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Dylan Liu

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arXiv2023

How Far Are We? The Triumphs and Trials of Generative AI in Learning Software Engineering

Conversational Generative AI (convo-genAI) is revolutionizing Software Engineering (SE) as engineers and academics embrace this technology in their work. However, there is a gap in understanding the current potential and pitfalls of this technology, specifically in supporting students in SE tasks. In this work, we evaluate through a between-subjects study (N=22) the effectiveness of ChatGPT, a convo-genAI platform, in assisting students in SE tasks. Our study did not find statistical differences in participants' productivity or self-efficacy when using ChatGPT as compared to traditional resources, but we found significantly increased frustration levels. Our study also revealed 5 distinct faults arising from violations of Human-AI interaction guidelines, which led to 7 different (negative) consequences on participants.

cs.SE↗

arXiv2018

On Characteristics of Hyperfields Obtained as Quotients of Finite Fields

Hyperstructures are a natural extension of regular algebraic structures in which one of the operations, known as the hyperoperation, is multivalued; a hyperfield is such an extension on a field. M. Krasner (1962) proved that the quotient $\mathbb{F}_p/G$, where $G$ is a subgroup of units in $\mathbb{F}_p$ is a hyperfield. The characteristic of a field may be explicitly determined from the order of the field, but there are no existing generalizations for determining the characteristic of a hyperfield of the form $\mathbb{F}_p/G$. We show that for odd primes $p$, there exists an explicit form for the characteristic of the hyperfield $\mathbb{F}_p/G$ and $|G|=1,2,3,4$. Finally, we prove a general form of the characteristic for hyperfields where $|G|$ is prime.

math.RA↗