The First Workshop on Human Aspects of Software Engineering (HAoSE2009)

In conjunction with OOPSLA 2009

Sunday, Oct 25, 2009

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS

Orit Hazzan, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, oritha@tx.technion.ac.il

Yael Dubinsky, IBM Haifa Research Lab, dubinsky@il.ibm.com

WORKSHOP TIMETABLE

8:30-10:00 The Profession of Software Engineering	Welcome: Orit Hazzan and Yael Dubinsky, Workshop organizers Session chair: Frank Maurer, University of Calgary, Canada 8:30-9:10 (research paper) Slides Jeffrey C. Carver, Lorin Hochstein and Jason Oslin Identifying programmer ability using peer evaluation: An exploratory study 9:10-9:20 (poster, presentation) Slides Poster Stephen G. MacDonell and Diana Kirk Tinker, tailor, software engineer, surgeon: Specialization in software systems creation and evolution 9:20-9:30 (poster, presentation) Slides Poster Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic and Robert Feldt (presented by Ana Magazinovic) Professional and ethical issues of Software Engineering curricula 9:30-10:00 Group work
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Cognitive Perspective on Software Engineering Activities	Session chair: Irit Hadar, Haifa University, Israel 10:30-11:10 (research paper) David Binkley, Derek M. Jones and Dawn J. Lawrie Information clustering for data structure definitions 11:10-11:20 (poster) Sabine Niebuhr, Kirstin Kohler and Andreas Rausch Enriching requirements engineering with human aspects 11:20-11:30 (poster) Philippe Saliou and Vincent Ribaud Bootstrapping an empty repertoire of experience: The design case 11:30-12:00 Group work
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Teamwork	Session chair: John Barton, IBM Almaden Research Center, USA 13:30-14:10 (research paper) Peitsa Hynninen I, We and Them in the office: How do different workspace arrangements affect communication and team identity? 14:10-14:20 (poster) Will Snipes, Karen Smiley, Peram Mohan Krishnan, Petra Björndal Measuring collaboration in globally distributed software development teams 14:20-14:30 (poster) Ana Magazinius Exploring the politics of cost estimation 14:30-15:00 Group work
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-17:00	Session chair: Orit Hazzan Group work presentations & discussion Reflection & summary

ABSTRACT

This workshop focuses on human aspects of software engineering. The importance of this topic stems from the recognition that the more the software world is developed, the more it is accepted by the software engineering community that the people involved in software development processes deserve more attention. In this spirit, this workshop attempts to highlight the world of software engineering from the perspective of the main actors involved in software development processes: the individuals, the team, the customer, different organizational role holders, and other stake holders.

The workshop consists of theory- and practice-based presentations, group work and discussions. Workshop activities include: experience sharing with respect to case studies in which human aspects play a central role, examination of different software engineering topics from the human perspective, exploration of how the awareness to human aspects of SE may foster organizational processes, and teaching human aspects of SE in software organizations and in the academia.

WORKSHOP GOALS

· The participants share their research work on human aspects of software engineering

· The participants build a community that further explore human aspects of software engineering

· The participants investigate research methods that fit for the exploration of human aspects of software engineering

· The participants explore cognitive, social and organizational aspects of software engineering

· The participants deepen their understanding of how human aspects of software engineering influence software development processes

WORKSHOP TOPICS

We welcome the submission of papers from the full spectrum of issues related with human aspects of software engineering. For example,

· Social perspective at software engineering

· Collaboration and teamwork in software teams

· Cognitive perspective at software engineering

· Learning processes in software engineering

· Ethical issues in software engineering

· Culture and diversity issues in software engineering

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission deadline: August 3^rd 2009

Notification to authors: at least one week prior to early bird registration deadline

Submission of revised and final version: October 2^nd 2009

Human Aspects of Software Engineering Workshop: October 25^th or 26^th 2009

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

John Barton, IBM Almaden Research Center

Andrew Begel, Microsoft Research, USA

Daniela Damian, University of Victoria, Canada

Ido Guy, IBM Haifa Research Lab, Israel

Irit Hadar, Haifa University, Israel

Frank Maurer, University of Calgary, Canada

David Notkin, University of Washington, WA, USA

Janice Singer, National Research Council, Canada

Gina Venolia, Microsoft Research, USA

SUBMISSIONS AND PARTICIPATION

We encourage authors to submit a paper discussing experience or research in all topics related to human aspects of software engineering.

Papers submitted to the workshop should contain original contributions that address the workshop's topics of interest.

The workshop welcomes 2 types of submissions:

- Full papers (maximum length - 8 pages)

- Position papers describing work in progress or an author's perspective at human aspects of software engineering (maximum length - 2 pages)

Submitted papers must conform to the ACM SIG Proceedings style (2 column, see templates).

Papers are to be submitted electronically at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=haose2009 .