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Message from the Chairs

The 23rd Belgium-Netherlands Software Evolution Workshop (BENEVOL 2024) was held in Namur, Netherlands, on November 21-22, 2024.

BENEVOL 2024 offered various contribution formats: Technical papers (TECH), which present novel and validated research results; New Ideas and Controversial Perspectives (NICE), which are position papers presenting new and potentially controversial software maintenance and evolution perspectives; Presentation Abstracts (ABS) are summaries of research published elsewhere, and presented as posters during the workshop; Finally, Replicated or Invalidated Papers (RIP), concerned the replication efforts of existing studies.

BENEVOL 2024 received 35 submissions, which is the second highest for the workshop, in particular: 15 TECH papers, 6 NICE papers and 14 presentation abstracts/posters. We accepted 14 TECH papers, 3 NICE papers, and 17 presentations abstracts (including 3 NICE papers accepted as ABS ones). Unfortunately, 3 ABS papers could not be presented during event, resulting in 31 contributions discussed during the workshop. These proceedings include only the 17 TECH and NICE papers.

The accepted submissions represent a wide range of topics related to software evolution, including; software ecosystems, programming languages, static and dynamic analysis, software repositories, the growing use of artificial intelligence for testing and code comprehension, and insights from practice.

BENEVOL 2024 also featured two amazing keynotes. Sonia Haiduc (Florida State University, USA) gave her keynote on "Studying and Supporting Developers' Online Information Seeking," exploring the sources of information that developers privilege. Andy Zaidman (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands) presented "Show Your True Testing Color," investigating the impact of continuous development and testing practices on sustainability.

With so many contributions and more than 80 participants, we believe BENEVOL 2024 was a successful edition! A special thanks to the authors for submitting and presenting their work, the keynote speakers for sharing their knowledge and experiences during the workshop, the program committee members for their availability and care in reviewing a large number of submissions, and the sponsors for providing resources that made the workshop possible and enjoyable.

Gilles Perrouin and Benoît Vanderose, Program Co-chairs Xavier Devroey, General Chair

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Creative Commons License Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) University of Namur, Belgium Benoît Vanderose, University of Namur, Belgium Local Arrangement Chairs Anthony Cleve, University of Namur, Belgium Babette Di Guardia, University of Namur, Belgium Amelie Notaro, University of Namur, Belgium Sophie Panarotto, University of Namur, Belgium Web Chair Alix Decrop, University of Namur, Belgium Co-organizer and Steering Committee Chair Tom Mens, University of Mons, Belgium
Program Committee

Andrea Capiluppi, University of Groningen, Netherlands Gemma Catolino, University of Salerno, Italy Michel Chaudron, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands Luis Cruz, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Coen De Roover, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Serge Demeyer, Universiteit Antwerpen (ANSYMO), Belgium Anne Etien, University of Lille (CRIStAL), France Jean-Rémy Falleri, Bordeaux INP, France Sophie Fortz, King's College London, United Kingdom Fernanda Madeiral, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands Tom Mens, University of Mons, Belgium June Sallou, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Alexander Serebrenik, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands Abdelhak-Djamel Seriai, University of Montpellier (Lirmm), France Paul Temple, University of Rennes, France Mairieli Wessel, Radboud University, Netherlands Stefano Zacchiroli, Polytechnic Institute of Paris (Télécom Paris), France

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