| THRUSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 | ||||||
| 8:30-9:00 | Opening | |||||
| 9:00-10:00 | Keynote address Chair: Natalia Juristo (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) A Critical Analysis of Empirical Research in Software Testing. L. Briand |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee break | |||||
| 10:30-12:30 | Experience Management Chair: () Proposal of a Complete Life Cycle In-Process Measurement Model Based on Evaluation of an In-Process Measurement Experiment Using a Standardized Requirement Definition Process. Y. Mitani, T. Matsumura, M. Barker, S. Tsuruho, K. Inoue, and K. Matsumoto Observing Software Testing Practice from the Viewpoint of Organizations and Knowledge Management. O. Taipale, K. Karhu, and K. Smolander Relevant Information Sources for Successful Technology Transfer: A Survey using Inspections as Example. A. Jedlitschka, M. Ciolkowski, C. Denger, B. Freimut, and A. Schlichting |
Empirical Studies of Testing and Validation Chair: () Assessing, Comparing, and Combining Statechart-based testing and Structural testing: An Experiment. S. Mouchawrab, L.C. Briand, and Y. Labiche Test Inspected Unit or Inspect Unit Tested Code? A. Gupta, and P. Jalote Defect Detection Efficiency: Test Case Based vs. Exploratory Testing. J. Itkonen, M.V. Mäntylä, and C. Lassenius Comparing Model Generated with Expert Generated IV&V Activity Plans. H. Nakao, and D. Port |
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| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | |||||
| 14:00-15:30 | Experimental Techniques and Infrastructure Chair: () Requirement and Design Trade-offs in Hackystat: An in-process software engineering measurement and analysis system. P. Johnson Tuning anonymity level for assuring high data quality: an empirical study. G. Canfora, and C.A. Visaggio Filtering, Robust Filtering, Polishing; Techniques for Addressing Quality in Software Data. G. Liebchen, M. Shepperd, M. Cartwright, B. Twala, and M. Stephens |
Effort Estimation Chair: () An Estimation Model for Test Execution Effort. E. Aranha, and P. Borba Cognitive Limits of Software Cost Estimation. R. Valerdi Impact Analysis of Missing Values on the Prediction Accuracy of Analogy-based Software Effort Estimation Method AQUA. J. Li, A. Al-Emran, and G. Ruhe |
Empirical Studies of Software Products Chair: () Static Members and Cycles in Java Software. H. Melton, and E. Tempero Usability Evaluation Based on Web Design Perspectives. T. Conte, J. Massollar, E. Mendes, and G.H. Travassos An Empirical Study of the Effects of Gestalt Principles on Diagram Understandability. K. Lemon, E.B. Allen, J.C. Carver, and G.L. Bradshaw |
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| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break | |||||
| 16:00-17:30 | Empirical Studies of Software Processes Chair: () A Comparative Study of Aspect-Oriented Requirements Engineering Approaches. A. Sampaio, P. Greenwood, A.F. Garcia, and A. Rashid Toward Reducing Fault Fix Time: Understanding Developer Behavior for the Design of Automated Fault Detection Tools. L. Layman, L. Williams, and R. St. Amant |
Quality and Defect Prediction Chair: () Measuring Impact of Adaptive Maintenance Process on Quality of Open-Source Software. D. Kozlov, J. Koskinen, J. Markkula, and M. Sakkinen The Effects of Over and Under Sampling on Fault-prone Module Detection. Y. Kamei, A. Monden, S. Matsumoto, T. Kakimoto, and K. Matsumoto Generalizing fault contents from a few classes. H. Scott, and P.M Johnson |
Short Papers: Software quality Chair: () An Approach to Global Sensitivity Analysis: FAST on COCOMO. S. Wagner An Approach to Outlier Detection of Software Measurement Data using the K-means Clustering Method. K. Yoon, O. Kwon, and D. Bae A cost effectiveness measure for software development. H. Erdogmus How Software Designs Decay: A Pilot Study of Pattern Evolution. C. Izurieta, and J.M. Bieman Estimating the Quality of Widely Used Software Products Using Software Reliability Growth Modeling: Case Study of an IBM Federated Database Project. P.L. Li, R. Nakagawa, and R. Montroy Correlation between bug notifications, messages and participants in Debian's bug tracking system. M. Pérez-Francisco, and P. Boronat-Pérez Investigating Test Teams' Defect Detection in Function Test. C. Andersson Comparison of Outlier Detection Methods on Fault-proneness Models. S. Matsumoto, Y. Kamei, A. Monden, and K. Matsumoto Talking tests: a Preliminary Experimental Study on Fit User Acceptance Tests. M. Torchiano, F. Ricca, and M. Di Penta |
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| FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 |
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| 9:00-10:00 | Keynote address Chair: Carolyn Seaman (University of Maryland-Baltimore County and Fraunhofer Center-Maryland, USA) Helping End-User Programmers "Engineer" Software: an Opportunity for Empirical Researchers. G. Rothermel |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee break | |||
| 10:30-12:30 | Performing Systematic Reviews Chair: () Developing Search Strategies for Detecting Relevant Experiments for Systematic Reviews. O. Dieste, and A. Griman Applying Systematic Reviews to Diverse Study Types: An Experience Report. T. Dybå, T. Dingsøyr, and G.K. Hanssen Using Context Distance Measurement to Analyze Results across Studies. D. Cruzes, M. Mendonça, V. Basili, F. Shull, and M. Jino A Visual Text Mining approach for Systematic Reviews. V. Malheiros, E. Höhn, R. Pinho, M. Mendonça, and J.C. Maldonado |
Empirical Studies of Agile Methods Chair: () Usage and Perceptions of Agile Software Development in an Industrial Context: An Exploratory Study. A. Begel, and N. Nagappan A Replicate Empirical Comparison Between Software Development with Inspection and Pair Development. M. Phongpaibul, and B. Boehm A Comparative Case Study on the Impact of Test-Driven Development on . Program Design and Test Coverage. M. Siniaalto, and P. Abrahamsson An Experimental Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Test-Driven Development. A. Gupta, and P. Jalote |
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| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | |||
| 14:00-15:30 | Software Metrics Chair: () Fine-Grained Software Metrics in Practice. M. English, J. Buckley, and T. Cahill Conceptual Differences Between Functional Size Measurement Methods. C. Gencel, and O. Demirors Evaluating Software Project Control Centers in Industrial Environments. M. Ciolkowski, J. Heidrich, J. Münch, F. Simon, and M. Radicke |
Effort Estimation in New Environments Chair: () Comparing Size Measures for Predicting Web Application Development Effort: A Case Study. S. Di Martino, F. Ferrucci, C. Gravino, and E. Mendes A Comparison of Techniques for Web Effort Estimation. E. Mendes Effort Prediction in Iterative Software Development Processes - Incremental Versus Global Prediction Models. P. Abrahamsson, R. Moser, W. Pedrycz, A. Sillitti, and G. Succi |
Short Papers: Empirical Research, Case Study Design and Surveys Chair: () A Survey of the Practice of Design - Code Correspondence amongst Professional Software Engineers. A. Nugroho, and M.R.V. Chaudron Assessing the Quality Impact of Design Inspections. C. Ackermann, F. Shull, R. Carbon, C. Denger, and M. Lindvall A Controlled Experiment on the Effects of Synchronicity in Remote Inspection Meetings. F. Calefato, F. Lanubile, and T. Mallardo A Survey of Enterprise Software Development Risks in a Global World. J.l Bhuta, S. Mallick, and S.V. Subrahmanya Checklists for Software Engineering Case Study Research. M. Höst, and P. Runeson Evidence relating to Object-Oriented software design: A survey. J. Bailey, D. Budgen, M. Turner, B. Kitchenham, P. Brereton, and S. Linkman A Snapshot of the State of Practice in Software Development for Medical Devices. C. Denger, R.L. Feldmann, M. Höst, C. Lindholm, and F. Shull GQM+Strategies - Aligning Business Strategies with Software Measurement. V. Basili, J. Heidrich, M. Lindvall, J. Munch, M. Regardie, and A. Trendowicz Automated Information Extraction from Empirical Software Engineering Literature: Is that possible? D. Cruzes, M. Mendon&ccecil;a, V. Basili, F. Shull and M. Jino |
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| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break | |||
| 16:00-17:30 | Software Data Mining Chair: () Mining Software Evolution to Predict Refactoring. J. Ratzinger, T. Sigmund, P. Vorburger, and H. Gall Using Software Dependencies and Churn Metrics to Predict Field Failures: An Empirical Case Study. N. Nagappan, and T. Ball Fault-Prone Filtering: Detection of Fault-Prone Modules Using Spam Filtering Technique. O. Mizuno, S. Ikami, S. Nakaichi, and T. Kikuno |
Homogeneity in Effort Estimation Chair: () Is This Cost Estimate Reliable? - The Relationship between Homogeneity of Analogues and Estimation Reliability. N. Ohsugi, A. Monden, N. Kikuchi, M.D. Barker, M. Tsunoda, T. Kakimoto, and K. Matsumoto Building Software Cost Estimation Models using Homogenous Data. R. Premraj, and T. Zimmermann Comparing Local and Global Software Effort Estimation Models - Reflections on a Systematic Review. S. G. MacDonell, and M.J. Shepperd |
Empirical Studies of Architecture Chair: () Characterizing Software Architecture Changes: An Initial Study. B.J. Williams, and J.C. Carver The Impact of Group Size on Software Architecture Evaluation: A Controlled Experiment. M. Ali Babar, and B. Kitchenham Evaluating the Usefulness and Ease of Use of a Groupware Tool for the Software Architecture Evaluation Process. M. Ali Babar, D. Winkler, and S. Biffl |
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