Diversity's Double-Edged Sword: Analyzing Race's Effect on Remote Pair Programming Interactions
This program is tentative and subject to change.
Remote pair programming is widely used in software development, but no research has examined how race affects these interactions between developers. We embarked on this study due to the historical under representation of Black developers in the tech industry, with White developers comprising the majority. Our study involved 24 experienced developers, forming 12 gender-balanced same- and mixed-race pairs. Pairs collaborated on a programming task using the think-aloud method, followed by individual retrospective interviews. Our findings revealed elevated productivity scores for mixed-race pairs, with no differences in code quality between same- and mixed-race pairs. Mixed-race pairs excelled in task distribution, shared decision-making, and role-exchange but encountered communication challenges, discomfort, and anxiety, shedding light on the complexity of diversity dynamics. Our study emphasizes race’s impact on remote pair programming and underscores the need for diverse tools and methods to address racial disparities for collaboration.
This program is tentative and subject to change.
Wed 30 AprDisplayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
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16:00 15mTalk | 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 15mTalk | 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 15mTalk | 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 15mTalk | 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 15mTalk | Diversity's Double-Edged Sword: Analyzing Race's Effect on Remote Pair Programming Interactions Journal-first Papers | ||
17:15 7mTalk | Understanding Newcomers' Onboarding Process in Deep Learning Projects Journal-first Papers Junxiao Han , Jiahao Zhang Alibaba Group, David Lo Singapore Management University, Xin Xia Huawei, Shuiguang Deng Zhejiang University; Alibaba-Zhejiang University Joint Institute of Frontier Technologies, Minghui Wu Hangzhou City University | ||
17:22 7mTalk | 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 Northern Arizona University | ||