Message from the Chairs

Software clone research is of high relevance for software engineering research and practice. Software clones are often a result of copying and pasting as an act of ad-hoc reuse by programmers, and can occur at many levels, from simple statement sequences to blocks, methods, classes, source files, subsystems, models, architectures and entire designs, and in all software artifacts (code, models, requirements or architecture documentation, etc.). While sometimes clones have a demonstrably bad influence on code quality, other studies have shown they can have beneficial effects on the code if used carefully. In this workshop, we seek to discuss new and active results from the research community. In particular, IWSC aims to bring together researchers and practitioners to evaluate the current state of research, discuss common problems, discover opportunities for collaboration, exchange ideas, and explore synergies with similarity analysis in other areas and disciplines.