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  • 2019 - ACM Distinguished Member

Overview

Andrew Begel is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their research spans a combination of computer science and social sciences, with particular attention to human-computer interaction, occupational therapy, and health professions.

The main subfields Begel has investigated include:

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Safety Research
  • Human Factors and Ergonomics
  • Rehabilitation

Key topics of their work revolve around assistive technologies and accessibility, focusing on:

  • Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
  • Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
  • Usability and User Interface Design
  • Disability Education and Employment
  • Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Begel include:

  • "A practical guide on conducting eye tracking studies in software engineering," 2020, Empirical Software Engineering
  • "Neurodiversity and the Accessible University: Exploring Organizational Barriers, Access Labor and Opportunities for Change," 2024, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • "Mixed Abilities and Varied Experiences: A Group Autoethnography of a Virtual Summer Internship," 2023, Communications of the ACM

Begel has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Zohreh Sharafi
  • Bonita Sharif
  • Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc
  • Roman Bednarik
  • Martha E. Crosby

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • Empirical Software Engineering
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • Communications of the ACM

Andrew Begel was awarded the ACM Distinguished Member honor in 2019, recognizing contributions within their field.

Best Publications

  • Software engineering for machine learning: a case study

    Saleema Amershi;Andrew Begel;Christian Bird;Robert DeLine

  • Usage and Perceptions of Agile Software Development in an Industrial Context: An Exploratory Study

    A. Begel;N. Nagappan

  • Using psycho-physiological measures to assess task difficulty in software development

    Thomas Fritz;Andrew Begel;Sebastian C. Müller;Serap Yigit-Elliott

  • Novice software developers, all over again

    Andrew Begel;Beth Simon

  • The emerging role of data scientists on software development teams

    Miryung Kim;Thomas Zimmermann;Robert DeLine;Andrew Begel

  • Codebook: discovering and exploiting relationships in software repositories

    Andrew Begel;Yit Phang Khoo;Thomas Zimmermann

  • Managing Duplicated Code with Linked Editing

    M. Toomim;A. Begel;S.L. Graham

  • Analyze this! 145 questions for data scientists in software engineering

    Andrew Begel;Thomas Zimmermann

  • Data Scientists in Software Teams: State of the Art and Challenges

    Miryung Kim;Thomas Zimmermann;Robert DeLine;Andrew Begel

  • BPF+: exploiting global data-flow optimization in a generalized packet filter architecture

    Andrew Begel;Steven McCanne;Susan L. Graham

  • Struggles of new college graduates in their first software development job

    Andrew Begel;Beth Simon

  • Social Networking Meets Software Development: Perspectives from GitHub, MSDN, Stack Exchange, and TopCoder

    A. Begel;J. Bosch;M-A Storey

  • Pair programming: what's in it for me?

    Andrew Begel;Nachiappan Nagappan

  • Eye movements in code reading: relaxing the linear order

    Teresa Busjahn;Roman Bednarik;Andrew Begel;Martha Crosby

  • Social media for software engineering

    Andrew Begel;Robert DeLine;Thomas Zimmermann

  • Eye Movements in Code Reading: Relaxing the Linear Order

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  • LogoBlocks: A Graphical Programming Language for Interacting with the World

    Andrew Begel;Mitchel Resnick

  • Measuring neural efficiency of program comprehension

    Janet Siegmund;Norman Peitek;Chris Parnin;Sven Apel

  • Understanding the Challenges Faced by Neurodiverse Software Engineering Employees: Towards a More Inclusive and Productive Technical Workforce

    Meredith Ringel Morris;Andrew Begel;Ben Wiedermann

  • Cognitive Perspectives on the Role of Naming in Computer Programs

    Ben Liblit;Andrew Begel;Eve Sweetser

  • Improving Communication Between Pair Programmers Using Shared Gaze Awareness

    Sarah D'Angelo;Andrew Begel

  • A Survey of the Practice of Design -- Code Correspondence amongst Professional Software Engineers

    A. Nugroho;M.R.V. Chaudron

  • Appendix to Analyze This! 145 Questions for Data Scientists in Software Engineering

    Andrew Begel;Tom Zimmermann

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Zimmermann
Thomas Zimmermann Microsoft (United States)
Robert DeLine
Robert DeLine Microsoft (United States)
Nachiappan Nagappan
Nachiappan Nagappan Facebook (United States)
Susan L. Graham
Susan L. Graham University of California, Berkeley
Miryung Kim
Miryung Kim University of California, Los Angeles
Walid Maalej
Walid Maalej Universität Hamburg
Margaret-Anne Storey
Margaret-Anne Storey University of Victoria
Christoph Treude
Christoph Treude Singapore Management University
John C. Tang
John C. Tang Microsoft (United States)
Christian Bird
Christian Bird Microsoft (United States)

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