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Career

· Professor, University of Washington, Information School2024–
· Professor, University of Washington Information School2008–
· University of Washington, Columbia University Software Systems Laboratory (SSL)
· Adjunct Professor, University of Washington, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering (courtesy)

Publications (210)

An Exploratory Study of How Developers Seek, Relate, and Collect Relevant Information during Software Maintenance Tasks
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering · 2006
673
cited
Information Needs in Collocated Software Development Teams
International Conference on Software Engineering · 2007
550
cited
Six Learning Barriers in End-User Programming Systems
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages · 2004
542
cited
Designing the whyline: a debugging interface for asking questions about program behavior
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 2004
418
cited
Let's go to the whiteboard: how and why software developers use drawings
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 2007
292
cited
A practical guide to controlled experiments of software engineering tools with human participants
Empirical Software Engineering · 2013
277
cited
Natural programming languages and environments
Communications of the ACM · 2004
265
cited
Eliciting design requirements for maintenance-oriented IDEs: a detailed study of corrective and perfective maintenance tasks
Proceedings. 27th International Conference on Software Engineering, 2005. ICSE 2005. · 2005
227
cited
Programming, Problem Solving, and Self-Awareness: Effects of Explicit Guidance
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 2016
223
cited
A framework and methodology for studying the causes of software errors in programming systems
Journal of Visual Languages and Computing · 2005
208
cited
A Linguistic Analysis of How People Describe Software Problems
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages / Human-Centric Computing Languages and Environments · 2006
178
cited
How designers design and program interactive behaviors
2008 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing · 2008
164
cited
Finding causes of program output with the Java Whyline
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 2009
155
cited
A theory of instruction for introductory programming skills
Computer Science Education · 2019
149
cited
Interactive record/replay for web application debugging
ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology · 2013
147
cited
Personifying programming tool feedback improves novice programmers' learning
International Computing Education Research Workshop · 2011
147
cited
What Makes a Great Software Engineer?
2015 IEEE/ACM 37th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering · 2015
146
cited
The Role of Self-Regulation in Programming Problem Solving Process and Success
International Computing Education Research Workshop · 2016
141
cited
Examining task engagement in sensor-based statistical models of human interruptibility
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 2005
136
cited
Gestalt: integrated support for implementation and analysis in machine learning
ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology · 2010
130
cited
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