MSR 2025
Mon 28 - Tue 29 April 2025 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
co-located with ICSE 2025
Mon 28 Apr 2025 13:00 - 13:30 at Canada Hall 3 Poster Area - MSR Poster
Tue 29 Apr 2025 11:10 - 11:20 at 214 - Software ecosystems and humans Chair(s): Ahmad Abdellatif

Experimental evaluations of software engineering innovations, e.g., tools and processes, often include human-subject studies as a component of multi-pronged strategy to obtain greater generalizability of the findings. However, human-subject studies in our field are challenging, due to the cost and difficulty of finding and employing suitable subjects, ideally, professional programmers with varying degrees of experience. Meanwhile, large language models (LLMs) have recently started to demonstrate human-level performance in several areas. This paper explores the possibility of substituting costly human subjects with much cheaper LLM queries in evaluations of code- and code-related artifacts. We study this idea by applying six state-of-the-art LLMs to ten annotation tasks from five datasets created by prior work, such as judging the accuracy of a natural language summary of a method or deciding whether a code change fixes a static analysis warning. Our results show that replacing some human annotation effort with LLMs can produce inter-rater agreements equal or close to human-rater agreement. To help decide when and how to use LLMs in human-subject studies, we propose model-model agreement as a predictor of whether a given task as suitable for LLMs at all, and model confidence as a means to select specific samples where LLMs can safely replace human annotators. Overall, our work is the first step toward mixed human-LLM evaluations in software engineering.

Mon 28 Apr

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13:00 - 13:30
13:00
30m
Talk
Chasing the Clock: How Fast Are Vulnerabilities Fixed in the Maven Ecosystem?
Mining Challenge
Md Fazle Rabbi Idaho State University, Arifa Islam Champa Idaho State University, Rajshakhar Paul Wayne State University, Minhaz F. Zibran Idaho State University
Pre-print
13:00
30m
Talk
MaLAware: Automating the Comprehension of Malicious Software Behaviours using Large Language Models (LLMs)
Data and Tool Showcase Track
BIKASH SAHA Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Nanda Rani Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Sandeep K. Shukla Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Pre-print
13:00
30m
Talk
A Dataset of Contributor Activities in the NumFocus Open-Source Community
Data and Tool Showcase Track
Youness Hourri University of Mons, Alexandre Decan University of Mons; F.R.S.-FNRS, Tom Mens University of Mons
Pre-print
13:00
30m
Talk
Popularity and Innovation in Maven Central
Mining Challenge
Nkiru Ede Victoria University of Wellington, Jens Dietrich Victoria University of Wellington, Ulrich Zülicke Victoria University of Wellington
Pre-print
13:00
30m
Talk
TerraDS: A Dataset for Terraform HCL Programs
Data and Tool Showcase Track
Christoph Buehler University of St. Gallen, David Spielmann University of St. Gallen, Roland Meier armasuisse, Guido Salvaneschi University of St. Gallen
Pre-print
13:00
30m
Talk
SPRINT: An Assistant for Issue Report Management
Data and Tool Showcase Track
Ahmed Adnan , Antu Saha William & Mary, Oscar Chaparro William & Mary
Pre-print
13:00
30m
Talk
Does Functional Package Management Enable Reproducible Builds at Scale? Yes.
Technical Papers
Julien Malka LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France, Stefano Zacchiroli Télécom Paris, Polytechnic Institute of Paris, Théo Zimmermann Télécom Paris, Polytechnic Institute of Paris
Pre-print
13:00
30m
Talk
Dependency Update Adoption Patterns in the Maven Software Ecosystem
Mining Challenge
Baltasar Berretta College of Wooster, Augustus Thomas College of Wooster, Heather Guarnera The College of Wooster
13:00
30m
Talk
A Dataset of Software Bill of Materials for Evaluating SBOM Consumption Tools
Data and Tool Showcase Track
Rio Kishimoto Osaka University, Tetsuya Kanda Notre Dame Seishin University, Yuki Manabe The University of Fukuchiyama, Katsuro Inoue Nanzan University, Shi Qiu Toshiba, Yoshiki Higo Osaka University
Pre-print
13:00
30m
Talk
Investigating the Understandability of Review Comments on Code Change Requests
Technical Papers
Md Shamimur Rahman University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Zadia Codabux University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan, Canada
13:00
30m
Talk
Refactoring for Dockerfile Quality: A Dive into Developer Practices and Automation Potential
Technical Papers
Emna Ksontini University of Michigan - Dearborn, Meriem Mastouri University of Michigan, Rania Khalsi University of Michigan - Flint, Wael Kessentini DePaul University
13:00
30m
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
13:00
30m
Talk
Cascading Effects: Analyzing Project Failure Impact in the Maven Central Ecosystem
Mining Challenge
Mina Shehata Belmont University, Saidmakhmud Makhkamjonoov Belmont University, Mahad Syed Belmont University, Esteban Parra Belmont University
13:00
30m
Talk
Can LLMs Replace Manual Annotation of Software Engineering Artifacts?
Technical Papers
Toufique Ahmed IBM Research, Prem Devanbu University of California at Davis, Christoph Treude Singapore Management University, Michael Pradel University of Stuttgart
Pre-print
13:00
30m
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
13:00
30m
Talk
Mining a Decade of Contributor Dynamics in Ethereum: A Longitudinal Study
Technical Papers
Matteo Vaccargiu University of Cagliari, Sabrina Aufiero University College London (UCL), Cheick Ba Queen Mary University of London, Silvia Bartolucci University College London, Richard Clegg Queen Mary University London, Daniel Graziotin University of Hohenheim, Rumyana Neykova Brunel University London, Roberto Tonelli University of Cagliari, Giuseppe Destefanis Brunel University London
Pre-print
13:00
30m
Talk
SCRUBD: Smart Contracts Reentrancy and Unhandled Exceptions Vulnerability Dataset
Data and Tool Showcase Track
Chavhan Sujeet Yashavant Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Mitrajsinh Chavda Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, Saurabh Kumar Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India, Amey Karkare IIT Kanpur, Angshuman Karmakar Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Pre-print
13:00
30m
Talk
Out of Sight, Still at Risk: The Lifecycle of Transitive Vulnerabilities in Maven
Mining Challenge
Piotr Przymus Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, Mikołaj Fejzer Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Jakub Narębski Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Krzysztof Rykaczewski Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, Krzysztof Stencel University of Warsaw
Pre-print
13:00
30m
Talk
HaPy-Bug - Human Annotated Python Bug Resolution Dataset
Data and Tool Showcase Track
Piotr Przymus Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, Mikołaj Fejzer Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Jakub Narębski Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Radosław Woźniak Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Łukasz Halada University of Wrocław, Poland, Aleksander Kazecki Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Mykhailo Molchanov Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine, Krzysztof Stencel University of Warsaw
Pre-print

Tue 29 Apr

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11:00 - 12:30
Software ecosystems and humansData and Tool Showcase Track / Technical Papers at 214
Chair(s): Ahmad Abdellatif University of Calgary
11:00
10m
Talk
The Ecosystem of Open-Source Music Production Software – A Mining Study on the Development Practices of VST Plugins on GitHub
Technical Papers
Andrei Bogdan University of Amsterdam, Mauricio Verano Merino Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Ivano Malavolta Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pre-print
11:10
10m
Talk
Can LLMs Replace Manual Annotation of Software Engineering Artifacts?
Technical Papers
Toufique Ahmed IBM Research, Prem Devanbu University of California at Davis, Christoph Treude Singapore Management University, Michael Pradel University of Stuttgart
Pre-print
11:20
10m
Talk
Investigating the Understandability of Review Comments on Code Change Requests
Technical Papers
Md Shamimur Rahman University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Zadia Codabux University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan, Canada
11:30
10m
Talk
Mining a Decade of Contributor Dynamics in Ethereum: A Longitudinal Study
Technical Papers
Matteo Vaccargiu University of Cagliari, Sabrina Aufiero University College London (UCL), Cheick Ba Queen Mary University of London, Silvia Bartolucci University College London, Richard Clegg Queen Mary University London, Daniel Graziotin University of Hohenheim, Rumyana Neykova Brunel University London, Roberto Tonelli University of Cagliari, Giuseppe Destefanis Brunel University London
Pre-print
11:40
10m
Talk
Is it Really Fun? Detecting Low Engagement Events in Video Games
Technical Papers
Emanuela Guglielmi University of Molise, Gabriele Bavota Software Institute @ Università della Svizzera Italiana, Nicole Novielli University of Bari, Rocco Oliveto University of Molise, Simone Scalabrino University of Molise
11:50
5m
Talk
A Dataset of Contributor Activities in the NumFocus Open-Source Community
Data and Tool Showcase Track
Youness Hourri University of Mons, Alexandre Decan University of Mons; F.R.S.-FNRS, Tom Mens University of Mons
Pre-print
11:55
5m
Talk
Jupyter Notebook Activity Dataset
Data and Tool Showcase Track
Tomoki Nakamaru The University of Tokyo, Tomomasa Matsunaga The University of Tokyo, Tetsuro Yamazaki University of Tokyo
12:00
5m
Talk
CoPhi - Mining C/C++ Packages for Conan Ecosystem Analysis
Data and Tool Showcase Track
Vivek Sarkar University of Washington, Anemone Kampkötter TU Dortmund, Ben Hermann TU Dortmund
Pre-print
12:05
5m
Talk
MARIN: A Research-Centric Interface for Querying Software Artifacts on Maven Repositories
Data and Tool Showcase Track
Johannes Düsing TU Dortmund, Jared Chiaramonte Arizona State University, Ben Hermann TU Dortmund
Pre-print
12:10
5m
Talk
GitProjectHealth: an Extensible Framework for Git Social Platform Mining
Data and Tool Showcase Track
Nicolas Hlad Berger-Levrault, Benoit Verhaeghe Berger-Levrault, Kilian Bauvent Berger-levrault
12:15
5m
Talk
Myriad People. Open Source Software for New Media Arts
Data and Tool Showcase Track
Benoit Baudry Université de Montréal, Erik Natanael Gustafsson Independent artist, Roni Kaufman Independent artist, Maria Kling Independent artist
Pre-print
12:20
5m
Talk
OpenMent: A Dataset of Mentor-Mentee Interactions in Google Summer of Code
Data and Tool Showcase Track
Erfan Raoofian University of British Columbia, Fatemeh Hendijani Fard University of British Columbia, Ifeoma Adaji University of British Columbia, Gema Rodríguez-Pérez University of British Columbia (UBC)
12:25
5m
Talk
Under the Blueprints: Parsing Unreal Engine’s Visual Scripting at Scale
Data and Tool Showcase Track
Kalvin Eng University of Alberta, Abram Hindle University of Alberta