In 2006, Geoffrey Hinton proposed the concept of training “Deep Neural Networks (DNNs)”
and an improved model training method to break the bottleneck of neural network …

Context Systematic mapping studies are used to structure a research area, while systematic
reviews are focused on gathering and synthesizing evidence. The most recent guidelines for …

Code smells are symptoms of poor design and implementation choices weighing heavily on
the quality of produced source code. During the last decades several code smell detection …

In this article, we present a systematic mapping study of research on personality in software
engineering. The goal is to plot the landscape of current published empirical and theoretical …

Context Replication plays an important role in experimental disciplines. There are still many
uncertainties about how to proceed with replications of SE experiments. Should replicators …

Context: Maintaining the privacy of user data is a concern in software development to satisfy
customer needs or to comply with privacy laws. Recent studies have shown that software …

Replication studies increase our confidence in previous results when the findings are similar
each time, and help mature our knowledge by addressing both internal and external validity …

Background: Researchers have been exploring 3D representations for visualizing software.
Among these representations, one of the most popular is the city metaphor, which …

Code contributions in Free/Libre and Open Source Software projects are controlled to
maintain high-quality of software. Alternatives to patch-based code contribution tools such …

Background: On projects with tight schedules and limited budgets, it may not be possible to
resolve all known bugs before the next release. Estimates of the time required to fix known …