CSDL - 13th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE 2006) - Table of Contents

2006 13th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (2006)

Benevento, Italy

Oct. 23, 2006 to Oct. 27, 2006

ISSN: 1095-1350

ISBN: 0-7695-2719-1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Additional reviewers (PDF)

pp. xiv

Bits of History, Challenges for the Future and Autonomic Computing Technology (Abstract)

Hausi A. Muller , University of Victoria, Canada

pp. 9-18

Introduction

Message from the General Chair (PDF)

pp. ix

An Industrial Case Study of Program Artifacts Viewed During Maintenance Tasks (Abstract)

Lijie Zou , University of Waterloo, Canada

Michael W. Godfrey , University of Waterloo, Canada

pp. 71-82

Introduction

Organizing Committee (PDF)

pp. xi

Steering Committee (PDF)

pp. xii

Program Committee (PDF)

pp. xiii

Additional Reviewers (PDF)

pp. xiv

Keynotes

The Experimental Paradigm in Reverse Engineering: Role, Challenges, and Limitations (Abstract)

Lionel C. Briand , Carleton University, Canada

pp. 3-8

Bits of History, Challenges for the Future and Autonomic Computing Technology (Abstract)

Hausi A. M? , University of Victoria, Canada

pp. 9-18

Session I--Empirical Studies

"Cloning Considered Harmful" Considered Harmful (Abstract)

Cory Kapser , University of Waterloo, Canada

Michael W. Godfrey , University of Waterloo, Canada

pp. 19-28

A common framework for aspect mining based on crosscutting concern sorts (Abstract)

Marius Marin , Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Leon Moonen , Delft Univ. of Technology & CWI, The Netherlands

Arie van Deursen , Delft Univ. of Technology & CWI, The Netherlands

pp. 29-38

Understanding Software Architectures by Visualization--An Experiment with Graphical Elements (Abstract)

Jens Knodel , Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE), Germany

Dirk Muthig , Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE), Germany

Matthias Naab , Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE), Germany

pp. 39-50

Session II--Program Comprehension

QUARK: Empirical Assessment of Automaton-based Specification Miners (Abstract)

David Lo , National University of Singapore, Singapore

Siau-Cheng Khoo , National University of Singapore, Singapore

pp. 51-60

An Orchestrated Multi-view Software Architecture Reconstruction Environment (Abstract)

Kamran Sartipi , McMaster University, Canada

Nima Dezhkam , McMaster University, Canada

Hossein Safyallah , McMaster University, Canada

pp. 61-70

Animated Visualization of Software History using Evolution Storyboards (Abstract)

Dirk Beyer , EPFL, Switzerland

Ahmed E. Hassan , University of Victoria, Canada

pp. 199-210

Discovering Organizational Aspects from the Source Code History Log during the Product Line Planning Phase--A Case Study (Abstract)

Dharmalingam Ganesan , Fraunhofer Institute, Germany

Dirk Muthig , Fraunhofer Institute, Germany

Jens Knodel , Fraunhofer Institute, Germany

Kentaro Yoshimura , Hitachi Europe Automotive R&D Lab, France

pp. 211-220

Session III--Concept and Feature Location

On Computing the Canonical Features of Software Systems (Abstract)

Jay Kothari , Drexel University, USA

Trip Denton , Drexel University, USA

Spiros Mancoridis , Drexel University, USA

Ali Shokoufandeh , Drexel University, USA

pp. 93-102

An Empirical Study of Executable Concept Slice Size (Abstract)

David Binkley , Loyola College, USA

Nicolas Gold , King?s College London, United Kingdom

Mark Harman , King?s College London, United Kingdom

Zheng Li , King?s College London, United Kingdom

Kiarash Mahdavi , King?s College London, United Kingdom

pp. 103-114

Session IV--Migration towards SOA

A Service-Oriented Componentization Framework for Java Software Systems (Abstract)

Shimin Li , University of Waterloo, Canada

Ladan Tahvildari , University of Waterloo, Canada

pp. 115-124

Reverse Engineering of System Interfaces A Report from the Field (Abstract)

Harry M. Sneed , ANECON GmbH, Germany

Stephan H. Sneed , ANECON GmbH, Germany

pp. 125-133

A UML-based Approach for Abstracting Application Interfaces to REST-like Services (Abstract)

Markku Laitkorpi , Nokia Research Center, Finland

Johannes Koskinen , Tampere University of Technology, Finland

Tarja Systa , Tampere University of Technology, Finland

pp. 134-146

Monitoring Requirements Coverage using Reconstructed Views: An Industrial Case Study (Abstract)

Marco Lormans , Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Hans-gerhard Gross , Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Arie Van Deursen , Delft University of Technology and CWI, Netherlands

Rini Van Solingen , LogicaCMG and Drenthe University, Netherlands

Andre Stehouwer , LogicaCMG, Netherlands

pp. 275-284

Session V--Data Reverse Engineering

Data Reverse Engineering using System Dependency Graphs (Abstract)

Anthony Cleve , University of Namur, Belgium

Jean Henrard , ReveR S.A., Belgium

Jean-Luc Hainaut , University of Namur, Belgium

pp. 157-166

Extracting Output Formats from Executables (Abstract)

Junghee Lim , University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Thomas Reps , University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Ben Liblit , University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

pp. 167-178

Session VI--Visualizing Software Evolution

EvoGraph: A Lightweight Approach to Evolutionary and Structural Analysis of Large Software Systems (Abstract)

Michael Fischer , University of Zurich, Switzerland

Harald Gall , University of Zurich, Switzerland

pp. 179-188

Reverse Engineering with Logical Coupling (Abstract)

Marco D?Ambros , University of Lugano, Switzerland

Michele Lanza , University of Lugano, Switzerland

pp. 189-198

Animated Visualization of Software History using Evolution Storyboards (Abstract)

Dirk Beyer , EPFL, Switzerland

Ahmed E. Hassan , University of Victoria, Canada

pp. 199-210

Session VII--Mining Software Repositories

Discovering Organizational Aspects from the Source Code History Log during the Product Line Planning Phase--A Case Study (Abstract)

Dharmalingam Ganesan , Fraunhofer Institute, Germany

Dirk Muthig , Fraunhofer Institute, Germany

Jens Knodel , Fraunhofer Institute, Germany

Kentaro Yoshimura , Hitachi Europe Automotive R&D Lab, France

pp. 211-220

Extracting Change-patterns from CVS Repositories (Abstract)

Salah Bouktif , Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada

Yann-Gael Gueheneuc , University of Montreal, Canada

Giuliano Antoniol , University of Sannio, Italy

pp. 221-230

Pattern-based Reengineering of Software Systems (Abstract)

Matthias Meyer , University of Paderborn, Germany

pp. 305-306

Session VIII--Program Analysis

Extracting Facts from Perl Code (Abstract)

Daniel L. Moise , University of Alberta, Canada

Kenny Wong , University of Alberta, Canada

pp. 243-252

Quality Assessment of Enterprise Software Systems (Abstract)

Cristina Marinescu , University of Timisoara, Romania

pp. 309-310

Session VIII--Program Analysis

Refactoring Detection based on UMLDiff Change-Facts Queries (Abstract)

Zhenchang Xing , University of Alberta, Canada

Eleni Stroulia , University of Alberta, Canada

pp. 263-274

Industrial Track

Monitoring Requirements Coverage using Reconstructed Views: An Industrial Case Study (Abstract)

Marco Lormans , Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Hans-Gerhard Gross , Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Arie van Deursen , Delft University of Technology and CWI, Netherlands

Rini van Solingen , LogicaCMG and Drenthe University, Netherlands

Andr?e Stehouwer , LogicaCMG, Netherlands

pp. 275-284

How Outsourcing Affects the Quality of Mission Critical Software (Abstract)

Andrea Capiluppi , University of Lincoln, UK

Jamie Millen , University of Lincoln, UK

Cornelia Boldyreff , University of Lincoln, UK

pp. 285-287

Reverse Engineering in Support of Litigation: Experiences in an Adversarial Environment (Abstract)

Anthony Cox , Dalhousie University, Canada

Trevor Smedley , Dalhousie University, Canada

pp. 288-292

Tool Demonstrations

MELIS: an Eclipse Based Environment for the Migration of Legacy Systems to the Web (PDF)

Massimo Colosimo , Universit? di Salerno, Italy

Andrea De Lucia , Universit? di Salerno, Italy

Giuseppe Scanniello , Universit? di Salerno, Italy

Genoveffa Tortora , Universit? di Salerno, Italy

pp. 293-294

PODoJA: Packaging Optimizer for Downloadable Java Applications (PDF)

Thierry Bodhuin , University of Sannio, Italy

pp. 295-296

CPP2XMI: Reverse Engineering of UML Class, Sequence, and Activity Diagrams from C++ Source Code (PDF)

E. Korshunova , Laboratory for Quality Software, Netherlands

M. Petkovic , Laboratory for Quality Software, Netherlands

M.G.J. van den Brand , Laboratory for Quality Software, Netherlands

M.R. Mousavi , Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands

pp. 297-298

FINT: Tool Support for Aspect Mining (PDF)

Marius Marin , Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Leon Moonen , Delft Univ. of Technology & CWI, The Netherlands

Arie van Deursen , Delft Univ. of Technology & CWI, The Netherlands

pp. 299-300

PhD Symposium

On the Use of Process Trails to Understand Software Development (PDF)

Luigi Cerulo , University of Sannio, Italy

pp. 303-304

Pattern-based Reengineering of Software Systems (PDF)

Matthias Meyer , University of Paderborn, Germany

pp. 305-306

Concept and implementation of the programming language and translator, for embedded systems, based on machine code decompilation and equivalence between source and executable code (PDF)

Samir Ribic , Elektrotehnicki fakultet, Bosnia and Herzegovina

pp. 307-308

Quality Assessment of Enterprise Software Systems (PDF)

Cristina Marinescu , University of Timisoara, Romania

pp. 309-310

Workshops

Code Based Software Security Assessments (PDF)

Leon Moonen , Delft Univ. of Technology & CWI, The Netherlands

Spiros Mancoridis , Drexel University, USA

pp. 313

Empirical Studies in Reverse Engineering (PDF)

Marco Torchiano , Politecnico di Torino, Italy

pp. 314

Program COmprehension through Dynamic Analysis (PDF)

Andy Zaidman , Delft Univ. of Technology, The Netherlands; University of Antwerp, Belgium

Orla Greevy , Univ. of Bern, Switzerland

Abdelwahab Hamou-Lhadj , University of Ottawa, Canada

pp. 315

Design Pattern Detection for Reverse Engineering (PDF)

Francesca Arcelli , Univ. Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Claudia Raibulet , Univ. Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Yann-Ga?l Gu?h?neuc , Univ. of Montr?al, Canada

Giuliano Antoniol , Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada

Jason McC Smith , IBM Watson Research, USA

pp. 316

Tutorial

Case Studies for Reverse Engineers (PDF)

Susan Elliott Sim , University of California, Irvine, USA

pp. 319

IEEE International Astrenet Aspect Analysis (AAA) Workshop

Workshop Introduction Astrenet Aspect Analysis (PDF)

Mark Harman , King?s College London, UK

Sue Black , London South Bank University, UK

Paolo Tonella , ITC-irst, Italy

pp. 323

An Analysis of the Correctness and Completeness of Aspect Weaving (Abstract)

Gunter Kniesel , Universitat Bonn, Germany

Uwe Bardey , Deutsche Post ITSolutions GmbH, Germany

pp. 324-333

Mining Control Flow Graphs for Crosscutting Concerns (Abstract)

Jens Krinke , FernUniversitat, Germany

pp. 334-342

Author Index

Author Index: WCRE 2006 (PDF)

pp. 343