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Sun 27 Apr 2025 17:07 - 17:30 at 213 - Session 3: Evaluating and Improving Bot Impact Chair(s): Ahmad Abdellatif

Reducing Alert Fatigue via AI-Assisted Negotiation: A Case for Dependabot”: The increasing complexity of software dependencies has led to the emergence of automated dependency management tools, such as Dependabot. However, these tools often overwhelm developers with a high volume of alerts and notifications, leading to alert fatigue. This paper presents a position on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents as dependency negotiators to reduce alert fatigue. We then examine specific use cases where AI agents can facilitate dependency negotiations, such as when working with external dependencies or managing complex, multi-component systems. Our findings highlight the need for more research on the design and evaluation of AI-driven dependency mediation mechanisms. With a focus on ensuring transparency, explainability, and human trustworthiness in these GitHub software projects, our goal is to reduce alert fatigue to an extent that maintainers no longer feel overwhelmed and welcome pull requests just like any other contribution into their projects.

Sun 27 Apr

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16:00 - 17:30
Session 3: Evaluating and Improving Bot ImpactBotSE at 213
Chair(s): Ahmad Abdellatif University of Calgary

Ahmad Abdellatif

16:00
22m
Talk
Towards a Newcomers Dataset to Assess Conversational Agent�s Efficacy in Mentoring Newcomers
BotSE
Misan Etchie NAU RESHAPE LAB, Hunter Beach NAU RESHAPE LAB, Katia Romero Felizardo NAU RESHAPE LAB, Igor Steinmacher NAU RESHAPE LAB
16:22
22m
Talk
Bot-Driven Development: From Simple Automation to Autonomous Software Development Bots
BotSE
Christoph Treude Singapore Management University, Chris Poskitt Singapore Management University
Pre-print
16:45
22m
Talk
Bridging HCI and AI Research for the Evaluation of Conversational SE Assistants
BotSE
Jonan Richards Radboud University, Mairieli Wessel Radboud University
17:07
22m
Talk
Reducing Alert Fatigue via AI-Assisted Negotiation: A Case for Dependabot
BotSE
Raula Gaikovina Kula The University of Osaka
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