{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4308648324","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3540250.3560880","title":"Language-agnostic dynamic analysis of multilingual code: promises, pitfalls, and prospects","display_name":"Language-agnostic dynamic analysis of multilingual code: promises, pitfalls, and prospects","publication_year":2022,"publication_date":"2022-11-07","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4308648324","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3540250.3560880"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3540250.3560880","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3540250.3560880","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3540250.3560880","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4363608883","display_name":"Proceedings of the 30th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"conference"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 30th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3540250.3560880","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5058556316","display_name":"Haoran Yang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9298-9757"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I72951846","display_name":"Washington State University","ror":"https://ror.org/05dk0ce17","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I72951846"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Haoran Yang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Washington State University, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Washington State University, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I72951846"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100320336","display_name":"Wen Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7425-9449"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I72951846","display_name":"Washington State University","ror":"https://ror.org/05dk0ce17","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I72951846"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wen Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["Washington State University, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Washington State University, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I72951846"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5076081056","display_name":"Haipeng Cai","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5224-9970"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I72951846","display_name":"Washington State University","ror":"https://ror.org/05dk0ce17","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I72951846"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Haipeng Cai","raw_affiliation_strings":["Washington State University, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Washington State University, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I72951846"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5058556316"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I72951846"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.0392,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":14,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.89341647,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1621","last_page":"1626"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10743","display_name":"Software Testing and Debugging Techniques","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11241","display_name":"Advanced Malware Detection Techniques","score":0.9983000159263611,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1711","display_name":"Signal Processing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8828453421592712},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/program-slicing","display_name":"Program slicing","score":0.7186608910560608},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scalability","display_name":"Scalability","score":0.6295779943466187},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/extensibility","display_name":"Extensibility","score":0.6132193207740784},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/code","display_name":"Code (set theory)","score":0.5562049150466919},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/key","display_name":"Key (lock)","score":0.5002548694610596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.49183130264282227},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.4606935679912567},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/independence","display_name":"Independence (probability theory)","score":0.45634448528289795},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.439699649810791},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/slicing","display_name":"Slicing","score":0.41179192066192627},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-science","display_name":"Data science","score":0.33422327041625977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.18770289421081543},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/database","display_name":"Database","score":0.15587222576141357}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8828453421592712},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C91071405","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1413145","display_name":"Program slicing","level":3,"score":0.7186608910560608},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48044578","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727490","display_name":"Scalability","level":2,"score":0.6295779943466187},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C32833848","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4115054","display_name":"Extensibility","level":2,"score":0.6132193207740784},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776760102","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5139990","display_name":"Code (set theory)","level":3,"score":0.5562049150466919},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.5002548694610596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.49183130264282227},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.4606935679912567},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C35651441","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q625303","display_name":"Independence (probability theory)","level":2,"score":0.45634448528289795},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.439699649810791},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776190703","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q488148","display_name":"Slicing","level":2,"score":0.41179192066192627},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.33422327041625977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.18770289421081543},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77088390","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8513","display_name":"Database","level":1,"score":0.15587222576141357},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3540250.3560880","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3540250.3560880","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3540250.3560880","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4363608883","display_name":"Proceedings of the 30th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"conference"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 30th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3540250.3560880","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3540250.3560880","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3540250.3560880","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4363608883","display_name":"Proceedings of the 30th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"conference"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 30th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.699999988079071,"display_name":"Quality Education","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1945487394","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"N000142212111","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337345","funder_display_name":"Office of Naval Research"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3423856707","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"CCF-2146233","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","funder_display_name":"National Science Foundation"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","display_name":"National Science Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/021nxhr62"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337345","display_name":"Office of Naval Research","ror":"https://ror.org/00rk2pe57"}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4308648324.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4308648324.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":41,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1665906453","https://openalex.org/W1963860603","https://openalex.org/W1981801194","https://openalex.org/W1985280909","https://openalex.org/W2001465738","https://openalex.org/W2005036400","https://openalex.org/W2005292183","https://openalex.org/W2035238889","https://openalex.org/W2044943702","https://openalex.org/W2074120176","https://openalex.org/W2085051041","https://openalex.org/W2128112082","https://openalex.org/W2142958724","https://openalex.org/W2157266110","https://openalex.org/W2157731798","https://openalex.org/W2167153801","https://openalex.org/W2314633885","https://openalex.org/W2477316223","https://openalex.org/W2507869792","https://openalex.org/W2508559393","https://openalex.org/W2547319380","https://openalex.org/W2548378638","https://openalex.org/W2605900270","https://openalex.org/W2740675210","https://openalex.org/W2759963882","https://openalex.org/W2767011882","https://openalex.org/W2794272488","https://openalex.org/W2969186282","https://openalex.org/W3006120008","https://openalex.org/W3040719252","https://openalex.org/W3096731927","https://openalex.org/W3103688056","https://openalex.org/W3104656873","https://openalex.org/W3122752779","https://openalex.org/W3131012613","https://openalex.org/W3158874826","https://openalex.org/W3211844860","https://openalex.org/W4246166885","https://openalex.org/W4308642993","https://openalex.org/W4312285152","https://openalex.org/W4404172943"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2134982133","https://openalex.org/W1964336761","https://openalex.org/W2991905743","https://openalex.org/W2169437772","https://openalex.org/W4239953224","https://openalex.org/W2165685498","https://openalex.org/W4302024603","https://openalex.org/W2170816480","https://openalex.org/W2347708239","https://openalex.org/W2112395437"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Analyzing":[0],"multilingual":[1,39,62,122],"code":[2],"holistically":[3],"is":[4,14,148],"key":[5,146],"to":[6,34,59,82,90,109,115],"systematic":[7],"quality":[8],"assurance":[9],"of":[10,38,64,77,103,118],"real-world":[11,61],"software":[12],"which":[13],"mostly":[15],"developed":[16],"in":[17],"multiple":[18],"computer":[19],"languages.":[20],"Toward":[21],"such":[22,110],"analyses,":[23],"state-of-the-art":[24],"approaches":[25],"propose":[26],"an":[27],"almost-fully":[28],"language-agnostic":[29,105,152],"methodology":[30,47],"and":[31,80,133,158,160,169],"apply":[32],"it":[33,58],"dynamic":[35,119],"dependence":[36],"analysis/slicing":[37],"code,":[40,123],"showing":[41],"great":[42],"promises.":[43],"We":[44],"investigated":[45],"this":[46],"through":[48],"a":[49,54,126,163],"technical":[50],"analysis":[51,120,153],"followed":[52],"by":[53,142],"replication":[55],"study":[56],"applying":[57],"10":[60],"projects":[63],"diverse":[65],"language":[66,84,167],"combinations.":[67],"Our":[68],"results":[69],"revealed":[70],"critical":[71],"practicality":[72,132,170],"(i.e.,":[73],"having":[74],"the":[75,91,95,100,104,116],"levels":[76],"efficiency/scalability,":[78],"precision,":[79],"extensibility":[81,138],"various":[83],"combinations":[85],"for":[86,121,162],"practical":[87],"use)":[88],"challenges":[89],"methodology.":[92],"Based":[93],"on":[94,99],"results,":[96],"we":[97,124],"reflect":[98],"underlying":[101],"pitfalls":[102],"design":[106],"that":[107,149],"leads":[108],"challenges.":[111],"Finally,":[112],"looking":[113],"forward":[114],"prospects":[117],"identify":[125],"new":[127],"research":[128],"direction":[129],"towards":[130],"better":[131,164],"precision":[134],"while":[135],"not":[136],"sacrificing":[137],"much,":[139],"as":[140],"supported":[141],"preliminary":[143],"results.":[144],"The":[145],"takeaway":[147],"pursuing":[150],"fully":[151],"may":[154,171],"be":[155,172],"both":[156],"impractical":[157],"unnecessary,":[159],"striving":[161],"balance":[165],"between":[166],"independence":[168],"more":[173],"fruitful.":[174]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}