Exploring the Lifecycle and Maintenance Practices of Pre-Trained Models in Open-Source Software Repositories (MSR 2025 - Registered Reports) - MSR 2025

Mon 28 - Tue 29 April 2025 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

co-located with ICSE 2025

Who

Matin Koohjani, Diego Elias Costa

Track

MSR 2025 Registered Reports

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Mon 28 Apr 2025 15:15 - 15:20 at 214 - AI for SE (1) Chair(s): Diego Elias Costa

Abstract

Pre-trained models (PTMs) are becoming a common component in open-source software (OSS) development, yet their roles, maintenance practices, and lifecycle challenges remain underexplored. This report presents a plan for an exploratory study to investigate how PTMs are utilized, maintained, and tested in OSS projects, focusing on models hosted on platforms like Hugging Face and PyTorch Hub. We plan to explore how PTMs are used in open-source software projects and their related maintenance practices by mining software repositories that use PTMs and analyzing their code-base, historical data, and reported issues. This study aims to provide actionable insights into improving the use and sustainability of PTM in open-source projects and a step towards a foundation for advancing software engineering practices in the context of model dependencies.

Link to Preprint

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.06040

Matin Koohjani

Concordia University

Diego Elias Costa

Concordia University, Canada

Canada

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	14:00 - 15:30	AI for SE (1)Technical Papers / Data and Tool Showcase Track / Registered Reports at 214 Chair(s): Diego Elias Costa Concordia University, Canada

	14:00 10m Talk		Combining Large Language Models with Static Analyzers for Code Review Generation Technical Papers Imen Jaoua DIRO, Université de Montréal, Oussama Ben Sghaier DIRO, Université de Montréal, Houari Sahraoui DIRO, Université de Montréal Pre-print
	14:10 10m Talk		Harnessing Large Language Models for Curated Code Reviews Technical Papers Oussama Ben Sghaier DIRO, Université de Montréal, Martin Weyssow Singapore Management University, Houari Sahraoui DIRO, Université de Montréal Pre-print
	14:20 10m Talk		SMATCH-M-LLM: Semantic Similarity in Metamodel Matching With Large Language Models Technical Papers Nafisa Ahmed Polytechnique Montreal, Hin Chi Kwok Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Mohammad Hamdaqa Polytechnique Montreal, Wesley Assunção Johannes Kepler University Linz
	14:30 10m Talk		How Effective are LLMs for Data Science Coding? A Controlled ExperimentTechnical Track Distinguished Paper Award Technical Papers Nathalia Nascimento Pennsylvania State University, Everton Guimaraes Pennsylvania State University, Sai Sanjna Chintakunta Pennsylvania State University, Santhosh AB Pennsylvania State University Pre-print
	14:40 10m Talk		Do LLMs Provide Links to Code Similar to what they Generate? A Study with Gemini and Bing CoPilot Technical Papers Daniele Bifolco University of Sannio, Pietro Cassieri University of Salerno, Giuseppe Scanniello University of Salerno, Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy, Fiorella Zampetti University of Sannio, Italy Pre-print
	14:50 10m Talk		Too Noisy To Learn: Enhancing Data Quality for Code Review Comment Generation Technical Papers Chunhua Liu The University of Melbourne, Hong Yi Lin The University of Melbourne, Patanamon Thongtanunam University of Melbourne
	15:00 5m Talk		Should Code Models Learn Pedagogically? A Preliminary Evaluation of Curriculum Learning for Real-World Software Engineering Tasks Technical Papers Kyi Shin Khant The University of Melbourne, Hong Yi Lin The University of Melbourne, Patanamon Thongtanunam University of Melbourne
	15:05 5m Talk		RepoChat: An LLM-Powered Chatbot for GitHub Repository Question-Answering Data and Tool Showcase Track Samuel Abedu Concordia University, Laurine Menneron CESI Graduate School of Engineering, SayedHassan Khatoonabadi Concordia University, Montreal, Emad Shihab Concordia University, Montreal
	15:10 5m Talk		How do Copilot Suggestions Impact Developers' Frustration and Productivity? Registered Reports Emanuela Guglielmi University of Molise, Venera Arnaoudova Washington State University, Gabriele Bavota Software Institute @ Università della Svizzera Italiana, Rocco Oliveto University of Molise, Simone Scalabrino University of Molise
	15:15 5m Talk		Exploring the Lifecycle and Maintenance Practices of Pre-Trained Models in Open-Source Software Repositories Registered Reports Matin Koohjani Concordia University, Diego Elias Costa Concordia University, Canada Pre-print