The emerging role of data scientists on software development teams

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn 14-22-May-2016, Issue , 2016, Pages 96-107

  Kim, Miryung ^a   Zimmermann, Thomas ^b   DeLine, Robert ^b   Begel, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

DATA ANALYTICS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SCIENCE ACTIVITIES; SOFTWARE COMPANY; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS; WORKING STYLES;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84971418613     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2884781.2884783     Document Type: Conference Paper

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