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Making AI Visible, Not Vanished: How AI Policies Reshape Developer Experience on GitHub
Yunqi Chen, Thomas Zimmermann, Bianca Trinkenreich
Generative AI is rapidly reshaping Open Source Software (OSS) software development,prompting projects to introduce policies governing AI-assisted contributions. However, little is…
Developers' Experience with Generative AI Beyond Productivity Assessment -- Insights from an Empirical Mixed-Methods Field Study
Charlotte Brandebusemeyer, Kerim Zunic, Thomas Zimmermann +2
With the growing adoption of AI-powered coding assistants, organizations and developers are increasingly seeking to optimize their interaction with these tools. Prior research has…
What Makes a Good Bug Report for an AI Agent?
Lara Khatib, Noble Saji Mathews, Meiyappan Nagappan +2
Automated program repair (APR) agents are transitioning from research benchmarks to developer workflows, yet they still begin with bug reports written for human developers. While d…
Taking a Pulse on How Generative AI is Reshaping the Software Engineering Research Landscape
Bianca Trinkenreich, Fabio Calefato, Kelly Blincoe +8
Context: Software engineering (SE) researchers increasingly study Generative AI (GenAI) while also incorporating it into their own research practices. Despite rapid adoption, there…
Time Warp: The Gap Between Developers' Ideal vs Actual Workweeks in an AI-Driven Era
Sukrit Kumar, Drishti Goel, Thomas Zimmermann +3
Software developers balance a variety of different tasks in a workweek, yet the allocation of time often differs from what they consider ideal. Identifying and addressing these dev…
Beyond the Comfort Zone: Emerging Solutions to Overcome Challenges in Integrating LLMs into Software Products
Nadia Nahar, Christian Kästner, Jenna Butler +3
Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly embedded into software products across diverse industries, enhancing user experiences, but at the same time introducing numerous chall…
GEMS: Generative Expert Metric System through Iterative Prompt Priming
Ti-Chung Cheng, Carmen Badea, Christian Bird +4
Across domains, metrics and measurements are fundamental to identifying challenges, informing decisions, and resolving conflicts. Despite the abundance of data available in this in…
Objectives and Key Results in Software Teams: Challenges, Opportunities and Impact on Development
Jenna Butler, Thomas Zimmermann, Christian Bird
Building software, like building almost anything, requires people to understand a common goal and work together towards it. In large software companies, a VP or Director will have…
Can GPT-4 Replicate Empirical Software Engineering Research?
Jenny T. Liang, Carmen Badea, Christian Bird +4
Empirical software engineering research on production systems has brought forth a better understanding of the software engineering process for practitioners and researchers alike.…