Sandeep Kaur Kuttal

Refereed Journal Publications:

Shandler Mason, Sandeep K. Kuttal, Diversity's Double-Edged Sword: Analyzing Race's Effect on Remote Pair Programming Interactions, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 2024.
Abim Sedhain, Vaishvi Diwanji, Helen Solomon, Leon Shahnewaz, Riley Raasch, Sandeep Kaur Kuttal, Developers' Information Seeking in Question & Answer Websites through a Gender Lens, Journal of Computer Languages, 2023. (Invited Talk)
P. Robe and S. Kuttal, Designing PairBuddy - A conversational agent for pair programming, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, vol. 29(4), 2021. (Invited Talk)
S. Kuttal, X. Chen, Z. Wang, S. Balali and A. Sarma, Visual Resume: Exploring developers' online contributions for hiring, Information and Software Technology, vol. 138, 2021. (Invited Talk)
S. Kuttal, S. Kim, C. Martos and A. Bejarano, How do end-user programmers forage in online repositories? An information foraging perspective, Journal of Computer Languages, vol. 62, article 101010, 2020. (Invited Talk)
S. Kuttal and A. Ghosh, Source code comments: Overlooked in the realm of code clone detection, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, vol. 18(11), pp. 11-22, 2020.
S. Kuttal, M. Sun, A. Ghosh and R. Sharma, Birds of a feather flock together? A study of developers' flocking and migration behavior in GitHub and Stack Overflow, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, vol. 18(6), pp. 1-12, 2020.
S. Kuttal, Y. Bai, E. Scott and R. Sharma, Tug of perspectives: Mobile app users versus developers, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, vol. 18(6), pp. 83-94, 2020.
S. Kuttal, M. Burnett, A. Sarma, G. Rothermel, I. Koeppe and B. Shepherd, How end-user programmers debug visual web-based programs: An information foraging theory perspective, Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, vol. 53, pp. 22-37, 2019.
S. Kuttal, A. Sarma, G. Rothermel and Z. Wang, What happened to my application? Helping end users comprehend evolution through variation management, Information and Software Technology, vol. 103, pp. 55-74, 2018.
W. Jernigan, A. Horvath, T. Cuilty, M. Burnett, M. Lee, S. Kuttal, A. Peters, I. Kwan, F. Bahmani and A. Ko, General principles for a generalized Idea Garden, Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, vol. 39, pp. 51-65, 2017.
S. Kuttal, A. Sarma and G. Rothermel, On the benefits of providing versioning support for end users: An empirical study, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, vol. 21(2), pp. 9:1-9:43, 2014. (Invited Talk)

Rigorously Reviewed Conference Publications:

Shandler Mason, Sanket Nain, Sandeep Kaur Kuttal, Bridging Perspectives: Unveiling Racial Dynamics in Remote Pair Programming Communication, In Human-Computer Interaction: Thematic Area, HCI 2024, Held as Part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024, Washington, DC, USA, June 29 – July 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part IV. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 275–291.
Jacob Hart, Jake AuBuchon, Alexander McAuliffe, Shandler Mason, Sandeep Kaur Kuttal, Navigating NLU Challenges in Pair Programming Agents: A Study on Data Size, Gender, Language, & Domain Effects, In Artificial Intelligence in HCI: 5th International Conference, AI-HCI 2024, Held as Part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024, Washington, DC, USA, June 29 – July 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part I. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 356–375.
Leon Shahnewaz, Mahzabin Tamanna, Sandeep Kaur Kuttal, Comparing Foraging Behavior Across Code Hosting and Q&A Platforms through a Gender Lens, IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, 2023.
Shandler A. Mason, Sandeep Kaur Kuttal, Investigating Interracial Pair Coordination During Remote Pair Programming, IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, 2023.
J. Hart, S. K. Kuttal, M. Ensley, Gender effects on creativity when pair programming with a human vs. an agent, In Artificial Intelligence in HCI, H. Degen and S. Ntoa (Eds.). Springer International Publishing, 2023.
Abim Sedhain, Leon Shahnewaz, Riley Raasch, Sandeep Kaur Kuttal, Developers foraging behavior in code hosting sites: A gender perspective, In Artificial Intelligence in HCI, H. Degen and S. Ntoa (Eds.). Springer International Publishing, 2023.
Abim Sedhain, Yao Wang, Brett McKinney, Sandeep Kaur Kuttal, Modeling foraging behavior in GitHub, In Artificial Intelligence in HCI, H. Degen and S. Ntoa (Eds.). Springer International Publishing, 2023.
P. Robe, S. K. Kuttal, J. Aubuchon and J. Hart, Pair Programming Conversations with Agents vs. Developers: Challenges & Opportunities for SE Community, The ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference, and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering, 2022.
J. Hart, J. Aubuchon and S. K. Kuttal, Feasibility of using YouTube Conversations for Pair Programming Intent Classification, IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, 2022.
A. McAuliffe, J. Hart and S. K. Kuttal, Evaluating Gender Effects in Pair Programming Conversations, IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, 2022.
A. Sedhain, S. S. Ragavan, B. McKinney and S. K. Kuttal, Estimating Foraging Values and Costs in Stack Overflow, IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, 2022.
A. Sedhain and S. K. Kuttal, Information Seeking Behavior for Bugs on GitHub: An Information Foraging Perspective, IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, 2022.
V. Diwanji, A. Sedhain, G. Bodi and S. K. Kuttal, Developers' Foraging Behavior on Stack Overflow, IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, 2022.
C. Lott, A. McAuliffe and S. Kuttal, Remote Pair Collaborations of CS Students: Leaving Women Behind? in Proceedings of Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, 2021.
S. Kuttal, A. Sedhain and J. AuBuchon, Designing a Gender-Inclusive Conversational Agent For Pair Programming: An Empirical Investigation. In Artificial Intelligence in HCI, H. Degen and S. Ntoa (Eds.). Springer International Publishing, 59-75, 2021.
S. Kuttal, B. Ong, K. Kwasny and P. Robe, Trade-offs for substituting a human with an agent in a pair programming context: The good, the bad and the ugly, Proceedings of the International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2021. (Honorable Mention)
S. Kuttal, J. Myers, S. Gurka, D. Magar, D. Piorkowski and R. Bellamy, Towards designing conversational agents for pair programming: Accounting for creativity strategies and conversational styles, Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, 2020.
P. Robe, S. Kuttal, Y. Zhang and R. Bellamy, Can machine learning facilitate remote pair programming? Challenges, insights and implications, Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, 2020.
S. Kuttal, K. Gerstner and A. Bejarano, Remote pair programming in online computer science education: Investigating through a gender lens, Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, pp. 75-85, 2019.
C. Zhou, S. Kuttal and I. Ahmed, What makes a good developer? An empirical study of developers' technical and social competencies, Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, pp. 319-321, 2018.
A. Ghosh and S. Kuttal, Semantic clone detection: Can source code comments help? Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, pp. 315-317, 2018.
S. Ragavan, B. Pandya, D. Piorkowski, C. Hill, S. Kuttal, A. Sarma and M. Burnett, PFIS-V: Modeling foraging behavior in the presence of variants, Proceedings of the International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 6232-6244, 2017.
C. Martos, S. Kim and S. Kuttal, Reuse of variants in online repositories: Foraging for the fittest, Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, pp. 124-128, 2016.
S. Ragavan, S. Kuttal, C. Hill, A. Sarma, D. Piorkowski and M. Burnett, Foraging among an overabundance of similar variants, Proceedings of the International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 3509-3521, 2016. (Best Paper Award)
A. Sarma, X. Chen, S. Kuttal, L. Dabbish and Z. Wang, Hiring in the global stage: Profiles of online contributions, Proceedings of the International Conference on Global Software Engineering, pp. 1-10, 2016. (Best Paper Award)
W. Jernigan, A. Horvath, T. Cuilty, M. Burnett, M. Lee, S. Kuttal, A. Peters, I. Kwan, F. Bahmani and A. Ko, Principles of Idea Garden hints for end-user programmers, Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, pp. 235-243, 2015.
S. Kuttal, A. Sarma and G. Rothermel, Predator behavior in the wild web world of bugs: An information foraging theory perspective, Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, pp. 59-66, 2013.
S. Kuttal, A. Sarma and G. Rothermel, Debugging support for end-user mashup programming, Proceedings of the International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1609-1618, 2013.
S. Kuttal, Variation support for end users, Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, pp. 183-184, 2013.
S. Kuttal, A. Sarma and G. Rothermel, History repeats itself more easily when you log it: Versioning for mashups, Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, pp. 69-72, 2011.
S. Kuttal, A. Sarma, A. Swearngin and G. Rothermel, Versioning for mashups - An exploratory study, Proceedings of the International Symposium on End-User Development, pp. 25-41, 2011.

Book Chapters:

S. Kuttal, A. Sedhain, and B. Riethmeier, How do web-active end-user programmers forage? Coding Theory – Recent Advances, New Perspectives and Applications, S. Radhakrishnan (Ed.), IntechOpen, London, United Kingdom, 2021.

Technical Reports:

S. K. Kuttal, "Leveraging Variation Management To Support End-User Programming", PhD Dissertation, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2014.
Sandeep K. Kuttal, A. Sarma, and G. Rothermel, "On the benefits of providing versioning support for end-users: An empirical study", In Technical Report TR-UNL-CSE-2012-0008. Dept. of Computer Science, U. Nebraska,2012, available at http://cse-apps.unl.edu/facdb/publications/TRUNL-CSE-2012-0008.pdf[pdf].

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