Madeline Endres
banner
cellocorgi.bsky.social
Madeline Endres
@cellocorgi.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Software Engineering, UMass Amherst! madelineendres.com
Hi! I’m in SE, but I’ve collaborated and published with PL researchers - I’m starting at UMass in January!
December 11, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Variable names are def important!
December 10, 2024 at 10:43 PM
In addition, higher reading ability correlates with lower cognitive load while debugging. But, we don’t see any differences in end-to-end debugging outcomes in this work.
December 10, 2024 at 5:17 PM
We find that stages of debugging are neurally distinct, and that changes in variable name construction can increase cognitive load across debugging phases.

E.g., changing the meaning or construction or a variable name can impact code readability in a way that’s detectable at the cognitive level!
December 10, 2024 at 5:16 PM
24 schools for me!

If you are curious, there are a few more data points from SE/PL faculty job searches here: csguides.github.io/grad-job-gui...
Finding Jobs
Learn about job opportunities, where to find open searches, and how to read postings.
csguides.github.io
December 1, 2024 at 10:08 AM