Sampling in software engineering research: A critical review and guidelines

S Baltes, P Ralph - Empirical Software Engineering, 2022‏ - Springer
Representative sampling appears rare in empirical software engineering research. Not all
studies need representative samples, but a general lack of representative sampling …

Predictors of well-being and productivity among software professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic–a longitudinal study

D Russo, PHP Hanel, S Altnickel… - Empirical Software …, 2021‏ - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced governments worldwide to impose movement
restrictions on their citizens. Although critical to reducing the virus' reproduction rate, these …

Navigating the complexity of generative ai adoption in software engineering

D Russo - ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and …, 2024‏ - dl.acm.org
This paper explores the adoption of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools within the
domain of software engineering, focusing on the influencing factors at the individual …

The daily life of software engineers during the covid-19 pandemic

D Russo, PHP Hanel, S Altnickel… - 2021 IEEE/ACM 43rd …, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, software
engineers' daily life was disrupted and abruptly forced into remote working from home. This …

The agile success model: a mixed-methods study of a large-scale agile transformation

D Russo - ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and …, 2021‏ - dl.acm.org
Organizations are increasingly adopting Agile frameworks for their internal software
development. Cost reduction, rapid deployment, requirements and mental model alignment …

On the value of encouraging gender tolerance and inclusiveness in software engineering communities

E Zolduoarrati, SA Licorish - Information and Software Technology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Context The recent spike in the growth of online communities is a testament to the
technological advancements of the 21st century. People with shared interests, problems …

How Do Developers Really Feel About Bug Fixing? Directions for Automatic Program Repair

E Winter, D Bowes, S Counsell, T Hall… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automatic program repair (APR) is a rapidly advancing field of software engineering that
aims to supplement or replace manual bug fixing with an automated tool. For APR to be …

Mobility data science (dagstuhl seminar 22021)

M Mokbel, M Sakr, L **ong, A Züfle, J Almeida… - Dagstuhl …, 2022‏ - drops.dagstuhl.de
This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 22021" Mobility
Data Science". This seminar was held January 9-14, 2022, including 47 participants from …

" Would you give the same priority to the bank and a game? I do {not!}" exploring credential management strategies and obstacles during password manager setup

S Klivan, S Höltervennhoff, N Huaman, Y Acar… - … Symposium on Usable …, 2023‏ - usenix.org
Password managers allow users to improve password security by handling large numbers of
strong and unique passwords without the burden of memorizing them. While users are …

A survey on how test flakiness affects developers and what support they need to address it

M Gruber, G Fraser - 2022 IEEE Conference on Software …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Non-deterministically passing and failing test cases, so-called flaky tests, have recently
become a focus area of software engineering research. While this research focus has been …