3 papers
cs.SE2026
How Researchers Use and Verify AI Coding Assistants: Tasks and Validation Practices in Scientific Programming
Gabrielle O'Brien, Reed Milewicz, Nasir Eisty
Generative AI has entered research programming, yet there is little evidence about which tasks researchers hand to it or how they decide whether its code is correct. We draw on 527…
cs.SE2025
A survey of generative AI adoption and perceived productivity among scientists who program
Gabrielle O'Brien, Alexis Parker, Nasir Eisty +1
Programming is essential to modern scientific research, yet most scientists report inadequate training for the software development their work demands. Generative AI tools capable…
cs.HC2025
User Misconceptions of LLM-Based Conversational Programming Assistants
Gabrielle O'Brien, Antonio Pedro Santos Alves, Sebastian Baltes +3
Programming assistants powered by large language models (LLMs) have become widely available, with conversational assistants like ChatGPT particularly accessible to novice programme…