7 papers
Towards AI Agents Supported Research Problem Formulation
Anrafel Fernandes Pereira, Maria Teresa Baldassarre, Daniel Mendez +1
Poorly formulated research problems can compromise the practical relevance of Software Engineering studies by not reflecting the complexities of industrial practice. This vision pa…
Attributes to Support the Formulation of Practically Relevant Research Problems in Software Engineering
Anrafel Fernandes Pereira, Maria Teresa Baldassarre, Daniel Mendez +9
[Background] A well-formulated research problem is essential for achieving practical relevance in Software Engineering (SE), yet there is a lack of structured guidance in this earl…
Towards a Framework for Operationalizing the Specification of Trustworthy AI Requirements
Hugo Villamizar, Daniel Mendez, Marcos Kalinowski
Growing concerns around the trustworthiness of AI-enabled systems highlight the role of requirements engineering (RE) in addressing emergent, context-dependent properties that are…
Towards Lean Research Inception: Assessing Practical Relevance of Formulated Research Problems
Anrafel Fernandes Pereira, Marcos Kalinowski, Maria Teresa Baldassarre +3
[Context] The lack of practical relevance in many Software Engineering (SE) research contributions is often rooted in oversimplified views of industrial practice, weak industry con…
Who "Controls" Where Work Shall be Done? State-of-Practice in Post-Pandemic Remote Work Regulation
Darja Smite, Nils Brede Moe, Maria Teresa Baldassarre +8
The COVID-19 pandemic has permanently altered workplace structures, making remote work a widespread practice. While many employees advocate for flexibility, many employers reconsid…
Designing a Syllabus for a Course on Empirical Software Engineering
Paris Avgeriou, Nauman bin Ali, Marcos Kalinowski +1
Increasingly, courses on Empirical Software Engineering research methods are being offered in higher education institutes across the world, mostly at the M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels. Wh…