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Social coding platforms such as GitHub have become defacto environments for collaborative programming and open source. When these platforms do not support specific cognitive styles, they create barriers to programming for some populations.…

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Open source software projects evolve thanks to a group of volunteers that help in their development. Thus, the success of these projects depends on their ability to attract (and keep) developers. We believe the openness of a project, i.e.,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2014-09-16 Valerio Cosentino , Javier Luis Canovas Izquierdo , Jordi Cabot

In recent years, concerns have increased over the lack of contributor diversity in open source software (OSS), despite its status as a paragon of open collaboration. OSS is an important form of digital infrastructure and part of a career…

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The open source development model has become a paradigm shift from traditional in-house/closed-source software development model, with many successes. Traditionally, open source projects were characterized essentially by their individual…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-09-12 Qingye Jiang , Young Choon Lee , Joseph G. Davis , Ablert Y. Zomaya

Reproducing concurrency bugs is a complex task due to their unpredictable behavior. Researchers, regardless of gender, are contributing to automating this complex task to aid software developers. While some studies have investigated gender…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-02-28 Tarannum Shaila Zaman , Macharla Hemanth Kishan , Lutfun Nahar Lota

Open-source developers, particularly the elite developers, maintain a diverse portfolio of contributing activities. They do not only commit source code but also spend a significant amount of effort on other communicative, organizational,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-11-15 Zhendong Wang , Yang Feng , Yi Wang , James A. Jones , David Redmiles

The development of open source software (OSS) is a broad field which requires diverse skill sets. For example, maintainers help lead the project and promote its longevity, technical writers assist with documentation, bug reporters identify…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Jenny T. Liang , Thomas Zimmermann , Denae Ford

A common assumption suggests that individuals tend to work with others who are similar to them. However, studies on team working and ability of the group to solve complex problems highlight that diversity plays a critical role during…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-10-14 Dorota Celińska-Kopczyńska

Scientific collaborations shape ideas as well as innovations and are both the substrate for, and the outcome of, academic careers. Recent studies show that gender inequality is still present in many scientific practices ranging from hiring…

Physics and Society · Physics 2017-11-16 Mohsen Jadidi , Fariba Karimi , Haiko Lietz , Claudia Wagner

It is now commonplace for organizations to pay developers to work on specific open source software (OSS) projects to pursue their business goals. Such paid developers work alongside voluntary contributors, but given the different…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-01-26 Yuxia Zhang , Mian Qin , Klaas-Jan Stol , Minghui Zhou , Hui Liu

Recent studies show that gender diversity in IT teams has a positive impact on the software development process. However, there is still a great gender inequality. The aim of our study was to examine how the working atmosphere depends on…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-05-27 Kelly Blincoe , Olga Springer , Michal R. Wrobel

The sustainability of open source software (OSS) projects hinges on contributor retention. Interpersonal challenges can inhibit a feeling of welcomeness among contributors, particularly from underrepresented groups, which impacts their…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Bianca Trinkenreich , Zixuan Feng , Rudrajit Choudhuri , Marco Gerosa , Anita Sarma , Igor Steinmacher

Open source software has an increasing importance in our modern society, providing basic services to other software systems and also supporting the rapid development of a variety of end-user applications. Recently, world-wide code sharing…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-05-04 Thais Mombach , Marco Tulio Valente , Cuiting Chen , Magiel Bruntink , Gustavo Pinto

Categorization via gender is omnipresent throughout society, and thus also computing; gender identity is often requested of users before they use software or web services. Despite this fact, no research has explored how software developers…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-02-13 Elijah Bouma-Sims , Yasemin Acar

Diversity and inclusion in open source software (OSS) is a multifaceted concept that arises from differences in contributors' gender, seniority, language, region, and other characteristics. D&I has received growing attention in OSS…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-03-06 Zixuan Feng , Mariam Guizani , Marco A. Gerosa , Anita Sarma

Open source software projects usually acknowledge contributions with text files, websites, and other idiosyncratic methods. These data sources are hard to mine, which is why contributorship is most frequently measured through changes to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-07-06 Jean-Gabriel Young , Amanda Casari , Katie McLaughlin , Milo Z. Trujillo , Laurent Hébert-Dufresne , James P. Bagrow

Open-source software (OSS) development relies on effective collaboration among distributed contributors. Yet, current OSS project recommendation systems primarily emphasize technical attributes, overlooking the collaboration and community…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Shashiwadana Nirmani , Hourieh Khalajzadeh , Mojtaba Shahin , Xiao Liu

Background: Despite a growing body of literature on the impact of software bots on open source software development teams, their effects on team communication, coordination, and collaboration practices are not well understood. Bots can have…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-05-29 Leonore Röseler , Ingo Scholtes , Christoph Gote

Since computer science is still mainly male dominated, academia, industry and education jointly seek ways to motivate and inspire girls, for example by introducing them to programming at an early age. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has forced…

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