APR is a rapidly developing technology aiming to improve developer productivity by automatically fixing errors in software programs. APR has expanded into various tasks in Software Engineering including but not limited to fixing functional errors, repairing security vulnerabilities, improving software performances, assisting educators in teaching programming languages and collateral evolution of software systems. Apart from developing new techniques and better heuristics, refined implementation techniques are vital for the wider adoption of APR in practice...
To support the rapid advancement of APR technology, we want to motivate the researcher to present their work in a competitive environment which is presented to a broader audience. Incorporating new challenges, fostering comparability and continuously improving set of standard benchmarks are some of the key objectives of the competition.