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Log parsing, which involves log template extraction from semi-structured logs to produce structured logs, is the first and the most critical step in automated log analysis. However, current log parsers suffer from limited effectiveness for…

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Logging assists in monitoring events that transpire during the execution of software. Previous research has highlighted the challenges confronted by developers when it comes to logging, including dilemmas such as where to log, what data to…

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In many software applications, logs serve as the only interface between the application and the developer. However, navigating through the logs of long-running applications is often challenging. Logs from previously successful application…

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Anonymization is the process of removing or hiding sensitive information in logs. Anonymization allows organizations to share network logs while not exposing sensitive information. However, there is an inherent trade off between the amount…

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The reliability of cloud platforms is of significant relevance because society increasingly relies on complex software systems running on the cloud. To improve it, cloud providers are automating various maintenance tasks, with failure…

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With increasing scale and complexity of cloud operations, automated detection of anomalies in monitoring data such as logs will be an essential part of managing future IT infrastructures. However, many methods based on artificial…

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Software vulnerability detection is critical in software security because it identifies potential bugs in software systems, enabling immediate remediation and mitigation measures to be implemented before they may be exploited. Automatic…

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Logs are an essential source of information for people to understand the running status of a software system. Due to the evolving modern software architecture and maintenance methods, more research efforts have been devoted to automated log…

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Anomalies or failures in large computer systems, such as the cloud, have an impact on a large number of users that communicate, compute, and store information. Therefore, timely and accurate anomaly detection is necessary for reliability,…

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With the recent advances of deep learning techniques, there are rapidly growing interests in applying machine learning to log data. As a fundamental part of log analytics, accurate log parsing that transforms raw logs to structured events…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-02-16 Lei Yu , Tian Wu , Jiaqi Li , Patrick Chan , Hong Min , Fanjing Meng

Software systems often record important runtime information in system logs for troubleshooting purposes. There have been many studies that use log data to construct machine learning models for detecting system anomalies. Through our…

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The amount of data for processing and categorization grows at an ever increasing rate. At the same time the demand for collaboration and transparency in organizations, government and businesses, drives the release of data from internal…

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Logs are one of the most fundamental resources to any security professional. It is widely recognized by the government and industry that it is both beneficial and desirable to share logs for the purpose of security research. However, the…

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Modern distributed systems produce massive, heterogeneous logs essential for reliability, security, and anomaly detection. Converting these free-form messages into structured templates (log parsing) is challenging due to evolving formats…

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As the IT industry advances, system log data becomes increasingly crucial. Many computer systems rely on log texts for management due to restricted access to source code. The need for log anomaly detection is growing, especially in…

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Log analysis is one of the main techniques engineers use to troubleshoot faults of large-scale software systems. During the past decades, many log analysis approaches have been proposed to detect system anomalies reflected by logs. They…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-09-19 Yongzheng Xie , Hongyu Zhang , Muhammad Ali Babar

\underline{Context:} Logging is a fundamental yet complex practice in software engineering, essential for monitoring, debugging, and auditing software systems. With the increasing integration of machine learning (ML) components into…

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Software logs record system activities, aiding maintainers in identifying the underlying causes for failures and enabling prompt mitigation actions. However, maintainers need to inspect a large volume of daily logs to identify the anomalous…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-08-16 Yintong Huo , Cheryl Lee , Yuxin Su , Shiwen Shan , Jinyang Liu , Michael R. Lyu

Analysis of an organization's computer network activity is a key component of early detection and mitigation of insider threat, a growing concern for many organizations. Raw system logs are a prototypical example of streaming data that can…

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Bug severity prediction is a critical task in software engineering as it enables more efficient resource allocation and prioritization in software maintenance. While AI-based analyses and models significantly require access to extensive…

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