Topics of Interest

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• techniques for identifying refactoring candidates (seeds)
  • pattern-based searching
  • identifier analysis
  • event trace analysis
  • dynamic analysis
  • cluster analysis
  • concept analysis
  • clone detection
  • change history mining
• techniques for expanding seeds to full concerns
  • program slicing
  • code exploration and visualization tools
  • structural query tools
• techniques for refactoring into AOSD
  • aspect-oriented refactorings
  • program transformations
  • testing / verification implications
  • fine-grained program storage
• practical experience on aspect evolution
  • industrial case studies
  • experience reports
  • evolution problems
• other topics
  • metrics to quantify improvement
  • empirical validation of aspect mining techniques
  • ...