3 papers
cs.SE2026
The Nature of Technical Debt in Research Software
Neil A. Ernst, Ahmed Musa Awon, Swapnil Hingmire +1
Research software (also called scientific software) is essential for advancing scientific endeavours. Research software encapsulates complex algorithms and domain-specific knowledg…
cs.SE2025
Exploring Scientific Debt: Harnessing AI for SATD Identification in Scientific Software
Eric L. Melin, Ahmed Musa Awon, Nasir U. Eisty +2
Developers often leave behind clues in their code, admitting where it falls short, known as Self-Admitted Technical Debt (SATD). In the world of Scientific Software (SSW), where in…
cs.CL2025
Objectifying the Subjective: Cognitive Biases in Topic Interpretations
Swapnil Hingmire, Ze Shi Li, Shiyu +4
Interpretation of topics is crucial for their downstream applications. State-of-the-art evaluation measures of topic quality such as coherence and word intrusion do not measure how…