Zimmermann, Thomas

An Empirical Study of RefactoringChallenges and Benefits at Microsoft

Kim, M., Zimmermann, T., & Nagappan, N. (2014) · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Software Engineering ResearchSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices

Cited by 231

Software developers' perceptions of productivity

Meyer, A. N., Fritz, T., Murphy, G. C., & Zimmermann, T. (2014) · Proceedings of the 22nd ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Foundations of Software Engineering

Software Engineering Techniques and PracticesPersonal Information Management and User Behavior

Cited by 224

Data scientists in software teams: State of the art and challenges

Kim, M., Zimmermann, T., DeLine, R., & Begel, A. (2018) · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Software Engineering Techniques and PracticesBig Data Technologies and Applications

Cited by 199

The Work Life of Developers: Activities, Switches and Perceived Productivity

Meyer, A. N., Barton, L. E., Murphy, G. C., Zimmermann, T., & Fritz, T. (2017) · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Software Engineering Techniques and PracticesPersonal Information Management and User Behavior

Cited by 170

The SPACE of Developer Productivity: There's more to it than you think.

Forsgren, N., Storey, M.-A., Maddila, C., Zimmermann, T., Houck, B., & Butler, J. (2021) · Queue

Software Engineering Techniques and PracticesSoftware Engineering Research

Cited by 164

Taking Flight with Copilot: Early insights and opportunities of AI-powered pair-programming tools

Bird, C., Ford, D., Zimmermann, T., Forsgren, N., Kalliamvakou, E., Lowdermilk, T., & Gazit, I. (2022) · Queue

Software Engineering ResearchSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices

Cited by 158

Recommending Root-Cause and Mitigation Steps for Cloud Incidents using Large Language Models

Ahmed, T., Ghosh, S., Bansal, C., Zimmermann, T., Zhang, X., & Rajmohan, S. (2023) · 2023 IEEE/ACM 45th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)

Software System Performance and ReliabilitySoftware Engineering Research

Cited by 148

Today was a good day: The daily life of software developers

Meyer, A. N., Barr, E. T., Bird, C., & Zimmermann, T. (2021) · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Software Engineering Techniques and PracticesPersonal Information Management and User Behavior

Cited by 123

Accessibility in Software Practice: A Practitioner’s Perspective

Bi, T., Xia, X., Lo, D., Grundy, J., Zimmermann, T., & Ford, D. (2022) · ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

Digital Accessibility for DisabilitiesSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices

Cited by 109

Towards a Theory of Software Developer Job Satisfaction and Perceived Productivity

Storey, M.-A., Zimmermann, T., Bird, C., Czerwonka, J., Murphy, B., & Kalliamvakou, E. (2021) · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Software Engineering Techniques and PracticesJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

Cited by 90

Investigating and Designing for Trust in AI-powered Code Generation Tools

Wang, R., Cheng, R., Ford, D., & Zimmermann, T. (2024) · The 2024 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency

Software Engineering ResearchSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices

Cited by 87

Design Recommendations for Self-Monitoring in the Workplace: Studies in Software Development

Meyer, A. N., Murphy, G. C., Zimmermann, T., & Fritz, T. (2017) · Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Innovative Human-Technology InteractionPersonal Information Management and User Behavior

Cited by 60

"It would work for me too": How Online Communities Shape Software Developers' Trust in AI-Powered Code Generation Tools

Cheng, R., Wang, R., Zimmermann, T., & Ford, D. (2024) · ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems

Software Engineering ResearchSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices

Cited by 47

Correlating Automated and Human Evaluation of Code Documentation Generation Quality

Hu, X., Chen, Q., Wang, H., Xia, X., Lo, D., & Zimmermann, T. (2022) · ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

Software Engineering ResearchTopic Modeling

Cited by 33

Make Your Tools Sparkle with Trust: The PICSE Framework for Trust in Software Tools

Johnson, B., Bird, C., Ford, D., Forsgren, N., & Zimmermann, T. (2023) · 2023 IEEE/ACM 45th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice (ICSE-SEIP)

Software Engineering Techniques and PracticesSoftware Engineering Research

Cited by 27

The SPACE of developer productivity

Forsgren, N., Storey, M.-A., Maddila, C., Zimmermann, T., Houck, B., & Butler, J. (2021) · Communications of the ACM

Software Engineering Techniques and PracticesSoftware Engineering Research

Cited by 21

Can GPT-4 Replicate Empirical Software Engineering Research?

Liang, J. T., Badea, C., Bird, C., DeLine, R., Ford, D., Forsgren, N., & Zimmermann, T. (2024) · Proceedings of the ACM on Software Engineering

Software Engineering ResearchSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices

Cited by 19

Mind the Gap: On the Relationship Between Automatically Measured and Self-Reported Productivity

Beller, M., Orgovan, V., Buja, S., & Zimmermann, T. (2021) · IEEE Software

Software Engineering Techniques and PracticesSoftware Engineering Research

Cited by 16

Detecting Developers' Task Switches and Types

Meyer, A. N., Satterfield, C., Zuger, M., Kevic, K., Murphy, G. C., Zimmermann, T., & Fritz, T. (2022) · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Software Engineering ResearchPersonal Information Management and User Behavior

Cited by 14