Neil A. Ernst

Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2002-2024
Publications (10 Years): 68

Top Topics

Practical Significance

Software Engineering

Top Venues

Empir. Softw. Eng.

J. Syst. Softw.

Publications

Daniel Russo, Sebastian Baltes, Niels van Berkel, Paris Avgeriou, Fabio Calefato, Beatriz Cabrero-Daniel, Gemma Catolino, Jürgen Cito, Neil A. Ernst, Thomas Fritz, Hideaki Hata, Reid Holmes, Maliheh Izadi, Foutse Khomh, Mikkel Baun Kjærgaard, Grischa Liebel, Alberto Lluch-Lafuente, Stefano Lambiase, Walid Maalej, Gail C. Murphy, Nils Brede Moe, Gabrielle O'Brien, Elda Paja, Mauro Pezzè, John Stouby Persson, Rafael Prikladnicki, Paul Ralph, Martin P. Robillard, Thiago Rocha Silva, Klaas-Jan Stol, Margaret-Anne D. Storey, Viktoria Stray, Paolo Tell, Christoph Treude, Bogdan Vasilescu
Generative AI in Software Engineering Must Be Human-Centered: The Copenhagen Manifesto. J. Syst. Softw. 216 (2024)
Adam Alami, Neil A. Ernst
Understanding the building blocks of accountability in software engineering. CHASE@ICSE (2024)
Adam Alami, Mansooreh Zahedi, Neil A. Ernst
Are You a Real Software Engineer? Best Practices in Online Recruitment for Software Engineering Studies. CoRR (2024)
Adam Alami, Neil A. Ernst
Understanding the Building Blocks of Accountability in Software Engineering. CoRR (2024)
Martin P. Robillard, Deeksha M. Arya, Neil A. Ernst, Jin L. C. Guo, Maxime Lamothe, Mathieu Nassif, Nicole Novielli, Alexander Serebrenik, Igor Steinmacher, Klaas-Jan Stol
Communicating Study Design Trade-offs in Software Engineering. ACM Trans. Softw. Eng. Methodol. 33 (5) (2024)
Paris Avgeriou, Ipek Ozkaya, Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, Marcus Ciolkowski, Neil A. Ernst, Ronald J. Koontz, Eltjo R. Poort, Forrest Shull
Technical Debt Management: The Road Ahead for Successful Software Delivery. CoRR (2024)
Ze Shi Li, Nowshin Nawar Arony, Kezia Devathasan, Manish Sihag, Neil A. Ernst, Daniela E. Damian
Unveiling the Life Cycle of User Feedback: Best Practices from Software Practitioners. ICSE (2024)
Manish Sihag, Ze Shi Li, Amanda Dash, Nowshin Nawar Arony, Kezia Devathasan, Neil A. Ernst, Alexandra Albu, Daniela E. Damian
Beyond Traditional Feedback Channels: Extracting Requirements-Relevant Feedback from TikTok and YouTube. CoRR (2023)
Paris Avgeriou, Ipek Ozkaya, Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, Marcus Ciolkowski, Neil A. Ernst, Ronald J. Koontz, Eltjo R. Poort, Forrest Shull
Technical Debt Management: The Road Ahead for Successful Software Delivery. ICSE-FoSE (2023)
Neil A. Ernst, Maria Teresa Baldassarre
Registered reports in software engineering. Empir. Softw. Eng. 28 (2) (2023)
Neil A. Ernst, John Klein, Marco Bartolini, Jeremy Coles, Nick Rees
Architecting Complex, Long-Lived Scientific Software. CoRR (2023)
Rohith Pudari, Neil A. Ernst
From Copilot to Pilot: Towards AI Supported Software Development. CoRR (2023)
Neil A. Ernst, Maria Teresa Baldassarre
Registered Reports in Software Engineering. CoRR (2023)
Amir Ghorbani, Nathan Cassee, Derek Robinson, Adam Alami, Neil A. Ernst, Alexander Serebrenik, Andrzej Wasowski
Autonomy Is An Acquired Taste: Exploring Developer Preferences for GitHub Bots. ICSE (2023)
Ze Shi Li, Nowshin Nawar Arony, Kezia Devathasan, Manish Sihag, Neil A. Ernst, Daniela E. Damian
Unveiling the Life Cycle of User Feedback: Best Practices from Software Practitioners. CoRR (2023)
Neil A. Ernst, Martin P. Robillard
A Study of Documentation for Software Architecture. CoRR (2023)
Amir Ghorbani, Nathan Cassee, Derek Robinson, Adam Alami, Neil A. Ernst, Alexander Serebrenik, Andrzej Wasowski
Autonomy Is An Acquired Taste: Exploring Developer Preferences for GitHub Bots. CoRR (2023)
Maria Teresa Baldassarre, Neil A. Ernst, Ben Hermann, Tim Menzies, Rahul Yedida
(Re)Use of Research Results (Is Rampant). Commun. ACM 66 (2) (2023)
Neil A. Ernst, Martin P. Robillard
A study of documentation for software architecture. Empir. Softw. Eng. 28 (5) (2023)
Neil A. Ernst, John Klein, Marco Bartolini, Jeremy Coles, Nick Rees
Architecting complex, long-lived scientific software. J. Syst. Softw. 204 (2023)
Neil A. Ernst, Gabriele Bavota, Tim Menzies
AI-Driven Development Is Here: Should You Worry? IEEE Softw. 39 (2) (2022)
Ze Shi Li, Manish Sihag, Nowshin Nawar Arony, Joao Bezerra Junior, Thanh Phan, Neil A. Ernst, Daniela E. Damian
Narratives: the Unforeseen Influencer of Privacy Concerns. CoRR (2022)
Colin M. Werner, Ze Shi Li, Derek Lowlind, Omar Elazhary, Neil A. Ernst, Daniela E. Damian
Continuously Managing NFRs: Opportunities and Challenges in Practice. IEEE Trans. Software Eng. 48 (7) (2022)
Derek Robinson, Neil A. Ernst, Enrique Larios Vargas, Margaret-Anne D. Storey
Error Identification Strategies for Python Jupyter Notebooks. CoRR (2022)
Ze Shi Li, Manish Sihag, Nowshin Nawar Arony, Joao Bezerra Junior, Thanh Phan, Neil A. Ernst, Daniela E. Damian
Narratives: the Unforeseen Influencer of Privacy Concerns. RE (2022)
Derek Robinson, Neil A. Ernst, Enrique Larios Vargas, Margaret-Anne D. Storey
Error identification strategies for Python Jupyter notebooks. ICPC (2022)
Neil A. Ernst, Gabriele Bavota
AI-driven Development Is Here: Should You Worry? CoRR (2022)
Omar Elazhary, Colin M. Werner, Ze Shi Li, Derek Lowlind, Neil A. Ernst, Margaret-Anne D. Storey
Uncovering the Benefits and Challenges of Continuous Integration Practices. IEEE Trans. Software Eng. 48 (7) (2022)
Ze Shi Li, Colin M. Werner, Neil A. Ernst, Daniela E. Damian
Towards privacy compliance: A design science study in a small organization. Inf. Softw. Technol. 146 (2022)
Alvi Mahadi, Neil A. Ernst, Karan Tongay
Conclusion stability for natural language based mining of design discussions. Empir. Softw. Eng. 27 (1) (2022)
Richard Torkar, Carlo A. Furia, Robert Feldt, Francisco Gomes de Oliveira Neto, Lucas Gren, Per Lenberg, Neil A. Ernst
A Method to Assess and Argue for Practical Significance in Software Engineering. IEEE Trans. Software Eng. 48 (6) (2022)
Matthew Ehrler, Neil A. Ernst
VConstruct: Filling Gaps in Chl-a Data Using a Variational Autoencoder. CoRR (2021)
Maria Teresa Baldassarre, Neil A. Ernst, Ben Hermann, Tim Menzies, Rahul Yedida
Crowdsourcing the State of the Art(ifacts). CoRR (2021)
Omar Elazhary, Margaret-Anne D. Storey, Neil A. Ernst, Elise Paradis
ADEPT: A Socio-Technical Theory of Continuous Integration. ICSE (NIER) (2021)
Neil A. Ernst, Mark Hills, Árpád Beszédes
Introduction to the Special Issue on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation 2018. J. Syst. Softw. 178 (2021)
Omar Elazhary, Colin Werner, Ze Shi Li, Derek Lowlind, Neil A. Ernst, Margaret-Anne D. Storey
Uncovering the Benefits and Challenges of Continuous Integration Practices. CoRR (2021)
Neil A. Ernst, Jeffrey C. Carver, Daniel Méndez, Marco Torchiano
Understanding peer review of software engineering papers. Empir. Softw. Eng. 26 (5) (2021)
Omar Elazhary, Margaret-Anne D. Storey, Neil A. Ernst, Elise Paradis
ADEPT: A Socio-Technical Theory of Continuous Integration. CoRR (2021)
Colin Werner, Ze Shi Li, Derek Lowlind, Omar Elazhary, Neil A. Ernst, Daniela E. Damian
Continuously Managing NFRs: Opportunities and Challenges in Practice. CoRR (2021)
Alvi Mahadi, Neil A. Ernst, Karan Tongay
Conclusion Stability for Natural Language Based Mining of Design Discussions. CoRR (2021)
Ze Shi Li, Colin Werner, Neil A. Ernst, Daniela E. Damian
GDPR Compliance in the Context of Continuous Integration. CoRR (2020)
Colin Werner, Ze Shi Li, Neil A. Ernst, Daniela E. Damian
The Lack of Shared Understanding of Non-Functional Requirements in Continuous Software Engineering: Accidental or Essential? CoRR (2020)
Andreas Koenzen, Neil A. Ernst, Margaret-Anne D. Storey
Code Duplication and Reuse in Jupyter Notebooks. CoRR (2020)
Colin Werner, Ze Shi Li, Neil A. Ernst, Daniela E. Damian
The Lack of Shared Understanding of Non-Functional Requirements in Continuous Software Engineering: Accidental or Essential? RE (2020)
Alvi Mahadi, Karan Tongay, Neil A. Ernst
Cross-Dataset Design Discussion Mining. SANER (2020)
Alvi Mahadi, Karan Tongay, Neil A. Ernst
Cross-Dataset Design Discussion Mining. CoRR (2020)
Neil A. Ernst, Jeffrey C. Carver, Daniel Méndez, Marco Torchiano
Understanding Peer Review of Software Engineering Papers. CoRR (2020)
Margaret-Anne D. Storey, Neil A. Ernst, Courtney Williams, Eirini Kalliamvakou
The who, what, how of software engineering research: a socio-technical framework. Empir. Softw. Eng. 25 (5) (2020)
Andreas P. Koenzen, Neil A. Ernst, Margaret-Anne D. Storey
Code Duplication and Reuse in Jupyter Notebooks. VL/HCC (2020)
Omar Elazhary, Margaret-Anne D. Storey, Neil A. Ernst, Andy Zaidman
Do as I Do, Not as I Say: Do Contribution Guidelines Match the GitHub Contribution Process? CoRR (2019)
Omar Elazhary, Margaret-Anne D. Storey, Neil A. Ernst, Andy Zaidman
Do as I Do, Not as I Say: Do Contribution Guidelines Match the GitHub Contribution Process? ICSME (2019)
Courtney Williams, Margaret-Anne D. Storey, Neil A. Ernst, Alexey Zagalsky, Eirini Kalliamvakou
Methodology Matters: How We Study Socio-Technical Aspects in Software Engineering. CoRR (2019)
Colin Werner, Ze Shi Li, Neil A. Ernst
What Can the Sentiment of a Software Requirements Specification Document Tell Us? RE Workshops (2019)
Neil A. Ernst, Rick Kazman, Philip Bianco
Component Comparison, Evaluation, and Selection: A Continuous Approach. ICSA Companion (2019)
Ze Shi Li, Colin Werner, Neil A. Ernst
Continuous Requirements: An Example Using GDPR. RE Workshops (2019)
Neil A. Ernst, Rick Kazman, Philip Bianco
Towards rapid composition with confidence in robotics software. RoSE@ICSE (2018)
Neil A. Ernst
Bayesian hierarchical modelling for tailoring metric thresholds. MSR (2018)
Ian Gorton, Barbora Buhnova, Neil A. Ernst, Clemens A. Szyperski
Message from the General Chair and PC Chairs of ICSA 2018. ICSA (2018)
Neil A. Ernst
Bayesian Hierarchical Modelling for Tailoring Metric Thresholds. CoRR (2018)
Richard F. Paige, Jordi Cabot, Neil A. Ernst
Foreword to the special section on negative results in software engineering. Empir. Softw. Eng. 22 (5) (2017)
Neil A. Ernst, Stephany Bellomo, Ipek Ozkaya, Robert L. Nord
What to Fix? Distinguishing between Design and Non-design Rules in Automated Tools. ICSA (2017)
Martin P. Robillard, Andrian Marcus, Christoph Treude, Gabriele Bavota, Oscar Chaparro, Neil A. Ernst, Marco Aurélio Gerosa, Michael W. Godfrey, Michele Lanza, Mario Linares Vásquez, Gail C. Murphy, Laura Moreno, David C. Shepherd, Edmund Wong
On-demand Developer Documentation. ICSME (2017)
George Mathew, Tim Menzies, Neil A. Ernst, John Klein
Shorter Reasoning About Larger Requirements Models. CoRR (2017)
George Mathew, Tim Menzies, Neil A. Ernst, John Klein
"SHORT"er Reasoning About Larger Requirements Models. RE (2017)
Neil A. Ernst, John Klein, George Mathew, Tim Menzies
Using Stakeholder Preferences to Make Better Architecture Decisions. ICSA Workshops (2017)
Neil A. Ernst, Stephany Bellomo, Ipek Ozkaya, Robert L. Nord
What to Fix? Distinguishing between design and non-design rules in automated tools. CoRR (2017)
Paris Avgeriou, Neil A. Ernst, Robert L. Nord, Philippe Kruchten
Technical Debt: Broadening Perspectives Report on the Seventh Workshop on Managing Technical Debt (MTD 2015). ACM SIGSOFT Softw. Eng. Notes 41 (2) (2016)
Neil A. Ernst, Mary Popeck, Felix Bachmann, Patrick Donohoe
Creating Software Modernization Roadmaps: The Architecture Options Workshop. WICSA (2016)
Neil A. Ernst, Stephany Bellomo, Ipek Ozkaya, Robert L. Nord, Ian Gorton
Measure it? Manage it? Ignore it? software practitioners and technical debt. ESEC/SIGSOFT FSE (2015)
Neil A. Ernst, Paris Avgeriou, Philippe Kruchten
Message from the chairs. MTD@ICSME (2015)
John Klein, Ian Gorton, Neil A. Ernst, Patrick Donohoe, Kim Pham, Chrisjan Matser
Application-Specific Evaluation of No SQL Databases. BigData Congress (2015)
John Klein, Ian Gorton, Neil A. Ernst, Patrick Donohoe, Kim Pham, Chrisjan Matser
Performance Evaluation of NoSQL Databases: A Case Study. PABS@ICPE (2015)
Neil A. Ernst, Ian Gorton
Using AI to model quality attribute tradeoffs. AIRE (2014)
Neil A. Ernst, Alexander Borgida, Ivan Jureta, John Mylopoulos
Agile requirements engineering via paraconsistent reasoning. Inf. Syst. 43 (2014)
Ivan Jureta, Alexander Borgida, Neil A. Ernst, John Mylopoulos
The Requirements Problem for Adaptive Systems. ACM Trans. Manag. Inf. Syst. 5 (3) (2014)
Stephany Bellomo, Neil A. Ernst, Robert L. Nord, Ipek Ozkaya
Evolutionary Improvements of Cross-Cutting Concerns: Performance in Practice. ICSME (2014)
Stephany Bellomo, Neil A. Ernst, Robert L. Nord, Rick Kazman
Toward Design Decisions to Enable Deployability: Empirical Study of Three Projects Reaching for the Continuous Delivery Holy Grail. DSN (2014)
Neil A. Ernst, Ipek Ozkaya, Robert L. Nord, Julien Delange, Stephany Bellomo, Ian Gorton
Understanding the role of constraints on architecturally significant requirements. TwinPeaks@RE (2013)
Abram Hindle, Neil A. Ernst, Michael W. Godfrey, John Mylopoulos
Automated topic naming - Supporting cross-project analysis of software maintenance activities. Empir. Softw. Eng. 18 (6) (2013)
Neil A. Ernst, Alexander Borgida, John Mylopoulos, Ivan Jureta
Agile Requirements Evolution via Paraconsistent Reasoning. CAiSE (2012)
Neil A. Ernst, Gail C. Murphy
Case studies in just-in-time requirements analysis. EmpiRE (2012)
Neil A. Ernst
On the role of requirements in understanding and managing technical debt. MTD@ICSE (2012)
Neil A. Ernst, Alexander Borgida, Ivan Jureta
Finding incremental solutions for evolving requirements. RE (2011)
Abram Hindle, Neil A. Ernst, Michael W. Godfrey, John Mylopoulos
Automated topic naming to support cross-project analysis of software maintenance activities. MSR (2011)
Ivan Jureta, Alexander Borgida, Neil A. Ernst
Mixed-Variable Requirements Roadmaps and their Role in the Requirements Engineering of Adaptive Systems CoRR (2011)
Neil A. Ernst, Alexander Borgida, John Mylopoulos
Requirements evolution drives software evolution. EVOL/IWPSE (2011)
Neil A. Ernst, Steve M. Easterbrook, John Mylopoulos
Code forking in open-source software: a requirements perspective CoRR (2010)
Neil A. Ernst, John Mylopoulos, Alexander Borgida, Ivan Jureta
Reasoning with Optional and Preferred Requirements. ER (2010)
Nauman A. Qureshi, Anna Perini, Neil A. Ernst, John Mylopoulos
Towards a continuous requirements engineering framework for self-adaptive systems. RE@RunTime (2010)
Neil A. Ernst, John Mylopoulos
On the Perception of Software Quality Requirements during the Project Lifecycle. REFSQ (2010)
Ivan Jureta, Alexander Borgida, Neil A. Ernst, John Mylopoulos
Techne: Towards a New Generation of Requirements Modeling Languages with Goals, Preferences, and Inconsistency Handling. RE (2010)
Nan Niu, Yijun Yu, Bruno González-Baixauli, Neil A. Ernst, Julio Cesar Sampaio do Prado Leite, John Mylopoulos
Aspects across Software Life Cycle: A Goal-Driven Approach. LNCS Trans. Aspect Oriented Softw. Dev. 6 (2009)
Neil A. Ernst, John Mylopoulos, Yijun Yu, Tien Nguyen
Supporting Requirements Model Evolution throughout the System Life-Cycle. RE (2008)
Jorge Aranda, Neil A. Ernst, Jennifer Horkoff, Steve M. Easterbrook
A Framework for Empirical Evaluation of Model Comprehensibility. MiSE@ICSE (2007)
Neil A. Ernst, Margaret-Anne D. Storey, Polly Allen
Cognitive support for ontology modeling. Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud. 62 (5) (2005)
Margaret-Anne D. Storey, Natasha F. Noy, Mark A. Musen, Casey Best, Ray W. Fergerson, Neil A. Ernst
Jambalaya: an interactive environment for exploring ontologies. IUI (2002)