Alexandre DECAN
Nombre de publications : 74
2024
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication publiée dans un ouvrage
- Chidambaram, N., Mens, T., & Decan, A. (2024). RABBIT: A tool for identifying bot accounts based on their recent GitHub event history. In "21st International Conference on Mining Software Repositories" (pp. 5). Lisbon, Portugal: ACM.
- Onsori delicheh, H., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2024). Quantifying Security Issues in Reusable JavaScript Actions in GitHub Workflows. In "21st International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR '24)". ACM.
- Rostami mazrae, P., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2024). gawd: A Differencing Tool for GitHub Actions Workflows. In "21st International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR '24)". ACM.
- Cardoen, G., Mens, T., & Decan, A. (2024). A dataset of GitHub Actions workflow histories. In "21st International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR '24)". ACM.
2023
Parties d’ouvrages/Contribution à des ouvrages collectifs
- Wessel, M., Mens, T., Decan, A., & Rostami mazrae, P. (2023). The GitHub Development Workflow Automation Ecosystems. In T. Mens, C. De Roover, ... A. Cleve, "Software Ecosystems: Tooling and Analytics". Berlin, Germany: Springer.
Périodiques scientifiques/Article
- Decan, A., Mens, T., & Onsori delicheh, H. (2023). On the outdatedness of workflows in the GitHub Actions ecosystem. "Journal of Systems and Software", 111827. doi:10.1016/j.jss.2023.111827
- Rostami mazrae, P., Mens, T., Golzadeh, M., & Decan, A. (07 March 2023). On the usage, co-usage and migration of CI/CD tools: A qualitative analysis. "Empirical Software Engineering, 28" (52). doi:10.1007/s10664-022-10285-5
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication publiée dans un ouvrage
- Chidambaram, N., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2023). A Dataset of Bot and Human Activities in GitHub. In "Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR 2023)". IEEE. doi:10.1109/MSR59073.2023.00070
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication publiée dans un périodique
- Onsori delicheh, H., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (12 September 2023). A Preliminary Study of GitHub Actions Dependencies. "CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 3483".
- Rostami mazrae, P., Decan, A., Mens, T., & Wessel, M. (2023). A Preliminary Study of GitHub Actions Workflow Changes. "CEUR Workshop Proceedings".
- Chidambaram, N., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (12 June 2023). Distinguishing Bots From Human Developers Based on Their GitHub Activity Types. "CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 3483", 31-39.
Mémoires et thèses/Thèse de doctorat
- Golzadeh, M. (2023). "Identifying Development Bots in Social Coding Platforms" [Doctoral thesis, UMONS - Université de Mons]. ORBi UMONS-University of Mons. https://orbi.umons.ac.be/handle/20.500.12907/46100
2022
Périodiques scientifiques/Article
- Zerouali, A., Mens, T., Decan, A., & De Roover, C. (30 May 2022). On the Impact of Security Vulnerabilities in the npm and RubyGems Dependency Networks. "Empirical Software Engineering, 27" (107), 45. doi:10.1007/s10664-022-10154-1
- Golzadeh, M., Mens, T., Decan, A., Constantinou, E., & Chidambaram, N. (26 May 2022). Recognizing bot activity in collaborative software development. "IEEE Software, 39" (5), 56-61. doi:10.1109/ms.2022.3178601
- Golzadeh, M., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2022). On the rise and fall of CI services in GitHub. "29th IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER), Honolulu, Hawai, 2022".
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication publiée dans un ouvrage
- Ramkisoen, P., Businge, J., Van Bradel, B., Decan, A., Demeyer, S., De Roover, C., & Khomh, F. (2022). PaReco: Patched Clones and Missed Patches among the Divergent Variants of a Software Family. In "Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE 2022)". ACM.
- Decan, A., Mens, T., Rostami Mazrae, P., & Golzadeh, M. (2022). On the Use of GitHub Actions in Software Development Repositories. In "Proceedings of 38th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME)". IEEE.
- Golzadeh, M., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2022). On the rise and fall of CI services in GitHub. In "Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER)". Honolulu, Unknown/unspecified: IEEE.
- Businge, J., Zerouali, A., Decan, A., Mens, T., Demeyer, S., & De Roover, C. (2022). Variant Forks - Motivations and Impediments. In "29th IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER)". IEEE.
- Chidambaram, N., Decan, A., & Golzadeh, M. (2022). Leveraging Predictions From Multiple Repositories to Improve Bot Detection. In "4th Workshop on Bots in Software Engineering (BotSE), IEEE/ACM ICSEW 2022". IEEE. doi:10.1145/3528228.3528403
- Golzadeh, M., Decan, A., & Chidambaram, N. (2022). On the Accuracy of Bot Detection Techniques. In "4th Workshop on Bots in Software Engineering (BotSE), IEEE/ACM ICSEW 2022". ACM. doi:10.1145/3528228.3528406
2021
Périodiques scientifiques/Article
- Decan, A., Mens, T., Zerouali, A., & De Roover, C. (2021). Back to the Past - Analysing Backporting Practices in Package Dependency Networks. "IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering". doi:10.1109/TSE.2021.3112204
- Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2021). Lost in Zero Space - An Empirical Comparison of 0.y.z Releases in Software Package Distributions. "Science of Computer Programming". doi:10.1016/j.scico.2021.102656
- Golzadeh, M., Decan, A., Legay, D., & Mens, T. (02 February 2021). A ground-truth dataset and classification model for detecting bots in GitHub issue and PR comments. "Journal of Systems and Software, 175". doi:10.1016/j.jss.2021.110911
- Zerouali, A., Mens, T., Decan, A., Gonzalez-Barahona, J., & Robles, G. (2021). A multi-dimensional analysis of technical lag in Debian-based Docker images. "Empirical Software Engineering". doi:10.1007/s10664-020-09908-6
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication orale non publiée/Abstract
- Golzadeh, M., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (08 December 2021). "On the evolution of CI usage and GitHub Actions". Paper presented at BENEVOL - 20th Belgium-Netherlands Software Evolution Workshop, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
- Golzadeh, M., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (02 December 2021). "A ground-truth dataset and classification model for detecting bots in GitHub issue and PR comments". Paper presented at Groupe de Travail Vélocité Logicielle, Paris, France.
- Golzadeh, M., Decan, A., Legay, D., & Mens, T. (04 June 2021). "A ground-truth dataset and classification model for detecting bots in GitHub issue and PR comments". Paper presented at 3rd Workshop on Bots in Software Engineering (BotSE), Madrid, Spain.
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication publiée dans un ouvrage
- Businge, J., Decan, A., Zerouali, A., Mens, T., & Demeyer, S. (2021). An Empirical Investigation of Forks as Variants in the npm Package Distribution. In "Proceedings of the 19th Belgium-Netherlands Software Evolution Workshop". CEUR-WS.org.
- Golzadeh, M., Decan, A., Constantinou, E., & Mens, T. (2021). Identifying bot activity in GitHub pull request and issue comments. In "2021 IEEE/ACM Third International Workshop on Bots in Software Engineering (BotSE)". IEEE.
- Legay, D., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2021). A Quantitative Assessment of Package Freshness in Linux Distributions. In "2021 IEEE/ACM 4th International Workshop on Software Health in Projects, Ecosystems and Communities (SoHeal)". IEEE.
- Golzadeh, M., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2021). Evaluating a bot detection model on git commit messages. In "Proceedings of the 19th Belgium-Netherlands Software Evolution Workshop". CEUR-WS.org.
2020
Périodiques scientifiques/Article
- Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2020). Sismic - A Python library for statechart execution and testing. "SoftwareX". doi:10.1016/j.softx.2020.100590
- Decan, A., Constantinou, E., Mens, T., & Rocha, H. (10 March 2020). GAP: Forecasting commit activity in git projects. "Journal of Systems and Software, 165". doi:10.1016/j.jss.2020.110573
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication orale non publiée/Abstract
- Legay, D., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (03 December 2020). "A mixed-method approach to analysing package freshness in Linux distributions". Paper presented at Belgium-Netherlands Software Evolution Workshop (BENEVOL), Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication publiée dans un périodique
- Legay, D., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2020). "On Package Freshness in Linux Distributions". Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution, Adelaïde, Australia.
- Golzadeh, M., Legay, D., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2020). "Bot or not? Detecting bots in GitHub pull request activity based on comment similarity". Paper presented at BotSE20: ICSE Workshop on Bots in Software Engineering, Seoul, South Korea.
- Legay, D., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2020). "On the usage of badges in open source packages in GitHub". Paper presented at Belgium-Netherlands Software Evolution Workshop, Bruxelles, Belgium.
- Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2020). "How Magic Is Zero? An Empirical Analysis of Initial Development Releases in Three Software Package Distributions". Paper presented at SoHeal 2020 : 3rd International Workshop on Software Health, Seoul, South Korea.
Développements informatiques/Logiciel
- Decan, A. (2020). "GAP: A Python-based command-line tool for forecasting commit activity in git projects".
- Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2020). "GAP: Forecasting Commit Activity in git Projects: Replication Package". doi:10.5281/zenodo.3666047
2019
Périodiques scientifiques/Article
- Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2019). What do package dependencies tell us about semantic versioning? "IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering". doi:10.1109/TSE.2019.2918315
- Mens, T., Decan, A., & Spanoudakis, N. I. (04 April 2019). A method for testing and validating executable statechart models. "Software and Systems Modeling, 18" (2), 837-863. doi:10.1007/s10270-018-0676-3
- Zerouali, A., Mens, T., Gonzalez-Barahona, J., Decan, A., Constantinou, E., & Robles, G. (2019). A formal framework for measuring technical lag in component repositories -- and its application to npm. "Journal of Software: Evolution and Process". doi:10.1002/smr.2157
- Decan, A., Mens, T., & Grosjean, P. (01 February 2019). An empirical comparison of dependency network evolution in seven software packaging ecosystems. "Empirical Software Engineering, 24" (1), 381-416. doi:10.1007/s10664-017-9589-y
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication orale non publiée/Abstract
- Legay, D., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (28 November 2019). "Towards an Understanding of the Impact of Badges in GitHub Repositories". Paper presented at Belgium-Netherlands Software Evolution Workshop, Bruxelles, Belgium.
- Legay, D., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (22 November 2019). "Towards understanding the relation between badges and contributions in GitHub repositories". Paper presented at Grascomp Doctoral Day (GDD'19), UNamur, Belgium.
- Golzadeh, M., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (22 November 2019). "On the effect of discussions on pull request decisions". Paper presented at Grascomp Doctoral Day (GDD'19), UNamur, Belgium.
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication publiée dans un périodique
- Golzadeh, M., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2019). "On the effect of discussions on pull request decisions". Paper presented at Belgium-Netherlands Software Evolution Workshop, Bruxelles, Belgium.
- Legay, D., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2019). "On the impact of pull request decisions on future contributions". Paper presented at Belgium-Netherlands Software Evolution Workshop (BENEVOL), Delft, Netherlands.
Mémoires et thèses/Thèse de doctorat
- Zerouali, A. (2019). "A Measurement Framework for Analyzing Technical Lag in Open-Source Software Ecosystems". Unpublished doctoral thesis, Université de Mons. Jury: Mens, T. (Promotor), Delgrange, O., Decan, A., Gonzalez-Barahona, J., ... Serebrenik, A.
2018
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication orale non publiée/Abstract
- Constantinou, E., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (10 December 2018). "Breaking the borders: an investigation of cross-ecosystem software packages". Paper presented at BENEVOL 2018, Delft, Netherlands.
- Decan, A., Constantinou, E., & Mens, T. (04 July 2018). "On the impact of security vulnerabilities in the npm package dependency network". Paper presented at Seminar on Advanced Tools and Techniques for Software Evolution (SATTOSE 2018), Athens, Greece.
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication publiée dans un périodique
- Constantinou, E., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2018). "Breaking the Borders: An Investigation of Cross-Ecosystem Software Packages". Paper presented at Belgium-Netherlands Software Evolution Workshop (BENEVOL), Delft, Netherlands.
- Decan, A., Mens, T., & Constantinou, E. (2018). "On the evolution of technical lag in the npm package dependency network". Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution, Madrid, Spain.
- Decan, A., Mens, T., & Constantinou, E. (2018). "On the impact of security vulnerabilities in the npm package dependency network". Paper presented at IEEE Working Conference on Mining Software Repositories, Gothenburg, Sweden. doi:10.1145/3196398.3196401
2017
Parties d’ouvrages/Contribution à des ouvrages collectifs
- Claes, M., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2017). Intercomponent dependency issues in software ecosystems. In "Software Technology: 10 Years of Innovation in IEEE Computer". Wiley.
- Meurice, L., Goeminne, M., Mens, T., Nagy, C., Decan, A., & Cleve, A. (2017). Analyzing the evolution of database usage in data-intensive software systems. In "Software Technology: 10 Years of Innovation in IEEE Computer". Wiley.
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication orale non publiée/Abstract
- Mens, T., & Decan, A. (07 June 2017). "Towards Laws of Software Ecosystem Evolution: An Empirical Comparison of Seven Package Dependency Networks". Paper presented at Seminar on Advanced Tools and Techniques for Software Evolution (SATTOSE 2017), Madrid, Spain.
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication publiée dans un périodique
- Decan, A., Goeminne, M., & Mens, T. (2017). "On the Interaction of Relational Database Access Technologies in Open Source Java Projects". Paper presented at SATToSE 2015, Mons, Belgium.
- Decan, A., Mens, T., & Claes, M. (2017). "An Empirical Comparison of Dependency Issues in OSS Packaging Ecosystems". Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering, Klagenfurt, Austria.
2016
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication publiée dans un périodique
- Decan, A., Mens, T., & Claes, M. (2016). "On the Topology of Package Dependency Networks: A Comparison of Three Programming Language Ecosystems". Paper presented at European Conference on Software Architecture Workshops, Copenhagen, Denmark. doi:10.1145/2993412.3003382
- Decan, A., Mens, T., Claes, M., & Grosjean, P. (2016). "When GitHub meets CRAN: An Analysis of Inter-Repository Package Dependency Problems" [Paper presentation]. IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering, Osaka, Japan.
2015
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication publiée dans un périodique
- Decan, A., Mens, T., Claes, M., & Grosjean, P. (2015). "On the Development and Distribution of R Packages: An Empirical Analysis of the R Ecosystem" [Paper presentation]. International Workshop on Software Ecosystems (IWSECO), .
2014
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication publiée dans un périodique
- Goeminne, M., Decan, A., & Mens, T. (2014). "Co-evolving code-related and database-related changes in a data-intensive software system". Paper presented at IEEE CSMR-WCRE 2014 Software Evolution Week, Antwerpen, Belgium. doi:10.1109/CSMR-WCRE.2014.6747193
2013
Mémoires et thèses/Thèse de doctorat
- Decan, A. (2013). "Certain Query Answering in First-Order Languages" [Doctoral thesis, Université de Mons]. ORBi UMONS-University of Mons. https://orbi.umons.ac.be/handle/20.500.12907/41214
2012
Périodiques scientifiques/Article
- Decan, A., Pijcke, F., & Wijsen, J. (17 September 2012). Certain Conjunctive Query Answering in SQL. "Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 7520", 154-167.
- Bruyère, V., Carton, O., Decan, A., Gauwin, O., & Wijsen, J. (01 January 2012). An Aperiodicity Problem for Multiwords. "RAIRO: Informatique Théorique et Applications, 46" (1), 33-50.
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication orale non publiée/Abstract
- Decan, A., Pijcke, F., & Wijsen, J. (21 November 2012). "Certain Conjunctive Query Answering in SQL" [Paper presentation]. The Dutch-Belgian Database Day (DBDBD), Brussels, Belgium.
- Decan, A., Pijcke, F., & Wijsen, J. (17 September 2012). "Certain Conjunctive Query Answering in SQL" [Paper presentation]. International Conference on Scalable Uncertainty Management (SUM), Marburg, Germany.
2010
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication orale non publiée/Abstract
- Decan, A., & Wijsen, J. (10 September 2010). "A Variant of Pattern Matching for Multiwords" [Paper presentation]. Journées Montoises en Informatique Théorique, Amiens, France.
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication publiée dans un périodique
- Bruyère, V., Carton, O., Decan, A., Gauwin, O., & Wijsen, J. (2010). "A Variant of Pattern Matching for Multiwords" [Paper presentation]. Journées Montoises en Informatique Théorique, Amiens, France.
2009
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication publiée dans un périodique
- Bruyère, V., Decan, A., & Wijsen, J. (2009). "On first-order query rewriting for incomplete database histories" [Paper presentation]. International Symposium/Workshop on Temporal Representation and Reasoning, Bressanone-Brixen, Italy.
2008
Colloques et congrès scientifiques/Communication publiée dans un périodique
- Decan, A., & Wijsen, J. (2008). "On first-order query rewriting for incomplete database histories" [Paper presentation]. International Workshop on Logic in Databases (LID), .