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most citedCode Reviews in Open Source Projects : How Do Gender Biases Affect Participation and Outcomes?

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cs.SE2026

The Role of Social Identity in Shaping Biases Against Minorities in Software Organizations

Sayma Sultana, London Cavaletto, Bianca Trinkenreich +1

While systemic workplace bias is well-documented in non-computing fields, its specific impact on software engineers remains poorly understood. This study addresses that gap by appl…

cs.SE2025

Beyond Binary Moderation: Identifying Fine-Grained Sexist and Misogynistic Behavior on GitHub with Large Language Models

Tanni Dev, Sayma Sultana, Amiangshu Bosu

Background: Sexist and misogynistic behavior significantly hinders inclusion in technical communities like GitHub, causing developers, especially minorities, to leave due to subtle…

cs.SE2024

From First Patch to Long-Term Contributor: Evaluating Onboarding Recommendations for OSS Newcomers

Asif Kamal Turzo, Sayma Sultana, Amiangshu Bosu

Attracting and retaining a steady stream of new contributors is crucial to ensuring the long-term survival of open-source software (OSS) projects. However, there are two key resear…

cs.SE2024★ 1 cited

Assessing the Influence of Toxic and Gender Discriminatory Communication on Perceptible Diversity in OSS Projects

Sayma Sultana, Gias Uddin, Amiangshu Bosu

The presence of toxic and gender-identity derogatory language in open-source software (OSS) communities has recently become a focal point for researchers. Such comments not only le…

cs.SE2023

Automated Identification of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discriminatory Texts from Issue Comments

Sayma Sultana, Jaydeb Sarker, Farzana Israt +2

In an industry dominated by straight men, many developers representing other gender identities and sexual orientations often encounter hateful or discriminatory messages. Such comm…

cs.SE2023

ToxiSpanSE: An Explainable Toxicity Detection in Code Review Comments

Jaydeb Saker, Sayma Sultana, Steven R. Wilson +1

Background: The existence of toxic conversations in open-source platforms can degrade relationships among software developers and may negatively impact software product quality. To…

cs.SE2022★ 2 cited

Code Reviews in Open Source Projects : How Do Gender Biases Affect Participation and Outcomes?

Sayma Sultana, Asif Kamal Turzo, Amiangshu Bosu

Context: Contemporary software development organizations lack diversity and the ratios of women in Free and open-source software (FOSS) communities are even lower than the industry…

cs.SE2021

Are Code Review Processes Influenced by the Genders of the Participants?

Sayma Sultana, Amiangshu Bosu

Background: Contemporary software development organizations lack diversity and the ratios of women in Free and open-source software (FOSS) communities are even lower than the indus…

cs.SE2021

Identifying the Prevalence of Gender Biases among the Computing Organizations

Sayma Sultana, London Ariel Cavaletto, Amiangshu Bosu

We have designed an online survey to understand the status quo of four dimensions of gender biases among the contemporary computing organizations. Our preliminary results found alm…