GEMS: Generative Expert Metric System through Iterative Prompt Priming
Ti-Chung Cheng, Carmen Badea, Christian Bird, Tom Zimmermann, Robert DeLine , Nicole Forsgren, Denae Ford
MSR-TR-2024-31 | August 2024
Published by Microsoft
Denae Ford Robinson
Principal Researcher
Publications
Publications by Year
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Youth WellTech: A Global Remote Co-Design Sprint for Youth Mental Health Technology
Kenji Phang, Siddharth Saarathi Pradhan, Chino Ikwuegbu, Gonzalo Ramos, Denae Ford, Ebele Okoli, Salman Muin Kayser Chishti, Jina Suh
January 2024
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Can GPT-4 Replicate Empirical Software Engineering Research?
Jenny Liang, Carmen Badea, Christian Bird, Robert DeLine, Denae Ford, Nicole Forsgren, Tom Zimmermann
October 2023
Investigating and Designing for Trust in AI-powered Code Generation Tools
Ruotong Wang, Ruijia Cheng, Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann
FAccT 2024 | May 2023
Make Your Tools Sparkle with Trust: The PICSE Framework for Trust in Software Tools
Brittany Johnson, Christian Bird, Denae Ford, Nicole Forsgren, Tom Zimmermann
ICSE SEIP | May 2023
Taking Flight with Copilot: Early insights and opportunities of AI-powered pair-programming tools
Christian Bird, Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann, Nicole Forsgren, Eirini Kalliamvakou, Travis Lowdermilk, Idan Gazit
ACM Queue | January 2023
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“It would work for me too”: How Online Communities Shape Software Developers’ Trust in AI-Powered Code Generation Tools
Ruijia Cheng, Ruotong Wang, Tom Zimmermann, Denae Ford
December 2022
Understanding Skills for OSS Communities on GitHub
Jenny T. Liang, Tom Zimmermann, Denae Ford
ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) | November 2022
Program-L: Online Help Seeking Behaviors by Blind and Low Vision Programmers
Jazette Johnson, Andrew Begel, Richard Ladner, Denae Ford
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) | September 2022
ReBOC: Recommending Bespoke Open Source Software Projects to Contributors
Denae Ford, Nischal Shrestha, Tom Zimmermann
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) | September 2022
Attracting and Retaining OSS contributors with a Maintainer Dashboard
Mariam Guizani, Tom Zimmermann, Anita Sarma, Denae Ford
ICSE 2022 | May 2022
Towards Mining OSS Skills from GitHub Activity
Jenny T. Liang , Tom Zimmermann, Denae Ford
ICSE 2022 | May 2022
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Developers Who Vlog: Dismantling Stereotypes through Community and Identity
Souti Chattoadhyay, Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann
ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) | October 2021
Including Everyone, Everywhere: Understanding Opportunities and Challenges of Geographic Gender-Inclusion in OSS
Gede Artha Azriadi Prana, Denae Ford, Ayushi Rastogi, David Lo, Rahul Purandare, Nachiappan Nagappan
ICSE 2022 | September 2021
Reel Life vs. Real Life: How Software Developers Share Their Daily Life through Vlogs
Souti Chattopadhyay, Tom Zimmermann, Denae Ford
ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) | August 2021
“Is My Mic On?” Preparing SE Students for Collaborative Remote Work and Hybrid Team Communication
Makayla Moster, Denae Ford, Paige Rodeghero
ICSE JSEET | May 2021
Leaving My Fingerprints: Motivations and Challenges of Contributing to OSS for Social Good
Yu Huang, Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann
ICSE 2021 | May 2021
Please Turn Your Cameras On: Remote Onboarding of Software Developers during a Pandemic
Paige Rodeghero, Tom Zimmermann, Brian Houck, Denae Ford
ICSE SEIP | May 2021
‘How Was Your Weekend?’ Software Development Teams Working From Home During COVID-19
Courtney Miller, Paige Rodeghero, Margaret-Anne Storey, Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann
ICSE 2021 | January 2021
Distinguished Paper Award at ICSE 2021
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Survey on Onboarding Software Engineers During a Pandemic
Paige Rodeghero, Thomas Zimmermann, Denae Ford
MSR-TR-2020-36 | October 2020
Published by Microsoft
A Tale of Two Cities: Software Developers Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Denae Ford, Margaret-Anne Storey, Tom Zimmermann, Christian Bird, Sonia Jaffe, Chandra Maddila, Jenna Butler, Brian Houck, Nachi Nagappan
August 2020
Appendix to A Tale of Two Cities: Software Developers Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Denae Ford, Margaret-Anne Storey, Tom Zimmermann, Christian Bird, Sonia Jaffe, Chandra Maddila, Jenna Butler, Brian Houck, Nachi Nagappan
MSR-TR-2020-28 | August 2020
Published by Microsoft
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Ten simple rules for helping newcomers become contributors to open projects
Dan Sholler, Igor Steinmacher, Denae Ford, Mara Averick, Mike Hoye, Greg Wilson
PLoS Computational Biology | September 2019, Vol 15
Beyond the Code Itself: How Programmers Really Look at Pull Requests
Denae Ford, Mahnaz Behroozi, Alexander Serebrenik, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Internationl Conference on Software Engineering - Software Engineering in Society (ICSE SEIS) | May 2019
How Remote Work Can Foster a More Inclusive Environment for Transgender Developers
Denae Ford, Reed Milewicz, Alexander Serebrenik
In proceedings of the ACM/IEEE ICSE 2nd International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering (GE) | May 2019
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How Should Compilers Explain Problems to Developers?
Titus Barik, Denae Ford, Emerson Murphy-Hill, Chris Parnin
ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) | November 2018
Selfies as Social Movements: Influences on Participation and Perceived Impact on Stereotypes
Fannie Liu, Denae Ford, Laura Dabbish, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) | November 2018
Dazed: Measuring the Cognitive Load of Solving Technical Interview Problems At the Whiteboard
Mahnaz Behroozi, Alison Lui, Ian Moore, Denae Ford , Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering - New Ideas and Emerging Results Track (ICSE NIER) | May 2018
“We Don’t Do That Here”: How Collaborative Editing with Mentors Improves Engagement in Social Q&A Communities
Denae Ford , Kristina Lustig, Jeremy Banks, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) | April 2018
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Characterizing Software Engineering Work with Personas Based on Knowledge Worker Actions
Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann, Christian Bird, Nachi Nagappan
In proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM) | November 2017
Someone Like Me: How Does Peer Parity Influence Participation of Women on Stack Overflow?
Denae Ford , Alisse Harkins, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) | October 2017
The Tech-Talk Balance: What Technical Interviewers Expect from Technical Candidates
Denae Ford, Titus Barik, Leslie Rand-Pickett, Chris Parnin
Proceedings of the IEEE ICSE 10th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE). | May 2017
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A Cross-Tool Communication Study on Program Analysis Tool Notifications
Brittany Johnson, Rahul Pandita, Justin Smith, Denae Ford, Sarah Elder, Emerson Murphy-Hill, Sarah Heckman, Caitlin Sadowski
International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE) | November 2016
Paradise Unplugged: Identifying Barriers for Female Participation on Stack Overflow
Denae Ford, Justin Smith, Philip J. Guo, Chris Parnin
International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE) | November 2016
Appendix to Personas in Practice: Adapting Knowledge Worker Actions to Software Engineer
Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann, Christian Bird, Nachi Nagappan
MSR-TR-2016-75 | October 2016
Published by Microsoft
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Studying Sustained Attention and Cognitive States in Remote Technical Interviews
Denae Ford, Titus Barik, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the ACM ICER 3rd International Workshop on Eye Movements in Programming (EMIP) | November 2015
Exploring Causes of Frustration for Software Developers
Denae Ford, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the IEEE ICSE 9th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE) | May 2015
Publications by Research Area
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GEMS: Generative Expert Metric System through Iterative Prompt Priming
Ti-Chung Cheng, Carmen Badea, Christian Bird, Tom Zimmermann, Robert DeLine , Nicole Forsgren, Denae Ford
MSR-TR-2024-31 | August 2024
Published by Microsoft
Can GPT-4 Replicate Empirical Software Engineering Research?
Jenny Liang, Carmen Badea, Christian Bird, Robert DeLine, Denae Ford, Nicole Forsgren, Tom Zimmermann
October 2023
Investigating and Designing for Trust in AI-powered Code Generation Tools
Ruotong Wang, Ruijia Cheng, Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann
FAccT 2024 | May 2023
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GEMS: Generative Expert Metric System through Iterative Prompt Priming
Ti-Chung Cheng, Carmen Badea, Christian Bird, Tom Zimmermann, Robert DeLine , Nicole Forsgren, Denae Ford
MSR-TR-2024-31 | August 2024
Published by Microsoft
Can GPT-4 Replicate Empirical Software Engineering Research?
Jenny Liang, Carmen Badea, Christian Bird, Robert DeLine, Denae Ford, Nicole Forsgren, Tom Zimmermann
October 2023
Make Your Tools Sparkle with Trust: The PICSE Framework for Trust in Software Tools
Brittany Johnson, Christian Bird, Denae Ford, Nicole Forsgren, Tom Zimmermann
ICSE SEIP | May 2023
Taking Flight with Copilot: Early insights and opportunities of AI-powered pair-programming tools
Christian Bird, Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann, Nicole Forsgren, Eirini Kalliamvakou, Travis Lowdermilk, Idan Gazit
ACM Queue | January 2023
“It would work for me too”: How Online Communities Shape Software Developers’ Trust in AI-Powered Code Generation Tools
Ruijia Cheng, Ruotong Wang, Tom Zimmermann, Denae Ford
December 2022
Understanding Skills for OSS Communities on GitHub
Jenny T. Liang, Tom Zimmermann, Denae Ford
ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) | November 2022
Program-L: Online Help Seeking Behaviors by Blind and Low Vision Programmers
Jazette Johnson, Andrew Begel, Richard Ladner, Denae Ford
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) | September 2022
ReBOC: Recommending Bespoke Open Source Software Projects to Contributors
Denae Ford, Nischal Shrestha, Tom Zimmermann
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) | September 2022
Attracting and Retaining OSS contributors with a Maintainer Dashboard
Mariam Guizani, Tom Zimmermann, Anita Sarma, Denae Ford
ICSE 2022 | May 2022
Towards Mining OSS Skills from GitHub Activity
Jenny T. Liang , Tom Zimmermann, Denae Ford
ICSE 2022 | May 2022
Developers Who Vlog: Dismantling Stereotypes through Community and Identity
Souti Chattoadhyay, Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann
ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) | October 2021
Including Everyone, Everywhere: Understanding Opportunities and Challenges of Geographic Gender-Inclusion in OSS
Gede Artha Azriadi Prana, Denae Ford, Ayushi Rastogi, David Lo, Rahul Purandare, Nachiappan Nagappan
ICSE 2022 | September 2021
Reel Life vs. Real Life: How Software Developers Share Their Daily Life through Vlogs
Souti Chattopadhyay, Tom Zimmermann, Denae Ford
ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) | August 2021
“Is My Mic On?” Preparing SE Students for Collaborative Remote Work and Hybrid Team Communication
Makayla Moster, Denae Ford, Paige Rodeghero
ICSE JSEET | May 2021
Leaving My Fingerprints: Motivations and Challenges of Contributing to OSS for Social Good
Yu Huang, Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann
ICSE 2021 | May 2021
Please Turn Your Cameras On: Remote Onboarding of Software Developers during a Pandemic
Paige Rodeghero, Tom Zimmermann, Brian Houck, Denae Ford
ICSE SEIP | May 2021
‘How Was Your Weekend?’ Software Development Teams Working From Home During COVID-19
Courtney Miller, Paige Rodeghero, Margaret-Anne Storey, Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann
ICSE 2021 | January 2021
Distinguished Paper Award at ICSE 2021
Survey on Onboarding Software Engineers During a Pandemic
Paige Rodeghero, Thomas Zimmermann, Denae Ford
MSR-TR-2020-36 | October 2020
Published by Microsoft
A Tale of Two Cities: Software Developers Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Denae Ford, Margaret-Anne Storey, Tom Zimmermann, Christian Bird, Sonia Jaffe, Chandra Maddila, Jenna Butler, Brian Houck, Nachi Nagappan
August 2020
Appendix to A Tale of Two Cities: Software Developers Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Denae Ford, Margaret-Anne Storey, Tom Zimmermann, Christian Bird, Sonia Jaffe, Chandra Maddila, Jenna Butler, Brian Houck, Nachi Nagappan
MSR-TR-2020-28 | August 2020
Published by Microsoft
Ten simple rules for helping newcomers become contributors to open projects
Dan Sholler, Igor Steinmacher, Denae Ford, Mara Averick, Mike Hoye, Greg Wilson
PLoS Computational Biology | September 2019, Vol 15
How Remote Work Can Foster a More Inclusive Environment for Transgender Developers
Denae Ford, Reed Milewicz, Alexander Serebrenik
In proceedings of the ACM/IEEE ICSE 2nd International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering (GE) | May 2019
Beyond the Code Itself: How Programmers Really Look at Pull Requests
Denae Ford, Mahnaz Behroozi, Alexander Serebrenik, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Internationl Conference on Software Engineering - Software Engineering in Society (ICSE SEIS) | May 2019
How Should Compilers Explain Problems to Developers?
Titus Barik, Denae Ford, Emerson Murphy-Hill, Chris Parnin
ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) | November 2018
Dazed: Measuring the Cognitive Load of Solving Technical Interview Problems At the Whiteboard
Mahnaz Behroozi, Alison Lui, Ian Moore, Denae Ford , Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering - New Ideas and Emerging Results Track (ICSE NIER) | May 2018
“We Don’t Do That Here”: How Collaborative Editing with Mentors Improves Engagement in Social Q&A Communities
Denae Ford , Kristina Lustig, Jeremy Banks, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) | April 2018
Characterizing Software Engineering Work with Personas Based on Knowledge Worker Actions
Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann, Christian Bird, Nachi Nagappan
In proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM) | November 2017
Someone Like Me: How Does Peer Parity Influence Participation of Women on Stack Overflow?
Denae Ford , Alisse Harkins, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) | October 2017
The Tech-Talk Balance: What Technical Interviewers Expect from Technical Candidates
Denae Ford, Titus Barik, Leslie Rand-Pickett, Chris Parnin
Proceedings of the IEEE ICSE 10th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE). | May 2017
Paradise Unplugged: Identifying Barriers for Female Participation on Stack Overflow
Denae Ford, Justin Smith, Philip J. Guo, Chris Parnin
International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE) | November 2016
A Cross-Tool Communication Study on Program Analysis Tool Notifications
Brittany Johnson, Rahul Pandita, Justin Smith, Denae Ford, Sarah Elder, Emerson Murphy-Hill, Sarah Heckman, Caitlin Sadowski
International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE) | November 2016
Appendix to Personas in Practice: Adapting Knowledge Worker Actions to Software Engineer
Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann, Christian Bird, Nachi Nagappan
MSR-TR-2016-75 | October 2016
Published by Microsoft
Studying Sustained Attention and Cognitive States in Remote Technical Interviews
Denae Ford, Titus Barik, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the ACM ICER 3rd International Workshop on Eye Movements in Programming (EMIP) | November 2015
Exploring Causes of Frustration for Software Developers
Denae Ford, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the IEEE ICSE 9th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE) | May 2015
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Youth WellTech: A Global Remote Co-Design Sprint for Youth Mental Health Technology
Kenji Phang, Siddharth Saarathi Pradhan, Chino Ikwuegbu, Gonzalo Ramos, Denae Ford, Ebele Okoli, Salman Muin Kayser Chishti, Jina Suh
January 2024
Make Your Tools Sparkle with Trust: The PICSE Framework for Trust in Software Tools
Brittany Johnson, Christian Bird, Denae Ford, Nicole Forsgren, Tom Zimmermann
ICSE SEIP | May 2023
Taking Flight with Copilot: Early insights and opportunities of AI-powered pair-programming tools
Christian Bird, Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann, Nicole Forsgren, Eirini Kalliamvakou, Travis Lowdermilk, Idan Gazit
ACM Queue | January 2023
“It would work for me too”: How Online Communities Shape Software Developers’ Trust in AI-Powered Code Generation Tools
Ruijia Cheng, Ruotong Wang, Tom Zimmermann, Denae Ford
December 2022
Understanding Skills for OSS Communities on GitHub
Jenny T. Liang, Tom Zimmermann, Denae Ford
ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) | November 2022
Program-L: Online Help Seeking Behaviors by Blind and Low Vision Programmers
Jazette Johnson, Andrew Begel, Richard Ladner, Denae Ford
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) | September 2022
ReBOC: Recommending Bespoke Open Source Software Projects to Contributors
Denae Ford, Nischal Shrestha, Tom Zimmermann
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) | September 2022
Attracting and Retaining OSS contributors with a Maintainer Dashboard
Mariam Guizani, Tom Zimmermann, Anita Sarma, Denae Ford
ICSE 2022 | May 2022
Towards Mining OSS Skills from GitHub Activity
Jenny T. Liang , Tom Zimmermann, Denae Ford
ICSE 2022 | May 2022
Developers Who Vlog: Dismantling Stereotypes through Community and Identity
Souti Chattoadhyay, Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann
ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) | October 2021
Including Everyone, Everywhere: Understanding Opportunities and Challenges of Geographic Gender-Inclusion in OSS
Gede Artha Azriadi Prana, Denae Ford, Ayushi Rastogi, David Lo, Rahul Purandare, Nachiappan Nagappan
ICSE 2022 | September 2021
Reel Life vs. Real Life: How Software Developers Share Their Daily Life through Vlogs
Souti Chattopadhyay, Tom Zimmermann, Denae Ford
ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) | August 2021
“Is My Mic On?” Preparing SE Students for Collaborative Remote Work and Hybrid Team Communication
Makayla Moster, Denae Ford, Paige Rodeghero
ICSE JSEET | May 2021
Leaving My Fingerprints: Motivations and Challenges of Contributing to OSS for Social Good
Yu Huang, Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann
ICSE 2021 | May 2021
Please Turn Your Cameras On: Remote Onboarding of Software Developers during a Pandemic
Paige Rodeghero, Tom Zimmermann, Brian Houck, Denae Ford
ICSE SEIP | May 2021
A Tale of Two Cities: Software Developers Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Denae Ford, Margaret-Anne Storey, Tom Zimmermann, Christian Bird, Sonia Jaffe, Chandra Maddila, Jenna Butler, Brian Houck, Nachi Nagappan
August 2020
Ten simple rules for helping newcomers become contributors to open projects
Dan Sholler, Igor Steinmacher, Denae Ford, Mara Averick, Mike Hoye, Greg Wilson
PLoS Computational Biology | September 2019, Vol 15
How Remote Work Can Foster a More Inclusive Environment for Transgender Developers
Denae Ford, Reed Milewicz, Alexander Serebrenik
In proceedings of the ACM/IEEE ICSE 2nd International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering (GE) | May 2019
Beyond the Code Itself: How Programmers Really Look at Pull Requests
Denae Ford, Mahnaz Behroozi, Alexander Serebrenik, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Internationl Conference on Software Engineering - Software Engineering in Society (ICSE SEIS) | May 2019
How Should Compilers Explain Problems to Developers?
Titus Barik, Denae Ford, Emerson Murphy-Hill, Chris Parnin
ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) | November 2018
Selfies as Social Movements: Influences on Participation and Perceived Impact on Stereotypes
Fannie Liu, Denae Ford, Laura Dabbish, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) | November 2018
Dazed: Measuring the Cognitive Load of Solving Technical Interview Problems At the Whiteboard
Mahnaz Behroozi, Alison Lui, Ian Moore, Denae Ford , Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering - New Ideas and Emerging Results Track (ICSE NIER) | May 2018
“We Don’t Do That Here”: How Collaborative Editing with Mentors Improves Engagement in Social Q&A Communities
Denae Ford , Kristina Lustig, Jeremy Banks, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) | April 2018
Characterizing Software Engineering Work with Personas Based on Knowledge Worker Actions
Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann, Christian Bird, Nachi Nagappan
In proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM) | November 2017
Someone Like Me: How Does Peer Parity Influence Participation of Women on Stack Overflow?
Denae Ford , Alisse Harkins, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) | October 2017
The Tech-Talk Balance: What Technical Interviewers Expect from Technical Candidates
Denae Ford, Titus Barik, Leslie Rand-Pickett, Chris Parnin
Proceedings of the IEEE ICSE 10th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE). | May 2017
Paradise Unplugged: Identifying Barriers for Female Participation on Stack Overflow
Denae Ford, Justin Smith, Philip J. Guo, Chris Parnin
International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE) | November 2016
Studying Sustained Attention and Cognitive States in Remote Technical Interviews
Denae Ford, Titus Barik, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the ACM ICER 3rd International Workshop on Eye Movements in Programming (EMIP) | November 2015
Exploring Causes of Frustration for Software Developers
Denae Ford, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the IEEE ICSE 9th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE) | May 2015
Publications by Type
-
GEMS: Generative Expert Metric System through Iterative Prompt Priming
Ti-Chung Cheng, Carmen Badea, Christian Bird, Tom Zimmermann, Robert DeLine , Nicole Forsgren, Denae Ford
MSR-TR-2024-31 | August 2024
Published by Microsoft
Survey on Onboarding Software Engineers During a Pandemic
Paige Rodeghero, Thomas Zimmermann, Denae Ford
MSR-TR-2020-36 | October 2020
Published by Microsoft
Appendix to A Tale of Two Cities: Software Developers Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Denae Ford, Margaret-Anne Storey, Tom Zimmermann, Christian Bird, Sonia Jaffe, Chandra Maddila, Jenna Butler, Brian Houck, Nachi Nagappan
MSR-TR-2020-28 | August 2020
Published by Microsoft
Appendix to Personas in Practice: Adapting Knowledge Worker Actions to Software Engineer
Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann, Christian Bird, Nachi Nagappan
MSR-TR-2016-75 | October 2016
Published by Microsoft
-
Investigating and Designing for Trust in AI-powered Code Generation Tools
Ruotong Wang, Ruijia Cheng, Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann
FAccT 2024 | May 2023
Make Your Tools Sparkle with Trust: The PICSE Framework for Trust in Software Tools
Brittany Johnson, Christian Bird, Denae Ford, Nicole Forsgren, Tom Zimmermann
ICSE SEIP | May 2023
Understanding Skills for OSS Communities on GitHub
Jenny T. Liang, Tom Zimmermann, Denae Ford
ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) | November 2022
Program-L: Online Help Seeking Behaviors by Blind and Low Vision Programmers
Jazette Johnson, Andrew Begel, Richard Ladner, Denae Ford
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) | September 2022
ReBOC: Recommending Bespoke Open Source Software Projects to Contributors
Denae Ford, Nischal Shrestha, Tom Zimmermann
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) | September 2022
Attracting and Retaining OSS contributors with a Maintainer Dashboard
Mariam Guizani, Tom Zimmermann, Anita Sarma, Denae Ford
ICSE 2022 | May 2022
Towards Mining OSS Skills from GitHub Activity
Jenny T. Liang , Tom Zimmermann, Denae Ford
ICSE 2022 | May 2022
Including Everyone, Everywhere: Understanding Opportunities and Challenges of Geographic Gender-Inclusion in OSS
Gede Artha Azriadi Prana, Denae Ford, Ayushi Rastogi, David Lo, Rahul Purandare, Nachiappan Nagappan
ICSE 2022 | September 2021
Reel Life vs. Real Life: How Software Developers Share Their Daily Life through Vlogs
Souti Chattopadhyay, Tom Zimmermann, Denae Ford
ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) | August 2021
“Is My Mic On?” Preparing SE Students for Collaborative Remote Work and Hybrid Team Communication
Makayla Moster, Denae Ford, Paige Rodeghero
ICSE JSEET | May 2021
Leaving My Fingerprints: Motivations and Challenges of Contributing to OSS for Social Good
Yu Huang, Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann
ICSE 2021 | May 2021
Please Turn Your Cameras On: Remote Onboarding of Software Developers during a Pandemic
Paige Rodeghero, Tom Zimmermann, Brian Houck, Denae Ford
ICSE SEIP | May 2021
‘How Was Your Weekend?’ Software Development Teams Working From Home During COVID-19
Courtney Miller, Paige Rodeghero, Margaret-Anne Storey, Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann
ICSE 2021 | January 2021
Distinguished Paper Award at ICSE 2021
How Remote Work Can Foster a More Inclusive Environment for Transgender Developers
Denae Ford, Reed Milewicz, Alexander Serebrenik
In proceedings of the ACM/IEEE ICSE 2nd International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering (GE) | May 2019
Beyond the Code Itself: How Programmers Really Look at Pull Requests
Denae Ford, Mahnaz Behroozi, Alexander Serebrenik, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Internationl Conference on Software Engineering - Software Engineering in Society (ICSE SEIS) | May 2019
How Should Compilers Explain Problems to Developers?
Titus Barik, Denae Ford, Emerson Murphy-Hill, Chris Parnin
ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) | November 2018
Selfies as Social Movements: Influences on Participation and Perceived Impact on Stereotypes
Fannie Liu, Denae Ford, Laura Dabbish, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) | November 2018
Dazed: Measuring the Cognitive Load of Solving Technical Interview Problems At the Whiteboard
Mahnaz Behroozi, Alison Lui, Ian Moore, Denae Ford , Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering - New Ideas and Emerging Results Track (ICSE NIER) | May 2018
“We Don’t Do That Here”: How Collaborative Editing with Mentors Improves Engagement in Social Q&A Communities
Denae Ford , Kristina Lustig, Jeremy Banks, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) | April 2018
Characterizing Software Engineering Work with Personas Based on Knowledge Worker Actions
Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann, Christian Bird, Nachi Nagappan
In proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM) | November 2017
Someone Like Me: How Does Peer Parity Influence Participation of Women on Stack Overflow?
Denae Ford , Alisse Harkins, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) | October 2017
The Tech-Talk Balance: What Technical Interviewers Expect from Technical Candidates
Denae Ford, Titus Barik, Leslie Rand-Pickett, Chris Parnin
Proceedings of the IEEE ICSE 10th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE). | May 2017
Paradise Unplugged: Identifying Barriers for Female Participation on Stack Overflow
Denae Ford, Justin Smith, Philip J. Guo, Chris Parnin
International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE) | November 2016
A Cross-Tool Communication Study on Program Analysis Tool Notifications
Brittany Johnson, Rahul Pandita, Justin Smith, Denae Ford, Sarah Elder, Emerson Murphy-Hill, Sarah Heckman, Caitlin Sadowski
International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE) | November 2016
Studying Sustained Attention and Cognitive States in Remote Technical Interviews
Denae Ford, Titus Barik, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the ACM ICER 3rd International Workshop on Eye Movements in Programming (EMIP) | November 2015
Exploring Causes of Frustration for Software Developers
Denae Ford, Chris Parnin
In proceedings of the IEEE ICSE 9th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE) | May 2015
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Youth WellTech: A Global Remote Co-Design Sprint for Youth Mental Health Technology
Kenji Phang, Siddharth Saarathi Pradhan, Chino Ikwuegbu, Gonzalo Ramos, Denae Ford, Ebele Okoli, Salman Muin Kayser Chishti, Jina Suh
January 2024
Can GPT-4 Replicate Empirical Software Engineering Research?
Jenny Liang, Carmen Badea, Christian Bird, Robert DeLine, Denae Ford, Nicole Forsgren, Tom Zimmermann
October 2023
Taking Flight with Copilot: Early insights and opportunities of AI-powered pair-programming tools
Christian Bird, Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann, Nicole Forsgren, Eirini Kalliamvakou, Travis Lowdermilk, Idan Gazit
ACM Queue | January 2023
Developers Who Vlog: Dismantling Stereotypes through Community and Identity
Souti Chattoadhyay, Denae Ford, Tom Zimmermann
ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) | October 2021
Ten simple rules for helping newcomers become contributors to open projects
Dan Sholler, Igor Steinmacher, Denae Ford, Mara Averick, Mike Hoye, Greg Wilson
PLoS Computational Biology | September 2019, Vol 15
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“It would work for me too”: How Online Communities Shape Software Developers’ Trust in AI-Powered Code Generation Tools
Ruijia Cheng, Ruotong Wang, Tom Zimmermann, Denae Ford
December 2022
A Tale of Two Cities: Software Developers Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Denae Ford, Margaret-Anne Storey, Tom Zimmermann, Christian Bird, Sonia Jaffe, Chandra Maddila, Jenna Butler, Brian Houck, Nachi Nagappan
August 2020