Recent research has shown feasibility of an interactive pair-programming conversational
agent, but implementing such an agent poses three challenges: a lack of benchmark …

Recruiting professional programmers in sufficient numbers for research studies can be
challenging because they often cannot spare the time, or due to their geographical …

The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced millions of workers to suddenly shift their
activity out of their offices and into their homes: 5–15% of Americans worked from home …

Crowdworkers regularly support their work with scripts, extensions, and software to enhance
their productivity. Despite their evident significance, little is understood regarding how these …

Algorithmic management, decentralized workforces, and on-demand labor models have
deeply shifted traditional employment relationships. These technologies have concerning …

From automated customer support to virtual assistants, conversational agents have
transformed everyday interactions, yet despite phenomenal progress, no agent exists for …

We assess how the sudden and widespread shift to working from home during the pandemic
impacted how knowledge workers allocate time throughout their working day. We analyzed …

Consumers conducting comparison shop**, researchers making sense of competitive
space, and developers looking for code snippets online all face the challenge of capturing …

The role of conversational assistants has become more prevalent in hel** people
increase their productivity. Document-centered assistance, for example to help an individual …

Modern knowledge workers typically need to use multiple resources, such as documents,
web pages, and applications, at the same time. This complexity in their computing …