Research proposes an ensemble learning model for efficient software defect prediction.
problem Efficient and cost-effective software testing to minimize project resources.
method Machine learning analysis on different datasets using KNN, Decision Tree, SVM, and Naïve Bayes.
result Ensemble learning model outperforms other techniques in accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score.
The public package registry npm is one of the biggest software registry. With its 216 911 software packages, it forms a big network of software dependencies. In this paper we evaluate various methods for finding similar packages in the npm network, using only the structure of the graph. Namely, we want to find a way of…
RAMANMETRIX simplifies Raman spectroscopy data analysis.
problem Complexity of Raman spectroscopy data processing.
method User-friendly software with chemometric analysis workflow.
result Facilitates integration of Raman spectroscopy into clinical routines.
Software package assesses spherical data distributions and clusters.
problem Assessing and clustering spherical data distributions.
method Innovative goodness-of-fit tests and clustering algorithms using kernel-based quadratic distances.
result Efficient and mathematically sound goodness-of-fit tests for spherical data.
Develops deep learning for logical code segmentation.
problem Lack of logically segmented source code.
method Novel deep learning approach to generate logical code segments.
result Improves software analysis tasks like commenting, bug detection, and code synthesis.
This study compares traditional ML and deep learning for classifying multilingual user feedback.
problem Classifying multilingual user feedback for software development teams.
method Comparison of traditional machine learning and deep learning approaches.
result Traditional machine learning can achieve comparable results to deep learning for multilingual user feedback classification.
Python tool assesses European agricultural production resilience.
problem Estimating resilience of European agricultural production systems.
method Python software to compute annual production resilience indicator.
result Demonstrates resilience of European agricultural production.
Existing malware detectors on safety-critical devices have difficulties in runtime detection due to the performance overhead. In this paper, we introduce PROPEDEUTICA, a framework for efficient and effective real-time malware detection, leveraging the best of conventional machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) te…
FOSS is an acronym for Free and Open Source Software. The FOSS 2013 survey primarily targets FOSS contributors and relevant anonymized dataset is publicly available under CC by SA license. In this study, the dataset is analyzed from a critical perspective using statistical and clustering techniques (especially multiple…
Novel framework for ML-assisted inference valid for any statistical task.
problem Limited validity of existing methods for post-prediction inference.
method Introduces PSPS framework for task-agnostic ML-assisted inference.
result Valid and efficient inference for arbitrary ML models.
The Ward error sum of squares hierarchical clustering method has been very widely used since its first description by Ward in a 1963 publication. It has also been generalized in various ways. However there are different interpretations in the literature and there are different implementations of the Ward agglomerative …
DRIFT uses RL to automate functional software testing efficiently.
problem Efficient and reliable automated software testing.
method DRIFT employs Q-learning with Graph Neural Networks on symbolic UI representations.
result DRIFT can robustly test software functionalities in a fully automated manner.
Modern software systems provide many configuration options which significantly influence their non-functional properties. To understand and predict the effect of configuration options, several sampling and learning strategies have been proposed, albeit often with significant cost to cover the highly dimensional configu…
Deep learning improves gamma-ray energy estimation and event selection.
problem Improving gamma-ray event selection and energy estimation.
method Adapted convolutional neural networks (CNN) for gamma-ray astronomy.
result Significant improvement in gamma-ray energy estimation and event selection.
OS-ELM outperforms other classifiers in software defect prediction.
problem Predicting software defects from imbalanced datasets.
method OS-ELM, oversampling with noise filtering, comparison with other classifiers.
result OS-ELM outperforms other classifiers in recall and balanced accuracy.
Multimodal deep learning improves flaw detection in software programs.
problem Current flaw detection relies on single software representations.
method Adapted multimodal deep learning models for flaw detection.
result Multimodal models outperform traditional deep learning models.
KnotPlot helps beginners and veterans use software for visualizing knots.
problem None explicitly stated in the abstract.
method Software introduction and background for users.
result Provides new and veteran users with KnotPlot functionality.
Improving software quality through effective organizational learning.
problem Lack of reliable quantification methods for software evolution.
method Leveraging application lifecycle management data to identify and address managerial practices.
result Effective learning from past processes improves software quality indirectly.
New GPU algorithm speeds up Gaussian Process analysis.
problem Reducing computational complexity for large spatial datasets.
method Implemented three GPU methods for Vecchia Approximation.
result New GPU method outperforms existing methods.
This work presents MeKDDaM-SAGA, computer-aided automation software for implementing a novel knowledge discovery and data mining process model that was designed for performing justifiable, traceable and reproducible metabolomics data analysis. The process model focuses on achieving metabolomics analytical objectives an…
Tensor Regression tackles high-dimensional data analysis.
problem Challenges in traditional data representation methods for high-dimensional data.
method Systematic study and analysis of tensor-based regression models.
result Provides solutions for specific regression tasks with multiway data.
New method detects malware through obfuscation using adversarial risk analysis.
problem Insufficient malware detection in obfuscated binaries.
method Hybrid framework and adversarial risk analysis.
result Improved detection of malware through obfuscation.
MLPerf benchmarks ML training to drive performance improvements.
problem Unique challenges in ML training benchmarks.
method Developed MLPerf to overcome ML training's specific challenges.
result Quantitatively evaluated MLPerf's effectiveness.
Improved software flaw detection using NAS on multimodal DL models.
problem Software flaw detection in multimodal deep learning models.
method Adapted NAS framework for multimodal learning, combined with multimodal deep learning models.
result Improved performance on the Juliet Test Suite.
The paper addresses evaluating survival predictions using discrimination measures, finding a robust method to convert distributions to risks.
problem Evaluating survival distribution predictions with discrimination measures is challenging and often leads to unfair comparisons.
method The paper surveys existing methods and recommends summing over the predicted cumulative hazard as the most robust method to convert distributions to risks.
result Summing over the predicted cumulative hazard is the most robust method to convert distribution predictions to risk predictions.
Method predicts hardware resource usage by control software with guaranteed linear convergence.
problem Predicting time-varying hardware resource availability in control software.
method Path structured multimarginal Schrödinger bridge (MSBP) for learning stochastic resource usage.
result Guaranteed linear convergence to accurate prediction of hardware resource utilization.
Software development effort estimation is considered a fundamental task for software development life cycle as well as for managing project cost, time and quality. Therefore, accurate estimation is a substantial factor in projects success and reducing the risks. In recent years, software effort estimation has received …
Existing language models such as n-grams for software code often fail to capture a long context where dependent code elements scatter far apart. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to build a language model for software code to address this particular issue. Our language model, partly inspired by human memory, i…
This paper tackles co-design of neural hardware and software to improve efficiency.
problem Designing efficient deep learning systems that consider both hardware and software optimizations together.
method Developed a constrained Bayesian optimization framework to automatically identify profitable design points in the joint hardware/software design space.
result Improved energy-delay product by 18% (ResNet) and 40% (DQN) over hand-tuned systems.
funcGNN uses graph neural networks to estimate program similarity efficiently.
problem Estimating accurate program similarity for software engineering tasks.
method funcGNN trains on labeled CFG pairs to predict GED between unseen programs using effective embedding vectors.
result funcGNN achieves lower error rate (0.00194) and is 23 times faster than traditional methods.
BoXHED boosts hazard estimation for dynamic health risk scores.
problem Analyzing time-varying health vitals for disease onset prediction.
method Gradient boosting for nonparametric hazard function estimation with time-dependent covariates.
result Novel interaction effects among risk factors identified in cardiovascular disease onset data.
Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) has become popular for solving large scale supervised machine learning optimization problems such as SVM, due to their strong theoretical guarantees. While the closely related Dual Coordinate Ascent (DCA) method has been implemented in various software packages, it has so far lacked go…
Although software analytics has experienced rapid growth as a research area, it has not yet reached its full potential for wide industrial adoption. Most of the existing work in software analytics still relies heavily on costly manual feature engineering processes, and they mainly address the traditional classification…
Neural program analyzers are brittle and sensitive to input changes.
problem Reliability of neural program analyzers in software engineering.
method Developing testing techniques for neural program analyzers.
result Simple input perturbations can cause neural program analyzers to make mistakes.
Survey of software developers' experience with Github Copilot tool.
problem Investigate developers' acceptance of AI-generated code.
method Survey with 18 questions distributed to 42 programmers.
result Mixed developer opinions, mostly positive but reluctance to use.
Optuna introduces a new hyperparameter optimization framework.
problem Efficient hyperparameter optimization for machine learning models.
method Define-by-run API, efficient implementation, versatile architecture.
result Optuna is the first software meeting next-generation hyperparameter optimization criteria.
DNN is presenting human-level performance for many complex intelligent tasks in real-world applications. However, it also introduces ever-increasing security concerns. For example, the emerging adversarial attacks indicate that even very small and often imperceptible adversarial input perturbations can easily mislead t…
The task of clustering a set of objects based on multiple sources of data arises in several modern applications. We propose an integrative statistical model that permits a separate clustering of the objects for each data source. These separate clusterings adhere loosely to an overall consensus clustering, and hence the…
In this work, we employ quantitative methods from the realm of statistics and machine learning to develop novel methodologies for author attribution and textual analysis. In particular, we develop techniques and software suitable for applications to Classical study, and we illustrate the efficacy of our approach in sev…
A deep-learning inference accelerator is synthesized from a C-language software program parallelized with Pthreads. The software implementation uses the well-known producer/consumer model with parallel threads interconnected by FIFO queues. The LegUp high-level synthesis (HLS) tool synthesizes threads into parallel FPG…
DADApy analyzes high-dimensional data manifolds in Python.
problem Analyzing complex, high-dimensional data.
method Estimating intrinsic dimension, density, clustering, comparing distance metrics.
result Effective analysis of data manifolds in Python.
The paper proposes a method to identify root causes of anomalies in time series data.
problem Challenges in identifying the root cause of anomalies in complex software systems.
method Analyzes time series fluctuations to track the propagation of effects through hidden states.
result Identifies causal patterns among observed fluctuations to isolate root causes.
Learning graphical models from data is an important problem with wide applications, ranging from genomics to the social sciences. Nowadays datasets often have upwards of thousands---sometimes tens or hundreds of thousands---of variables and far fewer samples. To meet this challenge, we have developed a new R package ca…
Software helps teach latent variable methods in multivariate data analytics.
problem Challenges in understanding multivariate data analytics for students.
method Interactive software for comparing latent variable methods.
result Builds intuition on choosing methods and interpreting coefficients.
EvaSylv software evaluates forest management with natural risk considerations.
problem Evaluating forest management under increased natural risk due to climate change.
method User-friendly software simulates forest management scenarios, integrating natural risk using a Poisson process and Faustmann approach.
result Software optimizes forest management criteria like Faustmann value and Averaged yield value.
Python tools for 3D shape analysis on Kendall's space.
problem Lack of practical utilities for advanced 3D shape analysis.
method Developed Python tools for 3D shape analysis on Kendall's 3D Shape Space.
result Efficient, accessible software solutions for researchers.
Neural network identifies undeclared variables and infers their types.
problem Undeclared variable errors in programs.
method Trained on structural semantic details of AST, identifies and infers types of undeclared variables.
result Correctly identified and inferred types for 80% of programs with undeclared variable errors.
Software estimates inequality in random systems with changing communities.
problem Measuring inequality in systems with dynamic interactions and random attributes.
method Piecewise homogeneous Markov chain for changing points, copula function for multivariate distribution, Monte Carlo algorithm for entropy estimation.
result Estimates Random Theil's Entropy to measure inequality in random systems.