This paper provides a comprehensive review of the literature concerning the utilization of
Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques, with a particular focus on transformer …

Generative AI tools hold promise to increase human productivity. This paper presents results
from a controlled experiment with GitHub Copilot, an AI pair programmer. Recruited software …

Understanding code is challenging, especially when working in new and complex
development environments. Code comments and documentation can help, but are typically …

Large Language Models (LLMs) have garnered remarkable advancements across diverse
code-related tasks, known as Code LLMs, particularly in code generation that generates …

The software engineering community recently has witnessed widespread deployment of AI
programming assistants, such as GitHub Copilot. However, in practice, developers do not …

As Large Language Models (LLMs) gain in popularity, it is important to understand how
novice programmers use them and the effect they have on learning to code. We present the …

This article explores the adoption of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools within the
domain of software engineering, focusing on the influencing factors at the individual …

There is much excitement about the opportunity to harness the power of large language
models (LLMs) when building problem-solving assistants. However, the standard …