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Wed 30 Apr 2025 16:00 - 16:15 at 207 - Human and Social Process 2 Chair(s): Armstrong Foundjem
Thu 1 May 2025 13:00 - 13:30 at Canada Hall 3 Poster Area - Thu Lunch Posters 13:00-13:30
Fri 2 May 2025 10:30 - 11:00 at Canada Hall 3 Poster Area - Fri Morning Break Posters 10:30-11

ChatGPT has significantly impacted software development practices, providing substantial assistance to developers in various tasks, including coding, testing, and debugging. Despite its widespread adoption, the impact of ChatGPT as an assistant in collaborative coding remains largely unexplored. In this paper, we analyze a dataset of 210 and 370 developers’ shared conversations with ChatGPT in GitHub pull requests (PRs) and issues. We manually examined the content of the conversations and characterized the dynamics of the sharing behavior, i.e., understanding the rationale behind the sharing, identifying the locations where the conversations were shared, and determining the roles of the developers who shared them. Our main observations are: (1) Developers seek ChatGPT’s assistance across 16 types of software engineering inquiries. In both conversations shared in PRs and issues, the most frequently encountered inquiry categories include code generation, conceptual questions, how-to guides, issue resolution, and code review. (2) Developers frequently engage with ChatGPT via multi-turn conversations where each prompt can fulfill various roles, such as unveiling initial or new tasks, iterative follow-up, and prompt refinement. Multi-turn conversations account for 33.2% of the conversations shared in PRs and 36.9% in issues. (3) In collaborative coding, developers leverage shared conversations with ChatGPT to facilitate their role-specific contributions, whether as authors of PRs or issues, code reviewers, or collaborators on issues. Our work serves as the first step towards understanding the dynamics between developers and ChatGPT in collaborative software development and opens up new directions for future research on the topic.

Wed 30 Apr

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16:00 - 17:30
Human and Social Process 2Journal-first Papers / Research Track at 207
Chair(s): Armstrong Foundjem École Polytechnique de Montréal
16:00
15m
Talk
An Empirical Study on Developers' Shared Conversations with ChatGPT in GitHub Pull Requests and Issues
Journal-first Papers
Huizi Hao Queen's University, Canada, Kazi Amit Hasan Queen's University, Canada, Hong Qin Queen's University, Marcos Macedo Queen's University, Yuan Tian Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Ding Steven, H., H. Queen’s University at Kingston, Ahmed E. Hassan Queen’s University
16:15
15m
Talk
Who’s Pushing the Code: An Exploration of GitHub Impersonation
Research Track
Yueke Zhang Vanderbilt University, Anda Liang Vanderbilt University, Xiaohan Wang Vanderbilt University, Pamela J. Wisniewski Vanderbilt University, Fengwei Zhang Southern University of Science and Technology, Kevin Leach Vanderbilt University, Yu Huang Vanderbilt University
16:30
15m
Talk
Understanding Real-time Collaborative Programming: a Study of Visual Studio Live Share
Journal-first Papers
Xin Tan Beihang University, Xinyue Lv Beihang University, Jing Jiang Beihang University, Li Zhang Beihang University
16:45
15m
Talk
Characterizing the Prevalence, Distribution, and Duration of Stale Reviewer Recommendations
Journal-first Papers
Farshad Kazemi University of Waterloo, Maxime Lamothe Polytechnique Montreal, Shane McIntosh University of Waterloo
17:00
15m
Talk
Diversity's Double-Edged Sword: Analyzing Race's Effect on Remote Pair Programming Interactions
Journal-first Papers
Shandler Mason North Carolina State University, Sandeep Kuttal North Carolina State University
17:15
7m
Talk
Investigating the Impact of Interpersonal Challenges on Feeling Welcome in OSS
Research Track
Bianca Trinkenreich Colorado State University, Zixuan Feng Oregon State University, USA, Rudrajit Choudhuri Oregon State University, Marco Gerosa Northern Arizona University, Anita Sarma Oregon State University, Igor Steinmacher NAU RESHAPE LAB
Pre-print

Thu 1 May

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13:00 - 13:30
13:00
30m
Talk
BDefects4NN: A Backdoor Defect Database for Controlled Localization Studies in Neural Networks
Research Track
Yisong Xiao Beihang University, Aishan Liu Beihang University; Institute of Dataspace, Xinwei Zhang Beihang University, Tianyuan Zhang Beihang University, Li Tianlin NTU, Siyuan Liang National University of Singapore, Xianglong Liu Beihang University; Institute of Dataspace; Zhongguancun Laboratory, Yang Liu Nanyang Technological University, Dacheng Tao Nanyang Technological University
13:00
30m
Talk
Ethical Issues in Video Games: Insights from Reddit Discussions
SE in Society (SEIS)
Yeqian Li Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Kousar Aslam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
13:00
30m
Talk
An Empirical Study on Developers' Shared Conversations with ChatGPT in GitHub Pull Requests and Issues
Journal-first Papers
Huizi Hao Queen's University, Canada, Kazi Amit Hasan Queen's University, Canada, Hong Qin Queen's University, Marcos Macedo Queen's University, Yuan Tian Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Ding Steven, H., H. Queen’s University at Kingston, Ahmed E. Hassan Queen’s University
13:00
30m
Talk
QuanTest: Entanglement-Guided Testing of Quantum Neural Network SystemsQuantum
Journal-first Papers
Jinjing Shi Central South University, Zimeng Xiao Central South University, Heyuan Shi Central South University, Yu Jiang Tsinghua University, Xuelong LI China Telecom
Link to publication
13:00
30m
Poster
FlatD: Protecting Deep Neural Network Program from Reversing Attacks
SE In Practice (SEIP)
Jinquan Zhang The Pennsylvania State University, Zihao Wang Penn State University, Pei Wang Independent Researcher, Rui Zhong Palo Alto Networks, Dinghao Wu Pennsylvania State University
13:00
30m
Talk
Building Domain-Specific Machine Learning Workflows: A Conceptual Framework for the State-of-the-PracticeSE for AI
Journal-first Papers
Bentley Oakes Polytechnique Montréal, Michalis Famelis Université de Montréal, Houari Sahraoui DIRO, Université de Montréal
DOI Pre-print File Attached
13:00
30m
Talk
On the acceptance by code reviewers of candidate security patches suggested by Automated Program Repair tools.Security
Journal-first Papers
Aurora Papotti Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Ranindya Paramitha University of Trento, Fabio Massacci University of Trento; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
13:00
30m
Talk
Automating Explanation Need Management in App Reviews: A Case Study from the Navigation App Industry
SE In Practice (SEIP)
Martin Obaidi Leibniz Universität Hannover, Nicolas Voß Graphmasters GmbH, Hannah Deters Leibniz University Hannover, Jakob Droste Leibniz Universität Hannover, Marc Herrmann Leibniz University Hannover, Jannik Fischbach Netlight Consulting GmbH and fortiss GmbH, Kurt Schneider Leibniz Universität Hannover, Software Engineering Group

Fri 2 May

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10:30 - 11:00
10:30
30m
Talk
An Empirical Study on Developers' Shared Conversations with ChatGPT in GitHub Pull Requests and Issues
Journal-first Papers
Huizi Hao Queen's University, Canada, Kazi Amit Hasan Queen's University, Canada, Hong Qin Queen's University, Marcos Macedo Queen's University, Yuan Tian Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Ding Steven, H., H. Queen’s University at Kingston, Ahmed E. Hassan Queen’s University
10:30
30m
Talk
Automating Explanation Need Management in App Reviews: A Case Study from the Navigation App Industry
SE In Practice (SEIP)
Martin Obaidi Leibniz Universität Hannover, Nicolas Voß Graphmasters GmbH, Hannah Deters Leibniz University Hannover, Jakob Droste Leibniz Universität Hannover, Marc Herrmann Leibniz University Hannover, Jannik Fischbach Netlight Consulting GmbH and fortiss GmbH, Kurt Schneider Leibniz Universität Hannover, Software Engineering Group
10:30
30m
Talk
On the acceptance by code reviewers of candidate security patches suggested by Automated Program Repair tools.Security
Journal-first Papers
Aurora Papotti Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Ranindya Paramitha University of Trento, Fabio Massacci University of Trento; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
10:30
30m
Talk
Relevant information in TDD experiment reporting
Journal-first Papers
Fernando Uyaguari Instituto Superior Tecnológico Wissen, Silvia Teresita Acuña Castillo Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, John W. Castro Universidad de Atacama, Davide Fucci Blekinge Institute of Technology, Oscar Dieste Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Sira Vegas Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
10:30
30m
Talk
BDefects4NN: A Backdoor Defect Database for Controlled Localization Studies in Neural Networks
Research Track
Yisong Xiao Beihang University, Aishan Liu Beihang University; Institute of Dataspace, Xinwei Zhang Beihang University, Tianyuan Zhang Beihang University, Li Tianlin NTU, Siyuan Liang National University of Singapore, Xianglong Liu Beihang University; Institute of Dataspace; Zhongguancun Laboratory, Yang Liu Nanyang Technological University, Dacheng Tao Nanyang Technological University
10:30
30m
Talk
Ethical Issues in Video Games: Insights from Reddit Discussions
SE in Society (SEIS)
Yeqian Li Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Kousar Aslam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
10:30
30m
Talk
SusDevOps: Promoting Sustainability to a First Principle in Software Delivery
New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER)
Istvan David McMaster University / McMaster Centre for Software Certification (McSCert)
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