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PROMISE 2008
Gary D. Boetticher
Tim Menzies
Tom Ostrand
Guenther Ruhe
Bridging Industry
and Research
PROMISE 2008
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Theme: Bridging Industry & Research
Much more data added to the PROMISE Repository
Special issue Empirical Software Engineering
Workshop expanded to 2 days
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2 Keynote speakers
More opportunities for discussion
More opportunities for collaboration
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1 New Steering Committee Member: Guenther Ruhe
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1 Fabulous Dinner
May 12, 2008
The 4th International Predictor Models in Software
Engineering (PROMISE) Workshop
Theme: Bridging Industry & Research
Industry perspective
 To what extent does industry embrace research findings and models?
 Why is it not more?
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Is research relevant? practical? capable of application? ultimately beneficial?
Are industry folks uninformed? lazy? too busy? Is the ROI too low?
Research perspective
 Is SE research aligned with industry needs?
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Is empirical research unrealistic?
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Does it need to be or is it just a ‘tenure’ thing?
Too specific? Too complex? Obsolete?
How can models be validated?
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Correlation? Yes!! Causal? Maybe
May 12, 2008
The 4th International Predictor Models in Software
Engineering (PROMISE) Workshop
PROMISE Repository 2007 to 2008
Defect Prediction – 32
Defect Prediction – 18
Text Mining - 9
Others - 9
General - 7
Model-Based
Effort Prediction - 9
SE - 5
Effort Prediction - 10
May 12, 2008
The 4th International Predictor Models in Software
Engineering (PROMISE) Workshop
PROMISE 2008, May 12th AM
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Keynote
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Risk and Relevance
Murray Cantor, Distinguished Engineer, IBM.
Papers: Defect Prediction
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Comparing Negative Binomial and Recursive Partitioning Models for Fault Prediction
Elaine Weyuker, Thomas Ostrand and Robert Bell: AT&T Labs-Research, USA
Comparing Design and Code Metrics for Software Quality Prediction
Yue Jiang, Bojan Cukic, Tim Menzies and Nick Bartlow: West Virginia University, USA
Adapting a Fault Prediction Model to Allow Inter Language Reuse
Shinya Watanabe, Haruhiko Kaiya and Kenji Kaijiri: Shinshu University, Japan
May 12, 2008
The 4th International Predictor Models in Software
Engineering (PROMISE) Workshop
PROMISE 2008, May 12th PM
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Discussion
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Papers: Effort Estimation
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Can Organizations Really Use Predictions?
Chair: Tim Menzies: West Virginia University
An Empirical Analysis of Software Effort Estimation with Outlier Elimination
Yeong-Seok Seo, Kyung-A Yoon and Doo-Hwan Bae: Korea Advanced Institute of
Science and Technology, South Korea
Using Correlation and Accuracy for Identifying Good Estimators
Gary Boetticher and Nazim Lokhandwala: University of Houston - Clear Lake, USA
Data Quality & Discussion
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Data Sets and Data Quality in Software Engineering
Gernot Liebchen and Martin Shepperd: Brunel University, UK
May 12, 2008
The 4th International Predictor Models in Software
Engineering (PROMISE) Workshop
PROMISE 2008, May 13th Early AM
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Keynote
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Practical use of defect detection and prediction in the development and maintenance of
software
Chris Beal Senior Staff Engineer, SUN Microsystems.
Paper: Predictor Issues
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Implications of Ceiling Effects in Defect Predictors
Tim Menzies, Burak Turhan, Ayse Bener, Gregory Gay, Bojan Cukic and Yue Jiang: West
Virginia University, USA and Bogazici University, Turkey
May 12, 2008
The 4th International Predictor Models in Software
Engineering (PROMISE) Workshop
PROMISE 2008, May 13th Late AM
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Papers: Effort Estimation
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Multi-criteria Decision Analysis for Customization of Estimation by Analogy Method
Jingzhou Li and Guenther Ruhe: University of Calgary, Canada
Confidence in Software Cost Estimation Results based on MMRE and PRED
Marcel Korte and Daniel Port: University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund,
Germany and Univ. of Hawaii, USA
Improving Analogy Software Effort Estimation using Fuzzy Feature Subset Selection
Algorithm
Moammad Azzeh, Daniel Neagu and Peter Cowling: University of Bradford, UK
May 12, 2008
The 4th International Predictor Models in Software
Engineering (PROMISE) Workshop
PROMISE 2008, May 13th PM
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Papers: Resource Planning and Management
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Optimizing Requirements Decisions with KEYS
Omid Jalali, Tim Menzies and Martin Feather: West Virginia University, USA & JPL, USA
Complementing Approaches in ERP Effort Estimation Practice: an Industrial Study
Maya Daneva: University of Twente, Netherlands
Software Defect Repair Times: A Multiplicative Model
Swapna Gokhale and Robert Mullen: University of Connecticut and Cisco Systems, USA
Wrap-up Discussion
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What is PROMISE? What could PROMISE be?
Should there be a PROMISE 2009? If so, What would it look like?
May 12, 2008
The 4th International Predictor Models in Software
Engineering (PROMISE) Workshop
Dinner: Auerbachs Keller
Thanks!
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Program Committee
Steering Committee & Gregory Gay
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