17th IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation

Research Track Accepted Papers

Engineering Track Accepted Papers

Call for Research Track Papers

The 17th IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM 2017) aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working on theory, techniques, and applications that concern analysis and/or manipulation of the source code of software systems. The term "source code" refers to any fully executable description of a software system, such as machine code, (very) high-level languages, and executable graphical representations of systems. The term "analysis" refers to any (semi-)automated procedure that yields insight into source code, while "manipulation" refers to any automated or semi-automated procedure that takes and returns source code. While much attention in the wider software engineering community is directed towards other aspects of systems development and evolution, such as specification, design, and requirements engineering, it is the source code that contains the only precise description of the behavior of a system. Hence, the analysis and manipulation of source code remains a pressing concern for which SCAM 2017 solicits high quality paper submissions.

Covered Topics and Paper Formats

We welcome submission of papers that describe original and significant work in the field of source code analysis and manipulation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• static and dynamic program analysis
• repository, revision and change analysis
• automated testing, abstract interpretation, verification
• program transformation, slicing and refactoring
• software quality, energy-efficiency, and security
• source-level metrics and bad smells
• clone and bug detection and prediction
• concern and feature localization and mining
• ...

SCAM explicitly solicits results from any theoretical or technological domain that can be applied to these and similar topics. Submitted papers should describe original, unpublished, and significant work and must not have been previously accepted for publication nor be concurrently submitted for review in another journal, book, conference, or workshop. Papers must not exceed 10 pages including all text, references, appendices and figures and must conform to the IEEE proceedings paper format guidelines and must be clearly marked as a research paper. Templates in Latex and Word are available on IEEE's website. All submissions must be in English.

The papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format via EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=scam2017. submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the program committee, judging the paper on its novelty, quality, importance, evaluation, and scientific rigor. If the paper is accepted, at least one author must attend the conference and present the paper.

SCAM 2017 also features an engineering paper track for papers that report on the design and implementation of tools for source code analysis and manipulation.

Proceedings

Special Issue

Important Dates for Research Papers

• Abstract Deadline: June 15, 2017
• Paper Deadline: June 19, 2017
• Notification: July 20, 2017
• Camera Ready Deadline: August 3, 2017

Call for Engineering Track Papers

In addition to the research track (see separate CFP), the 17th IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM 2017) will also feature an Engineering Track. This track welcomes six-page papers that report on the design and implementation of tools for source code analysis and manipulation, as well as libraries, infrastructure, and the real world studies enabled by these advances. To be clear, this is not the addition of a new track to SCAM, which will remain a two track conference, but a significant expansion to the scope of the tools track of previous SCAMs.

What artefacts qualify as “engineering track” material?

• tools: software (or hardware!) programs that facilitate SCAMmy activities.
• libraries: reusable API-enabled frameworks for the above.
• infrastructure: while libraries are purely software, infrastructure can include projects that provide/facilitate access to data and analysis.
• data: reusable datasets for other researchers to replicated and innovate with.
• real world studies enabled by these advances. Here the focus is on how the {tool,infrastructure, etc} enabled the study, and not so much the study itself. Novelty of the research question is less important than the engineering challenges faced in the study.

A successful SCAM engineering track paper should:

1. Fall under the topics mentioned for the SCAM 2017 research track.
2. Discuss engineering work artefacts that has NOT been published before. However, previous work involving the tool, but for which the tool was not the main contribution, is acceptable.
3. Motivate the use cases (and hence the existence) of the engineering work.
4. Relate the engineering project to earlier work.
5. Describe the understanding gained in developing this contribution.

Optionally (and encouraged):

6. Any empirical results or user feedback is welcome.
7. Contain the URL of a website where the tool/library/data etcetera can be downloaded, together with example data and installation guidelines, preferably but not necessarily open source.
8. Contain the URL to a video demonstrating the usage of the contribution.

Note that the submission length has a limit of six pages, compared to the two to four pages of traditional tool demo papers. This gives authors enough space to discuss artefact motivation, design, and use cases in much more detail. For example, a use case would be well illustrated by a demo scenario with screenshots. The papers should be submitted electronically via the conference web site.

Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the engineering track program committee. Authors of accepted papers will be required to present their artefacts at the conference. All accepted engineering track papers will be published in the conference proceedings. The key criterion for acceptance is that the paper should (a) follow the above mentioned guidelines and (b) make an original contribution that can benefit practitioners in the field now and/or others designing and building artefacts for source code analysis and manipulation. The artefacts can be in an early research prototype or a polished product ready for deployment. Papers about commercial products are allowed, as long as the guidelines described above are followed.

Videos and other demo material may be taken into account by reviewers as they review the paper. However, such material will not become part of the permanent record of the conference, so the paper should be self contained. In order to preserve the anonymity of the reviewers, such material should be hosted on an anonymous public source (e.g., youtube), or made available in such a way that the tools chair can download them once and redistribute them to reviewers.

Proceedings

All accepted papers will appear in the proceedings which will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press.

Important Dates

• Abstract Deadline: June 15, 2017
• Paper Deadline: June 19, 2017
• Notification: July 20, 2017
• Camera Ready Deadline: August 3, 2017

Submission

Six pages IEEE format and can be submitted via EasyChair. Please use the IEEE templates in preparing your manuscripts:

• Latex template: use \documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran}
• Microsoft Word template

General Co-Chairs

• Zheng Li, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
• Sibylle Schupp, Hamburg University of Technology

Research Track Co-Chairs

• Coen De Roover, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
• Jianjun Zhao, Kyushu University

Engineering Track Co-Chairs

• Qianxiang Wang, Huawei Technologies
• Pascal Cuoq, TrustInSoft

Proceedings Chair

• Sven Mattsen, Hamburg University of Technology

Finance Chair

• Dave Binkley, Loyola University

Publicity Co-Chairs

• Sandro Schulze, Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg
• Dan Hao, Peking University

Social Media Chair

• TBA

Web Chair

• Paige Rodeghero, University of Notre Dame

Local Chair

• Xin Peng, Fudan University

Research Track

Chairs

• Coen De Roover, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
• Jianjun Zhao, Kyushu University

Members

• Christoph Treude, University of Adelaide
• Ralf Huuck, Synopsys/University of New South Wales
• Vadim Zaytsev, Raincode
• Jens Nicolay, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
• Fernando Castor, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
• Cheng Zhang, Google
• Michael Godfrey, University of Waterloo
• Abram Hindle, University of Alberta
• Bram Adams, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal
• Nicolas Anquetil, University of Lille
• Xavier Blanc, Bordeaux University
• Sybille Schüpp, Hamburg University of Technology
• Sandro Schulze, Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg
• Ina Schaefer, Technische Universität Braunschweig
• Ralf Lämmel, University of Koblenz-Landau
• Jochen Quante, Robert Bosch GmbH
• Árpád Beszédes, University of Szeged
• Mariano Ceccato, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
• Massimiliano Di Penta, Università degli Studi del Sannio di Benevento
• Katsuro Inoue, Osaka University
• Zhenjiang Hu, National Institute of Informatics
• Naoyasu Ubayashi, Kyushu University
• Sukyoung Ryu, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Leon Moonen, Simula Research Laboratory
• Lei Ma, Harbin Institute of Technology
• Yuting Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• Dan Hao, Peking University
• David Lo, Singapore Management University
• Lingxiao Jiang, Singapore Management University
• Gregorio Robles, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
• Gabriele Bavota, University of Lugano
• Alexander Serebrenik, Eindhoven University of Technology
• Mauricio Aniche, Delft University of Technology
• Federica Sarro, University College London
• Denys Poshyvanyk, The College of William and Mary
• Dave Binkley, Loyola University Maryland
• Sonia Haiduc Florida State University
• Hitesh Sajnani, Microsoft
• Neil A. Ernst, Carnegie Mellon University
• Emily Hill, Drew University
• Dawn Lawrie, Loyola University Maryland

Engineering Track

Chairs

• Qianxiang Wang, Huawei Technologies
• Pascal Cuoq, TrustInSoft

Members

• Louis Wasserman, Google, Inc.
• Julian Dolby, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
• Felienne Hermans, Delft University of Technology
• Dillon Pariente, Dassault Aviation
• Yannick Moy, AdaCore
• Csaba Nagy, Department of Software Engineering, University of Szeged
• Olga Baysal, Carleton University
• Paul Anderson, GrammaTech, Inc.
• Jochen Quante, Robert Bosch GmbH
• Shengqian Yang, Google, Inc.
• Coen De Roover, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

SCAM Steering Committee

• Leon Moonen, 2014 - 2017, 2nd term, Chair
• David Shepherd, 2014 - 2017, 1st term
• David Lo, 2015 - 2018, 1st term
• Alexander Serebrenik, 2015 - 2018, 1st term
• Dawn Lawrie, 2016 - 2019, 2nd term
• Neil Ernst, 2016 - 2019, 1st term