Jeffrey C. Carver (Publications)

Assistant Professor

Journals  |  Editorially Reviewed Journals  |  Refereed Conferences and Workshops  |  Book Chapters  |  Non-Refereed Workshop and Other Publications   |  Technical Reports

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Journals (reverse chronological order)

  1. Kosar, T., Mernik, M. and Carver, J. "Program Comprehension of Domain-Specific and General-Purpose Languages: Comparison Using Family of Experiments." Empirical Software Engineering. Online First.

  2. Carver, J., "Development of a Mesh Generation Code with a Graphical Front-End: A Case Study." Journal of Organizational and End-User Computing. 23(4):1-16, 2011

  3. Jankun-Kelly, T., Wilson, D., Stamps, A., Franck, J., Carver, J., and Swan II, J. "Visual Analysis for Textual Relationships in Digital Forensics Evidence." Information Visualization,. 10(2):134-144, 2011.

  4. Bogen, C., Dampier, D., Vaughn, R., Carver, J., Bridges, S., Allen, E. and Reese, D. "Structured Forensics Examination Planning with Domain Modeling: A Report of Three Experiment Trials". Journal of Digital Forensics Practice. 3(1):23-32. Jan. 2010.

  5. Carver, J., Jaccheri, L., Morasca, S. and Shull, F. "A Checklist for Integrating Student Empirical Studies with Research and Teaching Goals." Empirical Software Engineering: An International Journal. 15(1):35-59. Feb. 2010.
    Author's unofficial preprint version available here.

  6. Williams, B. and Carver, J. "Characterizing Software Architecture Changes: A Systematic Review." Information and Software Technology. 52(1): 31-51. Jan. 2010.

  7. Walia, G. and Carver, J. "A Systematic Literature Review to Identify and Classify Software Requirements Errors". Information and Software Technology. 51(7):1087-1109. July 2009.

  8. Carver, J., Nagappan, N., and Page, A. "The Impact of Educational Background on the Effectiveness of Requirements Inspections: An Empirical Study." IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 2006. 34(6):800-812.
    Author's accepted version.

  9. Kendall, R., Carver, J., Fisher, D., Henderson, D., Mark, A., Post, D., Rhoades, C. and Squires, S. "Development of a Weather Forecasting Code: A Case Study." IEEE Software, 25(4): 59-65. July/August 2008.

  10. Basili, V., Carver, J., Cruzes, D., Hochstein, L., Hollingsworth, J., Shull, F. and Zelkowitz, M. "Understanding the High Performance Computing Community: A Software Engineer's Perspective." IEEE Software, 25(4): 29-36. July/August 2008.

  11. Shull, F., Carver, J., Vegas, S., and Juristo, N. "The Role of Replications in Empirical Software Engineering."Empirical Software Engineering: An International Journal 13(2): 211-218. April 2008.

  12. He, L., Carver, J. and Vaughn, R. "Using Inspections to Teach Requirements Validation." CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering. 21(1): 11-15. Jan. 2008.

  13. Carver, J., Shull, F. and Basili, V. "Can Observational Techniques Help Novices Overcome the Software Inspection Learning Curve? An Empirical Investigation." Empirical Software Engineering: An International Journal. 11(4): 523-539, December 2006.

  14. Carver, J., Shull, F. and Rus, I. " Finding and Fixing Problems Early: A Perspective-Based Approach to Requirements and Design Inspections." CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering. 19(12): 25-28, December 2006.

  15. Carver, J., Hochstein, L., Kendall, R., Nakamura, T. Zelkowitz, M., Basili, V. and Post, D. " Observations about Software Development for High End Computing. CTWatch Quarterly. 2(4A): 33-37. November, 2006. (Invited Paper).

  16. Hochstein, L., Nakamura, T., Basili, V., Asgari, S., Zelkowitz, M. Hollingsworth, J., Shull, F., Carver, J., Voelp, M., Zazworka, N., and Johnson, P. " Experiments to Understand HPC Time to Development. CTWatch Quarterly. 2(4A): 24-32. November, 2006. (Invited Paper).

  17. Maldonado, J., Carver, J., Shull, F., Fabbri, S., Doria, E., Martimiano, L., Mendonça, M., and Basili, V. "Perspective-Based Reading: A Replicated Experiment Focused on Individual Reviewer Effectiveness." Empirical Software Engineering: An International Journal. 11(1): 119-142, March 2006.

  18. Shull, F., Mendonça, M., Basili, V., Carver, J., Maldonado, J., Fabbri, S., Travassos, G., and Ferreira, M. "Knowledge-Sharing Issues in Experimental Software Engineering." Empirical Software Engineering: An International Journal. 9(1): 111-137, March 2004.

  19. Carver, J. and Basili, V. "Identifying Implicit Process Variables To Support Future Empirical Work." Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society. 9(2): 77-86. November, 2003.

Editorially Reviewed Journal and Magazine Articles (reverse chronological order)

  1. Carver, J. "Report from the Second International Workshop on Software Engineering for Computational Science and Engineering (SE-CSE 09)." Computing in Science & Engineering. 11(6):14-19. Nov/Dec 2009.

  2. Carver, J. ACM DL Author-ize service "Report from the Second International Workshop on Software Engineering for Computational Science and Engineering (SE-CSE 09)." SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes. 34(5): 48-51, Sept. 2009.


  3. Carver, J. "First International Workshop on Software Engineering for Computational Science and Engineering." Computing in Science & Engineering. 11(2): 8-11. March/April 2009.

  4. Carver, J. ACM DL Author-ize service "Post-Workshop report for the Third International Workshop on Software Engineering for High Performance Computing Applications (SE-HPC07)." SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes. 32(5): 38-43, Sept. 2007.


  5. Carver, J. "The Impact of Background and Experience on Software Inspections." Empirical Software Engineering: An International Journal. 9(3):259-262. (Dissertation Abstract).

Refereed Conferences and Workshops (reverse chronological order)

    2012

  1. Galloway, J., Smight, K. and Carver, J."An Empirical Study of Power Aware Load Balancing in Local Cloud Architectures." To appear in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations. Las Vegas. April 16-18, 2012.

    2011

  2. Chatterji, D., Carver, J., Massengill, B., Oslin, J. and Kraft, N. “Measuring the Efficacy of Code Clone Information in a Bug Localization Task: An Empirical Study.” Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM 2011). Banff, Canada. Sept. 22-23, 2011.
    Author's accepted version.

  3. Kosar, T., Mernik, M. and Carver, J. "The Impact of Tools Supported in Integrated-Development Environments on Program Comprehension." Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces. June 27-30, 2011. Dubrovnik, Croatia.

  4. Carver, J. and Kraft, N. "Evaluating the Testing Ability of Senior-level Computer Science Students." Proceedings of the 24th IEEE-CS Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training. May 22-24, 2011. Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii. p. 169-178.
    Author's accepted version.

    2010

  5. Walia, G. and Carver, J. "Evaluating the Use of Requirement Error Abstraction and Classification Method for Preventing Errors during Artifact Creation: A Feasibility Study." Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering. Nov. 1-4, 2010. San Jose, CA. p. 81-90
    Author's accepted version.

    2009

  6. Robbins, B. and Carver, J. "Cognitive Factors in Perspective-Based Reading: A Protocol Analysis Study." Proceedings of the 2009 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM). October 15-16, 2009. Lake Buena Vista, Florida. p. 145-155.
    Author's accepted version.

  7. He, L. and Carver, J. "Modifiability Measurement from a Task Complexity Perspective: A Feasibility Study." Proceedings of the 2009 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM) - Short Papers Track. October 15-16, 2009. Lake Buena Vista, Florida. p. 430-434.
    Author's accepted version.

  8. Walia, G. and Carver, J. "Evaluating the Effect of the Number of Naturally Occurring Faults on the Estimates Produced by Capture-Recapture Models." Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Software Testing, Verification and Validation. April 1-4, 2009. Denver, USA. p. 210-219.
    Author's accepted version.

    2008

  9. Walia, G. and Carver, J. "The Effect of the Number of Defects on Estimates Produced by Capture-Recapture Models." Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (Student Track). Nov. 11-14, 2008. Seattle, WA. p. 305-306.
    Author's accepted version.

  10. Walia, G., Carver, J. ACM DL Author-ize service "Evaluation of Capture-Recapture Models for Estimating the Abundance of Naturally-Occurring Defects." Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Metrics. Oct. 9-10, 2008. Kaiserslautern, Germany. p. 158-167.

    [© ACM, (2008). This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version is available at http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1414004.1414031]

  11. Walia, G., Carver, J. and Nagappan, N. ACM DL Author-ize service "The Effect of the Number of Inspectors on the Defect Estimates Produced by Capture-Recapture Models." Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Software Engineering. May 10-18, 2008. Leipzig, Germany. p. 331-340.
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  12. Mendonça, M., Maldonado, J., Oliveira, M., Carver, J., Fabbri, S., Shull, F., Travassos, G., Hӧhn, E., and Basili, V. "A Framework for Software Engineering Experimental Replications." Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Engineering Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS 2008). March 31 - April 4, 2008. Belfast, Northern Ireland. p. 203-212.

    2007

  13. Walia, G., Carver, J. and Philip, T. "Requirement Error Abstraction and Classification: A Control Group Replicated Study." Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering. November 5-9, 2007, Trollhättan, Sweden. p. 71-80.

  14. Williams, B. and Carver, J. " Characterizing Software Architecture Changes: An Initial Study." Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement. September 20-21, 2007. Madrid, Spain. p. 410-419.

  15. Lemon, K., Allen, E., Carver, J., and Bradshaw, G. " An Empirical Study of the Effects of Gestalt Principles on Diagram Understandability." Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement. September 20-21, 2007. Madrid, Spain. p. 156-165.

  16. Carver, J., Henderson, L., He, L., Hodges, J., and Reese, D. " Increased Retention of Early Computer Science and Software Engineering Students using Pair Programming." Proceedings of the 2007 Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training. Dublin. July 3-5, 2007. p. 115-122.

  17. Carver, J., Kendall, R., Squires, S. and Post, D. " Software Development Environments for Scientific and Engineering Software: A Series of Case Studies." Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Software Engineering. Minneapolis, USA. May 23-25, 2007. p. 550-559.

  18. Vaughn, R. and Carver, J. "Experiences in n-fold Structured Walkthroughs of Requirements Documents." Canadian Air Force Software Engineering Symposium, Royal Military College of Canada. May 24-25, 2007.

  19. Bogen, A., Dampier, D. and Carver, J. "Support for Computer Forensics Examination Planning with Domain Modeling: A Report of One Experiment Trial." Proceedings of the 40th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences. January 2007. p. 267b.

    2006

  20. Carver, J., Fisher II, M. and Rothermel, G. ACM DL Author-ize service "An Empirical Evaluation of a Testing and Debugging Methodology for Excel." Proceedings of the 2006 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (ISESE). Sept. 21-22. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. p. 278-287.
    [© ACM, (2006). This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version is available at http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1159733.1159775]

  21. He, L. and Carver, J. ACM DL Author-ize service "PBR vs. Checklist: A Replication in the N-Fold Inspection Context." Proceedings of the 2006 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (ISESE). Sept. 21-22. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. p. 95-104.
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  22. Walia, G., Carver, J., and Philip, T. ACM DL Author-ize service "Requirement Error Abstraction and Classification: An Empirical Study." Proceedings of the 2006 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (ISESE). Sept. 21-22. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. p. 336-345.

    [© ACM, (2006). This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version is available at http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1159733.1159784]

  23. Maldonado, J., Fabbri, S., Mendonca, M., Doria, E., Martimiano, L., Carver, J., Shull, F. and Basili, V. "Comparing Code Reading and Testing Criteria: A Replication of Experimental Studies." Proceedings of the 2006 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (Short Papers Track). Sept. 21-22, 2006. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. p.42-44.

  24. Lemon, K., Allen, E., Carver, J., and Bradshaw, G. "Gestalt Principles Applied to Software Engineering Diagrams: A Preliminary Study." Proceedings of the 2006 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (Short Papers Track). Sept. 21-22, 2006. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. p. 48-50.

  25. Carver, J. and Henderson, L. "Viope as a Tool for Teaching Introductory Programming: An Empirical Investigation." Proceedings of 2006 Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T), April 19-21, 2006. p. 9-16.

  26. Williams, B., Carver, J., and Vaughn, R. "Change Risk Assessment: Understanding Risks Involved in Changing Software Requirements." 2006 International Conference on Software Engineering Research & Practice. June 29-29, 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada.

    2005

  27. Carver, J. and Lemon, K. "Architecture Reading Techniques: A Feasibility Study." In Proceedings of the 2005 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (Late Breaking Research Track). Nov. 17-18, 2005. Noosa Heads, Australia. p.17-20.

  28. Shull,F., Carver, J. , Hochstein, L., and Basili, V. "Empirical Study Design in the Area of High Performance Computing (HPC)." In Proceedings of the 2005 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (ISESE). Nov. 17-18, 2005. Noosa Heads, Australia. p. 305-314.

  29. Hochstein, L., Carver, J., Shull, F., Asgari, S., Basili,V., Hollingsworth, J., and Zelkowitz, M. "Parallel Programmer Productivity: A Case Study of Novice Parallel Programmers." In Proceedings of SuperComputing 2005. (Best Paper By A Student Led Author)
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  30. Hochstein, L., Basili, V., Zelkowitz, M., Hollingsworth, J. and Carver, J.. ACM DL Author-ize service "Combining self-reported and automatic data to improve effort measurement." Proceedings of Joint 10th European Software Engineering Conference and 13th ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE 2005). p.356-365.
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    2004

  31. Carver, J., Van Voorhis,J., and Basili, V. " Understanding the Impact of Assumptions on Experimental Validity." Proceedings of the 2004 ACM-IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (ISESE 2004). August 2004. p. 251-160.

    2003

  32. Carver, J. and Basili, V. "Identifying Implicit Process Variables To Support Future Empirical Work." Proceedings of the 17th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES 2003). October 2003. p. 5-18. (Best Paper Award).

  33. Carver, J., Shull, F., and Basili, V. "Observational Studies to Accelerate Process Experience in Classroom Studies: An Evaluation." Proceedings of 2003 ACM-IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (ISESE 2003). September, 2003. p.72-79.

  34. Carver, J., Jaccheri, L., Morasca, S., and Shull, F. "Issues Using Students in Empirical Studies in Software Engineering Education." Proceedings of 2003 International Symposium on Software Metrics (METRICS 2003). September, 2003. p. 239-249.

    2002

  35. Shull, F., Basili, V., Carver, J., Maldonado, J.C., Travassos, G.H., Mendonca, M., and Fabbri, S. "Replicating Software Engineering Experiments: Addressing the Tacit Knowledge Problem." In Proceedings of the 2002 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering, pp. 7-16. Nara, Japan, October 3-4 2002. (Best Paper Award)

    2001

  36. Shull, F., Carver, J. and Travassos, G. ACM DL Author-ize service "An Empirical Methodology for Introducing Software Processes." Proceedings of the Joint 8th European Software Engineering Conference (ESEC) and 9th ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE-9), Vienna, Austria, Sept. 10-14,2001. p. 288-296.

    1999

  37. Travassos, G., Shull, F., and Carver, J. "Reading Techniques for OO Design Inspections" In Proc of the Twenty-fourth Annual Software Engineering Workshop, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, December 1999.


Book Chapters

  1. Jankun-Kelly, T., Franck, J., Wilson, D., Carver, J., Dampier, D. and Swan II, J. "Show Me How You See: Lessons From Studying Computer Forensics Experts for Visualization." Lecture Notes In Computer Science. Vol. 5210. Springer-Berlin. 2008. p. 80-86


  2. Carver, J. "The Use of Grounded Theory in Empirical Software Engineering.

    3. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 4336. Springer-Verlag. 2007. p. 42.

  3. Carver, J., Jaccheri, L., Morasca, S., and Shull, F. "Using Empirical Studies during Software Courses." Lecture Notes on Computer Science, Eds. Reidar Conradi and Alf Inge Wang. Springer-Verlag Heidelberg, 2003.

  4. Shull, F., Carver, J., Travassos, G., Maldonado, J., Conradi, R., and Basili, V. "Replicated Studies: Building a Body of Knowledge about Software Reading Techniques." Lecture Notes on Empirical Software Engineering, Eds. Natalie Juristo and Ana Moreno. World Scientific, 2003.

  5. Travassos, G., Shull, F., and Carver, J. "Working with UML: A Software Design Process Based on Inspections for the Unified Modeling Language." Advances in Computers Book Series, vol. 54, p. 35-97. Academic Press, 2001.


Lightly Refereed Workshop and Other Publications

  1. Carver, J., Bartlett, R., Gorton I., Hochstein, L., Kelly, D., and Segal, J. ACM DL Author-ize service "Fourth International Workshop on Software Engineering for Computational Science and Engineering (SE-CSE2011)." Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Software Engineering. May 28, 2011. p. 1226-1227.

  2. Carver, J., Chatterji, D. and Kraft, N. ACM DL Author-ize service "On the Need for Human-based Empirical Validation of Techniques and Tools for Code Clone Analysis." Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Software Clones (held during ICSE'11). May 23, 2011, Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii. p. 61-62.

  3. Heaton, D., Carver, J. and Anderson, M. ACM DL Author-ize service "Enabling Citizen Roboticists." Proceedings of the 49th Annual ACM Southeast Regional Confernece (ACM-SE'11). 2011.


  4. Chatterji, D., Massengill, B., Oslin, J., Carver, J. and Kraft, N. "Measuring the Efficacy of Code Clone Information: An Empirical Study." Proceedings of the Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools (PLATEAU) Workshop 2010 [Held during SPLASH 2010]. October 18, 2010. Reno, Nevada.

  5. Carver, J. "Third International Workshop on Software Engineering for Computational Science." Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computational Science. May 32, 2010. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. p.1479-1480.

  6. Carver, J., "Towards Reporting Guidelines for Experimental Replications: A Proposal." Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Replication in Empirical Software Engineering Research (RESER) [Held during ICSE 2010]. May 4, 2010. Cape Town, South Africa.

  7. Jankun-Kelly, T., Wilson, D., Stamps, A., Franck, J., Carver, J. and Swan II, J. A Visual Analytic Framework for Exploring Relationships in Textual Contents of Digital Forensics Evidence. Proceedings of the 2009 Workshop on Visualization for Cyber Security. October 11, 2009. Atlantic City, NJ. p. 39-40.

  8. Halverson, C. and Carver, J. " Climbing the Plateau: Getting from Study Design to Data that Means Something." Proceedings of Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools (PLATEAU) 2009 [Held during OOPSLA 2009]. October 29, 2009. Orlando, Florida.

  9. Carver, J., Hochstein, L. and Oslin, J. "Identifying programmer ability using peer evaluation: An exploratory study." Proceedings of The First Workshop on Human Aspects of Software Engineering (HAoSE) 2009 [Held during OOPSLA 2009]. October 25, 2009. Orlando, Florida.

  10. Carver, J. "SE-CSE 2009: The Second International Workshop on Software Engineering for Computational Science and Engineering." Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Software Engineering (Companion Volume). p. 484-485. May 2009. Vancouver, Canada.

  11. Jankun-Kelly, T., Franck, J., Wilson, D., Carver, J., Dampier, D. and Swan II, J. "Show Me How You See: Designing Studies to Learn How Computer Forensics Experts May Benefit from Visualization." Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Visualization for Cyber Security (VizSEC08). Sept. 15, 2008. Cambridge, MA. p. 80-86.
    The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com or http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85933-8

  12. Carver, J. ACM DL Author-ize service "SE-CSE 2008: The First International Workshop on Software Engineering for Computational Science and Engineering." Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Software Engineering. May 13, 2008. Leipzig, Germany. p. 1071.
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  13. Carver, J. "Third International Workshop on Software Engineering for High Performance Computing (HPC) Applications." Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Software Engineering - Companion Volume. Minneapolis, USA. May 25, 2007. p. 147.

  14. Vaughn, R., and Carver, J. "The Importance of Experience with Industry in Software Engineering Education." Workshop on Best Practices in Software Engineering: The Role of Industry in Software Engineering Education and Training. Held at the 19th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training. April 2006. Turtle Bay, Hawaii.


  15. Asgari, S., Hochstein, L., Basili, V., Zelkowitz, M., Hollingsworth, J., Carver, J. and Shull, F. ACM DL Author-ize service "Generating Testable Hypotheses from Tacit Knowledge for High Productivity Computing." Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Software Engineering and High Performance Computing Systems Applications (held at ICSE 2005).

  16. Garcia, R., Carver, J. , Maldonado, J., Oliveira, M. "In-Virtuo Experimental Studies: An Approach Based on Genetic Algorithms." Empirical Software Engineering Latin American Workshop (ESELAW 2005). (Held at the Brazilian Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering).


  17. Carver, J., Asgari, S., Basili, V., Hochstein, L., Hollingsworth, J., Shull, F., and Zelkowitz, M. "High Productivity Computing Systems (HPCS): Empirical Studies on Development Time." Poster. In Proceedings: Volume II: Poster and Fast Abstract Sessions of the 2004 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering.  Redondo Beach, CA. August 2004.

  18. Carver, J., Asgari, S., Basili, V., Hochstein, L., Hollingsworth, J., Shull, F., and Zelkowitz, M. "Studying Code Development for High Performance Computing: The HPCS Program." In Proceedings of the Workshop on Software Engineering and High Performance Computing Applications (held at ICSE 2004). Edinburgh, Scotland.

  19. Asgari, S., Basili, V., Carver, J., Hochstein, L., Hollingsworth, J., Shull, F., and Zelkowitz, M. "Challenges in Measuring HPCS Learner Productivity in an Age of Ubiquitous Computing." In Proceedings of the Workshop on Software Engineering and High Performance Computing Applications (held at ICSE 2004). Edinburgh, Scotland.



  20. Travassos, G., Shull, F., and Carver, J. "A Family of Reading Techniques for OO Design Inspections." In Proceedings of WQS'2000 - Workshop Qualidade de Software, at the XIV Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering. Joao Pessoa: Brazilian Computer Society, 2000. v.1. p.225-237.

  21. Travassos, G., Shull, F., and Carver, J.. "Evolving a Process for Inspecting OO Designs." In Proc. of the Workshop on Software Quality, XIII Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering Florianopolis, Curitiba, Brazil, October 1999. Florianópolis, Curitiba, Brazil, October 1999.


Technical Reports

  1. Carver, J., Hochstein, L. and Oslin, J. "Programming Ability: Do we know it when we see it?" Technical Report SERG-2011-06, Department of Computer Science, University of Alabama, 2011.

  2. Carver, J., Bartlett, R., Heaton, D. and Hochstein, L. "Self-Perceptions about Software Engineering: A Survey of Scientists and Engineers." Technical Report SERG-2011-04, Department of Computer Science, University of Alabama. 2011.

  3. Bosu, A., Carver, J., Guadagno, R., Blassett, B., McCallum, D. and Hochstein, L., "Peer Impressions in Open Source Organziations: A Survey." Technical Report SERG-2011-03, Department of Computer Science, University of Alabama. 2011.

  4. Williams, B. and Carver, J. "Characterizing Software Architecture Changes: A Systematic Review." Technical Report MSU-081216, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, December 16, 2008.

  5. Walia, G. and Carver, J.. "Development of a Requirement Error Taxonomy as a Quality Improvement Approach: A Systematic Literature Review." Technical Report MSU-070404, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, April 4, 2007.

  6. Kendall, R., Post, D., Carver, J., Henderson, D. and Fisher, D. "A Proposed Taxonomy for Software Development Risks for High-Performance Computing (HPC) Scientific/Engineering Applications. Technical Note CMU/SEI-2006-TN-039. Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Melon University. January, 2007.

  7. Williams, B. and Carver, J.. "Characterizing Changes to Assess Architectural Impact." Techical Report MSU-070115, Department of Comptuer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, January 15, 2007.

  8. Kendall, R., Post, D., Carver, J., and Squires, S. "Case Study of the Eagle Code Project." Los Alamos Technical Report, LA-UR-06-1092. 2006.

  9. Carver, J., Jaccheri, L., Morasca, S., and Shull, F. " Issues in Empirical Studies with Students." Technical Report MSU-060714, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, July 14, 2006.

  10. Kendall, R., Carver, J., Mark, A., Post, D., Squires, S., and Shaffer, D. "Case Study of the Hawk Code Project." Los Alamos Technical Report, LA-UR-05-9011. 2005.

  11. Carver, J. "Architecture Reading Techniques." Mississippi State University Department of Computer Science and Engineering Technical Report MSU-050525. May 25, 2005.

  12. Basili, V., Asgari, S., Carver, J., Hochstein, L., Hollingsworth, J., Shull, F., Zelkowitz, M. "A Pilot Study to Evaluate Development Effort for High Performance Computing." University of Maryland Technical Report CS-TR-4588. April 2004.

  13. Fabbri, S., Maldonado, J.D., Hohn, E.N., Martimiano, L.A.F., Mendonca, M., Shull, F., Carver, J., and Basili, V.R. "Data Analysis of the First Two PBR Replications in Readers Project." Technical Report TR-225, ICMC-USP, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil.

  14. Carver, J., Van Voorhis, J., and Basili, "Investigating the Interaction Between Process Specificity and Software Development Experience." University of Maryland Technical Report CS-TR-4532. October 2003.

  15. Carver, J., Shull, F., and Basili, V. "Investigating the Effects of Process Experience on Inspection Effectiveness." University of Maryland Technical Report CS-TR-4442. March 2003.

  16. Travassos, G., Shull, F., Carver, J., and Basili, V.. "Reading Techniques for OO Design Inspections." University of Maryland Technical Report CS-TR-4353. April 2002. (Also available as Technical Report ES-575/02 of the Systems Engineering and Computer Science Program, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.)

  17. Conradi, J., Basili, V., Carver, J., Shull, F., and Travassos, G. "A Pragmatic Document Standard for an Experience Library: Roles, Documents, Contents and Structure." University of Maryland Technical Report CS-TR-4235. April 2001. (Also available as ISERN Technical Report ISERN-01-03)

  18. Shull, F., Travassos, G., Carver, J., and Basili, V. "Evolving a Set of Techniques for OO Inspections." University of Maryland Technical Report CS-TR-4070. October 1999.

Dissertation:  Jeff Carver. The Impact of Background and Experience on Software Inspections. April, 2003.
(Also available as University of Maryland Department of Computer Science Technical Report CS-TR-4476)

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