Ex-ASE 2025

1st International Workshop on Explainable Automated Software Engineering

ExASE 2025

Exploring Theory, Adaptation, Needs, Challenges, and Ethics

Co-located with the

40th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2025)

DATE 16-20 November

LOCATION Seoul, South Korea

The Ex-ASE workshop aims to explore the intersection between explainability and automated software engineering. It invites researchers and practitioners to reflect on the theoretical foundations, practical applications, challenges, and ethical considerations involved in developing explainable approaches to software automation.

We welcome contributions that address the following topics:

  • Explainability in requirements engineering, traceability, and software design
  • Explanations for automated testing, static/dynamic analysis, and program repair
  • Human-in-the-loop explainability for automated development workflows
  • Context-aware and stakeholder-specific explanation generation
  • Tool support for explaining model-driven or AI-based automation
  • Evaluation methods and metrics for explanation quality and impact
  • Explainability in SE4AI and AI4SE approaches
  • Explanations in software-dependent domains: CPS, IoT, robotics, digital health
  • Legal, ethical, and societal aspects of software transparency and accountability
  • Case studies and applications of explainable automation in software engineering

Important Dates

  • Paper submission deadline: August 18, 2025
  • Acceptance notification: September 26, 2025
  • Revised version: October 5, 2025
  • Workshop: November 16-20, 2025

Organization

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

  • Mersedeh Sadeghi, University of Cologne, Germany
  • Marjan Hosseini, University of Connecticut, USA
  • Livia Lestingi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • Alireza Javadian Sabet, University of Pittsburgh, USA

STEERING COMMITTEE

  • Matteo Camilli, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • Morgan Frank, University of Pittsburgh, USA
  • Raffaela Mirandola, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, Germany
  • Matteo Rossi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • Patrizia Scandurra, University of Bergamo, Italy
  • Andreas Vogelsang, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

  • TBA