Monday January 26 4:00 - 4:50 PM Kelley 1001
Joseph Lawrence Ph.D. Candidate School of EECS Oregon State University Information Foraging in Debugging Is navigating source code like browsing the web? In this talk, Joseph Lawrance examines the relationship of information foraging theory to programmers' behavior when performing debugging and maintenance. His results are beginning to show compellingly that this information foraging model can predict where programmers will need to navigate, using mathematical techniques that compute "information scent" in bug reports and then propagate it along topological paths in code using spreading activation methods. This result promises to inform tools to save significant time in helping programmers track down bugs. Biography Joseph Lawrance, a PhD candidate in computer science at Oregon State University, has published eight fully refereed papers (two journal and six papers at selective conferences), and has a ninth submitted. Lawrance's research niche is where humans and programming practices meet. His dual background in computer science and psychology provide a strong background for his dissertation research. In recognition of his work, Lawrance has been selected to receive a prestigious IBM PhD Scholarship Award for the 2008-2009 academic year. Together with his advisor Margaret Burnett, he has been collaborating with IBM researchers for over two years.
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