The 52nd CREST Open Workshop - Predictive Models in Software Engineering: Measures, Models and Benchmarks

Date: 27th and 28th March 2017

Venue: G01, 66-72 Gower Street, University College London, WC1E 6EA 

Overview:

Predictive modelling is the practice of exploiting information from past event in order to determine patterns and predict future outcomes and trends with an acceptable level of reliability. Applied to Software Engineering (SE), predictive modelling is used to estimate software project cost, risk, and quality, but also to analyse historical data in order to better understand software processes, products, and customers. 

This workshop will bring together world leading researchers and practitioners interested in measures, models, and benchmarks for predictive systems to discuss the latest achievements in various SE tasks and to explore enhanced applications of predictive modelling for adaptive software products and processes.

Speakers:

Ahmed E. Hassan, Queen's University Kingston, Canada

“Best Practices and Pitfalls When Building Analytical Models”

Anandi Hira, University of Southern California, USA

“Function Point Analysis for Software Maintenance”

Barbara Kitchenam, Keele University, United Kingdom 

"Back to Basics  - The 4R's of Software Estimation"

Charles Symons, COSMIC, London, UK

"Successful estimating from requirements using COSMIC FSM" 

Emad Shihab, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

“Predicting crashing releases of mobile applications“

Federica Sarro, University College London, United Kingdom

“Human-Competitive Results in Software Effort Estimation"

Malekanaz Nayebi, University of Calgary, Canada

“Crowdsourced Exploration of Mobile App Features”

Mei Nagappan, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada 

“How the diversity in software bugs impacts bug prediction research?”

Mike Papadakis, Luxembourg University, Luxembourg

“Vulnerability Prediction Models: A Case Study on the Linux Kernel”

Tim Menzies, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA 

 “Analytics Without SBSE Considered Harmful”

Tracy Hall, Department of Computer Science, Brunel University, London, UK

“Mutation-Aware Fault Prediction”

Walid Maalej, University of Hamburg, Germany 

 “Using contexts similarity to predict relationships between tasks"

Xin Xia, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

“Automated Bug Report Field Reassignment and Refinement Prediction”

Yasutaka kamei, Kyushu University, Japan

“Defect Prediction: Accomplishments and Future Challenges"

Schedule

Day 1 (27th March)

10.30 Pastries

11:00: Welcome and Introductions - Federica Sarro (Videos: 480p, 720p)

11:30: Back to Basics  - The 4R's of Software Estimation - Barbara Kitchenham, Keele University, United Kingdom (Slides, Videos: 480p, 720p)

12:00: Defect Prediction: Accomplishments and Future Challenges - Yasutaka Kamei, Kyushu University, Japan (Slides, Videos: 480p, 720p)

12:30: Lunch

13:45: Analytics Without SBSE Considered Harmful -  Tim Menzies, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA (Slides, Videos: 480p, 720p)

14:15: Using contexts similarity to predict relationships between tasks - Walid Maalej, University of Hamburg, Germany 

14:45: Successful estimating from requirements using COSMIC FSM - Charles Symons, designer of MkII Function Point Analysis and co-Founder of COSMIC, London, UK (Slides, Videos: 480p, 720p)

15:30: Break 

16:00: Predicting crashing releases of mobile applications - Emad Shihab, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada  (Slides, Videos: 480p, 720p)

16:30: Crowdsourced Exploration of Mobile App Features - Malekanaz Nayebi, University of Calgary, Canada 

17:00: Wrap up

17.15: Close

18:00: Dinner

Day 2 (28th March)

10.30: Pastries

11:00: Best Practices and Pitfalls When Building Analytical Models - Ahmed E. Hassan, Queen's University Kingston, Canada

11:30: How the diversity in software bugs impacts bug prediction research? - Mei Nagappan, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (Videos: 480p, 720p)

12:00: Mutation-Aware Fault Prediction - Tracy Hall, Department of Computer Science, Brunel University, London, UK (Slides, Videos: 480p, 720p)

12:30: Lunch

14:00: Function Point Analysis for Software Maintenance - Anandi Hira, University of Southern California, USA (Slides, Videos: 480p, 720p)

14:30: Human-Competitive Results in Software Effort Estimation - Federica Sarro, University College London, United Kingdom

15:00: Break

15.45: Automated Bug Report Field Reassignment and Refinement Prediction - Xin Xia, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (Slides, Videos: 480p, 720p)

16:15: Vulnerability Prediction Models: A Case Study on the Linux Kernel - Mike Papadakis, Luxembourg University, Luxembourg  (Slides, Videos: 480p, 720p)

16:45: Wrap up

17:00: Close

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This workshop is supported by the following sponsors:

Registered attendees:

1. Matheus Paixao, CREST Centre, SSE Group, Department of Computer Science, UCL, UK

22. Chaiyong Ragkhitwetsagul, CREST Centre, SSE Group, Department of Computer Science, UCL, UK

23. DongGyun Han, CREST Centre, SSE Group, Department of Computer Science, UCL, UK

24. Jean Petric, Department of Computer Science, Brunel University, London, UK

25. Christian Colombo, University of Malta, Malta 

26. Stephen Cullum, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, UK 

27. Andrea Solda, Department of Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy

28. Mark Micallef, University of Malta, Malta 

29. Marinos Kintis, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security Reliability and Trust (SnT), University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

30. Paolo Falcarin, SSE, University of East London, UK

31. Shareeful Islam, School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering, University of East London

32. Zaheed Mahmood, Center for Computer Science and Informatics Research, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK

33. Serkan Kirbas, Bloomberg 

34. Emmanuel Letier, SSE Group, Department of Computer Science, UCL, UK

35. Saheed Busari, SSE Group, Department of Computer Science, UCL, UK

36. Afnan A. Al-Subaihin, CREST Centre, SSE Group, Department of Computer Science, UCL, UK

37. Carlos Gavidia, CREST Centre, SSE Group, Department of Computer Science, UCL, UK

38. Sultan M Al Khatib, School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK

39. Jimenez Matthieu, SnT, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

40. Nassim Seghir, CREST Centre, SSE Group, Department of Computer Science, UCL, UK

41. David White, CREST Centre, SSE Group, Department of Computer Science, UCL, UK

42. Nemitari Ajienka, Department of Computer Science, Brunel University, London, UK

43. Zirak Allaf, School of Computing, University of Portsmouth, UK 

44. Lingbo Li, CREST Centre, SSE Group, Department of Computer Science, UCL, UK

45. Justyna Petke, CREST Centre, SSE Group, Department of Computer Science, UCL, UK

46. Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB

47. Charles Symons, COSMIC, London, UK 

48. Giovani Guizzo, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil 

49. Walid Maalej, University of Hamburg, Germany 

50. Leandro Minku, University of Leicester, UK 

51. Huayao Wu, National Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University, China