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Dhanushka Jayasuriya, PhD Software Engineering, University of Auckland, 2025
Thesis: Breaking Changes and their Effect on Client Projects [Full Text]
Judith Perera, PhD Computer Science, University of Auckland, 2025
Thesis: Modelling the Quantification of Technical Debt: A Theoretical Foundation for Quantifying Code, Design, Architecture, and Requirements Technical Debt [Full Text]
Hechen (Sunny) Wang, PhD Software Engineering, University of Auckland, 2024
Thesis: Understanding User Feedback from Software Product Forums for Product Improvement Insight Classification [Full Text]
Xiaoqi Chai, Master of Engineering (Software), University of Auckland, 2024
Thesis: Accessibility Rank: A Machine Learning Approach for Prioritizing User Reviews Based on Accessibility Need [Full Text]
Haris Mumtaz, PhD Software Engineering, University of Auckland, 2023
Thesis: Social and Technical Quality Analysis in Software Projects [Full Text]
Peter Devine, PhD Software Engineering, University of Auckland, 2023
Thesis: Improved Techniques for Identifying Software Product Development Insights [Full Text]
Sanuri Dananja Gunawardena, PhD Computer Science, University of Auckland, 2023
Thesis: Exploring the Potential of Non-programmer Contributions in Code Review [Full Text]
Run Qin, Master of Engineering (Software), University of Auckland, 2023
Thesis: Bert-based Feature Extraction Approach for Software Forum Posts [Full Text]
James Tizard, PhD Software Engineering, University of Auckland, 2022
Thesis: Voice of the users: Mining software requirements from online user feedback [Full Text]
Chinmay Deshmukh, Master of Engineering (Software), University of Auckland, 2022
Thesis: AuMi-Tests: Automated Generation of a Regression Test Suite for Libraries by Mining Tests from Open Source Client Projects [Full Text]
Zainab Masood, PhD Software Engineering, University of Auckland, 2021
Thesis: Theory of Practicing and Making Self-Assignment Work [Full Text]
Madhurjya Choudhury, PhD Mechanical Engineering, University of Auckland, 2021
Thesis: Strategies for Removing Non-stationary Effects in Machine Diagnostics using Model-driven and Artificial Intelligence Techniques [Full Text]
Eddie Chiang, Master of Engineering (Software), University of Auckland, 2021
Thesis: Program Comprehension Challenges Detection for Pull Requests with Machine Learning [Full Text]
Hechen (Sunny) Wang, Master of Engineering (Software), University of Auckland, 2019
Thesis: Classification of Software Forum Data with Machine Learning [Full Text]
Ali Dehghan, Master of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Canada, 2017
Thesis: Predicting Likelihood of Requirement Implementation within the Planned Iteration - An Empirical Study at IBM [Full Text]
Amar Kashari, Master of Computer and Information Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, 2017
Thesis: Agile Teams Roles and Responsibilities [Full Text]
Mashael Aljohani, Master of Information Security and Digital Forensics, Auckland University of Technology, 2016
Thesis: Personal Information Disclosure and Privacy in Social Networking Sites [Full Text]
Francis Harison, Master of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Canada, 2015
Thesis: A Method for Identifying Software Ecosystems of Technically Dependent Projects [Full Text]