Authors: Shane McIntosh Katie Legere Ahmed E. Hassan
Venue: SANER 2014 Software Evolution Week - IEEE Conference on Software Maintenance, Reengineering, and Reverse Engineering (CSMR-WCRE) , pp. 348-352, 2014
Year: 2014
Abstract: Several visualization tools have been proposed to highlight interesting software evolution phenomena. These tools help practitioners to navigate large and complex software systems, and also support researchers in studying software evolution. However, little work has explored the use of sound in the context of software evolution. In this paper, we propose the use of musical interpretation to support exploration of software evolution data. In order to generate music inspired by software evolution, we use parameter-based sonification, i.e., a mapping of dataset characteristics to sound. Our approach yields musical scores that can be played synthetically or by a symphony orchestra. In designing our approach, we address three challenges: (1) the generated music must be aesthetically pleasing, (2) the generated music must accurately reflect the changes that have occurred, and (3) a small group of musicians must be able to impersonate a large development team. We assess the feasibility of our approach using historical data from Eclipse, which yields promising results.
BibTeX:
@inproceedings{shanemcintosh2014ocaarose,
author = "Shane McIntosh and Katie Legere and Ahmed E. Hassan",
title = "Orchestrating change: An artistic representation of software evolution",
year = "2014",
pages = "348-352",
booktitle = "Proceedings of 2014 Software Evolution Week - IEEE Conference on Software Maintenance, Reengineering,
and Reverse Engineering (CSMR-WCRE)
"
}
Plain Text:
Shane McIntosh, Katie Legere, and Ahmed E. Hassan, "Orchestrating change: An artistic representation of software evolution," 2014 Software Evolution Week - IEEE Conference on Software Maintenance, Reengineering, and Reverse
Engineering (CSMR-WCRE)
, pp. 348-352