6 papers
How Do Developers Maintain and Evolve Their Agents' Instructions? An Empirical Study
Gianmario Voria, Alfonso Cannavale, Andrea De Lucia +3
Context. Autonomous coding agents are increasingly used in software development, shifting parts of the engineering process to AI assistance. While this automation brings clear bene…
Bias Ahead: Sensitive Prompts as Early Warnings for Fairness in Large Language Models
Gianmario Voria, Martina De Lucia, Alessandra Raia +3
Large Language Models (LLMs) are being increasingly integrated into software systems, offering powerful capabilities but also raising concerns about fairness. Existing fairness ben…
SCOPE: A Dataset of Stereotyped Prompts for Counterfactual Fairness Assessment of LLMs
Alessandra Parziale, Gianmario Voria, Valeria Pontillo +3
Large Language Models (LLMs) now serve as the foundation for a wide range of applications, from conversational assistants to decision support tools, making the issue of fairness in…
Socio-Technical Well-Being of Quantum Software Communities: An Overview on Community Smells
Stefano Lambiase, Manuel De Stefano, Fabio Palomba +2
Quantum computing has gained significant attention due to its potential to solve computational problems beyond the capabilities of classical computers. With major corporations and…
Toward Systematic Counterfactual Fairness Evaluation of Large Language Models: The CAFFE Framework
Alessandra Parziale, Gianmario Voria, Valeria Pontillo +3
Nowadays, Large Language Models (LLMs) are foundational components of modern software systems. As their influence grows, concerns about fairness have become increasingly pressing.…
Reformulating Regression Test Suite Optimization using Quantum Annealing -- an Empirical Study
Antonio Trovato, Manuel De Stefano, Fabiano Pecorelli +2
Maintaining software quality is crucial in the dynamic landscape of software development. Regression testing ensures that software works as expected after changes are implemented.…