Third-party library reuse has become common practice in contemporary software
development, as it includes several benefits for developers. Library dependencies are …

Third-party libraries play a key role in software development as they can relieve developers
of the heavy burden of re-implementing common functionalities. However, third-party …

Enabled by a rich ecosystem of Machine Learning (ML) libraries, programming using
learned models, ie, Software-2.0, has gained substantial adoption. However, we do not …

While lots of research has explored how to prevent maintainers from abandoning the open-
source projects that serve as our digital infras-tructure, there are very few insights on …

Abstract Systems that depend on third-party libraries may have to be updated when updates
to these libraries become available in order to benefit from new functionality, security …

Developers leverage logs for debugging, performance monitoring and load testing. The
increased dependence on logs has lead to the development of numerous logging libraries …

We study the evolution and impact of bloated dependencies in a single software ecosystem:
Java/Maven. Bloated dependencies are third-party libraries that are packaged in the …

Over the years, researchers capitalized on the repetitiveness of software changes to
automate many software evolution tasks. Despite the extraordinary rise in popularity of …

Third-party libraries are a key building block in software development as they allow
developers to reuse common functionalities instead of reinventing the wheel. However, third …

The process of migration between different third-party software libraries, while being an
typical library reuse practice, is complex, time consuming and error-prone. Typically, during …