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While AI coding tools have demonstrated potential to accelerate software development, their use in scientific computing raises critical questions about code quality and scientific validity. In this paper, we provide ten practical rules for…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-11-03 Eric W. Bridgeford , Iain Campbell , Zijao Chen , Zhicheng Lin , Harrison Ritz , Joachim Vandekerckhove , Russell A. Poldrack

Generative AI is reshaping how software is designed, written, and maintained. Advances in large language models (LLMs) are enabling new development styles - from chat-oriented programming and 'vibe coding' to agentic programming - that can…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Vivek Acharya

This paper aims to explore fundamental questions in the era when AI coding assistants like GitHub Copilot are widely adopted: what do developers truly value and criticize in AI coding assistants, and what does this reveal about their needs…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-08-19 Yunbo Lyu , Zhou Yang , Jieke Shi , Jianming Chang , Yue Liu , David Lo

"Vibe coding" and "vibe analytics" have been framed as a democratization of technical capability. This paper argues that AI-assisted methodology more broadly, or what I call "vibe methodology," also democratizes the failure modes specific…

Econometrics · Economics 2026-05-11 Lydia Ashton

The introductory programming sequence has been the focus of much research in computing education. The recent advent of several viable and freely-available AI-driven code generation tools present several immediate opportunities and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-12-05 Brett A. Becker , Paul Denny , James Finnie-Ansley , Andrew Luxton-Reilly , James Prather , Eddie Antonio Santos

Novice programmers are increasingly relying on Large Language Models (LLMs) to generate code for learning programming concepts. However, this interaction can lead to superficial engagement, giving learners an illusion of learning and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-10-14 Majeed Kazemitabaar , Oliver Huang , Sangho Suh , Austin Z. Henley , Tovi Grossman

Many software systems originate as prototypes or minimum viable products (MVPs), developed with an emphasis on delivery speed and responsiveness to changing requirements rather than long-term code maintainability. While effective for rapid…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-06 Ema Smolic , Mario Brcic , Luka Hobor , Mihael Kovac

A great part of software development involves conceptualizing or communicating the underlying procedures and logic that needs to be expressed in programs. One major difficulty of programming is turning concept into code, especially when…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-09-23 Frank F. Xu , Bogdan Vasilescu , Graham Neubig

Computing students increasingly rely on generative AI tools for programming assistance, often without formal instruction or guidance. This highlights a need to teach students how to effectively interact with AI models, particularly through…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-09-15 Victor-Alexandru Pădurean , Paul Denny , Alkis Gotovos , Adish Singla

Background: The increasing adoption of AI assistants in programming has led to numerous studies exploring their benefits. While developers consistently report significant productivity gains from these tools, empirical measurements often…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Ebtesam Al Haque , Chris Brown , Thomas D. LaToza , Brittany Johnson

While large language models (LLMs) have accelerated 2D software development through intent-driven "vibe coding", prototyping intelligent Extended Reality (XR) experiences remains a major challenge. The fundamental barrier is not just the…

Visual programs are executable code generated by large language models to address visual reasoning problems. They decompose complex questions into multiple reasoning steps and invoke specialized models for each step to solve the problems.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-07 Xueqing Wu , Zongyu Lin , Songyan Zhao , Te-Lin Wu , Pan Lu , Nanyun Peng , Kai-Wei Chang

Recent generative models have achieved remarkable progress in image editing. However, existing systems and benchmarks remain largely text-guided. In contrast, human communication is inherently multimodal, where visual instructions such as…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Huanyu Zhang , Xuehai Bai , Chengzu Li , Chen Liang , Haochen Tian , Haodong Li , Ruichuan An , Yifan Zhang , Anna Korhonen , Zhang Zhang , Liang Wang , Tieniu Tan

We introduce the concept of code shaping, an interaction paradigm for editing code using free-form sketch annotations directly on top of the code and console output. To evaluate this concept, we conducted a three-stage design study with 18…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Ryan Yen , Jian Zhao , Daniel Vogel

While current chat-based AI assistants primarily operate reactively, responding only when prompted by users, there is significant potential for these systems to proactively assist in tasks without explicit invocation, enabling a…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-03-03 Valerie Chen , Alan Zhu , Sebastian Zhao , Hussein Mozannar , David Sontag , Ameet Talwalkar

Vibe coding inherently assumes iterative refinement of LLM-generated code through feedback loops. While effective for conventional software tasks, its reliability in runtime-adaptive systems is unclear -- especially when generated code is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Michal Töpfer , František Plášil , Tomáš Bureš , Petr Hnětynka

AI-powered coding assistants are rapidly becoming fixtures in professional IDEs, yet their sustained influence on everyday development remains poorly understood. Prior research has focused on short-term use or self-reported perceptions,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Agnia Sergeyuk , Eric Huang , Dariia Karaeva , Anastasiia Serova , Yaroslav Golubev , Iftekhar Ahmed

Software development automation is a long-term goal in software engineering. With the development of artificial intelligence (AI), more and more researchers are exploring approaches to software automation. They view AI systems as tools or…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Jia Li , Zhi Jin , Huangzhao Zhang , Kechi Zhang , Jiaru Qian , Tiankuo Zhao

Agentic AI coding systems can inspect repositories, plan implementation steps, edit files, call tools, run tests, and submit pull requests. These capabilities make software and hardware development faster in some settings, but current…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Christopher Koch

This paper investigates the factors influencing programmers' adoption of AI-generated JavaScript code recommendations within the context of lightweight, function-level programming tasks. It extends prior research by (1) utilizing objective…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-18 Changwen Li , Christoph Treude , Ofir Turel