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Artificial intelligence (AI), including large language models and generative AI, is emerging as a significant force in software development, offering developers powerful tools that span the entire development lifecycle. Although software…

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Current in-IDE AI coding tools typically rely on time-consuming manual prompting and context management, whereas proactive alternatives that anticipate developer needs without explicit invocation remain underexplored. Understanding when…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Nadine Kuo , Agnia Sergeyuk , Valerie Chen , Maliheh Izadi

The rapid adoption of AI coding agents is fundamentally shifting software developers' roles from code authors to code reviewers. While developers spend a significant portion of their time reading and comprehending code, the linguistic…

The increasing prevalence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in safety-critical contexts such as air-traffic control leads to systems that are practical and efficient, and to some extent explainable to humans to be trusted and accepted. The…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-06-28 Sabine Theis , Sophie Jentzsch , Fotini Deligiannaki , Charles Berro , Arne Peter Raulf , Carmen Bruder

Human-AI collaboration is typically offered in one of two of user control levels: guidance, where the AI provides suggestions and the human makes the final decision, and delegation, where the AI acts autonomously within user-defined…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-09-26 Avinash Ajit Nargund , Arthur Caetano , Kevin Yang , Rose Yiwei Liu , Philip Tezaur , Kriteen Shrestha , Qisen Pan , Tobias Höllerer , Misha Sra

In many real-life settings, algorithms play the role of assistants, while humans ultimately make the final decision. Often, algorithms specifically act as curators, narrowing down a wide range of options into a smaller subset that the human…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Jiaxin Song , Parnian Shahkar , Kate Donahue , Bhaskar Ray Chaudhury

As large language model (LLM) agents evolve from isolated tool users into coordinated teams, reinforcement learning (RL) must optimize not only individual actions but also how work is spawned, delegated, communicated, aggregated, and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Chenchen Zhang

Agentic coding tools, such as OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor, are transforming the software engineering landscape. These AI-powered systems function as autonomous teammates capable of planning and executing complex development tasks.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-11-10 Kosei Horikawa , Hao Li , Yutaro Kashiwa , Bram Adams , Hajimu Iida , Ahmed E. Hassan

Today's AI agents are built on large language models (LLMs) equipped with tools to access and modify external environments, such as corporate file systems, API-accessible platforms and websites. AI agents offer the promise of automating…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Merlin Stein

As AI systems become increasingly capable and autonomous, domain experts' roles are shifting from performing tasks themselves to overseeing AI-generated outputs. Such oversight is critical, as undetected errors can have serious consequences…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Cedric Faas , Sophie Kerstan , Richard Uth , Markus Langer , Anna Maria Feit

Coding agents powered by large language models are becoming central modules of modern IDEs, helping users perform complex tasks by invoking tools. While powerful, tool invocation opens a substantial attack surface. Prior work has…

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DevBots are automated tools that perform various tasks in order to support software development. They are a growing trend and have been used in repositories to automate repetitive tasks, as code generators, and as collaborators in eliciting…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-12-12 Vinicius Soares Silva Marques

AI accessibility tools have mostly been designed for individual use, helping one person overcome a specific functional barrier. But for many people with disabilities, complex tasks are accomplished through collaboration with others who…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-30 Lan Xiao , Catherine Holloway

Multi-agent systems increasingly expose explicit workflow structure: agents, tools, tool-access rules, restrictions, and delegation paths. Existing evaluations rely largely on end-to-end task success, benchmark scores, final-response…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Nafiseh Kahani , Mojtaba Bagherzadeh

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…

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Translating statistical methods into reliable software is a persistent bottleneck in quantitative research. Existing AI code-generation tools produce code quickly but cannot guarantee faithful implementation -- a critical requirement for…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Tianzhu Qin , Yiqing Xu

AI systems are becoming active participants in organizational and knowledge work. They increasingly interact with humans, coordinate workflows, and operate in multi-agent arrangements. Understanding their effects therefore requires more…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Yingjie Zhang , Chun Feng , Weizhang Zhu , Tianshu Sun

With the introduction of collaborative robots, humans and robots can now work together in close proximity and share the same workspace. However, this collaboration presents various challenges that need to be addressed to ensure seamless…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-24 Ali Noormohammadi-Asl , Ali Ayub , Stephen L. Smith , Kerstin Dautenhahn

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

Low-code programming allows citizen developers to create programs with minimal coding effort, typically via visual (e.g. drag-and-drop) interfaces. In parallel, recent AI-powered tools such as Copilot and ChatGPT generate programs from…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-06-01 Nikitha Rao , Jason Tsay , Kiran Kate , Vincent J. Hellendoorn , Martin Hirzel