Software testing research in practice: report on the 5th international workshop on the automation of software test

The 5th Workshop on the Automation of Software Test co-located with ICSE 2010 provides a publication forum that bridges the gap between the theory and practice of automated testing. The workshop featured a twoday high quality programs with a multi-session charette on integration testing. Researchers shared with us their insights on software testing through 15 regular papers and 6 case-study papers were presented in six sessions at the workshop. This report summarizes the organization of the workshop as well as the sessions and papers presented, the results of the charette session, attendee feedback, and lessons learned.