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Paper Presentation Information

Authors will have a 10 minute times slot to present their paper. A projector will be provided for power point presentations. Very short clarification questions can also be addressed during the 10 minute slot.

After a block of 3 or 4 papers there will be 15 to 20 minutes for discussion and questions that address all the papers. The goal is to have a very interactive workshop that allows the participants to address current research issues and identify new directions in software visualization.


Program

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Monday, June 25

07:00-08:30

Breakfast

09:00-09:30

Opening Remarks

09:30-10:30

Session 1: Processes, Frameworks, and Architectures (Chair Mike Godfrey)

-Requirements of Software Visualization Tools: A Literature Survey
Holger Kienle, Hausi Muller, University of Victoria, Canada

-Software Visualization - A Process Perspective
Juergen Rilling, Wen Jun Meng, Fuzhi Chen, Concordia University, Canada
Philippe Charland, Defence R&D Canada

-Design Guidelines for Ambient Software Visualization in the Workplace
Chris Parnin, Carsten Gorg, Georgia Institute of Technology USA

-Visualizing Object Oriented Software: Towards a Point of Reference for Developing Tools for Industry
Mariam Sensalire, Patrick Ogao, Makerere University, Uganda

Discussion (20 minutes)

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-12:30

Session 2: Dynamic Behavior and Features (Chair Michele Lanza)

-Visualizing Dynamic Memory Allocations
Sergio Moreta, Alexandru Telea, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands

-Visualization of Dynamic Program Aspects
Pieter Deelen, Frank van Ham, Kees Huizing, Huub van de Wetering,
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands

-Trace Visualization Using Hierarchical Edge Bundles and Massive Sequence Views
Danny Holten, Bas Cornelissen, Delft University of Technology,
Jarke J. van Wijk, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Discussion (15 minutes)

-Distributable Features View: Visualizing the Structural Characteristics of Distributed Software Systems
Dan C. Cosma, Radu Marinescu, "Politehnica" University of Timişoara, Romania

-Facilitating Exploration of Unfamiliar Source Code by Providing 2.5D Visualizations of Dynamic Call Graphs
Johannes Bohnet, Jurgen Dollner, University of Potsdam, Germany

-Feature Dependency Browser -- a Case-Study for Rapid Prototyping of Visualizations using Mondrian
Adrian Lienhard, Adrian Kuhn, Orla Greevy, University of Bern, Switzerland

Discussion (15 minutes)

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30

Session 3: Metaphors and Comprehension (Chair Hausi Muller)

-CocoViz: Towards Cognitive Software Visualizations
Sandro Boccuzzo, Harald Gall, University of Zurich, Switzerland

-Onion Graphs for Focus+Context Views of UML Class Diagrams
Huzefa Kagdi, Jonathan I. Maletic, Kent State University, USA

-Visualization Patterns: A Context-Sensitive Tool to Evaluate Visualization Techniques
Harkirat Padda, Ahmed Seffah, Sudhir Mudur, Concordia University, Canada

Discussion (15 minutes)

-Visualizing Software Systems as Cities
Richard Wettel, Michele Lanza, University of Lugano, Switzerland

-Task-specific Source Code Dependency Investigation
Reid Holmes, Robert J. Walker, University of Calgary, Canada

-Software Visualization in the Context of Service-Oriented Architectures
Stefan Eicker, Thorsten Spies, Christian Kahl, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Discussion (15 minutes)

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00-17:30

Session 4: Evolutionary Aspects (Chair Leon Moonen)

-"A Bug's Life" Visualizing a Bug Database
Marco D'Ambros, Michele Lanza, University of Lugano, Switzerland,
Martin Pinzger, University of Zurich, Switzerland

-DiffArchViz: A Tool to Visualize Correspondence between Multiple Representations of a Software Architecture
Amit Sawant, North Carolina State University USA, Naveen Bali, Network Appliance, Inc. USA

-YARN: Animating Software Evolution
Abram Hindle, Zhen Ming Jiang, Walid Koleilat, Michael W. Godfrey, Richard C. Holt,
University of Waterloo and University of Victoria, Canada

-A Visualization for Software Project Awareness and Evolution
Roger Ripley, Anita Sarma, Andre van der Hoek, University of California, Irvine, USA

-Evolutional Insights from UML and Source Code Versions using Information Visualization and Visual Analysis
Shawn A. Bohner, Denis Gračanin, Troy Henry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, USA,
Kresimir Matković, VRVis Research Center, Austria

Discussion (25 minutes)

Closing Discussion (15 minutes)

17:30-18:00

Open Steering Committee Meeting

19:00-...

Dinner at a local restaurant.
Details comming soon...

 

Tuesday, June 26

07:00-08:30

Breakfast

09:00-09:45

Joint Tool Demos (Chair Marco D'Ambros)

Tool Demo Presentations

-Feature-centric Visualization
David Rothlisberger, Orla Greevy, Adrian Lienhard, University of Berne, Switzerland

-Effective Exploration and Visualization of Large Execution Traces
Abdelwahab Hamou-Lhadj, Concordia University, Canada

-SoftArchViz: A Software Architecture Visualization Tool
Amit P. Sawant, North Carolina State University, USA, Naveen Bali, Network Appliance, Inc. USA

-Visualizing Debugging Activity in Source Code Repositories
Lucian Voinea, Alexandru Telea, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Including all ICPC Tool Demos

09:45-10:30

Informal Tool Demos

All ICPC and VISSOFT Tool Demos

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-11:45

Joint Tool Demos (Continued) (Chair Marco D'Ambros)

Informal Tool Demos

All ICPC and VISSOFT Tool Demos

11:45-12:30

Tool Challenge Reports

-Dependencies Analysis of Azureus with Rigi: Tool Demo Challenge
Holger M. Kienle, Hausi A. Muller, University of Victoria , Canada ,
Johannes Martin, ITC Consult GmbH , Germany

-CGA Call Graph Analyzer - Locating and Understanding Functionality within the Gnu Compiler Collection's Million Lines of Code
Johannes Bohnet, Juergen Doellner, University of Potsdam , Germany

-Analysis of Azureus using VERSO
Guillaume Langelier, Karim Dhambri, University of Montreal , Canada

 

Closing Remarks

VISSOFT ENDS

Latest news

[June 8th, 2007]
Information about the paper presentation is posted on the program page

[May 3rd, 2007]
Registration is open

[May 3rd, 2007]
Details about accommodation and travel are available

[March 16th, 2007]
Tool demo challenge is posted

[January 1st, 2007]
The program committee is posted

[June 9th, 2006]
Call for papers has been issued


Important dates

[Thursday, May 31st, 2007]
Deadline for advance conference registration

[Thursday, May 24th, 2007]
Deadline for advance accommodation reservation

[Friday, March 23rd, 2007]
Submissions due (CLOSED)

[Monday, April 9th, 2007]
Challenge reports due (CLOSED)

[Friday, April 20th, 2007]
Notification of authors (CLOSED)

[Monday, April 30th, 2007]
Camera ready versions (CLOSED)


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