Still at @icseconf.bsky.social? Come see Priscila present our paper on using medical imaging to understand debugging cognition:
Room 205, at 5:00!
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Hi! I’m in SE, but I’ve collaborated and published with PL researchers - I’m starting at UMass in January!
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) is looking for new assistant/associate professors in software engineering/architecture workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/2-...
The group is led by Patricia Lago, Ivano Malavolta, Ilias Gerostathopoulos Kousar Aslam Emitzá Guzmán Justus Bogner, Jaap Gordijn
Variable names are def important!
In addition, higher reading ability correlates with lower cognitive load while debugging. But, we don’t see any differences in end-to-end debugging outcomes in this work.
We find that stages of debugging are neurally distinct, and that changes in variable name construction can increase cognitive load across debugging phases.
E.g., changing the meaning or construction or a variable name can impact code readability in a way that’s detectable at the cognitive level!
Looking forward to sharing our work on building a cognitive model of dynamic debugging at ICSE’s Journal first track :)
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We use fNIRS to cognitively model debugging phases, and to see the impact of identifier type/reading level @icseconf.bsky.social #SEResesrch