New paper led by Matthew Ivory. With Miriam Sturdee, Mark Levine & @basharnuseibeh.bsky.social. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/.... We replicate & extend Brun et al.,'s innovative work on cognitive blindspots in programming, apply a dual systems framework, & model sample sizes for effects of interest.

Software Vulnerabilities as Cognitive Blindspots; Assessing the Suitability of a Dual Processing Theory of Decision Making for Secure Coding | ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

Software vulnerabilities are present in many software systems, putting people who entrust software with their data in harm's way. Many vulnerabilities are avoidable since they are well documented - yet they remain widespread. One explanation for their ...

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A tapestry of responsibility… www.linkedin.com/pulse/tapest...

A tapestry of responsibility

The etymology of responsibility, from the Latin spondere, is “to promise" or "to pledge”. Embedded in it is another important meaning: respondere, “to answer” or “to respond”.

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🌟 Great sessions & engaging workshops at the November SyMeCo Autumn School @lero-centre.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social 🌟Prof @basharnuseibeh.bsky.social delivered an amazing keynote "Context 2.0: Software for a better society"🌟 @researchireland.ie ireland.ie @horizoneu.bsky.social

There are few things in life that I hate more than listening to my own voice, but I was lucky to share this keynote session with MIT’s Michael Cusumano, so this reposting is for him. Please stop listening at minute 47!

Digital Humanism Conference@dighum.wien · 9mo ago

Rewatch the keynotes to “Innovation in the AI age”, with Michael Cusumano @mitsloan.bsky.social​ and @basharnuseibeh.bsky.social​, hosted by @eugeniaunivie.bsky.social​. #DigHum2025 #Recap

The most fulfilling part of receiving the Harlan D Mills award at #icse2025 yesterday was the opportunity to acknowledge my collaborators over many years. And the most enjoyable part was celebrating with lovely colleagues. Very grateful to IEEE Computer Society for the honour @icseconf.bsky.social

The only way for errors to occur in a program is by being put there by the author. No other mechanisms are known. - Harlan Mills

👏 Congratulations from #ACM #SIGSOFT to all 55 ACM Fellows named in 2024 for Outstanding Contributions and a special shout-out 📢 to the experts from our field: Abhik Roychoudhury, Satish Chandra, Marsha Chechik, Tim J. Menzies, Mira Mezini, Bashar A. Nuseibeh, and Benjamin G. Zorn

Kushal Ramkumar, Wanling Cai, John McCarthy, Gavin Doherty, Bashar Nuseibeh, Liliana Pasquale Diagnosing Unknown Attacks in Smart Homes Using Abductive Reasoning https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10738

Celebrate IEEE TSE 50th anniversary at #icse2025 in Ottawa. Join TSE editor Sebastian Uchitel and former editors as they discuss the history of SE through the lens of the EiCs, and the challenges facing SE and journals. conf.researchr.org/info/icse-20... (2 days until early reg date Feb 18th)

IEEE TSE 50th Anniversary - ICSE 2025

ICSE, the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering, is the premier software engineering conference. It will be held April 27-May 3 2025 in Ottawa. Core conference days will be Wednesd...

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A wise man… 😜 No regrets…

Ruurtjan@ruurtjan.com · last yr.

I regret to inform you that software engineering will transition to requirements engineering.

The program features two exciting *keynotes*: Jane Cleland-Huang: Smart Swarms, Smarter Boundaries: Rethinking Decision Assurance in Autonomous Systems @basharnuseibeh.bsky.social: Software Adaptation is Easy, Social Adaptation is Hard 👉 conf.researchr.org/info/seams-2...

An aphorism… (?)

Lorin Hochstein@norootcause.surfingcomplexity.com · last yr.

Your system can generate potential new failure modes much more quickly than you can patch the old ones.

- Two exciting keynotes (tentative titles) - Jane Cleland-Huang: Cognitive Guardrails for on-the-fly Decision-Making in Next-Gen Drone Swarms - @basharnuseibeh.bsky.social: Software adaptation is easy, social adaptation is hard

Sad news.. RIP: Dewayne E Perry (1940-2024) www.linkedin.com/posts/bashar...

Bashar Nuseibeh on LinkedIn: I just heard that (Emeritus Professor) Dewayne E Perry passed away on 28th…

I just heard that (Emeritus Professor) Dewayne E Perry passed away on 28th November 2024 (thank you for letting me know, David Rosenblum). Dewayne was a…

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I have created a Starter Pack for Software Engineering Research Software Engineering Researchers, from Academia or Industry #SEResearch Some PL people too bsky.app/starter-pack...

My department is hiring! Talk to me if you want to know more. Senior Lecturer (=Assoc. Prof) in Trustworthy AI: www.ucc.ie/en/futures/a... Lecturer (=Assist Prof) in AI-powered Augmented & Virtual Reality www.ucc.ie/en/futures/a... Lecture in Mobile / Edge Computing: www.ucc.ie/en/futures/a...

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Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

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Fred Brooks: “The hardest single part of building a software system is deciding precisely what to build; the most important function that software builders do for their clients is the iterative extraction & refinement of the product requirements” Requirements engineering is where LLMs need to play?

Tudor Girba@tudorgirba.com · 2y ago

The bottleneck in software engineering is not writing code. It’s reading it. LLMs just make it more obvious.

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Introducing the Model for Responsible Innovation

Last week, the Responsible Tech Adoption Unit (RTA) published our Model for Responsible Innovation, a practical framework for addressing the ethical risks associated with developing and deploying proj...

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Our open access textbook on an “Introduction to Digital Humanism“ has just reached 500,000 downloads since it was published in January 2024! It’s open access, so you can download it for free at the link below. #DigitalHumanism #ResponsibleSoftwareEngineering link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Introduction to Digital Humanism

This open access book presents digital humanism and addresses critical issues such as social bias, fake news, AI ethics, platform power, and surveillance.

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My favourite software engineering maxim is: “software without requirements can never be incorrect, only surprising“

Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு)@devanbu.bsky.social · 2y ago

My favourite Software Engineering Maxim: "The best way to ship software with fewer known defects is to Test Less"

I’m attending an NSF workshop in Virginia on ‘designing accountable software systems’. I’m surrounded by bright, articulate US professors drawn from many disciplines: engineering, law, business & social sciences. All to whom I have spoken are horrified, nervous, depressed, resigned by what may come.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2y ago

What are Donald Trump’s plans to overhaul US colleges and universities?

Hallucinations = bad 😡 Silver lining: Grandparent helping grandson with homework = good 😍

Reuben Binns@rdbinns.bsky.social · 2y ago

The amount of time that will be wasted by students, and even apparently their grandparents, chasing after fake AI-generated citations is thoroughly depressing

A very helpful thread, with some useful references, if you are new to blue sky and wondering about investing time on it.. thank you for posting it Wolfie ..

Wolfie Christl@wchr.bsky.social · 2y ago

I appreciate Bluesky for now. Everything's better than the far-right oligarch's platform, there aren't many viable alternatives, Bluesky has gained real traction, and currently it seems to just work well for a wide range of communities. Still, I'm skeptical about long-term prospects.

I’m here and there…

I wrote this short piece on the changing nature of software engineering. I'd welcome your comments & feedback. #softwareWithoutBoundaries #responsibleSoftwareEngineering www.linkedin.com/pulse/softwa...

Software without boundaries

Bashar Nuseibeh There is a common misconception that software engineering is a discipline for managing the production of programs that run on computers. It is true that a significant artefact that sof...

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