{"title":"An Interview with Chunyang Chen - 2023 SIGSOFT Awardee","authors":"J. Soldani","doi":"10.1145/3599975.3599981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3599975.3599981","url":null,"abstract":"Chunyang Chen received the 2023 SIGSOFT Early Career Researcher Award for outstanding contributions to the study of intelligent software development automation including automated mobile application development, software testing, migration, and accessibility. He received a Ph.D. in computer science from School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). He is now a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology of the Monash University (Australia).","PeriodicalId":432885,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130569148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Recent Wave of Generative AI Systems: What Does This Tell Us About What AI Can Do Now?","authors":"Ahmed El-Deeb","doi":"10.1145/3599975.3599979","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3599975.3599979","url":null,"abstract":"No, this paper content is not generated by AI. Not sure if that question came across my editor's mind while reviewing submissions. It's a rightful question nowadays after the wave of generative AI apps that swamped our lives between chatGPT to King Charles coronation afterparty videos. Finally, AI is here in our hands that everyone of us can touch and integrate in daily life; after long being a fancy research topic. The question now is how this is going to shape our industry? Or more proactively, how generative AI can help us improve our craft and processes. This paper surveys key areas where generative AI can help us shape our industry and the way we work.","PeriodicalId":432885,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121164472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the Different Perspectives of Management in Software Engineering Education and their Implications","authors":"Pankaj Kamthan","doi":"10.1145/3599975.3599980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3599975.3599980","url":null,"abstract":"In light of the significance of software to society and of software engineering to industry, this note approaches software engineering education from multiple perspectives of management. These perspectives are salient, but are not necessarily mutually exclusive, and occur commonly in teaching and learning. In doing so, it also considers a renewed understanding of these perspectives brought upon by a 'revitalization' of e-learning during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.","PeriodicalId":432885,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131339752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risks to the Public","authors":"P. Neumann","doi":"10.1145/3599975.3599976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3599975.3599976","url":null,"abstract":"ChatBots and Generative AI more generally have really opened up a deluge of RISKS items in the past few months, along with an increased awareness of risks relating to arti - cial intelligence. This issue includes just the tip of the iceberg with one-liners on that subject, where it is almost impossible to summarize all the risks. PGN","PeriodicalId":432885,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129423425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Interview with John Grundy - 2023 SIGSOFT Awardee","authors":"J. Soldani","doi":"10.1145/3599975.3599982","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3599975.3599982","url":null,"abstract":"John Grundy received the 2023 SIGSOFT Distinguished Service Award for continued outstanding service to the software engineering community, including the repeated successful organization of flagship conferences, and leadership in the Australasian research and education community. He received a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Auckland (New Zealand), and he is currently Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor of Software Engineering at Monash University. Beyond this, John Grundy is also Fellow of Automated Software Engineering, Fellow of Engineers Australia, Certified Professional Engineer, Engineering Executive, Senior Member of the ACM and Senior Member of the IEEE.","PeriodicalId":432885,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122616710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Passages","authors":"Alex Groce","doi":"10.1145/3599975.3599977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3599975.3599977","url":null,"abstract":"John Sladek's The Complete Roderick [1] collects both of Sladek's novels about the eponymous (though almost everyone gets his name wrong throughout the books) robot: Roderick, or The Education of a Young Machine and sequel, Roderick at Random, or Further Education of a Young Machine. Presumably named for the hero of Tobias Smollet's picaresque 18th century novel The Adventures of Roderick Random, Roderick has his own series of random and absurd adventures.","PeriodicalId":432885,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115693702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dimensions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion","authors":"Steven Fraser, D. Mancl","doi":"10.1145/3587062.3587068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3587062.3587068","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports on the ACM SPLASH 2022 conference panel on the Software Profession Dimensions of DEI [Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion]. The panelists observed that increased awareness for the dimensions of DEI will help reduce inequity in systems and technologies. The panel further observed that there are dimensions of diversity to consider beyond age, color, gender, and physical ability. As technologists, we need to leverage diverse talents and perspectives, including by those who may not have in-depth domain knowledge or a university education specific to computer science or engineering. Panelists included academic researchers and industry practitioners: experts in human-computer interaction, teamwork, AI applications, systems design, and gender diversity issues. The hybrid organization of the panel enabled participants from Taiwan and North America to join the in-room Australian and New Zealand panelists. Panelists explored a variety of related topics, ranging from how software can cause harm to the risks of \"unconscious bias\" in R&D and the challenges of building diverse teams. Panelists shared observations that AI and ML systems can be negatively impacted by the bias inherent with inadequate or incomplete training data used to tune algorithms. The panel discussed and summarized questions to foster increased DEI awareness by software professionals, researchers, and community leaders.","PeriodicalId":432885,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114562206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rodrigo Santos, Eleni Constantinou, P. Antonino, J. Bosch
{"title":"Reporting on a Decade of Promoting Software Engineering for Systems-of-Systems and Software Ecosystems","authors":"Rodrigo Santos, Eleni Constantinou, P. Antonino, J. Bosch","doi":"10.1145/3587062.3587070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3587062.3587070","url":null,"abstract":"Systems-of-systems (SoS) have become increasingly complex and frequently used in highly distributed, dynamic, and open environments. SoS refer to evolving software systems in which constituent systems (themselves systems in their own right) cooperatively work to fulfill specific, complex missions, facing Software Engineering researchers and practitioners with substantial challenges. Software ecosystems (SECO) have also become an important research topic, addressing social issues along with technical aspects of software development. SoS and SECO are closely related and naturally distributed in development teams. In both fields, distributed resources aim at reducing cost and reaching new Information Technology markets. Software Engineering-related problems and challenges are amplified and become more critical when SoS and SECO are analyzed together. The 10th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Software Engineering for Systems-of-Systems and Software Ecosystems (SESoS 2022) celebrates a decade of promoting a forum to exchange ideas and experiences, analyze research and development issues, discuss promising solutions, and propose theoretical foundations for the development and evolution of complex software-intensive systems, inspiring visions for the future of Software Engineering for SoS and SECO, as well as paving the way for a more structured community effort. Based on the community feedback, topics of interest should address systems thinking and complexity of those types of systems. As such, the SESoS community is reflecting on how the different dimensions of those types of systems - technological, organizational, and social - should be addressed in research and practice.","PeriodicalId":432885,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122958358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risks to the Public","authors":"P. Neumann","doi":"10.1145/3587062.3587063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3587062.3587063","url":null,"abstract":"Considering the risks before you leap seems like a use- ful mantra. Sadly, it seems to be ignored by people who develop automated vehicles, ChatGPT, sensitive uses of arti- cial intelligence, cryptocurrencies, and many other systems that frequentl appear in this section. Almost everything to- day seems to have dual-use issues, in the sense of having both up-sides and down-sides. I believe you all have certainly got- ten that message. However, it needs to reach more widely, Not only is it widely ignored overall, the notion of ground truth seems to have disappeared when it comes to conspiracy theories and rampant disinformation. ChatGPT is just the latest challenge, as noted by the remarkable urry of RISKS posts in this issue largely negative.","PeriodicalId":432885,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116222360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Felderer, D. Taibi, Fabio Palomba, M. Epping, Malte Lochau, Benjamin Weder
{"title":"Software Engineering Challenges for Quantum Computing","authors":"M. Felderer, D. Taibi, Fabio Palomba, M. Epping, Malte Lochau, Benjamin Weder","doi":"10.1145/3587062.3587071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3587062.3587071","url":null,"abstract":"The First Working Seminar on Quantum Software Engineering (WSQSE 2022) took place on December 15 and 16, 2022 in Innsbruck, Austria. An audience of 33 quantum computing and software engineering researchers and practitioners joined the two-day event. The workshop enabled us to foresee short-term and longterms perspectives of Quantum Software Engineering, as well as a set of requirements, issues, and challenges for architecting, programming, and testing Quantum Software Engineering applications. In this report, we provide the summary of the workshop, by reporting on the structure of the event and the main results coming from the sessions and working groups.","PeriodicalId":432885,"journal":{"name":"ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116563548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}