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  • How do Programmers Forage through Variants? Modeling Hierarchical Foraging and Changelogs

    Creator:
    Pandya, Bhargav Chandravadan
    Abstract:
    Complex information environments are often organized as hierarchies. However, computational models of Information Foraging Theory (IFT) have almost entirely ignored this fact. Models and tools for predicting programmer navigations have ignored people’s foraging behavior across hierarchies —called hierarchical foraging. Without modeling hierarchical foraging, our ability to build tools to support...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Margaret M. Burnett Complex information environments are often organized as hierarchies

  • Version Control Systems: An Information Foraging Perspective

    Creator:
    Srinivasa Ragavan, Sruti
    Abstract:
    Software history and version control systems (VCS) are an important source of information for developers. This entails the need for a principled understanding of developers’ information seeking in VCS, both for improving existing tools as well as understanding requirements for new tools. However, it is only recently that researchers have...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Margaret M. Burnett Software history and version control systems (VCS) are an important source of

  • How does AAR/AI Support Problem Solvers with Diverse Behaviors and Cognitive Styles?

    Creator:
    Dikkala, Rupika
    Abstract:
    "What’s wrong with this AI?" Explainable AI (XAI) researchers are moving beyond explaining an AI’s actions, to helping users detect an AI’s failures. However this detection may not be enough—for actionability, we often need to pinpoint which part failed. We investigate how AAR/AI, a structured assessment process, supports users with...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    : Margaret M. Burnett “What’s wrong with this AI?” Explainable AI (XAI) researchers are moving beyond ex

  • Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching Inclusive Design

    Creator:
    Oleson, Alannah L.
    Abstract:
    Inclusive design is important in today's software industry, but there is little research about how to teach it. In collaboration with 9 teacher-researchers across 8 U.S. universities and more than 400 computer and information science students, we embarked upon an Action Research investigation to gather insights into the pedagogical content...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    : Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching Inclusive Design Abstract approved: Margaret Burnett

  • The InclusiveMag Method: A Start Towards More Inclusive Software for Diverse Populations

    Creator:
    Mendez, Christopher
    Abstract:
    How can software practitioners assess whether their software supports diverse users? Although there are empirical processes that can be used to find “inclusivity bugs” piecemeal, what is often needed is a systematic inspection method to assess software’s support for diverse populations. To help fill this gap, this thesis introduces InclusiveMag,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Margaret M. Burnett

  • Generalizing the Idea Garden : Principles and Contexts

    Creator:
    Jernigan, William
    Abstract:
    In previous work, the Idea Garden was created to help those relatively new to programming overcome their barriers in CoScripter. The goal of this thesis was to generalize the Idea Garden's success to other users and environments. We present a set of principles on how to help EUPs like this...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Margaret M. Burnett

  • Explanations and Information Foraging in Real-Time Strategy Games

    Creator:
    Penney, Sean J.
    Abstract:
    Assessing and understanding intelligent agents can be a difficult task for users who may lack an artificial intelligence (AI) background. A relatively new area, called “explainable AI,” is emerging to help address this problem, but little is known about how to present and structure information that an explanation system might...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    : Explanations and Information Foraging in Real-Time Strategy Games Abstract Approved: Margaret M. Burnett

  • Information Foraging Theory as a Unifying Foundation for Software Engineering Research : Connecting the Dots

    Creator:
    Piorkowski, David
    Abstract:
    Empirical studies have shown that programmers spend up to one-third of their time navigating through code during debugging. Although researchers have conducted empirical studies to understand programmers’ navigation difficulties and developed tools to address those difficulties, the resulting findings tend to be loosely connected to each other. To address this...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ Margaret M. Burnett Empirical studies have shown that programmers spend up to one

  • GenderMag’s Socio-Technical Artifacts “Grow up” To Expand GenderMag’s Impact

    Creator:
    Bhuva, Brijesh H.
    Abstract:
    This project report presents an implementation of a GenderMag Recorder's Assistant from a semi-working state to a fully working Chrome web store application. In addition, this project report also discusses the persona customization option and limitations and how the persona tool eases the process of persona customization. For results, we...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    Dr. Margaret Burnett, Major Professor Dr. Anita Sarma, Committee Member Prof. Kishore Bhamidipati

  • Fixing Inclusivity Bugs: Information Processing Styles and Learning Styles

    Creator:
    Steine-Hanson, Zoe K.
    Abstract:
    Most software systems today do not support cognitive diversity. Further, because of differences in problem-solving styles that cluster by gender, software that poorly supports cognitive diversity can also embed gender biases. To help software professionals fix gender bias “bugs” related to people’s problem-solving styles for information processing and learning of...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    . Abstract approved:________________________________________________________________ Margaret Burnett