Massimiliano Di Penta
4 papers in the PaperMetrix corpus
Papers by this author
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Characterizing Leveraged Stack Overflow Posts
2019
Stack Overflow is the most popular question and answer website on computer programming with more than 2.5M users, 16M questions, and a new answer posted, on average, every five seconds. This wide availability of data …
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On the relationship between refactoring actions and bugs: a differentiated replication
2020
Software refactoring aims at improving code quality while preserving the system's external behavior. Although in principle refactoring is a behavior-preserving activity, a study presented by Bavota etal in 2012 reported the proneness of some refactoring …
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Is this Snippet Written by ChatGPT? An Empirical Study with a CodeBERT-Based Classifier
2023 · arXiv (Cornell University)
Since its launch in November 2022, ChatGPT has gained popularity among users, especially programmers who use it as a tool to solve development problems. However, while offering a practical solution to programming problems, ChatGPT should …
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Do LLMs Provide Links to Code Similar to what they Generate? A Study with Gemini and Bing CoPilot
2025 · arXiv (Cornell University)
Large Language Models (LLMs) are currently used for various software development tasks, including generating code snippets to solve specific problems. Unlike reuse from the Web, LLMs are limited in providing provenance information about the generated …