CSDL - Proceedings I

Organizing Committee (PDF)

pp. x

Program Committee (PDF)

pp. xi

Steering Committee (PDF)

pp. xii

Evolving a Legacy Application Portfolio at Sallie Mae: Program Comprehension and Beyond (PDF)

Keynote Address

Robert S. Autor, SLM Corporation

pp. xiii

Program Redocumentation: Lessons Learned & Future Challenges (PDF)

Scott Tilley, Florida Institute of Technology

pp. xiv

Technical Session 1: Experimental Studies

What?s in a Name? A Study of Identifiers (Abstract)

Dawn Lawrie, Loyola College, Baltimore, MD

Christopher Morrell, Loyola College, Baltimore, MD

Henry Feild, Loyola College, Baltimore, MD

David Binkley, Loyola College, Baltimore, MD

pp. 3-12

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Building Usage Contexts During Program Comprehension (Abstract)

Chris Parnin, Georgia Institute of Technology

Carsten Gorg, Georgia Institute of Technology

pp. 13-22

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Digging the Development Dust for Refactorings (Abstract)

Curtis Schofield, University of Alberta, Canada

Brendan Tansey, University of Alberta, Canada

Zhenchang Xing, University of Alberta, Canada

Eleni Stroulia, University of Alberta, Canada

pp. 23-34

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Technical Session 2: Evolution

Classifying Change Types for Qualifying Change Couplings (Abstract)

Beat Fluri, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Harald C. Gall, University of Zurich, Switzerland

pp. 35-45

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Studying the Evolution of Software Systems Using Change Clusters (Abstract)

Jay Kothari, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Ali Shokoufandeh, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Spiros Mancoridis, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Ahmed E. Hassan, Blackberry Enterprise Software Research In Motion (RIM), Canada

pp. 46-55

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How Developers Copy (Abstract)

Mihai Balint, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania

Radu Marinescu, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania

Tudor Girba, University of Berne, Switzerland

pp. 56-68

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Technical Session 3: Short Papers

A Synergistic Approach to Program Comprehension (Abstract)

Bradley L. Vinz, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Letha H. Etzkorn, University of Alabama in Huntsville

pp. 69-73

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How Webmining and Coupling Metrics Improve Early Program Comprehension (Abstract)

Andy Zaidman, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Bart Du Bois, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Serge Demeyer, University of Antwerp, Belgium

pp. 74-78

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Programs are Knowledge Bases (Abstract)

Daniel Ratiu, Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany

Florian Deissenboeck, Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany

pp. 79-83

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Dynamic Analysis of Software Systems using Execution Pattern Mining (Abstract)

Hossein Safyallah, McMaster University, Canada

Kamran Sartipi, McMaster University, Canada

pp. 84-88

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Layered Program Auralization: Using Music to Increase Runtime Program Comprehension and Debugging Effectiveness (Abstract)

Andreas Stefik, Washington State University

Kelly Fitz, Washington State University

Roger Alexander, Washington State University

pp. 89-93

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Integrating Reverse Engineering Tools Using a Service-Sharing Methodology (Abstract)

Dean Jin, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

James R. Cordy, Queen?s University, Kingston, Canada

pp. 94-99

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An Architecture to Support Model Driven Software Visualization (Abstract)

R. Ian Bull, University of Victoria, Canada

Margaret-Anne Storey, University of Victoria, Canada

Jean-Marie Favre, University of Grenoble, France

Marin Litoiu, IBM, Markham Ontario

pp. 100-106

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Technical Session 4: Static Analysis

Using Abstraction-driven Slicing for Postmortem Analysis of Software (Abstract)

Raoul Jetley, North Carolina State University

Yi Zhang, North Carolina State University

S. Purushothaman Iyer, North Carolina State University

pp. 107-116

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Automated Extraction of Database Interactions in Web Applications (Abstract)

Minh Ngoc Ngo, Nanyang Technological University

Hee Beng Kuan Tan, Nanyang Technological University

Doanh Trinh, Accenture Technology Solutions, Singapore

pp. 117-126

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An Approach for Extracting Workflows from E-Commerce Applications (Abstract)

Ying Zou, Queen?s University, Canada

Maokeng Hung, Queen?s University, Canada

pp. 127-136

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Combining Probabilistic Ranking and Latent Semantic Indexing for Feature Identification (Abstract)

Denys Poshyvanyk, Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan

Andrian Marcus, Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan

Vaclav Rajlich, Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan

Yann-Gael Gu?heneuc, University of Montreal, Canada

Giuliano Antoniol, Ecole Polytechnique de Montr?al,Canada

pp. 137-148

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Technical Session 5: Quality Assessment

Leveraged Quality Assessment using Information Retrieval Techniques (Abstract)

Dawn J. Lawrie, Loyola College

Henry Feild, Loyola College

David Binkley, Loyola College

pp. 149-158

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A Metric-Based Heuristic Framework to Detect Object-Oriented Design Flaws (Abstract)

Mazeiar Salehie, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Shimin Li, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Ladan Tahvildari, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

pp. 159-168

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Identification of Design Roles for the Assessment of Design Quality in Enterprise Applications (Abstract)

Cristina Marinescu, University of Timisoara, Romania

pp. 169-180

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Technical Session 6: Dynamic Analysis

Summarizing the Content of Large Traces to Facilitate the Understanding of the Behaviour of a Software System (Abstract)

Abdelwahab Hamou-Lhadj, SITE, University of Ottawa

Timothy Lethbridge, SITE, University of Ottawa

pp. 181-190

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Dynamic Data Structure Analysis for Java Programs (Abstract)

Sokhom Pheng, McGill University, Canada

Clark Verbrugge, McGill University, Canada

pp. 191-201

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An Approach to High-Level Behavioral Program Documentation Allowing Lightweight Verification (Abstract)

Coen De Roover, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel

Isabel Michiels, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel

Kim Gybels, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel

Kris Gybels, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel

Theo D?Hondt, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel

pp. 202-211

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Profile-Based Approach to Support Comprehension of Software Behavior (Abstract)

Johannes Koskinen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland

Markus Kettunen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland

Tarja Systa, Tampere University of Technology, Finland

pp. 212-224

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Working Session 1 (Parallel)

The Sound of Software: Using Sonification to Aid Comprehension (Abstract)

Lewis Berman, University of Durham, UK

Sebastian Danicic, Goldsmiths College, London, UK

Keith Gallagher, University of Durham, UK

Nicolas Gold, Kings College London, UK

pp. 225-229

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Working Session 2 (Parallel)

Experimental Settings in Program Comprehension: Challenges and Open Issues (Abstract)

Giuseppe A. Di Lucca, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy

Massimiliano Di Penta, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy

pp. 229-234

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Working Session 3 (Parallel)

Working Session: Program Comprehension and Migration Strategies for Web Service and Service-Oriented Architectures (Abstract)

Dennis Smith, Software Engineering Institute, USA

Liam O?Brien, Lero-ISERC, Ireland

Kostas Kontogiannis, University of Waterloo, Canada

pp. 235-240

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Tool Demonstrations

The Cognitive Assignment Eclipse Plug-in (Abstract)

Brendan Cleary, University of Limerick, Ireland

Chris Exton, University of Limerick, Ireland

pp. 241-244

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INFORM: A Framework for Performance Informed Software Development (Abstract)

Aiden Grandfield, University of Limerick, Ireland

Chris Exton, University of Limerick, Ireland

pp. 245-247

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Evolution Storyboards: Visualization of Software Structure Dynamics (Abstract)

Dirk Beyer, EPFL, Switzerland

Ahmed E. Hassan, Research In Motion, Canada

pp. 248-251

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JIRiSS - an Eclipse plug-in for Source Code Exploration (Abstract)

Denys Poshyvanyk, Wayne State University

Andrian Marcus, Wayne State University

Yubo Dong, Wayne State University

pp. 252-255

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Alborz: An Interactive Toolkit to Extract Static and Dynamic Views of a Software System (Abstract)

Kamran Sartipi, McMaster University, Canada

Lingdong Ye, McMaster University, Canada

Hossein Safyallah, McMaster University, Canada

pp. 256-259

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Fluid Source Code Views (Abstract)

Michael Desmond, University of Limerick & University of Victoria

Margaret-Anne Storey, University of Victoria, Canada

Chris Exton, University of Limerick, Ireland

pp. 260-263

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JComp: A Reuse-Driven Componentization Framework for Java Applications (Abstract)

Shimin Li, University of Waterloo, Canada

Ladan Tahvildari, University of Waterloo, Canada

pp. 264-267

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Understanding Obfuscated Code (Abstract)

Matias Madou, Ghent University

Ludo Van Put, Ghent University

Koen De Bosschere, Ghent University

pp. 268-274

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Technical Session 7: Cognitive Approaches

A Context-Aware Analysis Scheme for Bloom's Taxonomy (Abstract)

Tara Kelly, Limerick Institute of Technology

Jim Buckley, University of Limerick

pp. 275-284

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Towards a Client Driven Characterization of Class Hierarchies (Abstract)

Petru Florin Mihancea, University of Timisoara, Romania

pp. 285-294

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Reverse Engineering Scripting Language Extensions (Abstract)

Daniel L. Moise, University of Alberta, Canada

Kenny Wong, University of Alberta, Canada

H. James Hoover, University of Alberta, Canada

Daqing Hou, Avra Software Lab. Inc.

pp. 295-306

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Technical Session 8: Traceability and Languages

Can Information Retrieval Techniques Effectively Support Traceability Link Recovery? (Abstract)

Andrea De Lucia, University of Salerno, Italy

Fausto Fasano, University of Salerno, Italy

Rocco Oliveto, University of Salerno, Italy

Genoveffa Tortora, University of Salerno, Italy

pp. 307-316

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Improving Comprehensibility of Source Code via Traceability Information: a Controlled Experiment (Abstract)

Andrea De Lucia, University of Salerno, Italy

Rocco Oliveto, University of Salerno, Italy

Francesco Zurolo, University of Salerno, Italy

Massimiliano Di Penta, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy

pp. 317-326

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Programmer-friendly Decompiled Java (Abstract)

Nomair A. Naeem, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Laurie Hendren, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

pp. 327-336

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Author Index

Author Index (PDF)

pp. 337