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Empathy is widely used in many disciplines such as philosophy, sociology, psychology, health care. Ability to empathise with software end-users seems to be a vital skill software developers should possess. This is because engineering…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-05-09 Hashini Gunatilake , John Grundy , Ingo Mueller , Rashina Hoda

Software engineering (SE) requires developers to collaborate with stakeholders, and understanding their emotions and perspectives is often vital. Empathy is a concept characterising a person's ability to understand and share the feelings of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-01-18 Hashini Gunatilake , John Grundy , Rashina Hoda , Ingo Mueller

Empathy plays a crucial role in software engineering (SE), influencing collaboration, communication, and decision-making. While prior research has highlighted the importance of empathy in SE, there is limited understanding of how empathy…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Hashini Gunatilake , John Grundy , Rashina Hoda , Ingo Mueller

Empathy, defined as the ability to understand and share others' perspectives and emotions, is essential in software engineering (SE), where developers often collaborate with diverse stakeholders. It is also considered as a vital competency…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Hashini Gunatilake , John Grundy , Rashina Hoda , Ingo Mueller

Empathy is a powerful yet often overlooked element in software engineering (SE), supporting better teamwork, smoother communication, and effective decision-making.This paper introduces 17 actionable empathy guidelines designed to support…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Hashini Gunatilake , John Grundy , Rashina Hoda , Ingo Mueller

\textbf{Context:} Empathy is increasingly recognized as a critical human capability for software engineers, supporting collaboration, ethical awareness, and user-centered design. While many disciplines have long explored empathy as part of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Matheus de Morais Leca , Kim Johnston , Ronnie de Souza Santos

Context. Empathy, a key social skill, is essential for communication and collaboration in SE but remains an under-researched topic. Aims. This study investigates empathy in SE from practitioners' perspectives, aiming to characterize its…

Empathetic Conversational Systems (ECS) are built to respond empathetically to the user's emotions and sentiments, regardless of the application domain. Current ECS studies evaluation approaches are restricted to offline evaluation…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-07-29 Aravind Sesagiri Raamkumar , Siyuan Brandon Loh

Empathy has been discussed as a relevant human capability in software engineering, particularly in activities that require understanding users, stakeholders, and the societal implications of technological systems. This relevance becomes…

Empathy is a vital factor that contributes to mutual understanding, and joint problem-solving. In recent years, a growing number of studies have recognized the benefits of empathy and started to incorporate empathy in conversational…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-10-13 Aravind Sesagiri Raamkumar , Yinping Yang

Empathy is fundamental to human interactions, yet it remains unclear whether embodied agents can provide human-like empathetic support. Existing works have studied agents' tasks solving and social interactions abilities, but whether agents…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-03-24 Xinyan Chen , Jiaxin Ge , Hongming Dai , Qiang Zhou , Qiuxuan Feng , Jingtong Hu , Yizhou Wang , Jiaming Liu , Shanghang Zhang

EmpathiCH aims at bringing together and blend different expertise to develop new research agenda in the context of "Empathy-Centric Design at Scale". The main research question is to investigate how new technologies can contribute to the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-04-14 Andrea Mauri , Yen-Chia Hsu , Marco Brambilla , Aisling Ann O'Kane , Ting-Hao 'Kenneth' Huang , Himanshu Verma

Empathy indicates an individual's ability to understand others. Over the past few years, empathy has drawn attention from various disciplines, including but not limited to Affective Computing, Cognitive Science, and Psychology. Detecting…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Md Rakibul Hasan , Md Zakir Hossain , Shreya Ghosh , Aneesh Krishna , Tom Gedeon

The novel research area of computational empathy is in its infancy and moving towards developing methods and standards. One major problem is the lack of agreement on the evaluation of empathy in artificial interactive systems. Even though…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-08-16 Özge Nilay Yalçın

Measuring empathy in conversation can be challenging, as empathy is a complex and multifaceted psychological construct that involves both cognitive and emotional components. Human evaluations can be subjective, leading to inconsistent…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-01-31 Bushra Amjad , Muhammad Zeeshan , Mirza Omer Beg

Background: software engineering research (SE) lacks theory and methodologies for addressing human aspects in software development. Development tasks are undertaken through cognitive processing activities. Affects (emotions, moods,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-07-04 Daniel Graziotin , Xiaofeng Wang , Pekka Abrahamsson

Empathy is increasingly recognized as a key factor in human-AI communication, yet conventional approaches to "digital empathy" often focus on simulating internal, human-like emotional states while overlooking the inherently subjective,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Jina Suh , Lindy Le , Erfan Shayegani , Gonzalo Ramos , Judith Amores , Desmond C. Ong , Mary Czerwinski , Javier Hernandez

From the last decade, researchers in the field of machine learning (ML) and assistive developmental robotics (ADR) have taken an interest in artificial empathy (AE) as a possible future paradigm for human-robot interaction (HRI). Humans…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-03 Sharjeel Tahir , Syed Afaq Shah , Jumana Abu-Khalaf

Assessing the personality of software engineers may help to match individual traits with the characteristics of development activities such as code review and testing, as well as support managers in team composition. However,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-02-15 Fabio Calefato , Filippo Lanubile

Affects---emotions and moods---have an impact on cognitive processing activities and the working performance of individuals. It has been established that software development tasks are undertaken through cognitive processing activities.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-09-18 Daniel Graziotin , Xiaofeng Wang , Pekka Abrahamsson
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