2016 IEEE 24th International Conference on Program Comprehension (ICPC)

Topics of interest for all tracks include but are not limited to:

• Tool support for program comprehension;
• Novel visualization techniques and interfaces to support program comprehension, including searching, browsing and analyzing;
• Cognitive theories for program comprehension, including experiments, empirical studies, and case studies;
• Individual, collaborative, distributed, and global program comprehension;
• Comprehension of specific types of software systems, such as open/closed source, mobile applications, web-based systems, legacy systems, product lines, libraries, multi-threaded applications, and systems of systems;
• Comprehension in the context of diverse software process models and specific lifecycle activities, such as: maintenance, evolution, reengineering, migration, security, auditing, and testing;
• Comprehension of software artifacts;
• Empirical evaluations of program comprehension tools, techniques, and approaches;
• Human aspects in program comprehension;
• Comprehension and legal issues, such as due diligence, intellectual property, reverse engineering, and litigation;
• Issues and case studies in the transfer of program comprehension technology to industry.