Performance problems widely exist in modern software systems. Existing performance
optimization techniques, including profiling-based and pattern-based techniques, usually fail …

The number of smartphones shipped in 2014 will be four times larger than the number of
PCs. Compared to PCs, smartphones have limited computing resources, and smartphone …

Modern machine learning programs are often written in Python, with the main computations
specified through calls to some highly optimized libraries (eg, TensorFlow, PyTorch). How to …

Background: Performance bugs can lead to severe issues regarding computation efficiency,
power consumption, and user experience. Locating these bugs is a difficult task because …

Modern software systems are highly customizable through configuration options. The sheer
size of the configuration space makes it challenging to understand the performance …

Little is known about how software performance evolves across software revisions. The
severity of this situation is high since (i) most performance variations seem to happen …

Large software systems often undergo performance tests to ensure their capability to handle
expected loads. These performance tests often consume large amounts of computing …

Non-functional properties, such as runtime or memory use, are important to mobile app
users and developers, as they affect user experience. Previous work on automated …

Modern web applications are built using a myriad of software components, and each of them
exposes different programming models (eg, application logic expressed in an imperative …

Cloud management stack (CMS) provides convenience for organizations in managing their
cloud platforms. CMS software is complex and bugs in it can cause serious damage to the …