3 papers
cs.SE2026
ML in a Box: Analyzing Containerization Practices in Open Source ML Projects
Faten Jebari, Emna Ksontini, Amine Barrak +1
Containerization has become increasingly essential in the machine learning (ML) domain, providing reproducibility, portability, and environment consistency. While prior studies hav…
cs.SE2026
From REST to MCP: An Empirical Study of API Wrapping and Automated Server Generation for LLM Agents
Meriem Mastouri, Emna Ksontini, Amine Barrak +1
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is emerging as a standard interface through which LLM agents invoke external tools, and a growing ecosystem of MCP servers now mediates access to v…
cs.SE2025
Refactoring for Dockerfile Quality: A Dive into Developer Practices and Automation Potential
Emna Ksontini, Meriem Mastouri, Rania Khalsi +1
Docker, the industry standard for packaging and deploying applications, leverages Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles to facilitate the creation of images through Dockerfiles.…