Toward Gaze-assisted Developer Tools

Peng Kuang; Emma Söderberg; Diederick C Niehorster; Martin Höst

doi:10.1109/ICSE-NIER58687.2023.00015

Toward Gaze-assisted Developer Tools

Peng Kuang, Emma Söderberg, Diederick C Niehorster, Martin Höst

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 45th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: New Ideas and Emerging Results (ICSE-NIER)
Publisher	IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	49-54
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-3503-0039-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSE-NIER58687.2023.00015
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	The 45th International Conference on Software Engineering: New Ideas and Emerging Results (ICSE-NIER) - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 2023 May 14 → 2023 May 20 https://conf.researchr.org/track/icse-2023/icse-2023-NIER

Conference

Conference	The 45th International Conference on Software Engineering: New Ideas and Emerging Results (ICSE-NIER)
Abbreviated title	ICSE-NIER
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	2023/05/14 → 2023/05/20
Internet address	https://conf.researchr.org/track/icse-2023/icse-2023-NIER

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Software Engineering

Free 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

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Kuang, P , Söderberg, E , Niehorster, DC & Höst, M 2023, Toward Gaze-assisted Developer Tools. in Proceedings of the 45th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: New Ideas and Emerging Results (ICSE-NIER). IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 49-54, The 45th International Conference on Software Engineering: New Ideas and Emerging Results (ICSE-NIER), Melbourne, Australia, 2023/05/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSE-NIER58687.2023.00015

Toward Gaze-assisted Developer Tools. / Kuang, Peng ; Söderberg, Emma ; Niehorster, Diederick C et al.
Proceedings of the 45th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: New Ideas and Emerging Results (ICSE-NIER). IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. p. 49-54.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review

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