2 papers
cs.SE2026
Code Comprehension with GitHub Copilot: Performance Gains, Comprehension Trade-offs, and Behavioral Predictors in Brownfield Programming
Yunhan Qiao, Md Istiak Hossain Shihab, Summit Haque +1
Teaching Computer Science (CS) students how to comprehend and maintain legacy code bases is a critical challenge in software engineering education. While Generative AI (GenAI) assi…
cs.SE2025
The Effects of GitHub Copilot on Computing Students' Programming Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Processes in Brownfield Programming Tasks
Md Istiak Hossain Shihab, Christopher Hundhausen, Ahsun Tariq +3
When graduates of computing degree programs enter the software industry, they will most likely join teams working on legacy code bases developed by people other than themselves. In…