The 15th CREST Open Workshop 

Predictive Modelling and Search Based Software Engineering

  

Date: 24 - 25 October 2011

Venue: Engineering Front Executive Suite, Roberts Building, UCL (Directions, or 'C5' on the map here, or Find it on Google maps.)

 

There has been recent work concerning the relationships between Predictive Modelling and Search Based Software Engineering. Predictive models can also be used in the analysis and testing of software, helping to predict properties faults. Predictive models are not restricted merely to software prediction; there is widespread use of predictive models in the digital humanities and arts. This multidisciplinary workshop will draw together researchers working on predictive modelling with potential users of predictive models in the software engineering community and beyond. Software Engineering predictions are notoriously inaccurate, yet prediction is nevertheless highly important to provide effective support to Software Engineering managers. Fortunately, there has been much recent progress in improving predictive models. The workshop will focus on developing a research agenda that understands and exploits the potential interlay between predictive modelling, search based software engineering and applications in software engineering and beyond. 

  

Keynote speakers: Tim Menzies, West Virginia University, USA

Programme: (Downloadable Programme in PDF)

                                                   +++++++++24 October – DAY 1+++++++++

 

10:00     Arrival, Coffee and Pastries

10:30     Welcome and Introductions (Slides, Video)

              Mark Harman, CREST Centre, SSE Group, Department of Computer Science UCL, UK

11:30     Keynote

              S.P.A.C.E. Exploration for Software Engineering (Slides_1 or 2, Video_1, 2, 3)

              Tim Menzies, Lane Department of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University, USA

12:30     Discussion

13:00     Sandwich lunch at the venue

14:00     Session 1- Chair: Shin Yoo, CREST Centre, SSE Group, UCL, UK

              Software Quality: Moving Research To Practice (Slides, Video)

              Ahmed E. Hassan, School of Computing, Queen's University, Canada

              Failure-prediction in Practice: Lessons Learned (Slides, Video)

              Nachi Nagappan, Microsoft Research, USA

              Speculative Analysis: Exploring Future States of Software (Slides, Video)

              Yuriy Brun, Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington, USA

15:30     Refreshments

16:00     Session 2 – Chair: Mark Harman, CREST Centre, SSE Group, UCL, UK

17:00     Working session: SBSE, metrics and models: collaborations, connections and opportunities

18:00     End of day 1

              Light Dinner at Marlborough Arms

                                             +++++++++25 October – Day 2+++++++++

 

9:00     Arrival, Coffee and Pastries

9:30     Session 3 – Chair: David Clark, CREST Centre, SSE Group, UCL, UK

            Impromptu: Tutorial on Search Based Software Engineering (Slides, Video)

            Mark Harman, CREST Centre, SSE Group, Department of Computer Science UCL, UK

            Causal Models for Better Fault Localisation (Slides, Video)

            George K. Baah, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

            Using Information Theory to Guide Fault Localisation (Slides, Video_1, Video_2)

            Shin Yoo, CREST Centre, SSE Group, Department of Computer Science, UCL, UK

11:00   Refreshments

11:30   Session 4 – Chair: Yuanyuan Zhang, Department of Computer Science, UCL, UK

            Search-based techniques metric definition to identify defective classes (Slides, Video)

            Segla Kpodjedo, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada

            Subgroup Discovery for Defect Prediction (Slides)      

            Rachel Harrison, Oxford Brookes University, UK

            Cost estimation result consistency: Implications for SBSE (Slides, Video)

            Marc Roper, Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, UK

13:00    Sandwich lunch at the venue

14:00    Session 5 – Chair: Elaine J. Weyuker, AT&T Labs Research, USA

             Real-World Challenges in Building Accurate Software Fault Prediction Models (Slides, Video)

             Cagatay Catal, TUBITAK-BILGEM (Research Council of TURKEY), Turkey

             Software quality prediction (Slides, Video)

             Stefan Wagner, Institute of Softwaretechnology, University of Stuttgart, Germany

             Early Failure Prediction in Feature Request Management Systems (Slides (PDF, KEY) Video)

             Camilo Fitzgerald, SSE Group, Department of Computer Science, UCL, UK

15:30    Refreshments

16:00    Keynote

             Refections and Perspectives on Predictive Modelling in Industry (Slides (PDF, PPTX))

             Thomas J. Ostrand, AT&T Labs Research, USA

17:00    Discussion

17:30    Wrap-up

18:00    Close

 

Note: 

At the COW, the recent systematic review by Hall, Beecham, Bowes, Gray and Counsell was discussed at some length. Those who are interested in this review can obtain the full text of this paper, at no charge, from the BURA archive here, the COW archive, or http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSE.2011.103. 

Photos: (Credit: Shin Yoo, Jian Ren)

 

   

   

  

  

  

 

This workshop is supported by the following sponsors:

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR THIS WORKSHOP

 

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