Nischal Shrestha
Transfer Issues in Software Engineering
Hi, I'm Nischal. I'm interested in applying HCI research to build new techniques and tools to help software engineers become more productive. Specifically, I do research in learning transfer for programming languages, investigating new techniques and tools that can help programmers learn second and subsequent languages effectively and efficiently. I work in the alt-code lab at NC State University and I am advised by Dr. Chris Parnin.
Conference papers
Instrument Designs for Validating Cross-Language Behavioral Differences
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages & Human-Centric Computing, 2019 (To Appear)
We designed three instruments that can help identify and validate meaningful behavior differences between two languages to pinpoint potential misconceptions.
Exploring Tools and Strategies Used During Regular Expression Composition Tasks [pdf]
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Program Comprehension, 2019
We conduct an exploratory case study to reveal the tools and strategies developers use during regular expression composition.
It's Like Python But: Towards Supporting Transfer of Programming Language Knowledge [pdf]
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages & Human-Centric Computing, 2018
We explore a tool to support learning new programming languages, given experience in one or more languages.
Doctorate consortium papers
Towards Supporting Knowledge Transfer of Programming Language Knowledge [pdf]
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages & Human-Centric Computing, 2018
I outline the current research on learning transfer for programming languages and provide first steps for better transfer support.
Teaching
CSC 116: Introduction to Computing - Java (Summer 2019)
An introductory course in computer science.