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most citedBOMs Away! Inside the Minds of Stakeholders: A Comprehensive Study of Bills of Materials for Software Systems

59 citations · 72 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

cs.SE2026

On Automated and Explainable Provenance of AI-Generated Code

Alejandro Velasco, Nathan Wintersgill, Trevor Stalnaker +2

Generative AI for code generation has transformed software development, but it has also introduced a critical transparency problem: the origins of AI-generated code are opaque to t…

cs.SE2026

"Don't Be Afraid, Just Learn": Insights from Industry Practitioners to Prepare Software Engineers in the Age of Generative AI

Daniel Otten, Trevor Stalnaker, Nathan Wintersgill +3

Although tension between university curricula and industry expectations has existed in some form for decades, the rapid integration of generative AI (GenAI) tools into software dev…

cs.SE2025

Prompting in Practice: Investigating Software Practitioners' Use of Generative AI Tools

Daniel Otten, Trevor Stalnaker, Nathan Wintersgill +2

The use of generative AI (GenAI) tools has fundamentally transformed software development. Central to this shift is prompt engineering, the practice of crafting textual prompts to…

cs.SE2025

Developers' Perspectives on Software Licensing: Current Practices, Challenges, and Tools

Nathan Wintersgill, Trevor Stalnaker, Daniel Otten +5

Most modern software products incorporate open-source components, requiring development teams to maintain compliance with each component's licenses. Noncompliance can have signific…

cs.SE2025

Challenges and Practices in Quantum Software Testing and Debugging: Insights from Practitioners

Jake Zappin, Trevor Stalnaker, Oscar Chaparro +1

Quantum software engineering is an emerging discipline with distinct challenges, particularly in testing and debugging. As quantum computing transitions from theory to implementati…

cs.SE2025

Bridging the Quantum Divide: Aligning Academic and Industry Goals in Software Engineering

Jake Zappin, Trevor Stalnaker, Oscar Chaparro +1

This position paper examines the substantial divide between academia and industry within quantum software engineering. For example, while academic research related to debugging and…

cs.SE2025★ 2 cited

An Empirical Analysis of Machine Learning Model and Dataset Documentation, Supply Chain, and Licensing Challenges on Hugging Face

Trevor Stalnaker, Nathan Wintersgill, Oscar Chaparro +4

The last decade has seen widespread adoption of Machine Learning (ML) components in software systems. This has occurred in nearly every domain, from natural language processing to…

cs.SE2024★ 1 cited

When Quantum Meets Classical: Characterizing Hybrid Quantum-Classical Issues Discussed in Developer Forums

Jake Zappin, Trevor Stalnaker, Oscar Chaparro +1

Recent advances in quantum computing have sparked excitement that this new computing paradigm could solve previously intractable problems. However, due to the faulty nature of curr…

cs.SE2024★ 3 cited

Developer Perspectives on Licensing and Copyright Issues Arising from Generative AI for Software Development

Trevor Stalnaker, Nathan Wintersgill, Oscar Chaparro +4

Despite the utility that Generative AI (GenAI) tools provide for tasks such as writing code, the use of these tools raises important legal questions and potential risks, particular…

cs.SE2024★ 7 cited

Toward the Automated Localization of Buggy Mobile App UIs from Bug Descriptions

Antu Saha, Yang Song, Junayed Mahmud +3

Bug report management is a costly software maintenance process comprised of several challenging tasks. Given the UI-driven nature of mobile apps, bugs typically manifest through th…

cs.SE2024

Semantic GUI Scene Learning and Video Alignment for Detecting Duplicate Video-based Bug Reports

Yanfu Yan, Nathan Cooper, Oscar Chaparro +2

Video-based bug reports are increasingly being used to document bugs for programs centered around a graphical user interface (GUI). However, developing automated techniques to mana…

cs.SE2024

"The Law Doesn't Work Like a Computer": Exploring Software Licensing Issues Faced by Legal Practitioners

Nathan Wintersgill, Trevor Stalnaker, Laura A. Heymann +2

Most modern software products incorporate open source components, which requires compliance with each component's licenses. As noncompliance can lead to significant repercussions,…

cs.SE2023★ 59 cited

BOMs Away! Inside the Minds of Stakeholders: A Comprehensive Study of Bills of Materials for Software Systems

Trevor Stalnaker, Nathan Wintersgill, Oscar Chaparro +3

Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) have emerged as tools to facilitate the management of software dependencies, vulnerabilities, licenses, and the supply chain. While significant…