The Workshop on Software Visualization, Evolution and Maintenance (VEM) is an event held by SBC since 2013, as part of the Brazilian Conference on Software: Theory and Practice (CBSoft). The event aims at bringing together the research communities interested in topics related to Software Visualization, Software Evolution, and Software Maintenance to share and discuss ideas, reflecting on alternatives to perform visualization, evolution, and maintenance of software systems. VEM is also a great opportunity for strengthening research group collaborations, as well as identifying new research opportunities. The Proceedings of VEM are published annually, bringing the articles selected for each edition of the event.

Topics of Interest

VEM topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Mining software repositories and software analytics
  • Processes of software visualization, maintenance, and evolution
  • Metrics and assessment of evolving software
  • Empirical studies on software visualization, maintenance, and evolution
  • Software management (risks, economic aspects, configuration management, planning, and estimation)
  • Visualization, maintenance, and evolution of applications in specific execution environments (e.g., web, cloud, mobile)
  • Visualization, maintenance, and evolution targeting development paradigms (e.g., feature-oriented, model-driven, test-driven, service-oriented)
  • Tools and environments for software visualization, maintenance, and evolution
  • Reverse engineering, reengineering, refactoring, and migration
  • Computational reflection and metaprogramming applied to maintenance and evolution
  • Static and dynamic analyses of software
  • Program comprehension
  • Visualization, maintenance, and evolution of legacy software systems
  • Static and dynamic software source code visualization
  • Visualization of software engineering activities, e.g., requirements engineering, tests, and maintenance
  • Visualization of workflows, business processes, databases and network flows
  • 3D software visualization
  • Multidimensional software visualization
  • Visual analytics applied to software engineering
  • Plug-ins related to visualization, maintenance, and evolution for integrated development environments
  • New technologies applied to software visualization
  • Education on software visualization, maintenance, and evolution

Additional information

For more information about VEM, visit the VEM website.