In 2006, Geoffrey Hinton proposed the concept of training “Deep Neural Networks (DNNs)”
and an improved model training method to break the bottleneck of neural network …

This paper provides a starting point for Software Engineering (SE) researchers and
practitioners faced with the problem of training machine learning models on small datasets …

Abstract Mining Software Repositories (MSR) has become an essential activity in software
development. Mining architectural information (eg, architectural models) to support …

In software engineering, deep learning models are increasingly deployed for critical tasks
such as bug detection and code review. However, overfitting remains a challenge that …

The logic behind design decisions, called design rationale, is very valuable. In the past,
researchers have tried to automatically extract and exploit this information, but prior …

Developer discussions range from in-person hallway chats to comment chains on bug
reports. Being able to identify discussions that touch on software design would be helpful in …

Abstract Self-Admitted Technical Debt (SATD) is a workaround for current gains and
subsequent software quality in software comments. Some studies have been conducted …

Stack Overflow is a rich source of questions and answers—discussions—about software
development. One topic of discussion is software design, such as the correct use of design …

When contributing to a software system, developers need to understand the rationale for
previous design decisions so that they can adhere to the system's design. Not doing so can …

Modern Code Review (MCR) is an increasingly popular lightweight activity for improving
software quality. As part of MCR, developers participate in a number of discussions which …