Machine Learning (ML), including Deep Learning (DL), systems, ie, those with ML
capabilities, are pervasive in today's data-driven society. Such systems are complex; they …

Streaming APIs are becoming more pervasive in mainstream Object-Oriented programming
languages and platforms. For example, the Stream API introduced in Java 8 allows for …

Java 8 introduced streams that allow developers to work with collections of data using
functional-style operations. Streams are often used in pipelines of operations for processing …

Actor concurrency is becoming increasingly important in the development of real-world
software systems. Although actor concurrency may be less susceptible to some …

Efficiency is essential to support responsiveness wrt ever-growing datasets, especially for
Deep Learning (DL) systems. DL frameworks have traditionally embraced deferred …

Abstract The Contract Automata Tool is an open-source tool for the specification,
composition and synthesis of coordination of service contracts, including functionalities to …

Logging—used for system events and security breaches to describe more informational yet
essential aspects of software features—is pervasive. Given the high transactionality of …

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are the primary mechanism that developers use
to obtain access to third-party algorithms and services. Unfortunately, APIs can be misused …

Motivation. Higher-order functions are a standard and increasingly central component in
many kinds of modern programming, including data science and Web development. Yet little …

Source code reuse is considered one of the holy grails of modern software development.
Indeed, it has been widely demonstrated that this activity decreases software development …