HackerNoonA practical guide to conducting ethnographic research in software teams—from gaining access to collecting field notes and validating findings. https://hackernoon.com/a-field-guide-to-studying-software-teams-through-ethnography #softwareengineeringresearch
Ethnography helps researchers understand real software practices, inform tool design, & shape better research questions by focusing on people and everyday work. https://hackernoon.com/should-your-next-software-engineering-study-be-ethnographic #softwareengineeringresearch
A practical guide to planning ethnographic studies in software engineering, covering roles, site selection, duration, location, and theory. https://hackernoon.com/a-practical-framework-for-planning-ethnographic-research-in-software-projects #softwareengineeringresearch
A practical introduction to ethnography for software engineering students, covering methods, examples, teaching tips, and how to study real developer practices. https://hackernoon.com/teaching-ethnography-to-software-engineers #softwareengineeringresearch
Stephan Druskat📢 "#ResearchSoftwareEngineering: Discovering and Bridging Knowledge Gaps" is out now in IEEE Computing in Science & Engineering: https://s.dlr.de/cise-special-issue-rseng.
This special issue collects work that has been started during the #Dagstuhl Seminar 24161 "Research Software Engineering: Bridging Knowledge Gaps" (April 2025): https://dagstuhl.de/24161.
Over 5 papers, it lays out how #RSEng and #SoftwareEngineeringResearch should collaborate in the future for mutual benefit.
#RSE s can leverage state-of-the-art methods and tools from software engineering research to create better software that enables better research. SERs can gain insights into an understudied area of SE practice, and develop new research questions and agendas that produce the methods and tools required for state-of-the-art software engineering in research contexts.
The issue has been guest-edited by @danielskatz, Caroline Jay, Lars Grunske and myself.
🧵 The following thread posts present each of the collected papers.
ICSME⏰ Just 1 day left!
The Initial Report Submission Deadline for #ICSME2025 Registered Reports is almost here!
Don't miss this opportunity to submit your innovative ideas, research protocols, and early-stage work for peer review before results are in.
Submit now and take part in shaping the future of software engineering research!
👉 https://conf.researchr.org/track/icsme-2025/icsme-2025-registered-reports
🚨 6 days left! Submit your Initial Report to #ICSME2025 Registered Reports Track!
Why submit?
✅ Rigorous review of your methodology
✅ Commit to publish regardless of results
✅ Perfect for exploratory or confirmatory studies
✅ Improve study quality through early feedback
📍 More details on submission: https://conf.researchr.org/track/icsme-2025/icsme-2025-registered-reports
Don’t miss this chance to strengthen your research and contribute to more robust science!
#ICSME2025 #EmpiricalSE #RegisteredReports #SoftwareEngineeringResearch
ICSME 2025 - Registered Reports - ICSME 2025 - International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution
Call for Registrations Empirical Software Engineering Journal (EMSE), in conjunction with the International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME), is continuing the Registered Reports (RR) track. The RR track of ICSME 2025 has two goals: (1) to prevent HARKing (hypothesizing after the results are known) for empirical studies and (2) to provide early feedback to authors in their initial study design. For papers submitted to the RR track, methods and proposed analyses are reviewed prior to execution. Pre-registered studies follow a two-step process: Stage 1: A repor ...
Adolfo NetoICSE 2025 starts tomorrow!
I wish I could be there.
#SEresearch #SoftwareEngineeringResearch
🔗 conf.researchr.org/home/icse-2025
Stephan Druskat#DagstuhlRSE is a wrap!
It's been awesome to see people from - partly very different - communities come together over a shared interest in #ResearchSoftware, and over a week build better understanding of each other, and of where collaborations can create mutual benefit for #RSEng & #SoftwareEngineeringResearch. And dive right in to start building bridges!
Join us in the (R)SE(R) community for better research software engineering 🔁 better software engineering research!
Kicked off #DagstuhlRSE this morning.
Great to see so much expertise, diversity and enthusiasm in the room! And willingness to collaborate and bridge knowledge gaps between #RSEng and #SoftwareEngineeringResearch.
The form of how the larger community will be able to learn about the outcomes of the seminar is still very much part of the discussion, but hear from us you will!