RESER 2010 - 1st International Workshop on Replication in Empirical Software Engineering Research (RESER)

1st International Workshop on Replication in Empirical Software Engineering Research (RESER)
Tuesday, 4 May 2010

http://sequoia.cs.byu.edu/reser2010
Organizers:
Charles Knutson, Brigham Young University, USA
Jonathan Krein, Brigham Young University, USA
Natalia Juristo, Universidad Politéchnica de Madrid, Spain
Lutz Prechelt, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Many fundamental results in Software Engineering suffer from threats to validity that can be addressed by replication studies. The primary goal of this workshop is to raise the perceived value of replication work by creating both recognition for, and awareness of, replication studies. The workshop aims to encourage revisiting results, including those that have long been accepted but which in fact have only weak empirical support. In addition, the workshop seeks to identify and suggest solutions for recurring practical problems in selecting, designing, and performing replication studies. The workshop also seeks to advance the state of research reporting techniques and tool development and deployment, with a focus on making experiments repeatable and tools more reusable. By providing a venue in which researchers can discuss tools, methods, results and philosophical foundations of replication, this workshop will help to advance the empirical methods and scientific rigor of the Software Engineering community.