ICSE 2024
Fri 12 - Sun 21 April 2024 Lisbon, Portugal
Thu 18 Apr 2024 12:14 - 12:21 at Almada Negreiros - Human and Social 4 Chair(s): Tamara Lopez

Creative ideation and its adaptive value in reacting to new events are critical to advancing scientific and technological innovation. Software development, at its core, is a problem-solving endeavor that inherently demands creativity. Yet, the available research on creativity in software engineering is fragmented and limited.

We present the first empirical evaluation of the role of creativity in software engineering tasks. We conducted an empirical study with 77 participants to objectively assess the effect of creativity –quantified via established psychometric tests – on developers’ performance and behavior through the problem-solving strategies they used during programming.

We find that participants with higher creativity scores employed diverse strategies with significant variations, adding extra game features and multiple animations. Additionally, we report a notable correlation between task time and divergent creativity score. Our findings can inform educational and training strategies in software engineering, fostering innovative approaches and boosting developer performance and engagement.

Thu 18 Apr

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11:00 - 12:30
11:00
15m
Talk
“My GitHub Sponsors profile is live!” Investigating the Impact of Twitter/X Mentions on GitHub Sponsors
Research Track
Youmei Fan Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Tao Xiao Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Hideaki Hata Shinshu University, Christoph Treude Singapore Management University, Kenichi Matsumoto Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Pre-print Media Attached
11:15
15m
Talk
A Theory of Scientific Programming Efficacy
Research Track
Elizaveta Pertseva Stanford University, Melinda Chang Canyon Crest Academy, Ulia Zaman University of California, Irvine, Michael Coblenz University of California, San Diego
Link to publication
11:30
15m
Talk
Coding to Cope: Teaching Programming to Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Software Engineering Education and Training
Isabella Graßl University of Passau, Gordon Fraser University of Passau
11:45
15m
Talk
Beyond Self-Promotion: How Software Engineering Research Is Discussed on LinkedInACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award (SEIS Track)
Software Engineering in Society
Marvin Wyrich Saarland University, Justus Bogner Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pre-print
12:00
7m
Talk
Extended Abstract of "Do Attention and Memory Explain the Performance of Software Developers?"
Journal-first Papers
Valentina Piantadosi University of Molise, Simone Scalabrino University of Molise, Alexander Serebrenik Eindhoven University of Technology, Nicole Novielli University of Bari, Rocco Oliveto University of Molise
12:07
7m
Talk
Understanding Mentors’ Engagement in OSS Communities via Google Summer of Code
Journal-first Papers
Xin Tan Beihang University, Minghui Zhou Peking University, Li Zhang Beihang University
12:14
7m
Talk
Coding with a Creative Twist: Investigating the Link Between Creativity Scores and problem-solving Strategies
New Ideas and Emerging Results
Mahta Amini Polytechnique Montreal, Jay A. Olson University of Toronto Mississauga, Zohreh Sharafi Polytechnique Montréal