Technical Program

Friday, Sep. 25, 2009


08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 - 09:15 VISSOFT 2009 Introduction

09:15 - 10:30 SESSION I - Full Papers I [Chair: Andrian Marcus]
Full Paper "Beyond Pretty Pictures: Examining the Benefits of Code Visualization for Open Source Newcomers"
Yunrim Park and Carlos Jensen
Full Paper "The Effect of Layout on the Comprehension of UML Class Diagrams: A Controlled Experiment"
Bonita Sharif and Jonathan Maletic
Full Paper "Evaluation of Software Visualization Tools: Lessons Learned"
Mariam Sensalire, Patrick Ogao, and Alexandru Telea

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30 SESSION II - Short Papers & Tool Demos [Chair: Alexandru Telea]
Short Paper "Compare and Contrast: Visual Exploration of Source Code Examples"
Rylan Cottrell, Brina Goyette, Reid Holmes, Robert Walker, and Joerg Denzinger
Short Paper "Visualizing Calling Context Profiles with Ring Charts"
Philippe Moret, Walter Binder, Danilo Ansaloni, and Alex Villazon
Short Paper "Visualization of Domain-Specific Programs’ Behavior"
Nuno Oliveira, Maria João Varanda Pereira, Daniela da Cruz, and Pedro Henriques
Short Paper "Generating Visualization-based Analysis Scenarios from Maintenance Task Descriptions"
Salima Hassaine, Karim Dhambri, Houari Sahraoui, and Pierre Poulin
Tool Demo "Enhancing Structural Views of Software Systems by Dynamic Information"
Stefan Voigt, Johannes Bohnet, and Juergen Doellner
Tool Demo "sv3D meets Eclipse"
David Montaño, Jairo Aponte, and Andrian Marcus

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:30 SESSION III - Keynote [Chair: VISSOFT/WSE Organizers]
Keynote "What your IDE could do once you understand your code"
Arie van Deursen

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:40 SESSION IV - Full Papers II [Chair: Jonathan Maletic]
Full Paper "Visualizing Massively Pruned Execution Traces to Facilitate Trace Exploration"
Johannes Bohnet, Martin Koeleman, and Juergen Doellner
Full Paper "Case Study: Visual Analytics in Software Product Assessments"
Alexandru Telea and Lucian Voinea
Full Paper "Visualizing the Java Heap"
Steven Reiss
Full Paper "Extraction and Visualization of Call Dependencies for Large C/C++ Code Bases: A Comparative Study"
Alexandru Telea, Hessel Hoogendorp, Ozan Ersoy, and Dennie Reniers

17:45 - 18:00 Closing & Reflections

19:00 - Open Workshop Dinner