Topics of Interest

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• aspect exploration
  • automated mining techniques such as concept analysis, clone detection, change history mining, etc.
  • code navigation tools
  • structural query tools
  • software search tools
  • concern benchmarks (i.e., examples of concerns to locate)
• aspect extraction
  • automated techniques such as slicing, refactoring, program transformations, etc.
  • pointcut generation techniques
  • experiences in migration toward AOSD
  • testing/verification implications
  • aspect benchmarks (i.e., examples of code that should be refactored into aspects)
• aspect evolution
  • refactoring of AOSD software
  • evolution of pointcuts, fragile pointcut problem
  • metrics to quantify evolution