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most citedUnderstanding Emojis :) in Useful Code Review Comments

3 citations · 9 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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cs.SE2026

Characterizing the Usefulness of Code Review Comments in Scientific Software for Software Quality and Scientific Rigor

Sharif Ahmed, Nasir U. Eisty

Context: Innovation thrives on scientific software, with useful code review feedback enhancing its correctness and impact. However, unlike general-purpose commercial and open-sourc…

cs.SE2025

Uncovering Scientific Software Sustainability through Community Engagement and Software Quality Metrics

Sharif Ahmed, Addi Malviya Thakur, Gregory R. Watson +1

Scientific open-source software (Sci-OSS) projects are critical for advancing research, yet sustaining these projects long-term remains a major challenge. This paper explores the s…

cs.SI2025★ 1 cited

Analyzing Social Media Engagement of Computer Science Conferences

Rey Ortiz, Sharif Ahmed, Priscilla Salas +1

Context: X, formerly known as Twitter, is one of the largest social media platforms and has been widely used for communication during research conferences. While previous studies h…

cs.SE2025★ 2 cited

Hold On! Is My Feedback Useful? Evaluating the Usefulness of Code Review Comments

Sharif Ahmed, Nasir U. Eisty

Context: In collaborative software development, the peer code review process proves beneficial only when the reviewers provide useful comments. Objective: This paper investigates t…

cs.SE2024

Decade-long Utilization Patterns of ICSE Technical Papers and Associated Artifacts

Sharif Ahmed, Rey Ortiz, Nasir U. Eisty

Context: Annually, ICSE acknowledges a range of papers, a subset of which are paired with research artifacts such as source code, datasets, and supplementary materials, adhering to…

cs.SE2024★ 3 cited

Understanding Emojis :) in Useful Code Review Comments

Sharif Ahmed, Nasir U. Eisty

Emojis and emoticons serve as non-verbal cues and are increasingly prevalent across various platforms, including Modern Code Review. These cues often carry emotive or instructive w…

cs.SE2023

Exploring the Advances in Identifying Useful Code Review Comments

Sharif Ahmed, Nasir U. Eisty

Effective peer code review in collaborative software development necessitates useful reviewer comments and supportive automated tools. Code review comments are a central component…

cs.SE2022★ 3 cited

Automatic Transformation of Natural to Unified Modeling Language: A Systematic Review

Sharif Ahmed, Arif Ahmed, Nasir U. Eisty

Context: Processing Software Requirement Specifications (SRS) manually takes a much longer time for requirement analysts in software engineering. Researchers have been working on m…