Dr Andrea Capiluppi

Contact

Information Systems and Computing St John's 045 Brunel University Uxbridge UB8 3PH United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1895 267485 Fax: +44 (0)1895 251686 Email: andrea.capiluppi@brunel.ac.uk

Research Interests

Software Maintenance and Evolution, Software Architectures, Component Reuse and Open Source Software.

University Research Centre Membership

Publications

Journal Papers

(2012) Capiluppi, A., Serebrenik, A. and Singer, L., Assessing technical candidates on the social web, IEEE Software (Forthcoming) Download publication

(2012) Capiluppi, A., Similarities, challenges and opportunities of wikipedia content and open source projects, Journal of Software: Evolution and Process (Online Paper) Download publication

(2012) Capiluppi, A., Cleve, A. and Moha, N., Guest editors' introduction to the special issue on automated software evolution, Journal of Systems and Software 85 (10) : 2193- 2194

(2011) Capiluppi, A., Stol, K. and Boldyreff, C., Software Reuse in Open Source: A Case Study, International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes 3 10-35- 10-35

(2011) Izquierdo-Cortazar, D., Capiluppi, A. and Gonzalez-Barahona, JM., Are developers fixing their own bugs?: Tracing bug-fixing and bug-seeding committers, International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes 3 (2) : 23- 42 Download publication

(2011) Wermelinger, M., Yu, Y., Lozano, A. and Capiluppi, A., Assessing architectural evolution: A case study, Empirical Software Engineering 16 (5) : 623- 666 Download publication

(2011) Capiluppi, A. and Izquierdo-Cortázar, D., Effort estimation of FLOSS projects: A study of the Linux kernel, Empirical Software Engineering 1- 29 Download publication

(2009) Adams, PJ. and Capiluppi, A., Bridging the gap between agile and free software approaches: The impact of sprinting, International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes 1 (1) : 58- 71

(2009) Beecher, K., Capiluppi, A. and Boldyreff, C., Identifying exogenous drivers and evolutionary stages in FLOSS projects, Journal of Systems and Software 82 (5) : 739- 750

(2009) Capiluppi, A., Boldyreff, C., Beecher, K. and Adams, PJ., Quality Factors and Coding Standards - a Comparison Between Open Source Forges, Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science 233 (C) : 89- 103

(2008) Adams, PJ., Capiluppi, A. and de Groot, A., Detecting agility of open source projects through developer engagement, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 275 333- 341

(2008) Capiluppi, A. and Boldyreff, C., Identifying and improving reusability based on coupling patterns, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 5030 LNCS 282- 293

(2007) Beecher, K., Boldyreff, C., Capiluppi, A. and Rank, S., Evolutionary success of open source software: An investigation into exogenous drivers, ECEASST 8 - Download publication

(2007) Capiluppi, A. and Michlmayr, M., From the cathedral to the bazaar: An empirical study of the lifecycle of volunteer community projects, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 234 31- 44

(2006) Smith, N., Capiluppi, A. and Fernández-Ramil, J., Agent-based simulation of open source evolution, Software Process Improvement and Practice 11 (4) : 423- 434

(2006) Smith, N., Capiluppi, A. and Fernández-Ramil, J., Users and developers: An agent-based simulation of open source software evolution, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 3966 LNCS 286- 293

(2005) Smith, N., Capiluppi, A. and Ramil, JF., A study of open source software evolution data using qualitative simulation, Software Process Improvement and Practice 10 (3) : 287- 300

Conference Papers

(2012) Vasilescu, BN., Capiluppi, A. and Serebrenik, A., Gender, representation and online participation: A quantitative study of stackoverflow, 2012 International Conference on Social Informatics

(2012) Capiluppi, A., Stol, K. and Boldyreff, C., Exploring the role of commercial stakeholders in open source software evolution, 8th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2012 (1) : 178- 200 Download publication

(2012) Capiluppi, A., Duarte Pimentel, A. and Boldyreff, C., Patterns of creation and usage of wikipedia content, 14th IEEE International Symposium on Web Systems Evolution (WSE2012) Download publication

(2011) Capiluppi, A., Boldyreff, C. and Stol, K., Successful reuse of software components: A report from the open source perspective, 7th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2011 Download publication

(2009) Boldyreff, C., Capiluppi, A., Knowles, T. and Munro, J., Undergraduate Research Opportunities in OSS., , OSS (299) : 340- 350

(2010) Capiluppi, A., Baravalle, A. and Heap, NW., Engaging without Over-Powering: A Case Study of a FLOSS Project., , OSS (319) : 29- 41

(2003) Capiluppi, A., Lago, P. and Morisio, M., Characteristics of Open Source Projects., , CSMR 317- 317

(2009) Capiluppi, A. and Knowles, T., Software Engineering in Practice: Design and Architectures of FLOSS Systems., , OSS (299) : 34- 46

(2009) Capiluppi, A. and Adams, PJ., Reassessing Brooks' Law for the Free Software Community., , OSS (299) : 274- 283

(2009) Capiluppi, A., Domain Drivers in the Modularization of FLOSS Systems., , OSS (299) : 3- 19

(2010) Capiluppi, A., Cleve, A. and Moha, N., Proceedings of the Joint ERCIM Workshop on Software Evolution (EVOL) and International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution (IWPSE), Antwerp, Belgium, September 20-21, 2010., , EVOL/IWPSE

(2003) Capiluppi, A., Models for the evolution of OS projects, , IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, ICSM 65- 74

(2004) Capiluppi, A., Morisio, M. and Lago, P., Evolution of understandability in OSS projects, , Proceedings of the European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, CSMR (8) : 58- 66

(2012) Capiluppi, A., Serebrenik, A. and Youssef, A., Developing an h-index for OSS developers, 9th IEEE Working Conference o Mining Software Repositories (MSR 2012)

(2012) Capiluppi, A., Falcarin, P. and Boldyreff, C., Code Defactoring: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Java Obfuscations, 19th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE)

(2011) Alluvatti, GM., Capiluppi, A., De Ruvo, G. and Molfetta, M., User generated (web) content: Trash or treasure, , IWPSE-EVOL'11 - Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Principles on Software Evolution 81- 90

(2010) Capiluppi, A., Baravalle, A. and Heap, NW., From "community" to "commercial" FLOSS - The case of moodle, , Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering 11- 16

(2010) Baravalle, A. and Capiluppi, A., It jobs in UK: Current trends, , Proceedings - 2010 3rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, ICCSIT 2010 (5) : 714- 718

(2010) Capiluppi, A. and Baravalle, A., Matching demand and offer in on-line provision: A longitudinal study of monster.com, , Proceedings - 12th IEEE International Symposium on Web Systems Evolution, WSE 2010 13- 21

(2009) Munro, J., Boldyreff, C. and Capiluppi, A., Architectural studies of games engines - The Quake series, , 1st International IEEE Consumer Electronic Society's Games Innovation Conference, ICE-GiC 09 246- 255

(2009) Adams, PJ., Capiluppi, A. and Boldyreff, C., Coordination and productivity issues in free software: The role of brooks' law, , IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, ICSM 319- 328

(2009) Capiluppi, A. and Robles, G., Second international workshop on emerging trends in free/libre/open source software research and development - FLOSS09, , 2009 31st International Conference on Software Engineering - Companion Volume, ICSE 2009 468- 469

(2009) Capiluppi, A. and Beecher, K., Structural complexity and decay in FLOSS systems: An inter-repository study, , Proceedings of the European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, CSMR 169- 178

(2008) Robles, G., German, DM. and Capiluppi, A., 1st workshop on maintenance and evolution of FLOSS (MEFLOSS), , IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, ICSM 410- 411

(2007) Capiluppi, A. and Fernández-Ramil, J., A model to predict anti-regressive effort in open source software, , IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, ICSM 194- 203

(2007) Capiluppi, A., González-Barahona, JM., Herraiz, I. and Robles, G., Adapting the "staged model for software evolution" to free/libre/open source software, , International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution (IWPSE) 79- 82

(2007) Capiluppi, A., González-Barahona, JM., Herraiz, I. and Robles, G., Adapting the "staged model for software evolution" to free/libre/open source software, , 9th International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution, IWPSE 2007, Held in Conjunction with the 6th ESEC/FSE Joint Meeting 79- 82

(2007) Capiluppi, A., Fernandez-Ramil, J., Higman, J., Sharp, HC. and Smith, N., An empirical study of the evolution of an agile-developed software system, , Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering 511- 518

(2007) Capiluppi, A. and Boldyreff, C., Coupling patterns in the effective reuse of open source software, , First International Workshop on Emerging Trends in FLOSS Research and Development, FLOSS'07

(2007) Capiluppi, A., Feller, J., Fitzgerald, B., Hissam, S., Lakhani, K., Robles, G. and Scacchi, W., First international workshop on emerging trends in FLOSS research and development, , Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering 135- 136

(2006) Herraiz, I., Robles, G., González-Barahona, JM., Capiluppi, A. and Ramil, JF., Comparison between SLOCs and number of files as size metrics for software evolution analysis, , Proceedings of the European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, CSMR 206- 213

(2006) Capiluppi, A., Milien, J. and Boldyreff, C., How outsourcing affects the quality of mission critical software, , Proceedings - Working Conference on Reverse Engineering, WCRE 285- 287

(2005) Capiluppi, A., Faria, AE. and Ramil, JF., Exploring the relationship between cumulative change and complexity in an Open Source system, , Proceedings of the European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, CSMR 21- 29

(2004) Capiluppi, A., Morisio, M. and Ramil, JF., Structural evolution of an Open Source system: A case study, , Program Comprehension, Workshop Proceedings (12) : 172- 182

(2004) Capiluppi, A. and Ramil, JF., Studying the evolution of open source systems at different levels of granularity: Two case studies, , International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution (IWPSE) 113- 118

(2004) Capiluppi, A., Morisio, M. and Ramil, JF., The evolution of source folder structure in actively evolved open source systems, , Proceedings - International Software Metrics Symposium 2- 13