Software Engineering Papers

New Software Engineering papers from design tools, software metrics. Thank you to arXiv for use of its open access interoperability.

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The EPIC Framework for Spec-Driven Development

Bruno Claudino, Ruizhe Xing, Yuanhao Zuo, Tyler Menezes, Anita Sarma, Kostadin Damevski, Zixuan Feng
https://t.co/ehFsUyUlB6 [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴]

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CogAdapt: Cognition-informed Sparse Adaptation of Code LLMs

Yueke Zhang, Zihan Fang, Kevin Leach, Yu Huang
https://t.co/hfs9SRHXf5 [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴]

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A Validated Dataset and Benchmark for Coherent Multi-Diagram SysML Models

Ardalan Aryashad, Yan Jin
https://t.co/ulUaNDgTTW [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴 𝚌𝚜.𝙰𝙸]

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Catching Developers in the Flow: Low-Latency Agentic Program Repair at Google Scale

Celal Ziftci, Spencer Greene, Ray Liu, …
https://t.co/jTz0Iiyt9C [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴 𝚌𝚜.𝙰𝙸]
💬Accepted at the 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2026)

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SAFESHIELD: A Decision-Organization Framework for Deployment-Time Safety of Small Language Models

Xingru Zhou, Luis Sentis, Aarti Choudhary
https://t.co/RJMjd3x1aO [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴 𝚌𝚜.𝙰𝙸 𝚌𝚜.𝙲𝚁]
💬Accepted to the Application Track of IEEE TPS 2026

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Choosing an energy-efficient software architecture for building system diagnostic support

Roxane Koitz-Hristov, Franz Wotawa
https://t.co/Tsz9v6HE0k [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴 𝚌𝚜.𝙰𝙸]

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LLM Non-Determinism in Deterministic Processes: A Controlled Variation Space for Constraining the Propagation of Non-Determinism

Paul Darius Mandl, Peter Mandl, Martin Häusl
https://t.co/vMOc64HDJ9 [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴]

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Correct Code, Broken Contributions? SWE-CC: Benchmarking Repository Policy Compliance for Coding Agents

Hai Dang Truong, Rayner Goh, Thanh Le-Cong, Yintong Huo
https://t.co/W1GsSMt0Tq [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴 𝚌𝚜.𝙰𝙸]
💬Code: https://t.co/RUXtdyxufO

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Where Does the Budget Go? Structural Concentration in Learning-Based Mutant Selection

Taha Rostami, Jeongju Sohn, Mike Papadakis
https://t.co/3g3EpPJzjt [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴]

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Let the Agent Do It? How Software Practitioners Understand and Make Permission Decisions in Agentic AI Assistants

Larissa Salerno, Haoyu Gao, Gregory Gay, Alexander Serebrenik, Philipp Leitner
https://t.co/SfSpMqvoWA [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴]

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Experimentation Practices in Indie Game Startups

Elizabeth Bjarnason, Johan Linåker, Fabian Fagerholm
https://t.co/lX8zdeYQkz [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴]

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AgentSpy: Making AI Agent Behavior Observable

Christoph Bühler, Matteo Biagiola, Luca Di Grazia, Guido Salvaneschi
https://t.co/EbtONNkWBk [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴 𝚌𝚜.𝙰𝙸]

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From Trust-by-Design to Continuous Trust in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Peter Fettke, Wolfgang Reisig
https://t.co/JCodF7t5Ao [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴]

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Mechanizing the User's Eye: Pre-Registered Deployment of a Sabotage-Validated Fail-Plausible Observer in a Production LLM Agent Runtime

Wei Wu
https://t.co/ClqWSOmGxy [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴]
💬Code: https://t.co/Sp33IywKhm

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Adopting InnerSource in a Public Sector Organization: A Case Study

Muhammad Usman, Johan Linåker, Deepika Badampudi, Hannes Salin
https://t.co/3TaokQRz3d [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴]

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PreMaQ: Predicting Maintainability-Related Quality of LLM-Generated Code Before Generation

Taiki Wakamatsu, Yuta Ishimoto, Masanari Kondo, Yasutaka Kamei
https://t.co/dssjVQctOd [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴]

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Finite State Machine-Based Traffic Orchestration for Multi-Engine Analysis Platforms

Ankit Kumar, Thirumoorthi Thangamani
https://t.co/4MZcff4ux3 [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴]

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UndoBench: Separating Task Competence from Recovery Capability in Tool-Using AI Agents

Dolly Sah, Tanmay Sah, Harshul Jain, Tanya Sah
https://t.co/1KEPdxwDKX [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴 𝚌𝚜.𝙰𝙸]
💬Code: https://t.co/Qw6yPjceUA

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Adaptive Code Revision Attacks on AI Pull Request Reviewers

Jingzhi Gong, Jie M. Zhang, Gunel Jahangirova, Meng Wang
https://t.co/TeWPuwuqzs [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴]

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Understanding the Hierarchical Structure and Functional Landscape of the Model Context Protocol Ecosystem

Tingxuan Tang, Zilong Chen, Yue, Xiao
https://t.co/HVLDIWCv5P [𝚌𝚜.𝚂𝙴]