New Agenda

For organizational reasons, the durations of some sessions have been changed. Also, a tentative schedule for the presentations had to be provided. Here it is:

9:00 - 9:30 Plenary Introduction


9:30 - 10:30 2 Parallel Sessions

Session 1A
Experts: Marcela Genero and Forrest Shull

Creating Predictive Models from Automated Static Analysis Alerts to Identify Vulnerability- and Attack-Prone Components
Michael Gegick, North Carolina State University, USA

Empirical Studies of a Flexible Method for Software Effort Estimation by Analogy
Jingzhou Li and Guenther Ruhe, University of Calgary, Canada


Session 2A
Experts: Letizia Jaccheri and James Miller

Where Top-down Process Improvement Meets the Bottom-up problems?
Eugenia Egorova, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative methods in Empirical Software Engineering
María Lázaro Gómez, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain


10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break


11:00 - 12:30 2 Parallel Sessions

Session 1B
Experts: Marcela Genero and Forrest Shull

Understanding the Role of Coordinating Mechanisms in Software Development Teams
Nils Brede Moe, SINTEF ICT, Norway


Proposal of a Review Process of Empirical Studies in Software Engineering
Anna Grimán Padua, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela

Preliminary Results for a Scale that Measures the Quality of Controlled Experiments in Computing and Health Informatics
Keith Lui, University of Western Sydney, Australia



Session 2B
Experts: Letizia Jaccheri and James Miller

Using Visual Metaphors Based on Metrics and Heuristics to Enhance Software Comprehension Activities
Glauco de Figueiredo Carneiro and Manoel Gomes de Mendonça Neto, Universidade Salvador, Brazil


Empirical Studies of Test Execution Effort Estimation Based on Test Characteristics and Risk Factors
Eduardo Aranha and Paulo Borba, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil


12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 15:00 2 Parallel Sessions

Session 1C
Experts: Marcela Genero and Forrest Shull

Agile Processes and Aspects of Innovation in Software-based New Product Development
Tor Erlend Fægri, SINTEF ICT, Norway


Software Engineering Processes under the Influence of Aesthetics and Art Projects
Salah Uddin Ahmed and Anna Trifonova, NTNU, Norway


Session 2C
Experts: Letizia Jaccheri and James Miller

Software Defect Prediction Modeling
Burak Turhan, Bogazici University, Turkey


Decision Support Input and Analysis of Late Architecture Changes
Byron J. Williams, Mississippi State University, USA



15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break


15:30 - 16:30 2 Parallel Sessions

Session 1D
Experts: Marcela Genero and Forrest Shull

Aggregation Process with Multiple Evidence Levels for Experimental Studies in Software Engineering
Enrique Fernández, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Discussion, lessons learned, and conclusions


Session 2D
Experts: Letizia Jaccheri and James Miller

The effects of Software Design Complexity on Defects in Open Source Systems
Normi Sham Awang Abu Bakar and Clive Boughton, Australian National University, Australia

Discussion, lessons learned, and conclusions



16:30 - 17:30 Plenary Conclusions