Product-Focused Software Process Improvement: 24th International Conference, PROFES 2023, Dornbirn, Austria, December 10–13, 2023, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2023, which took place in Dornbirn, Austria, in December 2023. The 21 full technical papers, 6 industrial papers, 8 short papers and 1 poster paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 82 submissions. The book also contains one tutorial paper, 11 workshop papers and 3 doctoral symposium papers. The contributions were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Software development and project management; machine learning and data science; software analysis and tools; software testing and quality assurance; security, vulnerabilities, and human factors; Part II: Posters; Tutorials; 2nd Workshop on Computational Intelligence and Software Engineering (CISE 2023); 2nd Workshop on Engineering Processes and Practicesfor Quantum Software (PPQS’ 23); doctoral symposium. Preface Organization Contents – Part II Contents – Part I Poster Metrics for Code Smells of ML Pipelines 1 Introduction 2 ML Pipelines 3 Metrics for ML Pipelines Code Smells 4 Discussion 5 Conclusions and Further Work References Tutorials Declarative Process Mining for Software Processes: The RuM Toolkit and the Declare4Py Python Library 1 Introduction 2 Background 2.1 Event Logs, Traces, and Events 2.2 Declare 3 RuM and Declare4Py 3.1 Features of the Tools 4 Summary References 2nd Workshop on Computational Intelligence and Software Engineering (CISE 2023) MaREA: Multi-class Random Forest for Automotive Intrusion Detection 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 3 Background 4 Datasets 5 Proposed Approach 5.1 Experimental Phase 5.2 Experimental Setting 5.3 Evaluation Results 6 Conclusion References Forecasting the Developer's Impact in Managing the Technical Debt 1 Introduction 2 Related Works 3 Approach 3.1 Dataset 3.2 Features Model 3.3 Data Extraction Task 3.4 Developer's Impact Calculation Task 3.5 Forecasting Task 4 Results 5 Conclusions and Future Work References Development of a Desktop Application to Enable Doctors to Remotely Monitor Patients' Hematological Parameters 1 Introduction 2 Related and Background Works 3 DeskEmo Implementation 3.1 Data Transmission 3.2 Data Storage 4 User Interaction with DeskEmo 4.1 User Journeys 4.2 Structural and Functional Tests 5 Conclusion and Future Work References The Significance of Classical Simulations in the Adoption of Quantum Technologies for Software Development 1 Introduction 2 Methodology and Related Work 3 Classical Simulations in Performance Benchmark: Main Factors and a High-Level Process Representation 4 Conclusion References Enhancing Bug-Fixing Time Prediction with LSTM-Based Approach 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 3 Proposed Method 3.1 Deep LSTM Basics 3.2 Word Embedding 3.3 Proposed Deep LSTM-Based Method 3.4 Data Set 4 Empirical Investigation 5 Performance Evaluation 5.1 Comparison of Two Methods for Predicting Bug-Fixing Time Using Data from Previous Years 5.2 Impact of the Duration Between Bug Report Receipt and Prediction on Model Effectiveness 5.3 Study Limitations 6 Conclusion References Enhancing Code Obfuscation Techniques: Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Malware Detection 1 Introduction 2 State of the Art 3 Proposal 4 Results 5 Conclusions References A Perspective on the Interplay Between 5G and Quantum Computing for Secure Algorithm and Software Engineering 1 Introduction 2 5G Background 3 Post Quantum Cryptography Background 4 Challenges and Opportunities 5 Conclusion References Speech Therapy Supported by AI and Smart Assistants 1 Introduction 2 e-SpeechT System 3 A New Skill for Amazon Alexa 4 Scenario 5 Conclusions and Future Works References 2nd Workshop on Engineering Processes and Practices for Quantum Software (PPQS‘23) Integration of Classical and Quantum Services Using an Enterprise Service Bus 1 Introduction 2 Research Context and Motivation 3 Integration of Quantum Services into Existing Workflow and ESB Tools 3.1 Business Process Model and Notation 3.2 Zato: Description and Benefits 3.3 Extending of Zato for Supporting Quantum Services 3.4 BPMN to Zato Translator 4 Case Study: Implementing QAOA with Zato Quantum Services 5 Related Work 6 Conclusions References Problem Decomposition to Leverage Quantum Computing for Optimization Problems 1 Introduction 2 Background of Hybrid Computing Systems 3 Decision Support Assisted by Quantum Computing 3.1 Textual Description of Decomposition Approach 3.2 Illustration of Decomposition Approach 3.3 Algorithms for Decomposition Approach 4 Conclusion References Quantum Algorithm Cards: Streamlining the Development of Hybrid Classical-Quantum Applications 1 Introduction 2 Background 3 Architectural and Operational Concerns 4 Quantum Algorithm Card Proposal 5 Discussion and Future Work References Doctoral Symposium Simulation-Based Safety Testing of Automated Driving Systems 1 Motivation and Problem Statement 2 Research Goals 3 Approach and Planned Contributions 4 Preliminary Results of Contribution 1 5 Related Work References Utilization of Machine Learning for the Detection of Self-admitted Vulnerabilities 1 Introduction 2 State of the Art 3 Proposal 4 Conclusion and Future Work References Closing the Loop: Towards a Complete Metamorphic Testing Pipeline 1 Introduction 2 MR Generation and Selection 2.1 Ongoing Work 2.2 Planned Work 2.3 Preliminary Achievements 3 MR Constrain Definition 3.1 Ongoing Work 3.2 Planned Work 3.3 Preliminary Achievements 4 Evaluation and Validation 5 Final Remarks References Author Index This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2014, held in Helsinki, Finland, in December 2014. The 18 revised full papers presented together with 14 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 initial submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on agile development, decision-making, development practices and issues, product planning, and project management.