Opinion mining, sometimes referred to as sentiment analysis, has gained increasing
attention in software engineering (SE) studies. SE researchers have applied opinion mining …

Background: Modern Code Review (MCR) is a lightweight alternative to traditional code
inspections. While secondary studies on MCR exist, it is ua nknown whether the research …

Extensive research has been conducted on sentiment analysis for software engineering
(SA4SE). Researchers have invested much effort in develo** customized tools (eg …

Transformers are the current state-of-the-art of natural language processing in many
domains and are using traction within software engineering research as well. Such models …

Automated sentiment analysis in software engineering textual artifacts has long been
suffering from inaccuracies in those few tools available for the purpose. We conduct an in …

Security patches in open source software, providing security fixes to identified
vulnerabilities, are crucial in protecting against cyber attacks. Security advisories and …

Abstract Context: Modern Code Review (MCR) is a widely known practice of software quality
assurance. However, the existing body of knowledge of MCR is currently not understood as …

Context: Software development is a collaborative task. Previous research has shown social
aspects within development teams to be highly relevant for the success of software projects …

Code review is an important quality assurance activity for software development. Code
review discussions among developers and maintainers can be heated and sometimes …

Researchers have shown that sentiment analysis of software artifacts can potentially
improve various software engineering tools, including API and library recommendation …