Using Generative Artificial Intelligence Within Software Engineering
A special issue of Information (ISSN 2078-2489). This special issue belongs to the section "Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 180
Special Issue Editors
Interests: software agents; agent-based systems; software engineering; human-computer interactions; information technology in education; internet; medical devices and diagnostics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Generative artificial intelligence (Gen-AI) has been applied to all stages of the software development lifecycle, from planning through to maintenance. Despite many claims that the use of Gen-AI constitutes a revolution to software engineering, it is hard to determine how effective artificial intelligence systems are in practice. Many of the claims, for example, relate to small problems that people can easily program themselves.
Furthermore, it is hard to determine the best ways to use new Gen-AI systems. While many dream of fully autonomous software development, human development is needed to avoid mistakes. People are needed to both point out mistakes and tweak the prompts to achieve a more accurate result.
This Special Issue calls for methods and case studies on the use of generative artificial intelligence in all phases of software engineering. The scope of this Special Issue is broad, encompassing software requirements, software design, coding, software testing, and software maintenance. All aspects of software engineering are of interest to this Special Issue. Also in scope are studies that use Gen-AI to analyze patterns of user behavior and suggest design improvements. Other subjects for analysis could include error logs and user feedback.
Prof. Dr. Leon Sterling
Dr. Xuan Bach D. Le
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- generative artificial intelligence
- software requirements
- software design
- coding
- software testing
- software maintenance
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