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Tweeting about my personal opinions; RT or Following ≠ endorsement. Professor of Empirical Software Engineering at the University of Zurich. Bolognese.
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kitsios.bsky.social
🧩 Can semantic code clone detectors really detect clones in-the-wild?

🎉 We address this question in our paper “Detecting Semantic Clones of Unseen Functionality,” recently accepted to @aseconf.bsky.social!

📄 Pre-print: arxiv.org/abs/2510.04143
💻 Code: github.com/kitsiosk/uns...
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October 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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kitsios.bsky.social
🐞 After a bug is patched, how can we increase our confidence that it will not reappear in the future?

We address this question in our paper recently accepted to @aseconf.bsky.social 2025! 🎉 1/5
September 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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grimalkina.bsky.social
Are our brains in danger of "47% connectivity collapse"?! Does that viral "MIT chatgpt study" REALLY say what we're copy pasting about it?

@analog-ashley.bsky.social, a neurobio prof & neuroscience PhD, digs into the brain

www.changetechnically.fyi/2396236/epis...
June 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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andreaszeller.bsky.social
My #Fandango team at #FSE2025 / #ISSTA2025: Alexi Turcotte, Marius Smytzek, me, Pepe Zamudio, and Laura Plein. What is #Fandango? Watch this space on Thursday for our big 1.0 release announcement and/or attend Pepe‘s presentation on Friday 16:00!
<exchange> ::= <client:request> <server:response> <request> ::= 0x1 <length> <payload> <padding> <response> ::= 0x2 <length> <payload> <padding> <length> ::= <uint16> <payload> ::= <byte>* <padding> ::= <byte>*
 where len(<payload>) == uint16(<length>) where <response>.<payload> == <request>.<payload>
June 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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andreaszeller.bsky.social
Today at #FSE2025: Check out

* 14:20 @ Cosmos 3C: Bernd‘s journal-first work on Information Flow Fuzzing: conf.researchr.org/details/fse-... and
* 15:12 @ Vega: Laura‘s Student Research Competion talk on Predicting Software Changes from Desired Behavior Changes: conf.researchr.org/details/fse-...
Presentation Proposal for: Finding Information Leaks with Information Flow Fuzzing (FSE 2025 - Journal First) - FSE 2025
The ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE) is an internationally renowned forum for researchers, practitioners, and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences, and challenges in the field of software engineering. FSE brings together experts from academia and industry to exchange the latest research results and trends as well as their practical application in all areas of software engineering. The conference will be co-located with ISSTA 2025 (June 25th – 28th, 2025), Internetware 2025 (June 20th – 22nd, 2025), a ...
conf.researchr.org
June 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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aseconf.bsky.social
🎉 HUGE NEWS! 🎉

#ASE2025 has received a record-breaking 1,190 submissions – the most EVER for a single-cycle top SE conference! 🤯

Massive thanks to all authors who submitted. Looking forward to what promises to be an unforgettable conference with an incredible program 🔥!
ASE 2025
Welcome to the website of the 40th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2025. The ASE conference is the premier research forum for Automated Software Engineering. E...
conf.researchr.org
June 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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lakens.bsky.social
Finally got around to incorporating all Github feedback on my open access textbook, making around 20 minor improvements, and updating some references. 17 chapters of state of the art stats and methods education, freely available for any course you teach. lakens.github.io/statistical_...
May 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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lakens.bsky.social
I am hiring a PhD student on the meaningful interpretation of effect sizes as part of my VICI funded project. This is a 4 year paid position in a welcoming and collaborative environment. Find out more or apply at www.tue.nl/werken-bij-t...
PhD on Metascience
www.tue.nl
April 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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acm-cscw.bsky.social
Due to the Overleaf downtime, we are extending the #CSCW2026 submission deadline by 4 hours. The new deadline is 12:00 PM EST today.

We understand how disruptive this has been and appreciate your patience. Wishing everyone the very best in this final stretch - you’ve got this!
May 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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lakens.bsky.social
New paper: Blaming the Thermometer for the Fever: Separating Misapplication from Method in Null Hypothesis Significance Testing, with @laabho.bsky.social and @jnwulff.bsky.social. We – strongly – push back on criticisms against NHST and argue for proper application. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... >
Blaming the Thermometer for the Fever: Separating Misapplication from Method in Null Hypothesis Significance Testing
In empirical research, Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST) is the most common methodology to interpret research findings and make inferences, particular
papers.ssrn.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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inf.usi.ch
Join us on March 26 for a #seminar by Dr. Francesco Sovrano on "Biases in Generative AI"

📅 13.30 - 14.30

Details ⬇️
www.inf.usi.ch/it/feeds/11133

#USI #USILife
Biases in Generative AI
Speaker: Dr. Francesco Sovrano Abstract: This presentation examines the promises and pitfalls of using generative AI in different settings. The talk highlights significant challenges: inherent biases ...
www.inf.usi.ch
March 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM