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Large language models are reshaping programming by enabling 'vibe coding': the development of softwares through natural-language interaction with model-driven toolchains. This article argues that vibe coding is best understood as interface…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-01-01 Hongrui Jin

Programming assistants have reshaped the experience of programming into one where programmers spend less time writing and more time critically examining code. In this paper, we explore how programming assistants can be extended to…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-03-06 Litao Yan , Alyssa Hwang , Zhiyuan Wu , Andrew Head

Undergraduate programs in science and engineering include at least one course in basic programming, but seldom presented in a contextualized format, where computing is a tool for thinking and learning in the discipline. We have created a…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-06-26 Lorena A. Barba

This Innovative Practice full paper explores how Large Language Models (LLMs) can enhance the teaching of code refactoring in software engineering courses through real-time, context-aware feedback. Refactoring improves code quality but is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-08-14 Anshul Khairnar , Aarya Rajoju , Edward F. Gehringer

There are tools to ease the 2D/3D graphics development for programmers. Sometimes, these are not directly accessible for all users requiring commercial licenses or based on trials, or long learning periods before to use them. In the modern…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2020-04-22 Amaro Duarte , Esmitt Ramirez

Large language models (LLMs) have gained increasing popularity in robotic task planning due to their exceptional abilities in text analytics and generation, as well as their broad knowledge of the world. However, they fall short in decoding…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-01 Aoran Mei , Guo-Niu Zhu , Huaxiang Zhang , Zhongxue Gan

Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) like GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 promise automation with better results and less programming, opening up new opportunities for text analysis in political science. In this study, we evaluate LLMs on…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-08-29 Lorenzo Lupo , Oscar Magnusson , Dirk Hovy , Elin Naurin , Lena Wängnerud

Vision-language models (VLMs) hold promise for enhancing visualization tools, but effective human-AI collaboration hinges on a shared perceptual understanding of visual content. Prior studies assessed VLM visualization literacy through…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-11-10 Péter Ferenc Gyarmati , Manfred Klaffenböck , Laura Koesten , Torsten Möller

Design assistants are frameworks, tools or applications intended to facilitate both the creative and technical facets of design processes. Large language models (LLMs) are AI systems engineered to analyze and produce text resembling human…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-02-12 Swaroop Panda

Learning computer programming has been always challenging. Since the sixties of the last century, many researchers developed Visual Programming Languages (VPLs) to help in this regard. In this thesis, ten VPLs were specifically selected,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-11-11 Mahmoud Samir Fayed

Probabilistic Programming Languages (PPLs) are a powerful tool in machine learning, allowing highly expressive generative models to be expressed succinctly. They couple complex inference algorithms, implemented by the language, with an…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2020-10-19 Alexander Collins , Vinod Grover

Tool learning has emerged as a crucial capability for large language models (LLMs) to solve complex real-world tasks through interaction with external tools. Existing approaches face significant challenges, including reliance on…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Hanxing Ding , Shuchang Tao , Liang Pang , Zihao Wei , Jinyang Gao , Bolin Ding , Huawei Shen , Xueqi Cheng

Spatial reasoning in 3D scenes requires precise geometric calculations that challenge vision-language models. Visual programming addresses this by decomposing problems into steps calling specialized tools, yet existing methods rely on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-25 Shengguang Wu , Xiaohan Wang , Yuhui Zhang , Hao Zhu , Serena Yeung-Levy

With more and more digital media, especially in the field of virtual reality where detailed and convincing scenes are much required, procedural scene generation is a big helping tool for artists. A problem is that defining scene…

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Large Language Models (LLMs) have advanced rapidly in recent years, with their applications in software engineering expanding to more complex repository-level tasks. GitHub issue resolving is a key challenge among these tasks. While recent…

Real world arrays often contain underlying structure, such as sparsity, runs of repeated values, or symmetry. Specializing for structure yields significant speedups. But automatically generating efficient code for structured data is…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2023-10-13 Willow Ahrens , Daniel Donenfeld , Fredrik Kjolstad , Saman Amarasinghe

This paper explores the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) and in particular ChatGPT in programming, source code analysis, and code generation. LLMs and ChatGPT are built using machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques, and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-06-12 Ahmed R. Sadik , Antonello Ceravola , Frank Joublin , Jibesh Patra

Open-ended programming increases students' motivation by allowing them to solve authentic problems and connect programming to their own interests. However, such open-ended projects are also challenging, as they often encourage students to…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-04-27 Wengran Wang , Archit Kwatra , James Skripchuk , Neeloy Gomes , Alexandra Milliken , Chris Martens , Tiffany Barnes , Thomas Price

Modern software systems increasingly integrate machine learning (ML) due to its advancements and ability to enhance data-driven decision-making. However, this integration introduces significant challenges for software engineering,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-11-03 Luz-Viviana Cobaleda , Julián Carvajal , Paola Vallejo , Andrés López , Raúl Mazo

Code-mixing, the practice of switching between languages within a conversation, poses unique challenges for traditional NLP. Existing benchmarks are limited by their narrow language pairs and tasks, failing to adequately assess large…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Yilun Yang , Yekun Chai