Search Results - "Torchiano, Marco"

Understanding peer review of software engineering papers by Ernst, Neil A., Carver, Jeffrey C., Mendez, Daniel, Torchiano, Marco

“…Context Peer review is a key activity intended to preserve the quality and integrity of scientific publications. However, in practice it is far from perfect…”
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On Predicting Exam Performance Using Version Control Systems’ Features by Canale, Lorenzo, Cagliero, Luca, Farinetti, Laura, Torchiano, Marco

“…The advent of Version Control Systems (VCS) in computer science education has significantly improved the learning experience. The Learning Analytics community…”
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Measuring Imbalance on Intersectional Protected Attributes and on Target Variable to Forecast Unfair Classifications by Mecati, Mariachiara, Torchiano, Marco, Vetro, Antonio, De Martin, Juan Carlos

“…Bias in software systems is a serious threat to human rights: when software makes decisions that allocate resources or opportunities, may disparately impact…”
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Empirical assessment of the effort needed to attack programs protected with client/server code splitting by Viticchié, Alessio, Regano, Leonardo, Basile, Cataldo, Torchiano, Marco, Ceccato, Mariano, Tonella, Paolo

“…Context Code hardening is meant to fight malicious tampering with sensitive code executed on client hosts. Code splitting is a hardening technique that moves…”
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PowTrAn: An R Package for power trace analysis by Ardito, Luca, Torchiano, Marco, Coppola, Riccardo, Antoniol, Giulio

“…Energy efficiency is an increasingly important non-functional property of software, especially when it runs on mobile or IoT devices. An engineering approach…”
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Assessing the precision of FindBugs by mining Java projects developed at a university by Vetro', Antonio, Torchiano, Marco, Morisio, Maurizio

“…Software repositories are analyzed to extract useful information on software characteristics. One of them is external quality. A technique used to increase…”
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Open data quality measurement framework: Definition and application to Open Government Data by Vetrò, Antonio, Canova, Lorenzo, Torchiano, Marco, Minotas, Camilo Orozco, Iemma, Raimondo, Morando, Federico

“…The diffusion of Open Government Data (OGD) in recent years kept a very fast pace. However, evidence from practitioners shows that disclosing data without…”
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Mobile GUI Testing Fragility: A Study on Open-Source Android Applications by Coppola, Riccardo, Morisio, Maurizio, Torchiano, Marco

“…Android applications do not seem to be tested as thoroughly as desktop ones. In particular, graphical user interface (GUI) testing appears generally limited…”
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A data quality approach to the identification of discrimination risk in automated decision making systems by Vetrò, Antonio, Torchiano, Marco, Mecati, Mariachiara

“…•The automation of decision processes in public sector is rapidly expanding.•Automated decision-making (ADM) discriminates if trained with imbalanced data.•We…”
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On Effectiveness and Efficiency of Gamified Exploratory GUI Testing by Coppola, Riccardo, Fulcini, Tommaso, Ardito, Luca, Torchiano, Marco, Alegroth, Emil

“…Context : Gamification appears to improve enjoyment and quality of execution of software engineering activities, including software testing. Though commonly…”
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Effectiveness of Kotlin vs. Java in android app development tasks by Ardito, Luca, Coppola, Riccardo, Malnati, Giovanni, Torchiano, Marco

“…Context:Kotlin is a new programming language representing an alternative to Java; they both target the same JVM and can safely coexist in the same application…”
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Creating and evaluating a software power model for linux single board computers by Ardito, Luca, Torchiano, Marco

“…The number of Single Board Computers (SBCs) is increasing, and so is the cumulative energy consumed by this category of device. Moreover, such devices are…”
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Relevance, benefits, and problems of software modelling and model driven techniques—A survey in the Italian industry by Torchiano, Marco, Tomassetti, Federico, Ricca, Filippo, Tiso, Alessandro, Reggio, Gianna

“…•A survey was conducted to identify benefits and problems of model driven techniques.•MD techniques appear to be very relevant in the Italian industrial…”
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Gamification of business process modeling education: an experimental analysis by Garaccione, Giacomo, Coppola, Riccardo, Ardito, Luca, Torchiano, Marco

“…Abstract Gamification, the practice of using game elements in non-recreational contexts to increase user participation and interest, has been applied more and…”
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Translation from layout-based to visual android test scripts: An empirical evaluation by Coppola, Riccardo, Ardito, Luca, Torchiano, Marco, Alégroth, Emil

“…Mobile GUI tests can be classified as layout-based – i.e. using GUI properties as locators – or Visual – i.e. using widgets’ screen captures as locators –…”
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Scripted GUI testing of Android open-source apps: evolution of test code and fragility causes by Coppola, Riccardo, Morisio, Maurizio, Torchiano, Marco, Ardito, Luca

“…Evidence from empirical studies suggests that mobile applications are not thoroughly tested as their desktop counterparts. In particular, GUI testing is…”
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Integrating software engineering key practices into an OOP massive in-classroom course: an experience report by Torchiano, Marco, Bruno, Giorgio

“…Programming and software engineering courses in computer science curricula typically focus on both providing theoretical knowledge of programming languages and…”
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Understanding the behaviour of hackers while performing attack tasks in a professional setting and in a public challenge by Ceccato, Mariano, Tonella, Paolo, Basile, Cataldo, Falcarin, Paolo, Torchiano, Marco, Coppens, Bart, De Sutter, Bjorn

“…When critical assets or functionalities are included in a piece of software accessible to the end users, code protections are used to hinder or delay the…”
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A family of experiments to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of source code obfuscation techniques by Ceccato, Mariano, Di Penta, Massimiliano, Falcarin, Paolo, Ricca, Filippo, Torchiano, Marco, Tonella, Paolo

“…Context: code obfuscation is intended to obstruct code understanding and, eventually, to delay malicious code changes and ultimately render it uneconomical…”
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Mobile Testing: New Challenges and Perceived Difficulties From Developers of the Italian Industry by Coppola, Riccardo, Ardito, Luca, Morisio, Maurizio, Torchiano, Marco

“…Automated Graphical User Interface (GUI) testing is a fundamental part of the Verification and Validation process of every software, but it is often linked to…”
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