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ICSE 2019
Sat 25 - Fri 31 May 2019 Montreal, QC, Canada
Wed 29 May 2019 17:20 - 17:30 at Viger - SE Datasets, Research Infrastructure, and Methodology Chair(s): Rashina Hoda

A variety of research methods and techniques are available to SE researchers, and while several overviews exist, there is consistency neither in the research methods covered nor in the terminology used. Furthermore, research is sometimes critically reviewed for characteristics inherent to the methods. We adopt a taxonomy from the social sciences, termed here the ABC framework for SE research, which offers a holistic view of eight archetypal research strategies. ABC refers to the research goal that strives for generalizability over Actors (A) and precise measurement of their Behavior (B), in a realistic Context (C). The ABC framework uses two dimensions widely considered to be key in research design: the level of obtrusiveness of the research and the generalizability of research findings. We discuss metaphors for each strategy and their inherent limitations and potential strengths. We illustrate these research strategies in two key SE domains, global software engineering and requirements engineering, and apply the framework on a sample of 75 articles. Finally, we discuss six ways in which the framework can advance SE research.

Wed 29 May

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16:00 - 18:00
SE Datasets, Research Infrastructure, and MethodologyJournal-First Papers / New Ideas and Emerging Results / Demonstrations / Papers / Technical Track at Viger
Chair(s): Rashina Hoda The University of Auckland
16:00
20m
Talk
BugSwarm: Mining and Continuously Growing a Dataset of Reproducible Failures and FixesTechnical Track
Technical Track
Naji Dmeiri University of California, Davis, David A Tomassi University of California, Davis, Yichen Wang University of California, Davis, Antara Bhowmick University of California, Davis, Yen-Chuan Liu University of California, Davis, Prem Devanbu University of California, Bogdan Vasilescu Carnegie Mellon University, Cindy Rubio-González University of California, Davis
Pre-print
16:20
20m
Talk
DefeXts: A Curated Dataset of Reproducible Real-World Bugs for Modern JVM LanguagesDemos
Demonstrations
Samuel Benton The University of Texas at Dallas, Ali Ghanbari The University of Texas at Dallas, Lingming Zhang
16:40
10m
Talk
Open Collaborative Data – using OSS principles to share data in SW engineeringNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Per Runeson Lund University
16:50
10m
Talk
Leveraging Small Software Engineering Data Sets with Pre-trained Neural NetworksNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Andrea Janes , Romain Robbes Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
17:00
20m
Talk
ActionNet: Vision-based Workflow Action Recognition From Programming ScreencastsTechnical Track
Technical Track
Dehai Zhao , Zhenchang Xing Australia National University, Chunyang Chen Monash University, Xin Xia Monash University, Guoqiang Li Shanghai Jiao Tong University
17:20
10m
Talk
The ABC of Software Engineering ResearchJournal-First
Journal-First Papers
Klaas-Jan Stol University College Cork and Lero, Ireland, Brian Fitzgerald Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick
Link to publication DOI
17:30
10m
Talk
Mining Plausible Hypotheses from the Literature via Meta-AnalysisNIER
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Vladimir Ivanov , Giancarlo Succi Innopolis University, Jooyong Yi UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
17:40
10m
Talk
Analyzing Families of Experiments in SE: a Systematic Mapping StudyJournal-First
Journal-First Papers
Adrian Santos Parrilla , Omar Gomez Escuela Superior Politecnica de Chimborazo Riobamba, Natalia Juristo Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
17:50
10m
Talk
Discussion Period
Papers