The impact of bad programming practices, such as code smells, in production code has
been the focus of numerous studies in software engineering. Like production code, unit tests …

Refactoring is widely recognized as one of the efficient techniques to manage technical debt
and maintain a healthy software project through enforcing best design practices, or co** …

Bug assignment is a burden for projects receiving many bug reports. To automate the
process of assigning bug reports to the appropriate developers, several studies have relied …

Obtaining a good dataset to conduct empirical studies on the engineering of Android apps is
an open challenge. To start tackling this challenge, we present AndroidTimeMachine, the …

Mobile phones and tablets have become the most widely used computing devices, with a
large predominance of the Android platform. As a natural evolution, the development of …

Identifier names are the atoms of program comprehension. Weak identifier names decrease
developer productivity and degrade the performance of automated approaches that …

Identifier names are the atoms of comprehension; weak identifier names decrease
productivity by increasing the chance that developers make mistakes and increasing the …

Permissions are one of the most fundamental components for protecting an Android user's
privacy and security. Unfortunately, developers frequently misuse permissions by requiring …

With the increasing usage of smartphones in banks, medical services and m-commerce, and
the uploading of applications from unofficial sources, security has become a major concern …

Do you know the permissions your favorite apps use? You probably don't, and you aren't
alone. Everyone seemingly talks about how important app security and privacy is to them …