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James Herbsleb

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Carnegie Mellon University

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School of Computer Science

Software and Societal Systems

James Herbsleb is currently serving as a School Of Computer Science Professor at Carnegie Mellon University.

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software engineering computer science communication design project management systems engineering software maintenance software analysis information technology human-computer interaction cooperation information management empirical software engineering research global software development knowledge management software development practice organizational communication social computing programming languages software development social media documentation software ecosystems information security software architecture software evolution machine learning digital mediums case studies community engagement collaborative computing human-machine interaction web-based collaboration open collaboration socio-technical congruence knowledge discovery software management coordination model empirical study inter-firm coordination program comprehension cyber conflict source code analysis software quality semantic web software repositories open-source projects scientific software production dialogue management research evaluation dependency analysis event management agent-based models global software engineering work dependencies corporate hackathons collaborative software development time-bounded events coordination chemistry distributed coordination socio-technical coordination team performance open source short-term efforts edit wars social coding geopolitics wireless communications societal influence organization science source separation ai integration knowledge integration resource integration coordination complex spatial theory program quality information science management information systems enterprise information management business excellence philosophy of economics system software business information systems software design business intelligence business science economic systems mathematical economics economic theory informatics business studies information system planning economic policy strategic management managerial aspect graphic interface strategy software practice economic literature microeconomics

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Drinking From a Firehose While Herding Cats: A Search for Accountability in the Rust Open Source Community. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (2025)

communicationinteraction designcomputational social scienceinteraction managementworld wide webdigital mediumscomputer-supported cooperative workconversation analysishuman information interactioninformation scienceintelligent user interfacesinformation managementsocial computinguser experienceweb-based collaborationinformation technologytechnologycomputer ethicshuman-centered computinghuman-computer interactionjournalismonline information

In-Person, Online and Back Again - a Tale of Three Hybrid Hackathons. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (2025)

graphic interfacecommunicationinteraction designworld wide webdigital mediumsinformaticscomputer-supported cooperative workinteraction paradigmconversation analysisinteraction techniquesintelligent user interfacessocial computinguser interfacesuser experiencehuman-machine interactiondesigninformation technologyinteractive computingtechnologyhuman-centered computinghuman-computer interactiondigital scholarship

RETROSPECTIVE: An Empirical Study of Speed and Communication in Globally Distributed Software Development. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (2025)

engineering managementproject managementmanagement engineeringcommunicationdistributed developmentquality engineeringcomputer engineeringglobal software developmentcomputer-supported cooperative workempirical software engineering researchsoftware development practicesoftware maintenanceinformation scienceoperating systemssoftware evolutionmanagement information systemsinformation developmentinformation technologysoftware engineeringtechnologysoftware designsystem software

RETROSPECTIVE: An Empirical Study of Speed and Communication in Globally Distributed Software Development. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (2025)

computer scienceglobal software developmentscalabilityempirical studyempirical software engineering researchproject managementsoftware analysisdistributed systemssoftware development practicecommunicationdistributed developmentsoftware engineering

Novelty Begets Long-Term Popularity, but Curbs Participation. PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE/ACM 46TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, ICSE 2024 (2024)

niche marketscurbs participationcultural changepopular culturestrategic niche managementsocial sciencessocial innovationsocial influencepublic opinionsocial change

Novelty Begets Popularity, but Curbs Participation - a Macroscopic View of the Python Open-Source Ecosystem. (2024)

Hongbo FangJames HerbslebBogdan Vasilescu

software ecosystemscurbs participationstartup ecosystemnovelty begets popularitycommunicationinformation scienceeconomicsmacroscopic viewpython open-source ecosystemdigital ecosystems

Power and Play: Investigating"License to Critique" in Teams' AI Ethics Discussions. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (2024)

David Gray WidderLaura DabbishJames D. HerbslebNikolas Martelaro

artificial intelligenceethicsbehavioral sciences

The Strength of Weak Ties Between Open-Source Developers. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

Fang, HongboPark, PatrickEvans, JamesHerbsleb, JamesVasilescu, Bogdan

open-source softwareweak tiesopen source innovation

It's About Power: What Ethical Concerns Do Software Engineers Have, and What Do They (Feel They Can) Do About Them?. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 6TH ACM CONFERENCE ON FAIRNESS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TRANSPARENCY, FACCT 2023 (2023)

lawresponsible technologyfairnesstechnology lawmanagementcorporate social responsibilitybusiness ethicspublic integrityresearch ethicsglobal responsibilityethical analysisacademic ethicsoftware engineeringengineering ethicsdigital ethicstechnologyethicsresearch policycomputer ethicssocial responsibilitysoftware designinformation ethics

It’s About Power: What Ethical Concerns Do Software Engineers Have, and What Do They (Feel They Can) Do About Them?. (2023)

David Gray WidderDerrick ZhenLaura DabbishJames Herbsleb

ethical concernssoftware engineeringethicsbehavioral sciences

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James Herbsleb

Professor

Carnegie Mellon University

Affiliations

School of Computer Science

Software and Societal Systems

James Herbsleb is currently serving as a School Of Computer Science Professor at Carnegie Mellon University.

Honors

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Carnegie Mellon University

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Notable Scholarly Works

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Drinking From a Firehose While Herding Cats: A Search for Accountability in the Rust Open Source Community. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (2025)

In-Person, Online and Back Again - a Tale of Three Hybrid Hackathons. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (2025)

RETROSPECTIVE: An Empirical Study of Speed and Communication in Globally Distributed Software Development. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (2025)

RETROSPECTIVE: An Empirical Study of Speed and Communication in Globally Distributed Software Development. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (2025)

Novelty Begets Long-Term Popularity, but Curbs Participation. PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE/ACM 46TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, ICSE 2024 (2024)

niche marketscurbs participationcultural changepopular culturestrategic niche managementsocial sciencessocial innovationsocial influencepublic opinionsocial change

Novelty Begets Popularity, but Curbs Participation - a Macroscopic View of the Python Open-Source Ecosystem. (2024)

Hongbo FangJames HerbslebBogdan Vasilescu

software ecosystemscurbs participationstartup ecosystemnovelty begets popularitycommunicationinformation scienceeconomicsmacroscopic viewpython open-source ecosystemdigital ecosystems

Power and Play: Investigating"License to Critique" in Teams' AI Ethics Discussions. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (2024)

David Gray WidderLaura DabbishJames D. HerbslebNikolas Martelaro

artificial intelligenceethicsbehavioral sciences

The Strength of Weak Ties Between Open-Source Developers. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

Fang, HongboPark, PatrickEvans, JamesHerbsleb, JamesVasilescu, Bogdan

open-source softwareweak tiesopen source innovation

It’s About Power: What Ethical Concerns Do Software Engineers Have, and What Do They (Feel They Can) Do About Them?. (2023)

David Gray WidderDerrick ZhenLaura DabbishJames Herbsleb

ethical concernssoftware engineeringethicsbehavioral sciences

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