Detecting object usage anomalies
Proceedings of the the 6th joint meeting of the European software engineering conference and the ACM SIGSOFT symposium on The foundations of software engineering
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Greetings and welcome to ESEC/FSE'05, the Joint 10th EuropeanSoftware Engineering Conference and 13th ACM SIGSOFT Symposium onthe Foundations of Software Engineering!ESEC/FSE is an internationally renowned forum for researchers,practitioners, and educators to present and discuss the most recentinnovations, trends, experiences, and challenges in the field ofsoftware engineering. Held bi-yearly, ESEC/FSE brings togetherexperts from academia and industry to exchange the latest researchresults, state of the art, and state of the practice. Theconference offers an exciting program of events, including keynotetalks by leaders in the field, technical paper presentations,workshops, tutorials, research tool demonstrations, and a doctoralsymposium on innovative research in software engineering.ESEC/FSE'05 takes place in Lisbon, a city with a rich andeventful history. According to legend, it was founded by Ulysses;Romans and Moors dwelled here for centuries. In the 15th century,it was the starting point for several of the sea voyages of theDiscoveries Age that brought East and West closer together. Lisbonhosted the European Capital of Culture in 1994, a World Exhibitionin 1998, and the UEFA Cup in 2004. All these and many other eventsleft their mark, shaping Lisbon into a city that displays old andnew architectural, gastronomical and cultural influences.This year there were 201 technical paper submissions (thelargest number of submissions to ESEC/FSE). Each submission wasreviewed by at least three members of the Program Committee, and inmany cases four. On the basis of these reviews, the ProgramCommittee accepted 32 full papers for inclusion in the proceedingsand presentation in the technical program. We were pleased that thequality of paper submissions was very high and the ProgramCommittee spent a great deal of time deliberating and discussingfinal decisions in a face-to-face meeting.Besides the technical papers, we offer research tooldemonstrations, a doctoral symposium, tutorials and workshops. Forthese tracks, the scientific committees accepted 7 (out of 17)workshops, 8 (out of 25) tutorials, 8 (out of 21) research tooldemos, and 6 (out of 12) papers for the doctoral symposium, whichreflects the high competition among the contributions.The topics covered showcase the diversity and breadth ofsoftware engineering and its applications: software evolution,requirements, modeling, specification, verification, testing,middleware, web services, configuration management, product lines,components, patterns, or aspects. ESEC/FSE'05 provides ampleopportunities for participants to exchange ideas, discuss results,and start collaborations. Student participation is especiallyencouraged through a doctoral symposium with free registration, theACM SIGSOFT conference attendance programme, and the availabilityof inexpensive rooms at the student residence.We are more than pleased that ESEC/FSE'05 features threeexciting keynote addresses by Oscar Nierstrasz(Professor of Computer Science at the University of Bern,Switzerland), António Câmara (CEOof YDreams and Professor at the New University of Lisbon,Portugal), and the two ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Research Awardrecipients Jeff Kramer (Professor of DistributedComputing at Imperial College London, UK) and JeffMagee (Professor in Computing at Imperial College London,UK). Invited papers of the presentations are included in theproceedings so that they may be remembered and referenced in thefuture.We are greatly appreciative of all those individuals who helpedin the organization and realization of ESEC/FSE'05. The programcommittee was extremely diligent and timely during the reviewprocess. Their expertise and high standards are what make ESEC/FSEsuch a successful event. Luciano Baresi, Schahram Dustdar, WolfgangEmmerich, and Michele Lanza did a great job in putting together thespecial tracks. We also thank Cristóvão Oliveira forhis tireless efforts in maintaining the Web site, Dirk Peters forrunning the Paperdyne submission/reviewing software, AntóniaLopes for local arrangements, our finance chair Margarida Mamede,Leonor Barroca for the publicity work, Angélica Ruivo whohandled all registration and accommodation, and Lisa Tolles fromSheridan Printing who handled the proceedings management sosmoothly.Further, we would like to thank the ESEC Steering Committee,especially Paola Inverardi, Mehdi Jazayeri, and Alexander Wolf, fortheir guidance and advice in many phases of this conferenceendeavour.We are grateful to our sponsors: the Association for ComputingMachinery (ACM), the ACM Special Interest Group on SoftwareEngineering (SIGSOFT), and the Council of European ProfessionalInformatics Societies (CEPIS). And we would like to thank ourcorporate donors ATX Software, Microsoft Portugal, Paperdyne, andTAP Portugal as well as our supporters, the New University ofLisbon, The Open University, and the University of Zurich. We alsothank the Lisbon Tourism Office for their promotional support andthe Lisbon Council for hosting the reception at the CityMuseum.