Thu 18 Jul 2024 15:30 - 16:00 at Lounge - Poster Session 3

In infrastructure as code (IaC), state reconciliation is the process of querying and comparing the infrastructure state prior to changing the infrastructure. As state reconciliation is pivotal to manage IaC-based computing infrastructure at scale, defects related to state reconciliation can create large-scale consequences. A categorization of state reconciliation defects, i.e., defects related to state reconciliation, can aid in understanding the nature of state reconciliation defects. We conduct an empirical study with 5,110 state reconciliation defects where we apply qualitative analysis to categorize state reconciliation defects. From the identified defect categories, we derive heuristics to design prompts for a large language model (LLM), which in turn are used for validation of state reconciliation.

From our empirical study, we identify 8 categories of state reconciliation defects, amongst which 3 have not been reported for previously-studied software systems. The most frequently occurring defect category is inventory, i.e., the category of defects that occur when managing infrastructure inventory. Using an LLM with heuristics-based paragraph style prompts, we identify 9 previously unknown state reconciliation defects of which 7 have been accepted as valid defects, and 4 have already been fixed. Based on our findings, we conclude the paper by providing a set of recommendations for researchers and practitioners.

Thu 18 Jul

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15:30 - 16:00
Poster Session 3Posters at Lounge
15:30
30m
Poster
Can GPT-4 Replicate Empirical Software Engineering Research?
Posters
Jenny T. Liang Carnegie Mellon University, Carmen Badea Microsoft Research, Christian Bird Microsoft Research, Robert DeLine Microsoft Research, Denae Ford Microsoft Research, Nicole Forsgren Microsoft Research, Thomas Zimmermann Microsoft Research
15:30
30m
Poster
Evaluating Directed Fuzzers: Are We Heading in the Right Direction?
Posters
Tae Eun Kim KAIST, Jaeseung Choi Sogang University, Seongjae Im KAIST, Kihong Heo KAIST, Sang Kil Cha KAIST
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15:30
30m
Poster
Glitch Tokens in Large Language Models: Categorization Taxonomy and Effective Detection
Posters
Yuxi Li Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Yi Liu Nanyang Technological University, Gelei Deng Nanyang Technological University, Ying Zhang Virginia Tech, Wenjia Song Virginia Tech, Ling Shi Nanyang Technological University, Kailong Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Yuekang Li The University of New South Wales, Yang Liu Nanyang Technological University, Haoyu Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
15:30
30m
Poster
Do Words Have Power? Understanding and Fostering Civility in Code Review Discussion
Posters
Md Shamimur Rahman University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Zadia Codabux University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan, Canada
15:30
30m
Poster
CodePlan: Repository-level Coding using LLMs and Planning
Posters
Ramakrishna Bairi Microsoft Research, India, Atharv Sonwane Microsoft Research, India, Aditya Kanade Microsoft Research, India, Vageesh D C Microsoft Research, India, Arun Iyer Microsoft Research, India, Suresh Parthasarathy Microsoft Research, India, Sriram Rajamani Microsoft Research Indua, B. Ashok Microsoft Research. India, Shashank Shet Microsoft Research. India
15:30
30m
Poster
Understanding and Detecting Annotation-induced Faults of Static Analyzers
Posters
Huaien Zhang The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Southern University of Science and Technology, Yu Pei The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Shuyun Liang Southern University of Science and Technology, Shin Hwei Tan Concordia University
15:30
30m
Poster
Partial Solution Based Constraint Solving Cache in Symbolic Execution
Posters
Ziqi Shuai School of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, China, Zhenbang Chen College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Kelin Ma School of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, China, Kunlin Liu School of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, China, Yufeng Zhang Hunan University, Jun Sun School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Ji Wang School of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, China
15:30
30m
Poster
Characterizing Python Library Migrations
Posters
Mohayeminul Islam University of Alberta, Ajay Jha North Dakota State University, Ildar Akhmetov Northeastern University, Sarah Nadi New York University Abu Dhabi, University of Alberta
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15:30
30m
Poster
DeSQL: Interactive Debugging of SQL in Data-Intensive Scalable Computing
Posters
Sabaat Haroon Virginia tech, Chris Brown Virginia Tech, Muhammad Ali Gulzar Virginia Tech
15:30
30m
Poster
BARO: Robust Root Cause Analysis for Microservices via Multivariate Bayesian Online Change Point Detection
Posters
Luan Pham RMIT University, Huong Ha RMIT University, Hongyu Zhang Chongqing University
15:30
30m
Poster
Less Cybersickness, Please: Demystifying and Detecting Stereoscopic Visual Inconsistencies in Virtual Reality Applications
Posters
Shuqing Li The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Cuiyun Gao Harbin Institute of Technology, Jianping Zhang The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Yujia Zhang Harbin Institute of Technology, Yepang Liu Southern University of Science and Technology, Jiazhen Gu The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Yun Peng The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Michael Lyu The Chinese University of Hong Kong
15:30
30m
Poster
CORE: Resolving Code Quality Issues Using LLMs
Posters
Nalin Wadhwa Microsoft Research, India, Jui Pradhan Microsoft Research, India, Atharv Sonwane Microsoft Research, India, Surya Prakash Sahu Microsoft Research, India, Nagarajan Natarajan Microsoft Research India, Aditya Kanade Microsoft Research, India, Suresh Parthasarathy Microsoft Research, India, Sriram Rajamani Microsoft Research Indua
15:30
30m
Poster
Abstraction-Aware Inference of Metamorphic Relations
Posters
Agustin Nolasco University of Rio Cuarto, Facundo Molina IMDEA Software Institute, Renzo Degiovanni Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Alessandra Gorla IMDEA Software Institute, Diego Garbervetsky Departamento de Computación, FCEyN, UBA, Mike Papadakis University of Luxembourg, Sebastian Uchitel Imperial College and University of Buenos Aires, Nazareno Aguirre University of Rio Cuarto and CONICET, Marcelo F. Frias Dept. of Software Engineering Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires
15:30
30m
Poster
State Reconciliation Defects in Infrastructure as Code
Posters
Md Mahadi Hassan Auburn University, John Salvador Auburn University, Shubhra Kanti Karmaker Santu Auburn University, Akond Rahman Auburn University

Information for Participants
Thu 18 Jul 2024 15:30 - 16:00 at Lounge - Poster Session 3
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This room is conjoined with the Foyer to provide additional space for the coffee break, and hold poster presentations throughout the event.