Information and Software Technology

Code review is effective and widely used, yet still time-consuming. Especially, in large-scale software systems, developers may forget to change other related functions that must be changed together (aka. co-changes). This may increase ...

Logs record rich information that can help operators diagnose system failure [1]. Analyzing logs in log streams can expedite the diagnostic process and effectively mitigate the impact of failures. Log parsing is a prerequisite for automated log ...

Software architecture has been shown to provide an appropriate level of granularity for representation of a managed software system and reasoning about the impact of adaptation choices on its properties. Software architecture-based adaptability ...

Human-centric software design and development prioritises the way users prefer to complete their jobs, rather than expecting users to adapt to the software. Software users can have different genders, ages, cultures, languages, ...

• We explore “human-centric defects” in software caused by end-user human differences.
• We describe results from a survey of 50 and detailed interviews of 10 practitioners.
• We provide key recommendations for SE practitioners to ...

The boom of Android market makes mobile products more popular and convenient. However, in the face of the complex Android application market, how to efficiently and accurately identify malware has become one of the focuses of research. ...

• DCM-GIFT integrates the features of different structures through gray-scale image and N-gram technology.
• DCM-GIFT achieves automated classification and image visualization processes in most network traffic environments.
• DCM-GIFT ...

GitHub has introduced a new gamification element through personal achievements, whereby badges are unlocked and displayed on developers’ personal profile pages in recognition of their development activities.

In this paper, ...

• Most badges do not reliably signal developers’ skills or dispositions.
• Starstruck badge shows strong correlation with developer popularity.
• Developers are skeptical about badges’ ability to reflect their attributes and skills.
• ...

Most research in software clustering and remodularisation typically concludes by recommending the refactoring operations without further insight into the practicality of the proposed technique. Developers might be hesitant to follow ...

Test case generation is a critical yet challenging task in software development. Recently, AthenaTest – a Deep Learning (DL) approach for generating unit test cases has been proposed. However, our revisiting study reveals that AthenaTest ...

Systematic Literature Reviews (SLR) have been recognized as an important research method for summarizing evidence in Software Engineering (SE). At the same, SLR still presents several problems, such as the high resource consumption (...

For many years, Guenther Ruhe was a fellow of the International Software Product Management Association, playing an important role in shaping the academic and practical landscapes of Software Product Management (SPM). This editorial note honors ...

Software development organizations are composed of people working together towards a common goal. These people are connected in networks. The effectiveness of these networks seems like it would be an essential consideration for the ...

Agile methodology has emerged as a fundamental framework guiding software development projects, emphasizing values and principles for achieving successful project outcomes. Despite the widespread recognition of the importance of agile ...