I research the intersections of the Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and Software Engineering (SE) areas, mainly on topics related to Open Source Software development.
Current Research Topics
- Foundational Models (Language Models, Vision Models) for Education
- Foundational Model (Language Models, Vision Models) Impact on Software Development
- Bots & GitHub
- Newcomers and Onboarding in Open Source Software
- Behavior of contributors in social coding environments
- Gamification as a way to motivate and retain developers
- Open Source Software in Education
Partnerships
I am conducting research in partnership with:
- Anita Sarma (Professor @ OSU)
- Marco Aurélio Gerosa (Professor @ NAU)
- Christoph Treude (Senior Lecturer @ Univ. of Melbourne)
- Fabio Calefato (Associate Professor @ Univ. of Bari)
- Gustavo Henrique Lima Pinto (Assistant Professor @ UFPA / Researcher @ Zup)
- Sabrina Marczak (Associate Professor @ PUCRS)
- Tayana Uchoa Conte (Associate Professor @ UFAM)
- Thelma Elita Colanzi (Associate Professor @ UEM)
- Williamson Silva (Assistant Professor @ Unipampa)
- Paige Rodeghero (Assistant Professor @ Clemson)
Tool
FLOSScoach - a portal to support newcomers to OSS