3 papers
cs.SE2026
Unsafe and Unused? A History of Utility Code in Mature Open Source Projects
Brandon Keller, Kaitlin Yandik, Angela Ngo +1
Filenames are a concise means of conveying information about source code to fellow developers. One such convention is util. Commonly understood to stand for "utility", filenames wi…
cs.AI2026
Efficient Story Point Estimation With Comparative Learning
Monoshiz Mahbub Khan, Xiaoyin Xi, Andrew Meneely +2
Story points are unitless, project-specific effort estimates that help developers plan their sprints. Traditionally, developers have collaboratively estimated story points using pl…
cs.SE2025
What Makes a Fairness Tool Project Sustainable in Open Source?
Sadia Afrin Mim, Fatemeh Vares, Andrew Meenly +1
As society becomes increasingly reliant on artificial intelligence, the need to mitigate risk and harm is paramount. In response, researchers and practitioners have developed tools…