9 papers
From Prompting to Verification: How Experience Shapes Vibe Coding Practices
Ahmed Fawzy, Amjed Tahir, Kelly Blincoe
AI code generation tools have expanded software creation beyond professional developers, giving rise to vibe coding, a practice in which users generate software via natural-languag…
The Impact of AI Coding Assistants on Software Engineering: A Longitudinal Study
Annie Vella, Kelly Blincoe
AI coding assistants have become prolific in recent years. Through a longitudinal mixed-methods investigation, we examined how professional software engineers perceive the effects…
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…
The Future of AI-Driven Software Engineering
Valerio Terragni, Annie Vella, Partha Roop +1
A paradigm shift is underway in Software Engineering, with AI systems such as LLMs playing an increasingly important role in boosting software development productivity. This trend…
The Future of Software Engineering Conferences: A New Zealand Perspective
Kelly Blincoe, Sherlock A. Licorish, Judith Fuchs +1
Software engineering (SE) conferences are vital for knowledge exchange and collaboration, yet can also involve significant barriers for researchers in geographically distant region…
Forecasting Developer Environments with GenAI: A Research Perspective
Raula Gaikovina Kula, Christoph Treude, Xing Hu +28
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) models are achieving remarkable performance in various tasks, including code generation, testing, code review, and program repair. The ab…