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Toward Gaze-assisted Developer Tools

Kuang, Peng LU orcid ; Söderberg, Emma LU orcid ; Niehorster, Diederick C LU orcid and Höst, Martin LU (2023) The 45th International Conference on Software Engineering: New Ideas and Emerging Results (ICSE-NIER) p.49-54
Abstract
Many crucial activities in software development are linked to gaze and can potentially benefit from gaze-assisted developer tools. However, despite the maturity of eye trackers and the potential for such tools, we see very few studies of practitioners. Here, we present a systematic mapping study to examine recent developments in the field with a focus on the experimental setup of eye-tracking studies in software engineering research. We identify two gaps regarding studies of practitioners in realistic settings and three challenges in existing experimental setups. We present six recommendations for how to steer the research community toward gaze-assisted developer tools that can benefit practitioners.
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keywords
eye tracking, Gaze behavior, developer tools, software engineering, Mapping study, Eye movement, code comprehension, program comprehension, code reading, debugging, pair programming, code review, error finding, software development
host publication
Proceedings of the 45th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: New Ideas and Emerging Results (ICSE-NIER)
pages
49 - 54
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
The 45th International Conference on Software Engineering: New Ideas and Emerging Results (ICSE-NIER)
conference location
Melbourne, Australia
conference dates
2023-05-14 - 2023-05-20
external identifiers
  • scopus:85161143331
ISBN
979-8-3503-0039-0
DOI
10.1109/ICSE-NIER58687.2023.00015
project
How Can Eye Tracking Support Programmers?
language
English
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yes
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ce2851e5-0d70-4aa7-94ab-9fd1a2759007
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2023-01-03 14:00:58
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  abstract     = {{Many crucial activities in software development are linked to gaze and can potentially benefit from gaze-assisted developer tools. However, despite the maturity of eye trackers and the potential for such tools, we see very few studies of practitioners. Here, we present a systematic mapping study to examine recent developments in the field with a focus on the experimental setup of eye-tracking studies in software engineering research. We identify two gaps regarding studies of practitioners in realistic settings and three challenges in existing experimental setups. We present six recommendations for how to steer the research community toward gaze-assisted developer tools that can benefit practitioners.}},
  author       = {{Kuang, Peng and Söderberg, Emma and Niehorster, Diederick C and Höst, Martin}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the 45th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: New Ideas and Emerging Results (ICSE-NIER)}},
  isbn         = {{979-8-3503-0039-0}},
  keywords     = {{eye tracking; Gaze behavior; developer tools; software engineering; Mapping study; Eye movement; code comprehension; program comprehension; code reading; debugging; pair programming; code review; error finding; software development}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{49--54}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Toward Gaze-assisted Developer Tools}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICSE-NIER58687.2023.00015}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/ICSE-NIER58687.2023.00015}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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