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Ann Barcomb, PhD
PhD in Computer Science/Information Systems, Software Engineering specialization, University of Limerick, IrelandMSc in International Business, Information Systems specialization, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Areas of Research
Software engineering, open source software, human and social aspects of software engineering, human factors, research methods, collaboration, community management
Dr. Barcomb's research goals are to improve interpretation and understanding of textual data, and to make software development better for participants. They want to facilitate the exchange of knowledge between practitioners and researchers, and to understand and generalize processes and practices in the following areas: Research Area I: Improving Textual Data Analysis, Research Area II: Participation in Software Development, and Research Area III: Software Developer Attributes.
Dr. Barcomb's research goals are to improve interpretation and understanding of textual data, and to make software development better for participants. They want to facilitate the exchange of knowledge between practitioners and researchers, and to understand and generalize processes and practices in the following areas: Research Area I: Improving Textual Data Analysis, Research Area II: Participation in Software Development, and Research Area III: Software Developer Attributes.
Supervising degrees
Electrical and Computer Engineering - Masters: Accepting Inquiries
Electrical and Computer Engineering - Doctoral: Accepting Inquiries
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