Refactoring detection is crucial for a variety of applications and tasks:(i) empirical studies
about code evolution,(ii) tools for library API migration,(iii) code reviews and change …

The popularity of JavaScript has lead to a large ecosystem of third-party packages available
via the npm software package registry. The open nature of npm has boosted its growth …

Security vulnerabilities are among the most pressing problems in open source software
package libraries. It may take a long time to discover and fix vulnerabilities in packages. In …

Nearly every popular programming language comes with one or more package managers.
The software packages distributed by such package managers form large software …

The worldwide software ecosystem is a trust-rich part of the world. Throughout the software
life cycle, software engineers, end-users, and other stakeholders collaboratively place their …

Software ecosystems play an important role in modern software development, providing an
open platform of reusable packages that speed up and facilitate development tasks …

Several large scale studies on the Maven, NPM, and Android ecosystems point out that
many developers do not often update their vulnerable software libraries thus exposing the …

Online toxicity is ubiquitous across the internet and its negative impact on the people and
that online communities that it effects has been well documented. However, toxicity …

Software developers often include available open-source software packages into their
projects to minimize redundant effort. However, adding a package to a project can also …

Developers neglect to update legacy software dependencies, resulting in buggy and
insecure software. One explanation for this neglect is the difficulty of constantly checking for …