Human Aspects of Software Engineering Lab
About HASEL
The Human Aspects of Software Engineering Lab at the University of Auckland carries out research projects focused on improving software practices and processes. Our goal is to make it easier for software teams to create user-friendly software products. For example, we study ways to improve coordination on software teams, investigate novel techniques to help software developers understand what users want from the software, study software developer work patterns, and investigate novel ways to ensure high quality software through better testing techniques. We employ a variety of both qualitative and quantitative research methods including developing new methods and tools, data mining, repository analysis, social network analysis, interviews, surveys, and lab experiments.
Recent News
HASEL members awarded funding to improve software supply chain security
HASEL members (Associate Professor Kelly Blincoe and Dr Valerio Terragni) are part of a team awarded funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) Endeavour Fund. The Research Programme ($7.775M) brings together leading researchers in...
Associate Professor Kelly Blincoe wins Most Influential Paper Award
HASEL member, Associate Professor Kelly Blincoe, received the Most Influential Paper award at the Mining Software Repositories (MSR) 2024 Conference, held in Lisbon, Portugal earlier this month. The award recognised a paper published at MSR 2014, titled “The Promises...
Associate Professor Ewan Tempero wins Most Influential Paper Award
HASEL member, Associate Professor Ewan Tempero, received the Most Influential Paper award at Asia Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC) 2023, held in Seoul, South Korea. The award recognised a paper published at APSEC 2010, titled “The qualitas corpus: A...
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