{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2918069780","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3293787","title":"Use Bots to Improve GitHub Pull-Request Feedback","display_name":"Use Bots to Improve GitHub Pull-Request Feedback","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-02-22","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2918069780","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3293787","mag":"2918069780"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3287324.3293787","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3293787","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5037793920","display_name":"Zhewei Hu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3447-9510"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I137902535","display_name":"North Carolina State University","ror":"https://ror.org/04tj63d06","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I137902535"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zhewei Hu","raw_affiliation_strings":["North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I137902535"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5040537321","display_name":"Edward F. Gehringer","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5217-2643"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I137902535","display_name":"North Carolina State University","ror":"https://ror.org/04tj63d06","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I137902535"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Edward Gehringer","raw_affiliation_strings":["North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I137902535"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I137902535"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":12,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1262","last_page":"1263"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9962999820709229,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9962999820709229,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12127","display_name":"Software System Performance and Reliability","score":0.9941999912261963,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10743","display_name":"Software Testing and Debugging Techniques","score":0.9926999807357788,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8356698751449585},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/deliverable","display_name":"Deliverable","score":0.5711179971694946},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.5708157420158386},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/code","display_name":"Code (set theory)","score":0.5106502175331116},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/open-source","display_name":"Open source","score":0.49767163395881653},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/source-code","display_name":"Source code","score":0.493745893239975},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.443634569644928},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/set","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","score":0.43889039754867554},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/advice","display_name":"Advice (programming)","score":0.4282105267047882},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/the-internet","display_name":"The Internet","score":0.427990585565567},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.4227026700973511},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multimedia","display_name":"Multimedia","score":0.3629162907600403},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.14563456177711487},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.09367990493774414}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8356698751449585},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21883318","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2297847","display_name":"Deliverable","level":2,"score":0.5711179971694946},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.5708157420158386},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776760102","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5139990","display_name":"Code (set theory)","level":3,"score":0.5106502175331116},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3018397939","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3644502","display_name":"Open source","level":3,"score":0.49767163395881653},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C43126263","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128751","display_name":"Source code","level":2,"score":0.493745893239975},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.443634569644928},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.43889039754867554},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779955035","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4686785","display_name":"Advice (programming)","level":2,"score":0.4282105267047882},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110875604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75","display_name":"The Internet","level":2,"score":0.427990585565567},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.4227026700973511},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49774154","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131765","display_name":"Multimedia","level":1,"score":0.3629162907600403},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.14563456177711487},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.09367990493774414},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187736073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920921","display_name":"Management","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3287324.3293787","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3293787","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/13","display_name":"Climate action","score":0.8399999737739563}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G8201290141","display_name":"Collaborative Research: Research in Student Peer Review: A Cooperative Web-Services Approach","funder_award_id":"1432347","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","funder_display_name":"National Science Foundation"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","display_name":"National Science Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/021nxhr62"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2495597051","https://openalex.org/W4210916034","https://openalex.org/W2113128227","https://openalex.org/W632256878","https://openalex.org/W2491403535","https://openalex.org/W3081644756","https://openalex.org/W2479811461","https://openalex.org/W2104915799","https://openalex.org/W4311938462","https://openalex.org/W2355429491"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Rising":[0],"enrollments":[1],"make":[2],"it":[3],"difficult":[4],"for":[5,41,160,204],"instructors":[6],"and":[7,55,68,78,163,200,236],"teaching":[8,202,224,234],"assistants":[9],"to":[10,34,62,140,143],"give":[11],"adequate":[12],"feedback":[13,195,217,232],"on":[14,60,127,221],"each":[15,27,205],"student's":[16],"work.":[17],"In":[18,85],"our":[19],"software":[20,44],"engineering":[21],"course,":[22],"we":[23,88,91],"have":[24,48],"50-120":[25],"students":[26,33,64,142,180],"semester.":[28],"Our":[29,171],"course":[30],"projects":[31],"require":[32],"submit":[35],"GitHub":[36,61,129,169,206],"pull":[37,207],"requests":[38],"as":[39],"deliverables":[40],"their":[42],"open-source":[43],"(OSS)":[45],"projects.":[46],"We":[47,190],"set":[49],"up":[50],"a":[51,56],"static":[52,149],"code":[53,66,150],"analyzer":[54],"continuous":[57],"integration":[58],"service":[59],"help":[63,107,237],"check":[65],"style":[67],"functionality.":[69],"However,":[70],"these":[71],"tools":[72,97],"cannot":[73],"enforce":[74],"system-specific":[75,114,244],"customized":[76],"guidelines":[77],"do":[79],"not":[80],"explicitly":[81,121],"display":[82,122],"detailed":[83],"information.":[84],"this":[86],"study,":[87],"discuss":[89],"how":[90],"bypass":[92],"the":[93,128,148,182,186,192,198,201],"limitations":[94],"of":[95,110,179,194],"existing":[96],"by":[98,147,185,197],"implementing":[99],"three":[100],"Internet":[101],"bots.":[102],"The":[103,116,132],"Expertiza":[104],"Bot":[105,119,135],"can":[106,120,136,164,213,227],"detect":[108],"violations":[109],"more":[111,176,216,220,230,241],"than":[112,177,223,233,242],"35":[113],"guidelines.":[115],"Travis":[117],"CI":[118],"instant":[123],"test":[124],"execution":[125],"results":[126,173],"pull-request":[130,138],"page.":[131],"Code":[133],"Climate":[134],"insert":[137],"comments":[139],"remind":[141],"fix":[144],"issues":[145],"detected":[146],"analyzer.":[151],"These":[152],"bots":[153,187,199,212],"are":[154],"either":[155],"open":[156],"source":[157],"or":[158],"free":[159],"OSS":[161],"projects,":[162],"be":[165],"easily":[166],"integrated":[167],"with":[168],"repositories.":[170],"survey":[172],"show":[174,210],"that":[175,211],"70%":[178],"think":[181],"advice":[183],"given":[184,196],"is":[188],"useful.":[189],"tallied":[191],"amount":[193],"staff":[203,235],"request.":[208],"Results":[209],"provide":[214],"significantly":[215],"(six":[218],"times":[219],"average)":[222],"staff.":[225],"Bots":[226],"also":[228],"offer":[229],"timely":[231],"student":[238],"contributions":[239],"avoid":[240],"33%":[243],"guideline":[245],"violations.":[246]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-07-14T23:27:15.235271","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}