Call for Papers
Sixth International Workshop on Software Clones(IWSC 2012)
Applying Clone Technology to Industry
Monday, June 4, 2012, Zurich, Switzerland
In Conjunction with ICSE'12
http://iwsc2012.ist.osaka-u.ac.jp/
Software clones are identical or similar pieces of code, design or other artifacts. Clones are known
to be closely related to various issues in software engineering, such as software quality, complexity,architecture, refactoring, evolution, licensing, plagiarism, and so on. Various characteristics ofsoftware systems can be uncovered through clone analysis, and system restructuring can beperformed by merging clones.
The purpose of this workshop is to continue to solidify and give shape to this research area andcommunity. More specifically, the goals are to bring together researchers and practitioners fromaround the world to evaluate the current state of research and applications, discuss commonproblems, discover new opportunities for collaboration, exchange ideas, envision new areas ofresearch and applications, and explore synergies with similarity analysis in other areas anddisciplines.
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Definition of software clones
Types, distribution, and nature of clones in software systems
Causes and effects of clones
Techniques and algorithms for clone detection, analysis, and management
Clones and clone patterns visualization
Tools and systems for detecting and analyzing software clones
Applications of clone analysis
Clone management
System architecture and clone
Effect of clones to system complexity and quality
Clone analysis in families of similar systems
Industrial experiences with clone analysis
Measures of code similarity
Economic and trade-off models for clone removal
Evaluation and benchmarking of clone detection methods
Licensing and plagiarism issues
Clone-aware software design and development
Refactoring through clone analysis
Higher-level clones in models and designs
Clone evolution and variationRole of clones in software system evolution

Industrial use of clone technology is emerging, so in this workshop, we will particularly focus on
applications of clone detection and analysis.
Both full research and experience papers limited to 7 pages and short position papers limited to 2
pages are sought. Submissions must adhere to the IEEE two-column proceedings format:
http://www.ifi.uzh.ch/icse2012/how-to-submit/
Full 7-page papers are expected to present novel research ideas and open issues, significant
experiences or empirical studies, or important viewpoints on the field. Short 2-page position papers

are those designed to raise new ideas and issues for which the research is not yet ready for a fullpaper, or to introduce a tool demonstration. Position papers should emphasize originality andpotential to stimulate active discussion at the workshop, or alternatively introduce a relevant
practical tool to be demonstrated. A tool demonstration session will be organized if there are enoughtools submitted.
Both kinds of papers will be formally reviewed by at least three members of the workshop programcommittee. They must be relevant to the goals of the workshop and hold the potential for lively
discussion and debate.
Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings as part of the ICSE Companion
Volume. Their authors will be invited to present their work during the workshop as a formal
presentation and take part in an open panel discussion of the topics and issues raised.
Submissions should be uploaded online to the workshop's submission web site:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwsc2012
Important Dates:
Paper submissions
Notification to authors
Camera-ready copies
WorkshopFebruary 24, 2012
March 19, 2012
March 29, 2012
June 4, 2012

Organizing Committee:
Katsuro Inoue
Osaka University, Japan
James R. Cordy
Queen's University, Canada
Rainer Koschke
University of Bremen, Germany
Program Committee Co-Chairs:
Jens Krinke
University College London, UK
Chanchal K. Roy
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Program Committee Members:
James R. Cordy
Queen's University, Canada
Daniel M. German
University of Victoria, Canada
Nils Göde
University of Bremen, Germany
Michael W. Godfrey
University of Waterloo, Canada
Yoshiki Higo
Osaka University, Japan
Elmar Jürgens
Technical University of Munich, Germany
Toshihiro Kamiya
Future University of Hakodate, Japan
Nicholas Kraft
University of Alabama, USA
Angela Lozano
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Ettore Merlo
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
Tien Nguyen
Iowa State University, USA
Juergen Rilling
Concordia University, Canada
Robert Tairas
INRIA, France
Norihiro Yoshida
Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Xing Zhenchang
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Publicity Chair:
Jan Harder

University of Bremen, Germany

Web Chair:Pei Xia

Osaka University, JapanFor More Information:
Website:http://iwsc2012.ist.osaka-u.ac.jp/
Email:
iwsc2012@ist.osaka-u.ac.jp
Twitter:@IWSC2012