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Jeff Offutt @JeffOffutt

Learner. Teacher. Thinker. Inventor of ways to make better software. Views are my own.

Joined October 2010
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Jeff Offutt retweeted
INSPIRED Lab @ GMU@INSPIREDLabGMU
8 Aug 2024
🚨Practical SE research alert!🚨 Do you use ChatGPT to help complete software development tasks, like fixing bugs? We want to understand why! Help us by completing this 10–15 minute survey: go.gmu.edu/ChatGPTUse   IRBNet #: 2215589-1  #ChatGPT #SoftwareDevelopment
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My first programming teacher gave me my first, and maybe the best, programming advice. “Programmers learn the most by making mistakes. And at the rate you’re going, Jeff, you’re on track to becoming a great programmer.”
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ICST Conference@ICSTconf
2 Jul 2024
Are you doing a PhD in software testing, verification, and validation and looking for feedback or networking opportunities? Consider joining the ICST'25 Doctoral Symposium! 🧑‍🎓💭 🪑 Chaired by @tsigalko18 and @tanja_vos 👀 Info: conf.researchr.org/track/ics… #ICST25 @icstconference
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Jeff Offutt retweeted
SoSyM Journal@sosym_journal
30 Jul 2024
It's time for something new💡! We are happy to announce a new submission category at #SoSyM: Tool Papers 🛠️ Articles can address any aspect of innovative software tools and systems. Find more details here: sosym.org/tool_paper/ We're looking forward to your #tool articles!
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I’m not sure which is worse: To believe something without evidence or to not believe something despite the evidence.
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After teaching college for for 35 years, watching AI develop for 40 years, and seeing the reactions to ChatGPT, my take is simple: If your test questions can be answered by a robot, you need to ask more interesting questions.
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CNSE at UAlbany@CNSE
25 Jun 2024
Congratulations to Abram Magner from the College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering on receiving a Career Award grant from @NSF for his project, "CAREER: Theoretical Foundations for Learning Network Dynamics." 📚🔍 Link in bio @nsfgov @ualbany #ResearchExcellence
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Jeff Offutt retweeted
Bookism@1Bookism
10 Jun 2024
Why cognitive overload happens?
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Computer scientists: We built a digital fool who is constantly wrong and makes things up. Marketing: Great! Let’s put it into all our products! Software engineers: We call that beta testing.
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Young people want to be rich. Rich people want to be young.
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We can always do more. But can you do it better?
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If it seems hard, that might be a sign it’s worth doing.
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Releasing student’s pride at the end of the year
CNSE at UAlbany@CNSE
6 May 2024
🎉🌟 What a SHOWCASE! 🌟🎉 We're thrilled to announce that the 2024 UAlbany showcase was a massive success! 👏 From the incredible research to the enthusiastic presentations, it was an unforgettable experience.✨ #SuccessStory #ualbanyengineering @ualbany #Ualbanyshowcase
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So much fun!
Havidán Rodríguez@HavidanUAlbany
4 May 2024
One of my favorite @UAlbany traditions is Food for Finals: Late Night BBQ during which the leadership team, faculty & staff served up a late-night meal to our students. We provided nourishment to several thousand students studying for finals. Thanks to all who made this happen!
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A old saying: “if you want something done, ask a busy person.” People forget the rest of that sentence: “… until they break.”
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AI will do the laundry, dishes, and shopping, but will never do art, writing, or creative problem solving.
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A major hack was averted almost by accident. If you don't know, pretty much every programmer and software engineer in the world uses SSH. nytimes.com/2024/04/03/techn… #softwarematters

Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack? (Gift Article)

A Microsoft engineer noticed something was off on a piece of software he worked on. He soon discovered someone was probably trying to gain access to computers all over the world.

nytimes.com
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Fixed mindset: People who know nothing think they know a lot. Growth mindset: People who know a lot think they know nothing.
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In research, poor writing creates impact debt
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February 29 should be a time-freeze holiday. Nothing happens. No work, no deadlines, no stress. If the 28th is Wednesday, March 1 should be Thursday, and Feb 29 is not even a week day. A once every 4 years treat we give ourselves. A day of random acts of kindness.
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