Scholar
Thomas D. LaToza
Google Scholar ID: 200KNLAAAAAJ
Associate Professor, George Mason University
Citations & Impact
Citations
2,105
H-index
21
i10-index
40
Publications
20
Co-authors
22
list available
Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Paper 'How omniscient debuggers impact debugging behavior' accepted at VL/HCC 2025.
- Paper 'The Evolution of Information Seeking in Software Development: Understanding the Role and Impact of AI Assistants' accepted at HumanAISE 2025.
- Paper 'OurCode: Experiences Transitioning University Research into a Developer Tools Startup' accepted as an Industry Paper at FSE 2025.
- Delivered keynote 'Theories of Program Comprehension in the Age of LLMs' at ICPC 2025.
- Joined the editorial board of Empirical Software Engineering.
- Paper 'Advancing HCI with Neuromorphic Technology: Guidelines for Designing User-Friendly Developer Tools for Neuromorphic Development' published at CHI 2025.
- Supervised successful dissertation defenses by students Emad Aghayi, David Samudio, and Sahar Mehrpour.
- Paper 'How many pomodoros do professional engineers need to complete a microtask of programming?' accepted as an Industry Paper at FSE 2024.
- Recognized as a George Mason University Teacher of Distinction.
Background
- Studies how humans interact with code and designs new ways to build software.
- Works at the intersection of software engineering and human-computer interaction.
- Uses behavioral methods to study developers as users of programming tools, understand challenges in designing, implementing, and debugging software, and re-envision the developer-code relationship.
- Focuses on designing new techniques to view and manipulate code.
- Pioneered crowdsourced programming environments that reify developers’ design knowledge, strategies, and mental models for use by program analysis tools.
