MSR 2020
Mon 29 - Tue 30 June 2020
co-located with ICSE 2020
Tue 30 Jun 2020 16:30 - 16:45 at MSR:Zoom2 - Visions & Reflections Chair(s): Venera Arnaoudova

The great influence of Bitcoin has promoted the rapid development of blockchain-based digital currencies, especially the altcoins, since 2013. However, most altcoins share similar source codes, resulting in concerns about code innovations. In this paper, an empirical study on existing altcoins is carried out to offer a thorough understanding of various aspects associated with altcoin innovations. Firstly, we construct the dataset of altcoins, including source code repositories, GitHub fork relations, and market capitalizations (cap). Then, we analyze the altcoin innovations from the perspective of source code similarities. The results demonstrate that more than 85% of altcoin repositories present high code similarities. Next, a temporal clustering algorithm is proposed to mine the inheritance relationship among various altcoins. The family pedigrees of altcoin are constructed, in which the altcoin presents similar evolution features as biology, such as power-law in family size, variety in family evolution, etc. Finally, we investigate the correlation between code innovations and market capitalization. Although we fail to predict the price of altcoins based on their code similarities, the results show that altcoins with higher innovations reflect better market prospects.

Tue 30 Jun

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16:00 - 17:00
Visions & ReflectionsTechnical Papers / Registered Reports / Keynote / MSR Awards / FOSS Award / Education / Data Showcase / Mining Challenge / MSR Challenge Proposals / Ask Me Anything at MSR:Zoom2
Chair(s): Venera Arnaoudova Washington State University

Q/A & Discussion of Session Papers over Zoom (Joining info available on Slack)

16:00
15m
Live Q&A
The State of the ML-universe: 10 Years of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Software Development on GitHubMSR - Technical Paper
Technical Papers
Danielle Gonzalez Rochester Institute of Technology, USA, Thomas Zimmermann Microsoft Research, Nachiappan Nagappan Microsoft Research
DOI Pre-print Media Attached
16:15
15m
Live Q&A
Ethical Mining – A Case Study on MSR Mining ChallengesACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper AwardMSR - Technical Paper
Technical Papers
Nicolas Gold University College London, Jens Krinke University College London
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16:30
15m
Live Q&A
From Innovations to Prospects: What Is Hidden Behind Cryptocurrencies?MSR - Technical Paper
Technical Papers
Ang Jia Xi'an Jiaotong University, Ming Fan Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi Xu , Di Cui Xi'an Jiaotong University, Wenying Wei , Zijiang Yang Western Michigan University, Kai Ye , Ting Liu Xi'an Jiaotong University
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16:45
15m
Live Q&A
What constitutes Software? An Empirical, Descriptive Study of ArtifactsMSR - Technical Paper
Technical Papers
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