ICSE 2026
Sun 12 - Sat 18 April 2026 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fri 17 Apr 2026 16:30 - 16:45 at Oceania V - Human and Social Aspects 13 Chair(s): Daniela Damian

As GenAI becomes embedded in developer toolchains and practices, and routine code is increasingly generated, human creativity will be increasingly important for generating competitive advantage. This article uses the McLuhan tetrad alongside scenarios of how GenAI may disrupt software development more broadly, to identify potential impacts GenAI may have on creativity within software development. The impacts are discussed along with a future research agenda comprising five connected themes that consider how individual capabilities, team capabilities, the product, unintended consequences, and society can be affected.

Fri 17 Apr

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16:00 - 17:30
Human and Social Aspects 13Journal-first Papers / Demonstrations at Oceania V
Chair(s): Daniela Damian University of Victoria
16:00
15m
Talk
PosEyeDOM: Lightweight Positional Copilot Suggestion Logger for Eye-Tracking Applications using the DOM
Demonstrations
Tarek Alakmeh University of Zurich, Sarah D'Angelo Google, Thomas Fritz University of Zurich
16:15
15m
Talk
Developer Perspectives on Licensing and Copyright Issues Arising from Generative AI for Software Development
Journal-first Papers
Trevor Stalnaker William & Mary, Nathan Wintersgill William & Mary, Oscar Chaparro William & Mary, Laura A. Heymann William & Mary, Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy, Daniel M. German University of Victoria, Denys Poshyvanyk William & Mary
16:30
15m
Talk
The Impact of Generative AI on Creativity in Software Development: A Research Agenda
Journal-first Papers
Victoria Jackson University of Southampton, Bogdan Vasilescu Carnegie Mellon University, Daniel Russo Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University, Paul Ralph Dalhousie University, Mali Izadi TU Delft, Rafael Prikladnicki School of Technology at PUCRS University, Sarah D'Angelo Google, Sarah Inman Google, Anielle Severo Lisboa de Andrade Catholic Pontifical University of Rio Grande do Sul, Andre van der Hoek University of California, Irvine
Link to publication
17:15
15m
Talk
Investigating the Role of Cultural Values in Adopting Large Language Models for Software Engineering
Journal-first Papers
Stefano Lambiase Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University, Denmark, Gemma Catolino University of Salerno, Fabio Palomba University of Salerno, Filomena Ferrucci Università di Salerno, Daniel Russo Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University