codeless Mutant Generation for Android Apps Camilo Escobar-VelásquezUniversidad de los Andes, Michael Osorio-RiañoUniversidad de los Andes, Mario Linares-VásquezSystems and Computing Engineering Department , Universidad de los Andes , Bogotá, Colombia |
16:00 - 16:20 Talk | Performance-Boosting Sparsification of the IFDS Algorithm with Applications to Taint AnalysisACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award Dongjie HeUniversity of New South Wales; Institute of Computing Technology, CAS; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Haofeng LiInstitute of Computing Technology, CAS; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lei WangInstitute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Haining MengInstitute of Computing Technology, CAS; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hengjie ZhengInstitute of Computing Technology, CAS; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jie LiuUniversity of New South Wales, Shuangwei Huvivo AI Lab, Lian LiInstitute of Computing Technology at Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Jingling XueUNSW Sydney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:20 - 16:40 Talk | Characterizing Android App Signing Issues Haoyu WangBeijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China, Hongxuan LiuPeking University, Xusheng XiaoCase Western Reserve University, Guozhu MengInstitute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yao GuoPeking University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:40 - 17:00 Talk | OAuthLint: An Empirical Study on OAuth Bugs in Android Applications Tamjid Al RahatUniversity of Virginia, Yu FengUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, Yuan TianUniversity of Virginia Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:00 - 17:20 Talk | Are Free Android App Security Analysis Tools Effective in Detecting Known Vulnerabilities? Link to publication DOI Pre-print Media Attached | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:20 - 17:30 Demonstration | SWAN_ASSIST: Semi-Automated Detection of Code-Specific, Security-Relevant Methods Goran PiskachevFraunhofer IEM, Lisa Nguyen Quang DoGoogle, Oshando JohnsonFraunhofer IEM, Eric BoddenHeinz Nixdorf Institut, Paderborn University and Fraunhofer IEM Pre-print Media Attached File Attached | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:30 - 17:40 Demonstration | Sip4J: Statically Inferring Access Permission Contracts for Parallelising Sequential Java Programs Ayesha SadiqMonash University, Li LiMonash University, Australia, Yuan-Fang LiMonash University, Ijaz AhmedUniversity of Lahore, Sea LingMonash University |
16:00 - 17:40: Papers - Testing and Visualization at Cortez 1 Chair(s): Amin AlipourUniversity of Houston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:00 - 16:20 Talk | History-Guided Configuration Diversification for Compiler Test-Program GenerationACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award Junjie ChenTianjin University, Guancheng WangPeking University, Dan HaoPeking University, Yingfei XiongPeking University, Hongyu ZhangThe University of Newcastle, Lu ZhangPeking University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:20 - 16:40 Talk | Data-Driven Compiler Testing and Debugging Junjie ChenTianjin University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:40 - 17:00 Talk | Targeted Example Generation for Compilation Errors Umair Z. AhmedNational University of Singapore, Renuka SindhgattaQueensland University of Technology, Australia, Nisheeth SrivastavaIndian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Amey KarkareIIT Kanpur Link to publication Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:00 - 17:20 Talk | Lightweight Assessment of Test-Case Effectiveness using Source-Code-Quality Indicators Giovanni GranoUniversity of Zurich, Fabio PalombaDepartment of Informatics, University of Zurich, Harald GallUniversity of Zurich Link to publication Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:20 - 17:30 Demonstration | Visual Analytics for Concurrent Java Executions Cyrille ArthoKTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, Monali PandeKTH Royal Institute of Technology, Qiyi TangUniversity of Oxford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:30 - 17:40 Demonstration | NeuralVis: Visualizing and Interpreting Deep Learning Models Xufan ZhangState Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, Ziyue YinState Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, Yang FengUniversity of California, Irvine, Qingkai ShiHong Kong University of Science and Technology, Jia LiuState Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, Zhenyu ChenNanjing University |
Wed 13 Nov
08:30 - 09:00 Awards | ASE Award Ceremony | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09:00 - 10:00 Talk | The Human Dimension of Cloud Computing Yuanyuan ZhouUniversity of California, San Diego |
10:40 - 11:00 Talk | Understanding Exception-Related Bugs in Large-Scale Cloud Systems Haicheng ChenThe Ohio State University, Wensheng DouInstitute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yanyan JiangNanjing University, Feng QinOhio State University, USA Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:00 - 11:20 Talk | iFeedback: Exploiting User Feedback for Real-time Issue Detection in Large-Scale Online Service Systems Wujie ZhengTencent, Inc., Haochuan LuFudan University, Yangfan ZhouFudan University, Jianming LiangTencent, Haibing ZhengTencent, Yuetang DengTencent, Inc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:20 - 11:40 Talk | Software Microbenchmarking in the Cloud. How Bad is it Really? Christoph LaaberUniversity of Zurich, Joel ScheunerChalmers | University of Gothenburg, Philipp LeitnerChalmers University of Technology & University of Gothenburg Link to publication Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:40 - 12:00 Talk | Continuous Incident Triage for Large-Scale Online Service Systems Junjie ChenTianjin University, Xiaoting HeMicrosoft, Qingwei LinMicrosoft Research, China, Hongyu ZhangThe University of Newcastle, Dan HaoPeking University, Feng GaoMicrosoft, Zhangwei XuMicrosoft, Yingnong DangMicrosoft Azure, Dongmei ZhangMicrosoft Research, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:00 - 12:10 Demonstration | Kotless: a Serverless Framework for Kotlin Vladislav TankovJetBrains, ITMO University, Yaroslav GolubevJetBrains Research, ITMO University, Timofey BryksinJetBrains Research, Saint-Petersburg State University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:10 - 12:20 Demonstration | FogWorkflowSim: An Automated Simulation Toolkit for Workflow Performance Evaluation in Fog Computing Xiao LiuSchool of Information Technology, Deakin University, Lingmin FanSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University, Jia XuSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University, Xuejun LiSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University, Lina GongSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University, John GrundyMonash University, Yun YangSwinburne University of Technology |
13:40 - 15:20: Papers - Configurations and Variability at Hillcrest Chair(s): Shin Hwei TanSouthern University of Science and Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13:40 - 14:00 Talk | ACTGAN: Automatic Configuration Tuning for Software Systems with Generative Adversarial Networks Liang BaoSchool of Computer Science and Technology, XiDian University, Xin LiuDepartment of Computer Science, University of California, Davis, Fangzheng WangSchool of Computer Science and Technology, XiDian University, Baoyin FangSchool of Computer Science and Technology, XiDian University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14:00 - 14:20 Talk | Automated N-way Program Merging for Facilitating Family-Based Analyses of Variant-Rich Software Dennis ReulingSoftware Engineering Group, University of Siegen, Udo KelterSoftware Engineering Group, University of Siegen, Johannes BürdekTU Darmstadt, Real-time Systems Lab, Malte LochauTU Darmstadt Link to publication DOI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14:20 - 14:40 Talk | V2: Fast Detection of Configuration Drift in Python Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14:40 - 15:00 Talk | Feature-Interaction Aware Configuration Prioritization for Configurable Code Son NguyenThe University of Texas at Dallas, Hoan Anh NguyenAmazon, Ngoc TranUniversity of Texas at Dallas, Hieu TranThe University of Texas at Dallas, Tien N. NguyenUniversity of Texas at Dallas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15:00 - 15:20 Talk | Search-based test case implantation for testing untested configurations Dipesh PradhanSimula Research Laboratory, Norway, Shuai WangHong Kong University of Science and Technology, Tao YueNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics & Simula Research Laboratory, Shaukat AliSimula Research Lab, Marius LiaaenCisco Systems Link to publication |
13:40 - 15:20: Papers - Verification and Bug Detection at Cortez 1 Chair(s): Raghavan KomondoorIndian Institute of Science, Bangalore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13:40 - 14:00 Talk | Mutation Analysis for Coq Ahmet CelikThe University of Texas at Austin, Karl PalmskogUniversity of Texas at Austin, Marinela ParovicThe University of Texas at Austin, Emilio Jesús Gallego AriasMINES ParisTech, Milos GligoricThe University of Texas at Austin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14:00 - 14:20 Talk | Verifying Arithmetic in Cryptographic C Programs Jiaxiang LiuShenzhen University, Xiaomu ShiShenzhen University, Ming-Hsien TsaiAcademia Sinica, Taiwan, Bow-Yaw WangAcademia Sinica, Bo-Yin YangAcademia Sinica Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14:20 - 14:40 Talk | Model checking embedded control software using OS-in-the-loop CEGAR Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14:40 - 15:00 Talk | Get rid of inline assembly through verification-oriented lifting Frédéric RecoulesCEA LIST, Sebastien BardinCEA LIST, Richard BonichonCEA LIST, Laurent MounierUniversité Grenoble Alpes, Marie-Laure PotetUniversité Grenoble Alpes DOI Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15:00 - 15:10 Demonstration | VeriAbs : Verification by Abstraction and Test Generation Mohammad AfzalTata Cosultancy Services, A AsiaTata Cosultancy Services, Avriti ChauhanTata Cosultancy Services, Bharti ChimdyalwarTata Consultancy Services, Priyanka DarkeTata Consultancy Services, Advaita DatarTata Consultancy Services Ltd, Shrawan KumarTata Cosultancy Services, R VenkateshTata Research Development and Design Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15:10 - 15:20 Demonstration | SGUARD: A Feature-based Clustering Tool for Effective Spreadsheet Defect Detection Da LiState Key Lab. for Novel Software Tech. and Dept. of Comp. Sci. and Tech., Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, Huiyan WangState Key Lab. for Novel Software Tech. and Dept. of Comp. Sci. and Tech., Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, Chang XuNanjing University, Ruiqing ZhangSearch Tech. Center Asia, Microsoft, Suzhou, China, Shing-Chi CheungDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Xiaoxing MaState Key Lab. for Novel Software Tech. and Dept. of Comp. Sci. and Tech., Nanjing University |
16:00 - 17:40: Papers - API and Renaming at Cortez 2&3 Chair(s): Massimiliano Di PentaUniversity of Sannio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:00 - 16:20 Talk | CodeKernel: A Graph Kernel based Approach to the Selection of API Usage Examples Xiaodong GuThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hongyu ZhangThe University of Newcastle, Sunghun KimHong Kong University of Science and Technology Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:20 - 16:40 Talk | Machine Learning Based Automated Method Name Recommendation: How Far Are We Lin Jiangbeijing university of posts and telecommunication, Hui LiuBeijing Institute of Technology, He JiangSchool of Software, Dalian University of Technology Link to publication Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:40 - 17:00 Talk | MARBLE: Mining for Boilerplate Code to Identify API Usability Problems Daye NamCarnegie Mellon University, Amber HorvathCarnegie Mellon University, Andrew MacveanGoogle, Inc., Brad MyersCarnegie Mellon University, Bogdan VasilescuCarnegie Mellon University Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:00 - 17:20 Talk | DIRE: A Neural Approach to Decompiled Identifier Renaming Jeremy LacomisCarnegie Mellon University, Pengcheng YinCarnegie Mellon University, Edward J. SchwartzCarnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute, Miltiadis AllamanisMicrosoft Research, Cambridge, Claire Le GouesCarnegie Mellon University, Graham NeubigCarnegie Mellon University, Bogdan VasilescuCarnegie Mellon University Pre-print Media Attached | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:20 - 17:40 Talk | Automatic Detection and Update Suggestion for Outdated API Names in Documentation Seonah LeeGyeongsang National University, Rongxin WuDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Shing-Chi CheungDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Sungwon KangKorea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Link to publication |
16:00 - 16:20 Talk | Predicting Licenses for Changed Source Code Xiaoyu LiuDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Southern Methodist University, Liguo HuangDept. of Computer Science, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 75205, Jidong GeState Key Laboratory for Novel Software and Technology, Nanjing University, Vincent NgHuman Language Technology Research Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75083-0688 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:20 - 16:40 Talk | Empirical evaluation of the impact of class overlap on software defect prediction Lina GongChina University of Mining and Technology, Shujuan JiangChina University of Mining and Technology, Rongcun WangChina University of Mining and Technology, Li JiangChina University of Mining and Technology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:40 - 17:00 Talk | Combining Program Analysis and Statistical Language Model for Code Statement Completion Son NguyenThe University of Texas at Dallas, Tien N. NguyenUniversity of Texas at Dallas, Yi LiNew Jersey Institute of Technology, USA, Shaohua WangNew Jersey Institute of Technology, USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:00 - 17:20 Talk | Balancing the trade-off between accuracy and interpretability in software defect prediction Toshiki MoriCorporate Software Engineering & Technology Center, Toshiba Corporation, Naoshi UchihiraSchool of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) Link to publication File Attached | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:20 - 17:40 Talk | Fine-grained just-in-time defect prediction Luca PascarellaDelft University of Technology, Fabio PalombaDepartment of Informatics, University of Zurich, Alberto BacchelliUniversity of Zurich Link to publication |
Thu 14 Nov
08:30 - 08:45 Awards | Student Research Competition Awards Ceremony | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
08:45 - 09:00 | ASE 2020 Announcement | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09:00 - 10:00 Talk | Automated Debug & Profiling of AAA Games Mathieu NayrollesUbisoft Montreal |
10:40 - 11:00 Talk | MAP-Coverage: a Novel Coverage Criterion for Testing Thread-Safe Classes Zan WangCollege of Intelligence and Computing, Tianjin University, Yingquan ZhaoCollege of Intelligence and Computing, Tianjin University, Shuang LiuCollege of Intelligence and Computing, Tianjin University, Jun SunSingapore Management University, Singapore, Xiang ChenSchool of Information Science and Technology, Nantong University, Huarui LinCollege of Intelligence and Computing, Tianjin University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:00 - 11:20 Talk | Automating Non-Blocking Synchronization In Concurrent Data Abstractions Jiange ZhangUniversity of Colorado Colorado Springs, Qing YiUniversity of Colorado Colorado Springs, Damian DechevUniversity of Central Florida Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:20 - 11:40 Talk | Automating CUDA Synchronization via Program Transformation Mingyuan WuSouthern University of Science and Technology, Lingming ZhangThe University of Texas at Dallas, Cong LiuEindhoven University of Technology, Shin Hwei TanSouthern University of Science and Technology, Yuqun ZhangSouthern University of Science and Technology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:40 - 12:00 Talk | Efficient Transaction-Based Deterministic Replay for Multi-threaded Programs Ernest Bota PobeeCity University of Hong Kong, Xiupei MeiCity University of Hong Kong, Wing-Kwong ChanCity University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:00 - 12:10 Demonstration | VeriSmart 2.0: Swarm-Based Bug-Finding for Multi-Threaded Programs with Lazy-CSeq Bernd FischerStellenbosch University, Salvatore La TorreUniversità degli Studi di Salerno, Gennaro ParlatoUniversity of Molise | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:10 - 12:20 Demonstration | ConVul: An Effective Tool for Detecting Concurrency Vulnerabilities Ruijie MengUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Biyun ZhuUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hao YunUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Haicheng LiUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yan CaiInstitute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zijiang YangWestern Michigan University |
10:40 - 12:20: Papers - Deep Models at Cortez 2&3 Chair(s): Nazareno AguirreDept. of Computer Science FCEFQyN, University of Rio Cuarto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10:40 - 11:00 Talk | Wuji: Automatic Online Combat Game Testing Using Evolutionary Deep Reinforcement LearningACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award Yan ZhengTianjin University, Xiaofei XieNanyang Technological University, Ting SuETH Zurich, Lei MaKyushu University, Jianye HaoTianjin University, Zhaopeng MengTianjin University, Yang LiuNanyang Technological University, Singapore, Ruimin ShenFuxi AI Lab in Netease, Yinfeng ChenFuxi AI Lab in Netease, Changjie FanFuxi AI Lab in Netease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:00 - 11:20 Talk | A Study of Oracle Approximations in Testing Deep Learning Libraries | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:20 - 11:40 Talk | Property Inference for Deep Neural Networks Divya GopinathCarnegie Mellon University, Hayes ConverseThe University of Texas at Austin, Corina S. PasareanuCarnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley, NASA Ames Research Center, Ankur TalyGoogle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:40 - 12:00 Talk | An Empirical Study towards Characterizing Deep Learning Development and Deployment across Different Frameworks and Platforms Qianyu GuoTianjin University, Sen ChenNanyang Technological University, Singapore, Xiaofei XieNanyang Technological University, Lei MaKyushu University, Qiang HuKyushu University, Japan, Hongtao LiuTianjin University, Yang LiuNanyang Technological University, Singapore, Jianjun ZhaoKyushu University, Li XiaohongTianJin University Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:00 - 12:10 Demonstration | DeepMutation++: a Mutation Testing Framework for Deep Learning Systems Qiang HuKyushu University, Japan, Lei MaKyushu University, Xiaofei XieNanyang Technological University, Bing YuKyushu University, Japan, Yang LiuNanyang Technological University, Singapore, Jianjun ZhaoKyushu University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:10 - 12:20 Demonstration | DeepHunter: A Coverage-Guided Fuzzer for Deep Neural Networks Xiaofei XieNanyang Technological University, Hongxu ChenNanyang Technological University, Yi LiNanyang Technological University, Lei MaKyushu University, Yang LiuNanyang Technological University, Singapore, Jianjun ZhaoKyushu University |
10:40 - 12:20: Papers - Refactoring and Software Production at Hillcrest Chair(s): Cyrille ArthoKTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10:40 - 11:00 Talk | RefBot: Intelligent Software Refactoring Bot Vahid AlizadehUniversity of Michigan, Mohamed Amine OualiUniversity of Michigan, Marouane KessentiniUniversity of Michigan, Meriem ChaterUniversity of Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:00 - 11:20 Talk | Automated Refactoring to Reactive Programming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:20 - 11:40 Talk | Trusted Software Supply Chain Kapil SingiAccenture, R.P. Jagadeesh Chandra BoseAccenture Labs, Sanjay PodderAccenture, Adam P. BurdenAccenture | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:40 - 12:00 Talk | A Journey Towards Providing Intelligence and Actionable Insights to Development Teams in Software Delivery Vibhu Saujanya SharmaAccenture Labs, Rohit MehraAccenture Labs, India, Sanjay PodderAccenture, Adam P. BurdenAccenture | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:00 - 12:10 Demonstration | Prema: A Tool for Precise Requirements Editing, Modeling and Analysis Yihao HuangEast China Normal University, Jincao FengEast China Normal University, Hanyue ZhengEast China Normal University, Jiayi ZhuEast China Normal University, Shang WangEast China Normal University, Siyuan JiangEastern Michigan University, Weikai MiaoShanghai Key Lab for Trustworthy Computing, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, East China Normal University, Geguang PuEast China Normal University&Shanghai Trusted Industrial Control Platform Co., Ltd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:10 - 12:20 Talk | Empirical Study of Programming to an Interface Benoît VerhaegheINRIA, Christopher FuhrmanÉcole de technologie supérieure, Nicolas AnquetilINRIA, Latifa GuerroujÉcole de Technologie Supérieure, Stéphane Ducasse INRIA Lille Pre-print Media Attached |
13:40 - 15:20: Papers - Models and Logs at Hillcrest Chair(s): Timo KehrerHumboldt-Universtität zu Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13:40 - 14:00 Talk | Statistical Log Differencing Lingfeng BaoInstitute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nimrod BusanyTel Aviv University, David LoSingapore Management University, Shahar MaozTel Aviv University Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14:00 - 14:20 Talk | Logzip: Extracting Hidden Structures via Iterative Clustering for Log Compression Jinyang LiuSun Yat-Sen University, Jieming ZhuHuawei Noah's Ark Lab, Shilin HeChinese University of Hong Kong, Pinjia HeETH Zurich, Zibin ZhengSun Yat-Sen University, Michael LyuThe Chinese University of Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14:20 - 14:40 Talk | Code-First Model-Driven Engineering: On the Agile Adoption of MDE Tooling Artur BoronatUniversity of Leicester | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14:40 - 15:00 Talk | Size and Accuracy in Model Inference Nimrod BusanyTel Aviv University, Shahar MaozTel Aviv University, Yehonatan YulazariTel Aviv University Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15:00 - 15:10 Demonstration | PMExec: An Execution Engine of Partial UML-RT Models Mojtaba BagherzadehQueen's University, Karim JahedQueen's University, Nafiseh KahaniQueen's University, Juergen DingelQueen's University, Kingston, Ontario Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15:10 - 15:20 Demonstration | mCUTE: A Model-level Concolic Unit Testing Engine for UML State Machines Reza AhmadiQueen's University, Karim JahedQueen's University, Juergen DingelQueen's University, Kingston, Ontario |
16:00 - 17:40: Papers - Emerging Domains at Cortez 1 Chair(s): Joshua GarciaUniversity of California, Irvine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:00 - 16:20 Talk | Improving the Decision-Making Process of Self-Adaptive Systems by Accounting for Tactic Volatility Jeffrey PalmerinoRochester Institute of Technology, Qi YuRochester Institute of Technology, Travis Desell University of North Dakota, Daniel KrutzRochester Institute of Technology Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:20 - 16:40 Talk | Learning-Guided Network Fuzzing for Testing Cyber-Physical System Defences Yuqi ChenSingapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Chris PoskittSingapore University of Technology and Design, Jun SunSingapore Management University, Singapore, Sridhar AdepuSingapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Fan ZhangZhejiang University, Zhejiang Lab, and Alibaba-Zhejiang University Joint Institute of Frontier Technologies, China Pre-print File Attached | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:40 - 17:00 Talk | Uncertainty-wise Test Case Generation and Minimization for Cyber-Physical Systems Man ZhangKristiania University, Shaukat AliSimula Research Lab, Tao YueNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics & Simula Research Laboratory Link to publication | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:00 - 17:20 Talk | Finding Trends in Software Research George MathewDepartment of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Amritanshu AgrawalWayfair, Tim MenziesNorth Carolina State University Link to publication | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:20 - 17:30 Demonstration | XRaSE: Towards Virtually Tangible Software using Augmented Reality Rohit MehraAccenture Labs, India, Vibhu Saujanya SharmaAccenture Labs, Vikrant KaulgudAccenture Labs, India, Sanjay PodderAccenture | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:30 - 17:40 Demonstration | MuSC: A Tool for Mutation Testing of Ethereum Smart Contract Zixin LiNanjing University, Haoran WuState Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University, Jiehui XuNanjing University, Xingya WangState Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University, Lingming ZhangThe University of Texas at Dallas, Zhenyu ChenNanjing University |
16:00 - 16:20 Talk | What is Wrong with Topic Modeling? (and How to Fix it Using Search-based Software Engineering) Amritanshu AgrawalWayfair, Wei FuDepartment of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Tim MenziesNorth Carolina State University Link to publication | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:20 - 16:40 Talk | Cautious Adaptation of Defiant Components Paulo MaiaState University of Ceará, Lucas VieiraState University of Ceará, Matheus ChagasState University of Ceará, Yijun YuThe Open University, UK, Andrea ZismanThe Open University, Bashar NuseibehThe Open University (UK) & Lero (Ireland) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:40 - 17:00 Talk | Better Development of Safety Critical Systems:Chinese High Speed Railway System Development Experience Report Zhiwei WuEast China Normal University, Jing LiuEast China Normal University, Xiang ChenCASCO Signal Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:00 - 17:20 Talk | Active Hotspot: An Issue-Oriented Model to Monitor Software Evolution and Degradation Qiong FengDrexel University, Yuanfang Cai Drexel University, Rick KazmanUniversity of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Di CuiXi'an Jiaotong University, Ting LiuXi'an Jiaotong University, Hongzhou FangDrexel University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:20 - 17:30 Talk | Automated Trainability Evaluation for Smart Software Functions Ilias GerostathopoulosTechnical University of Munich, Stefan KugeleTechnical University of Munich, Christoph SeglerBMW Group Research, New Technologies, Innovations, Tomas BuresCharles University, Czech Republic, Alois KnollTechnical University of Munich Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:30 - 17:40 Demonstration | Lancer: Your Code Tell Me What You Need Shufan ZhouSchool of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Beijun ShenSchool of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Hao ZhongShanghai Jiao Tong University |
16:00 - 17:40: Papers - Untangling and Merging at Cortez 2&3 Chair(s): Iftekhar AhmedUniversity of California at Irvine, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:00 - 16:20 Talk | The Impact of Structure on Software Merging: Semistructured versus Structured Merge Guilherme CavalcantiFederal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, Paulo BorbaFederal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, Georg SeibtUniversity of Passau, Sven ApelSaarland University Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:20 - 16:40 Talk | Semistructured Merge in JavaScript Systems Alberto Trindade TavaresFederal University of Pernambuco, Paulo BorbaFederal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, Guilherme CavalcantiFederal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, Sergio SoaresFederal University of Pernambuco Pre-print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16:40 - 17:00 Talk | CLCDSA: Cross Language Code Clone Detection using Syntactical Features and API Documentation Kawser NafiUniversity of Saskatchewan, Tonny Shekha KarUniversity of Saskatchewan, Canada, Banani RoyUniversity of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. RoyUniversity of Saskatchewan, Kevin SchneiderUniversity of Saskatchewan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:00 - 17:20 Talk | B2SFinder: Detecting Open-Source Software Reuse in COTS Software Muyue FengInstitute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zimu YuanInstitute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Feng LiInstitute of Computing Technology at Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Gu BanInstitute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yang XiaoInstitute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences & School of Cyber Security, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shiyang WangInstitute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qian TangInstitute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, He SuInstitute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chendong YuUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jiahuan XuInstitute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Aihua PiaoInstitute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jingling XueUNSW Sydney, Wei HuoInstitute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17:20 - 17:40 Talk | CoRA: Decomposing and Describing Tangled Code Changes for Reviewer Min WangPeking University, Zeqi LinMicrosoft Research, China, Yanzhen ZouPeking University, Bing XiePeking University |
Call for Papers
The IEEE/ACM Automated Software Engineering (ASE) Conference series is the premier research forum for automated software engineering. Each year, it brings together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to discuss foundations, techniques, and tools for automating the analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance of large software systems. ASE 2019 invites high quality contributions describing significant, original, and unpublished results.
Solicited topics include, but are not limited to:
- Automated reasoning techniques
- Component-based service-oriented systems
- Cloud computing
- Computer-supported cooperative work
- Configuration management
- Data mining for software engineering
- Domain modeling and meta-modeling
- Empirical software engineering
- Human-computer interaction
- Knowledge acquisition and management
- Mobile app development
- Maintenance and evolution
- Model-driven development
- Program synthesis & transformations, automated defect repair
- Program comprehension
- Reverse engineering and re-engineering
- Recommender systems for software engineering
- Requirements engineering
- Specification languages
- Software analysis
- Software architecture and design
- Software product line engineering
- Software visualization
- Software security and trust; data privacy
- Testing, verification, and validation
Three categories of submissions are solicited:
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Technical Research Papers should describe innovative research in automating software development activities or automated support to users engaged in such activities. They should describe a novel contribution to the field and should carefully support claims of novelty with citations to the relevant literature. Where a submission builds upon previous work of the author(s), the novelty of the new contribution must be clearly described with respect to the previous work but the author identity should not be revealed, i.e., prior work should be referenced in the third person, to reflect the double-blind review policy. Papers should also clearly discuss how the results were validated.
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Experience Papers should describe a significant experience in applying automated software engineering technology and should carefully identify and discuss important lessons learned, so that other researchers and/or practitioners can benefit from the experience. Of special interest are experience papers that report on industrial applications of automated software engineering.
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New Ideas Papers should describe novel research directions in automating software development activities or automated support to users engaged in such activities. New ideas submissions are intended to describe well-defined research ideas that are at an early stage of investigation and not fully validated, but are argued to be plausible.
SUBMISSION
Abstracts and papers must be submitted electronically through the ASE 2019 HotCRP submission site.
All submissions must be in PDF format and conform, at time of submission, to the IEEE Conference Proceedings Formatting Guidelines (title in 24pt font and full text in 10pt type, LaTeX users must use \documentclass[10pt,conference]{IEEEtran}
without including the compsoc
or compsocconf
option).
Papers submitted to ASE 2019 must not have been published elsewhere and must not be under review or submitted for review elsewhere when being considered for ASE 2019. Authors should be aware of the ACM Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism and the IEEE Plagiarism FAQ.
To check for double submission and plagiarism issues, the chairs reserve the right to (1) share the list of submissions with the PC Chairs of other conferences, affiliated with ACM or IEEE, with overlapping review periods and (2) use external plagiarism detection software, under contract to the ACM or IEEE, to detect violations of these policies.
Technical Research Papers and Experience Papers must not exceed 10 pages (including figures) plus up to 2 pages that contain ONLY references. Exceeding this limit will be grounds for rejection without review. Experience papers should contain the words “experience paper” in the abstract to ensure that they are evaluated in the right category.
New Ideas Papers must not exceed 4 pages (including figures AND references).
Supplementary material can be uploaded via the HotCRP site, but PC members have no obligation to look at the supplementary material.
ASE 2019 will again pursue a double-blind review process. If you have any questions, please see FAQs and/or contact the PC chairs at ase19-chairs@lip6.fr. Authors are encouraged to double check the conflicts of interest on their papers in HotCRP shortly after the submission deadline.
All submissions must be in English.
Submissions that do not adhere to these limits or that violate the formatting guidelines will be desk-rejected without review.
The authors are strongly encouraged to use the HotCRP format checker on their submissions. Note that the format checker is not perfect. In particular, it can complain about small fonts in figures, footnotes, or references. As long as the main text follows the requested format, and the figures are readable, the paper will not be rejected for format violations. If you have any concerns, please contact the program chairs at ase19-chairs@lip6.fr.
ACCEPTED PAPERS
We strongly encourage authors of accepted papers to archive the research artifacts, including code and data, associated with their ASE papers. Software Heritage (presented in a keynote at ASE 2018) requires only providing a URL to an existing archive: https://www.softwareheritage.org/2019/08/05/saving-and-referencing-research-software-in-software-heritage/ Other often used solutions, focusing on data, include Figshare (https://figshare.com/) and Zenodo (https://zenodo.org/).
For example, here is one webpage that describes how to release the data: https://ineed.coffee/5205/how-to-disclose-data-for-double-blind-review-and-make-it-archived-open-data-upon-acceptance/
Accepted Papers
FAQs on Double Blind
If you have questions not answered below, please contact the program chairs at ase19-chairs@lip6.fr
Q: Why Double Blind?
There are many reasons for a submission track to employ a double-blind review process – not the least being the considerable number of requests to do so from the community. For more information on motivation for double-blind reviewing, see Claire Le Goues’ very well argued, referenced, and evidenced blog posting in favor of double-blind review processes for Software Engineering conferences. See also a list of double-blind resources from Robert Feldt, as well as a more formal study of the subject by Moritz Beller and Alberto Bacchelli.
Q: How to prepare your paper for double-blind reviewing?
You must make every reasonable effort to honor the double-blind review process, but you do not need to guarantee that your identity is undiscoverable. The double-blind aspect of the review process is not to set up an adversarial identity-discovery process. Essentially, the guiding principle should be to maximize the number of people who could plausibly be authors, subject to the constraint that no change is made to any technical details of the work. Therefore, you should ensure that the reviewers are able to read and review your paper without needing to know who any of the authors are. Specifically, this involves at least adhering to the following three points:
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Omit all authors’ names and affiliations from the title page. If you have acknowledgements, do not mention any names or organizations.
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Refer to your own work in the third person. You should not change the names of your own previously published tools, approaches, or systems, because this would clearly compromise the review process; it would also violate the constraint that “no change is made to any technical details of the work”. Instead, refer to the authorship or provenance of tools, approaches, or systems in the third person, so that it is credible that another author could have written your paper.
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If possible, do not rely on supplementary material (your web site, your GitHub repository, your YouTube channel, a companion technical report or thesis) in the paper. Such material might reveal author identities. It is possible to post a link to an anonymous GitHub repository, but the repository should be checked carefully for any information that could reveal author identity, and it could be helpful to warn the reader that accessing the repository could reveal author identity. It is also possible to submit supplementary material with the paper, but again it is necessary to check the material carefully for anything that can reveal author identity.
Q: Can I disseminate non-blinded version of my submitted work by discussing it with colleagues, giving talks, publishing it at arXiv, etc.?
You can discuss and present your work that is under submission at small meetings (e.g., job talks, visits to research labs, a Dagstuhl or Shonan meeting), but you should avoid broadly advertising it in a way that reaches the reviewers even if they are not searching for it. For example, you should not discuss your work with members of the program committee, publicize your work on mailing lists or media that are widely shared and can reach the program committee, or post the submitted work on arXiv or a similar site just shortly before submitting to the conference. One option is to make a tech report at your institution, which allows someone to cite the work, if need be, like arXiv, but doesn’t have the same degree of visibility.
Q: I published a previous version of my work on arXiv or as a tech report at my institution. Do I need to cite it, and if so how?
A paper on arXiv or a tech report is not a publication. If there is a need to cite the old version because it contains some important information that is not in the submission, then the previous version can be cited anonymously, if a normal citation would reveal the names of the authors. If the submission completely subsumes the previous version, then there is no need to cite the previous version at all.
Q: I previously published an earlier version of this work elsewhere than arXiv. What should I do about citing that previous work?
If the previous work is published in a peer-reviewed venue, then it should be cited, but in the third person so that it is not revealed that the cited work and the submitted paper share one or more authors. This would include posters, but only if the poster is accompanied by a paper in the conference proceedings. Posters that are not represented in the proceedings can be ignored.
Q: What about a PhD or master’s thesis?
It’s perfectly fine to publish work arising from a PhD or master’s degree, and there’s no need to cite it in a submission that is undergoing double-blind review because prior dissertation publication does not compromise novelty. In the final camera-ready version of the paper, please do cite the dissertation to acknowledge its contribution.
In general, the guideline is that the author’s job is to ensure that the submission is readable and reviewable, without the reviewers needing to know the identities of the submission’s authors. You do not need to make it impossible for the reviewers to discover the authors’ identities. The referees will be trying hard not to discover the authors’ identities, so they will likely not be searching the web to check whether there is a tech report or other unpublished material related to this work.
This FAQ is based on guidelines for double-blind reviewing from ASE 2018 (http://www.ase2018.com/?p=author_instructions) and ICSE 2019 (https://2019.icse-conferences.org/track/icse-2019-Submitting-to-ICSE2019-Q-A).