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Paige Rodeghero, PhD

Clemson University School of Computing

316 McAdams Hall Clemson, SC 29634

Email: prodegh@clemson.edu

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About Me

I am an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Clemson University and previously a Visiting/Contracting Researcher at Microsoft Research. In addition, I hold an affiliation in Clemson’s Human Factors Institute. I obtained my PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Notre Dame under the direction of Collin McMillan. My main research interest is in software engineering, focused on productivity, remote work, virtual reality (VR), onboarding, source code comprehension, computer science education, and software engineering for autism. I've also worked in industry as a software engineer for a startup company and at multiple medium sized companies.

I direct the Human Factors Software Engineering (HFSE) research team at Clemson.

News

  • CSCW paper accepted
  • NSF DRL: ITEST Grant Awarded $1,080,688
  • Tiger Grant Funded
  • Invited to Dagstuhl (The Human Factors Impact of Programming Error Messages)
  • Invited to speak at Emory University 2021
  • Invited to present at the Microsoft Research Summit 2021
  • Our paper received an ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award at ICSE 2021!
  • "An Ecologically-valid Monitoring of Everyday Function App" Prisma Health seed was funded.
  • Our paper won the Best Paper Award at SIGCSE 2021!
  • Our paper won the Best Paper Award at HAI 2020!
  • Invited to the Accessible Computer Science Education Fall Workshop at Microsoft
  • Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute (RHBSSI) Grant Funded
  • Joining Microsoft Research (MSR) as a Visiting Researcher May 2020
  • Developed and leading SE for Autism Bootcamp Summer 2020 @ Clemson University
  • Invited to the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) 2021 Program Committee
  • Attended Dagstuhl (BOTse: Bots in Software Engineering)

Education

May 2018

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

PhD, Computer Science and Engineering

• Area of Study: Software Engineering

August 2017

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

M.S., Computer Science and Engineering

May 2013

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

B.S., Computer Science,

• Minor: Dance Performance

Professional Experience

August 2018 - Present

Clemson University, Clemson,South Carolina

Assistant Professor

May 2020 - November 2020

Microsoft, Redmond, Washington (Remote)

Visiting Researcher/Consulting Researcher

June 2013 - May 2018

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

Software Engineering Research Assistant

April 2016 - July 2016

ABB Corporate Research Center, Raleigh, North Carolina

Software Engineering Research Internship

February 2016 - March 2016

Alden Systems, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama

Software Engineering Internship

June 2012 - July 2012

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

May 2010 - May 2013

IDEE/Vizi Courseware, LLC, Muncie, Indiana

Software Developer

August 2012 - May 2013

Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

Software Developer

Funding

NSF DRL: ITEST: Preparing High School Students with Autism for the Future of Remote Software Development Work, 06/22-05/26,
Clemson University Tiger Grant “Can a video game improve learner’s ability to successfully perform ultrasound-guided IV placement?”,
“An Ecologically-valid Monitoring of Everyday Function App” Prisma Health 2021 Seed (Co-I)
Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute (RHBSSI) Grant "Sideline Concussion Screening in Eye-Tracked Augmented Reality"
Notre Dame Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Graduate School Award 2018
National Science Foundation Travel Award to attend ICSE 2016
SIGSOFT CAPS Travel Award to ICSE 2015
National Science Foundation Travel Award to attend NasBase 2015
NNotre Dame CSE GAANN Teaching Fellow
CRA Travel Grant to attend CRA Grad Cohort 2014

Awards & Honors

ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award ICSE 2021

Best Paper Award SIGCSE Experience Reports and Tools 2021

Best Paper Award HAI 2020

ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award ICSE 2014

Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Awards 2014 $100

Computer Science and Engineering Teaching Assistant Award 2013 $100

Selected Publications

Moster, M., Kokinda, E., Boyer, D. M., Rodeghero, P. “Experiences with Summer Camp Communication via Discord”, to appear in Proc. of the 46th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering - Software Engineering Education and Training Track (ICSE SEET ‘24), Lisbon, Portugal, April 14-20, 2024.

Moster, M., Boyer, D. M., Rodeghero, P., "WIP: Exploring how an Unofficial Discord Server Supports Undergraduate Learning in Computer Science", presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon, USA, June 23-26, 2024.

Kokinda, E., Moster, M., Rodeghero, P., Boyer, D. M. (2024, May), “Informal Learning Opportunities - Neurodiversity, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation for Programming Inter- est”, to be presented at International Conference on Computer Supported Education 2024 (CSEDU 24), Angers, France.

Kokinda, E., Rodeghero, P., Boyer, D. M. (2024, June), “WIP: Streamer and Viewer Interactions in Software and Game Development Live Streams“, to be presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon.

Kokinda, E., Moster, M., Rodeghero, P., Boyer, D. M. (2024, June), “Compiling Re- silience: A Study on First-Generation Women Pursuing Computing Degrees”, to be presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon.

Kokinda, E., Rodeghero, P. “Streaming Software Development: Accountability, Commu- nity, and Learning”, The Journal of Systems and Software (2023).

Kokinda, E., Moster, M., Dominic, J., Rodeghero, P. “Under the Bridge: Trolling and the Challenges of Recruiting Software Developers for Empirical Research Studies”, Proc. of the 45th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering - New Ideas and Emerging Results Track (ICSE NIER ‘23), Melbourne, Australia, 17-19 May 2023.

*Moster, M., *Kokinda, E., Rodeghero, P., McNeese, N. “Both Sides of the Story: Chang- ing the “pre-existing culture of dread” surrounding student teamwork in breakout rooms”, Proc. of the 2023 ACM on Human Computer Interaction, Computer Supported Coop- erative Work (CSCW ‘23), Minneapolis, MN, USA, October 13-18, 2023.

Moster, M., , Kokinda, E., Re, M., Dominic, J., Lehmann, J., Begel, A., Rodeghero, P. “ ‘Can You Help Me?’ An Experience Report of Teamwork in a Game Coding Camp for Autistic High School Students”, in Proc. of the 44th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering - Software Engineering Education and Training Track (ICSE SEET ‘22), Pittsburgh, PA, USA, May 21-29, 2022.

Moster, M., Chandra, A., Chu, C., Liu, W., Rodeghero, P. "In the Zone: An Analysis of the Music Practices of Remote Software Developers", in Proc. of the 2022 ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM ’22), Helsinki, Finland, September 19-23, 2022.

Moster, M. "Investigating Communication Tools in SE Capstone Courses", in Proc. of the 2022 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research V.2 (ICER ’22), Lugano and Virtual Event, Switzerland, August 7–11, 2022.

Moster, M., Begel, A., Boyer, D. M., Rodeghero, P. "A Longitudinal Study Exploring Autistic High Schoolers’ Interests in CS", 4th Annual Autism at Work Research Work- shop (AAWRW ’22), Virtual, May 16-18, 2022.

Rodeghero, P., Zimmermann, T., Houck, B., Ford, D. "Please Turn Your Cameras On: Remote Onboarding of Software Developers during a Pandemic" in Proc. of the 43rd IEEE/ACM International Conferences on Software Engineering - Software Engineering in Practice (ICSE SEIP’21), Madrid, Spain, May 23-29, 2021

Moster, M., Ford, D., Rodeghero, P. "’Is My Mic On?’ Preparing SE Students for Collaborative Remote Work and Hybrid Team Communication", in Proc. of the 43rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering - Joint Software Engi- neering Education and Training Track (ICSE JSEET’21), Madrid, Spain, May 23-29, 2021.

Miller, C., Rodeghero, P., Storey, M., Ford, D., Zimmermann, T. “How Was Your Week- end?” Software Development Teams Working From Home During COVID-19", in Proc. of the 43rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE’21), Madrid (virtual), Spain, May 25-28, 2021.

Begel, A., Dominic, J., Phillis, C., Beeson, T., Rodeghero, P. “How a Remote Video Game Coding Camp Improved Autistic College Students’ Self-Efficacy in Communi- cation”, in Proc. of the 51st Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE’21), Toronto, Canada, March 13-20, 2021. Best Paper Award

Dominic, J., Tubre, B., Kunkel, D., Rodeghero, P. "The human experience of compre- hending source code in virtual reality", Empirical Software Engineering, Volume 27, article number 173, 2022.

Huff Jr, E. W., Boateng, K., Moster, M., Rodeghero, P., Brinkley, J. “Exploring the Per- spectives of Teachers of the Visually Impaired Regarding Accessible K12 Computing Education”, in Proc. of the 51st Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE’21), Toronto, Canada, March 13-20, 2021.

Tubre, B., Rodeghero, P. "Exploring the Challenges of Cloud Migrations During a Global Pandemic", in Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME’20 Late Breaking Ideas), Adelaide, Australia, Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2020.

Dominic, J., Tubre, B., Ritter, C., Houser, J., Smith, C., Rodeghero, P. "Remote Pair Programming in Virtual Reality", in Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME’20), Adelaide, Australia, Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2020.

Anderson, J., Steinmacher, I., Rodeghero, P. "Assessing the Characteristics of FOSS Con- tributions in Network Automation Projects", in Proc. of the IEEE International Confer- ence on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME’20), Adelaide, Australia, Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2020.

Flathmann, C., Schelble, B., Tubre, B., McNeese, N., Rodeghero, P. "Invoking Princi- ples of Groupware to Develop and Evaluate Present and Future Human-Agent Teams", in Proc. of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI’20), Sydney (online), Australia, Nov. 10-13, 2020. Best Paper Award

Huff Jr, E. W., Boateng, K., Moster, M., Rodeghero, P., Brinkley, J. "Examining the Work Experience of Programmers with Visual Impairments", in Proc. of the 36th In- ternational Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME NIER’20), Adelaide, Australia, Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2020.

Rodeghero, P., Hernandez, T. "Empowering and Supporting Remote Software Develop- ment Team Members through a Culture of Allyship", in Proc. of the New Future of Work Symposium (New Future of Work), Microsoft Research, Virtual, August 3-5, 2020.

Dominic, J., Tubre, B., Houser, J., Ritter, C., Kunkel, D., Rodeghero, P. "Program Com- prehension in Virtual Reality", in Proc. of the International Conference on Program Comprehension (ICPC’20 ERA), Seoul, Korea, May 23-24, 2020.

Dominic, J., Ritter, C., Rodeghero, P. "Onboarding Bot for Newcomers to Software En- gineering", in Proc. of the International Conference on Software and Systems Process (ICSSP’20), Seoul, Korea, May 23-24, 2020.

Dominic, J., Ritter, C., Rodeghero, P. "Onboarding Bot for Newcomers to Software En- gineering", in Proc. of the International Conference on Software and Systems Process (ICSSP’20), Seoul, Korea, May 23-24, 2020.

Shaydulin, R., Thomas, C., Rodeghero, P. "Making Quantum Computing Open: Lessons from Open-Source Projects", in Proc. of the 1st International Workshop on Quantum Software Engineering (Q-SE’20), Seoul, Korea, May 24-26, 2020.

Rodeghero, P. "An Exploratory Field Study of Programmer Assistance-Seeking during Software Development", in Proc. of the 13th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE’20), Seoul, Korea, May 24, 2020.

Dominic, J., Houser, J., Steinmacher, I., Ritter, C., Rodeghero, P. "Conversational Bot for Newcomers Onboarding to Open Source Projects", in Proc. of the 2nd International Workshop on Bots in Software Engineering (BotSE’20), Seoul, Korea, May 24, 2020.

Canonico, L., Vakeel, V., Dominic, J., Rodeghero, P., McNeese, N. "Human-AI Partner- ships for Chaos Engineering ", in Proc. of the 8th International Workshop on Realizing Artificial Intelligence Synergies in Software Engineering (RAISE’20), Seoul, Korea, May 23, 2020.

Milewicz, P., Pinto, P., Rodeghero, P. " Characterizing the Roles of Contributors in Open- source Scientific Software Projects", in Proc. of the 52th Mining Software Repositories (MSR’19), Montreal, QC, Canada, May 26-27, 2019.

Milewicz, P., Rodeghero, P., "Position Paper: Towards Usability as a First-Class Qual- ity of Scientific Software", in Proc. of the 2019 International Workshop on Software Engineering for Science (SE4SCIENCE’19), Montreal, QC, Canada, May 28, 2019.

Wood, A., Rodeghero, P., Armaly, A., McMillan, C., "Detecting Speech Act Types in Developer Question/Answer Conversations During Bug Repair", in Proc. of the 26th ACM Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE’18), Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, Nov. 4-9, 2018.

Armaly, A., Rodeghero, P., McMillan, C., “AudioHighlight: Code Skimming for Blind Programmers”, in Proc. of the 34th IEEE International Conference on Software Main- tenance and Evolution (ICSME’18), Madrid, Spain, Sept. 23-29, 2018.

Rodeghero, P., Jiang, S., Armaly, A., McMillan, C., “Detecting User Story Information in Developer-Client Conversations to Generate Extractive Summaries”, in Proc. of the 39th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE’17), Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 20-28, 2017 (17% acceptance rate).

Armaly, A., Rodeghero, P., McMillan, C., “A Comparison of Program Comprehension Strategies by Blind and Sighted Programmers”, in Transactions on Software Engineer- ing (TSE), accepted July 5, 2017. Journal First.

Rodeghero, P., “Behavior-Informed Algorithms for Automatic Documentation Genera- tion”, in the Proc. of the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME).

Rodeghero, P., McMillan, C., Shirley, A. “API Usage in Descriptions of Source Code Functionality”, The International Workshop on API Usage and Evolution. Co-located with ICSE’17.

Rodeghero, P.Huo, D., Ding, T., McMillan, C., Gethers, M., “An Empirical Study on How Expert Knowledge Affects Bug Reports”, Journal of Software: Evolution and Pro- cess. Special issue containing the best papers from the 30th International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution. Extensive revision and expansion of the con- ference paper.

Rodeghero, P., “Discovering Important Source Code Terms.” The Proceedings 38th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE’16). ACM Stu- dent Research Competition, Austin, Texas, USA.

Rodeghero, P.McMillan, C., “An Empirical Study on the Patterns of Eye Movement dur- ing Summarization Tasks”, in Proc. of the 9th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM’15), Beijing, China, Oct. 22-23, 2015, 10 pages.

Rodeghero, P., Liu, C., McBurney, P. W., McMillan, C., “An Eye-Tracking Study of Java Programmers and Application to Source Code Summarization”, in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE).

Rodeghero, P., McMillan, C., McBurney, P. W., Bosch, N., D’Mello, S., “Improving Au- tomated Source Code Summarization via an Eye-Tracking Study of Programmers”, in Proc. of 36th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE’14), Hyderabad, India, May 31-June 7 2014, 12 pages. (20% acceptance rate) ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award

Advising and Mentoring

PhD Committee Chair
PhD Committee Member
Graduate Students Mentoring
Undergraduate Students Mentoring

Teaching Experience

Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

Professional Service

Steering Committee Service
Chair Service
Keynotes
Committee Service
Referee Service