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Atif Namazov

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arXiv2025

How Software Engineers Engage with AI: A Pragmatic Workflow

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools such as GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT are increasingly used in software engineering (SE) for tasks such as code, test, and documentation generation. However, engineers often face uncertainty about when to trust, refine, or discard AI-generated artifacts. We present a pragmatic workflow, complemented by a four-quadrant decision model, that formalizes how developers iteratively prompt, inspect, refine, and, when needed, fall back to manual work. The workflow and decision model were derived from a grey literature review and field observations across three industrial settings in T\"urkiye and Azerbaijan. Two real-world scenarios demonstrate the workflow's practical value, showing how engineers navigate key decision points when using AI. Our approach offers lightweight, structured guidance to support more deliberate and quality-aware use of AI tools in everyday SE tasks.

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arXiv2025

MBTModelGenerator: Automated Reverse Engineering of Test Models from Clickstream Data for Model-Based Testing of Web Applications

Context: Model-Based Testing (MBT) was first introduced in 1970's, and has the potential to improve efficiency and effectiveness of testing. However, its adoption-especially for web applications-has been hindered by the effort required to manually design MBT models, and keep them updated. Objective: Based on the above challenge in a real industrial context, this study introduces an automated approach to reduce that effort by reverse engineering MBT models from clickstream data captured during users' interaction with web applications. Method: We have developed and present in this paper an open-source tool, named MBTModelGenerator, which logs user interactions via a lightweight JavaScript module in the front-end, and transmits them to a REST API backend. These interactions are then transformed into directly executable MBT models in the input format of an open-source MBT tool named GraphWalker. Results: The tool was evaluated on two representative open-source web applications, Spring PetClinic and a Task Manager web app, and is under evaluation in several large-scale industrial testing projects. The generated MBT models accurately reflected user navigation flows and could be executed in the GraphWalker MBT tool without any manual changes. Using the tool has significantly reduced the effort of MBT model design by more than 90%, while still allowing test engineers to inspect and refine the generated models for completeness. Conclusion: Our approach facilitates lightweight adoption of MBT by automating model generation, which is the most effort intensive phase of MBT. To ensure correctness and completeness, the generated models should still be reviewed by test engineers -- but that effort remains substantially lower than designing MBT models from scratch. The tool is in active industrial use and available as open-source for reuse and further development.

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arXiv2025

Encouraging Students' Responsible Use of GenAI in Software Engineering Education: A Causal Model and Two Institutional Applications

Context: As generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot become pervasive in education, concerns are rising about students using them to complete rather than learn from coursework-risking overreliance, reduced critical thinking, and long-term skill deficits. Objective: This paper proposes and empirically applies a causal model to help educators scaffold responsible GenAI use in Software Engineering (SE) education. The model identifies how professor actions, student factors, and GenAI tool characteristics influence students' usage of GenAI tools. Method: Using a design-based research approach, we applied the model in two contexts: (1) revising four extensive lab assignments of a final-year Software Testing course at Queen's University Belfast (QUB), and (2) embedding GenAI-related competencies into the curriculum of a newly developed SE BSc program at Azerbaijan Technical University (AzTU). Interventions included GenAI usage declarations, output validation tasks, peer-review of AI artifacts, and career-relevant messaging. Results: TBD Conclusions: TBD

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