CSMR

CSMR most commonly refers to the Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, an international venue for researchers and practitioners in software engineering. The conference focuses on software maintenance, evolution, and reengineering of software-intensive systems, including empirical studies, tool demonstrations, and experience reports from industry and academia.

Key topics at CSMR include program understanding and reverse engineering, software modernization and migration of legacy systems, metrics and measurement for maintenance, refactoring and architectural evolution, mining software repositories, and evidence-based approaches to software engineering.

The conference originated in the 1990s as a forum for the software maintenance community and is held annually in various locations around the world. Its program typically combines technical papers, invited talks, tutorials, demonstrations or tool exhibits, and discussions that address both research and practical challenges in maintaining large software systems.

Proceedings of CSMR are published and widely indexed in major bibliographic databases. Papers undergo a rigorous peer-review process, and the event serves as a platform for presenting novel results, established methods, and tool support relevant to software maintenance and reengineering.

CSMR can be used as an acronym in other contexts as well, referring to different organizations or initiatives in various disciplines. When encountered, the intended meaning should be inferred from the surrounding context, with the conference meaning being the most common in software engineering discussions.