4 papers
Insights into Security-Related AI-Generated Pull Requests
Md Fazle Rabbi, Asif K. Turzo, Arifa I. Champa +1
Recent years have experienced growing contributions of AI coding agents that assist human developers in various software engineering tasks. However, this growing AI-assisted autono…
Decoding Dependency Risks: A Quantitative Study of Vulnerabilities in the Maven Ecosystem
Costain Nachuma, Md Mosharaf Hossan, Asif Kamal Turzo +1
This study investigates vulnerabilities within the Maven ecosystem by analyzing a comprehensive dataset of 14,459,139 releases. Our analysis reveals the most critical weaknesses th…
From First Patch to Long-Term Contributor: Evaluating Onboarding Recommendations for OSS Newcomers
Asif Kamal Turzo, Sayma Sultana, Amiangshu Bosu
Attracting and retaining a steady stream of new contributors is crucial to ensuring the long-term survival of open-source software (OSS) projects. However, there are two key resear…
The Landscape of Toxicity: An Empirical Investigation of Toxicity on GitHub
Jaydeb Sarker, Asif Kamal Turzo, Amiangshu Bosu
Toxicity on GitHub can severely impact Open Source Software (OSS) development communities. To mitigate such behavior, a better understanding of its nature and how various measurabl…