Rafael Maiani de Mello

67 papers A* 1A 8C 2Misc 1Journal 19Unranked 35

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2026	J	`jnl`	Design, execution, and contextual factors shaping the benefits and drawbacks of focus groups in software engineering. Inf. Softw. Technol. Talita Vieira Ribeiro, Breno Bernard Nicolau de França, Paulo Sérgio Medeiros dos Santos, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Cecilia Apa, Diego Vallespir, Guilherme Horta Travassos
2025	J	`jnl`	A Comparison of Conversational Models and Humans in Answering Technical Questions: the Firefox Case. CoRR João Lucas Correia, Daniel Coutinho, Marco Castelluccio, Caio Barbosa, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Anita Sarma, Alessandro Garcia, Marco Aurélio Gerosa, Igor Steinmacher
2025	—	`conf`	A Journey of Functional Test Evolution in the Public Sector. SAST Bruno Pedraça de Souza, Rebeca Campos Motta, Jéssica Soares da Costa, Elaine Nunes, Gustavo da Rocha Barreto Pinto, Rafael Maiani de Mello
2025	J	`jnl`	Experimental Evaluation of a Checklist-Based Inspection Technique to Verify the Compliance of Software Systems with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law. Empir. Softw. Eng. Diego André Cerqueira, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Jéssica Soares da Costa, Guilherme Horta Travassos
2025	—	`conf`	HFSD Workshop Keynote: ISSREW 2025. ISSREW Rafael Maiani de Mello
2024	J	`jnl`	Colloquy: Evidence-Based Method for Supporting the Design of Conversational APIs. J. Softw. Eng. Res. Dev. João Antonio D. M. Bastos, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Alessandro Fabricio Garcia
2024	C	`conf`	Enhancing Recommendations of Composite Refactorings based on the Practice. SCAM Ana Carla Bibiano, Daniel Coutinho, Anderson G. Uchôa, Wesley K. G. Assunção, Alessandro Garcia, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Thelma Elita Colanzi, Daniel Tenório Martins de Oliveira, Audrey Vasconcelos, Baldoino Fonseca, Márcio Ribeiro
2024	—	`conf`	Initial Results of a Rapid Review on Technologies Supporting Quantum Software Systems Engineering. CIbSE Bruno Dantas de Paiva, Alexandre C. Esteves, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Guilherme H. Travassos
2024	J	`jnl`	Investigating the Perception of Feedback in Software Development Teams: An Initial Study. Braz. J. Inf. Syst. Adriano Neves de Souza, Fernanda dos Santos, Lidvaldo dos Santos, Patrick Helder Alvarenga Belém, Sírius Thadeu Ferreira da Silva, Adriana S. Vivacqua, Rafael Maiani de Mello
2024	J	`jnl`	Investigating the Social Representations of Harmful Code. J. Softw. Eng. Res. Dev. Rodrigo Lima, Jairo Souza, Baldoino Fonseca, Leopoldo Teixeira, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Márcio Ribeiro, Rohit Gheyi, Alessandro F. Garcia
2024	C	`conf`	On the Investigation of Exception Pull Request Characteristics: Exploring the Apache Ecosystem. SCAM João Lucas Correia, Daniel Coutinho, Alessandro Garcia, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Caio Barbosa, Anderson Oliveira, Wesley K. G. Assunção, Juliana Alves Pereira, Igor Steinmacher, Marco Aurélio Gerosa, Jairo Souza, Johny Arriel
2024	J	`jnl`	On the Usefulness of Automatically Generated Microservice Architectures. IEEE Trans. Software Eng. Luiz Carvalho, Thelma Elita Colanzi, Wesley K. G. Assunção, Alessandro F. Garcia, Juliana Alves Pereira, Marcos Kalinowski, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Maria Julia de Lima, Carlos Lucena
2024	J	`jnl`	Towards effective gamification of existing systems: method and experience report. Softw. Qual. J. Anderson Gonçalves Uchôa, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Jairo Souza, Leopoldo Teixeira, Baldoino Fonseca, Alessandro Garcia
2024	J	`jnl`	Understanding Developers' Discussions and Perceptions on Non-functional Requirements: The Case of the Spring Ecosystem. Proc. ACM Softw. Eng. Anderson Oliveira, João Lucas Correia, Wesley K. G. Assunção, Juliana Alves Pereira, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Daniel Coutinho, Caio Barbosa, Paulo Vítor C. F. Libório, Alessandro Garcia
2023	—	`conf`	A checklist for privacy and data protection inspection in software artifacts. CIbSE Diego Cerqueira, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Guilherme Horta Travassos
2023	J	`jnl`	Experimental Evaluation of a Checklist-Based Inspection Technique to Verify the Compliance of Software Systems with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law. CoRR Diego André Cerqueira, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Guilherme Horta Travassos
2023	—	`conf`	Investigating the Cognitive Load Drivers of Software Evolution Activities. SBES Patrick Helder Alvarenga Belém, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Adriana S. Vivacqua, Adriano Neves de Souza
2023	—	`conf`	On the Support for Designing a Conversational Software API: An Action Research Study: An Action Research Study. SBES Joao Bastos, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Alessandro Garcia
2023	—	`ch.`	Re-engineering Legacy Systems as Microservices: An Industrial Survey of Criteria to Deal with Modularity and Variability of Features. Handbook of Re-Engineering Software Intensive Systems into Software Product Lines Luiz Carvalho, Alessandro F. Garcia, Wesley K. G. Assunção, Thelma Elita Colanzi, Rodrigo Bonifácio, Leonardo P. Tizzei, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Renato Cerqueira, Márcio Ribeiro, Carlos Lucena
2023	J	`jnl`	Recommendations for Developers Identifying Code Smells. IEEE Softw. Rafael Maiani de Mello, Roberto Oliveira, Anderson G. Uchôa, Willian Nalepa Oizumi, Alessandro F. Garcia, Baldoino Fonseca, Fernanda de Mello
2022	—	`conf`	Investigating the Perception of Success in Software Projects Among Developers from a Brazilian Software Company. CIBSE Cláudio Nascimento, Rafael Maiani de Mello
2021	J	`jnl`	A customisable pipeline for the semi-automated discovery of online activists and social campaigns on Twitter. World Wide Web Flavio Primo, Alexander B. Romanovsky, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Alessandro F. Garcia, Paolo Missier
2021	J	`jnl`	Characterizing the Experience of Subjects in Software Engineering Studies. CoRR Rafael Maiani de Mello, Matheus Coelho
2021	—	`conf`	Characterizing the experience of subjects in software engineering studies. CIbSE Rafael Maiani de Mello, Matheus Coelho
2021	—	`conf`	Decoding Confusing Code: Social Representations among Developers. CHASE@ICSE Rafael Maiani de Mello, José Aldo Silva da Costa, Benedito de Oliveira, Márcio Ribeiro, Baldoino Fonseca, Rohit Gheyi, Alessandro F. Garcia, Willy Tiengo
2021	—	`conf`	Revealing Developers' Arguments on Validating the Incidence of Code Smells: A Focus Group Experience. VEM Luiz Felipi Junionello, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Roberto Oliveira, Leonardo da Silva Sousa, Alexander López, Alessandro Garcia
2021	J	`jnl`	Towards Heuristics for Supporting the Validation of Code Smells. CoRR Luiz Felipi Junionello, Rafael Maiani de Mello
2021	—	`conf`	Towards heuristics for supporting the validation of code smells. CIbSE Luiz Felipi Junionello, Rafael Maiani de Mello
2020	—	`conf`	A Conceptual Framework for Conversational APIs. SBES João Antonio D. M. Bastos, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Alessandro Fabricio Garcia
2020	—	`conf`	Atoms of Confusion: The Eyes Do Not Lie. SBES Benedito de Oliveira, Márcio Ribeiro, José Aldo Silva da Costa, Rohit Gheyi, Guilherme Amaral, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Anderson Oliveira, Alessandro F. Garcia, Rodrigo Bonifácio, Baldoino Fonseca
2020	—	`conf`	Brazilian Data Scientists: Revealing their Challenges and Practices on Machine Learning Model Development. SBQS João Lucas Correia, Juliana Alves Pereira, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Alessandro Garcia, Baldoino Fonseca, Márcio Ribeiro, Rohit Gheyi, Marcos Kalinowski, Renato Cerqueira, Willy Tiengo
2020	J	`jnl`	Collaborative or individual identification of code smells? On the effectiveness of novice and professional developers. Inf. Softw. Technol. Roberto Felicio Oliveira, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Eduardo Fernandes, Alessandro Garcia, Carlos Lucena
2020	—	`conf`	Colloquy: A Method for Conversational API Design. SBES João Antonio D. M. Bastos, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Alessandro Garcia
2020	—	`conf`	Understanding and Detecting Harmful Code. SBES Rodrigo Lima, Jairo Souza, Baldoino Fonseca, Leopoldo Teixeira, Rohit Gheyi, Márcio Ribeiro, Alessandro F. Garcia, Rafael Maiani de Mello
2019	—	`conf`	Analysis of the criteria adopted in industry to extract microservices. CESSER-IP@ICSE Luiz Carvalho, Alessandro Garcia, Wesley K. G. Assunção, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Maria Julia de Lima
2019	A	`conf`	Do Research and Practice of Code Smell Identification Walk Together? A Social Representations Analysis. ESEM Rafael Maiani de Mello, Anderson G. Uchôa, Roberto Felicio Oliveira, Willian Nalepa Oizumi, Jairo Souza, Kleyson Mendes, Daniel Oliveira, Baldoino Fonseca, Alessandro Garcia
2019	—	`conf`	Investigating the Social Representations of the Identification of Code Smells by Practitioners and Students from Brazil. SBES Rafael Maiani de Mello, Anderson G. Uchôa, Roberto Felicio Oliveira, Daniel Oliveira, Willian Nalepa Oizumi, Jairo Souza, Baldoino Fonseca, Alessandro Garcia
2019	—	`conf`	Investigating the social representations of code smell identification: a preliminary study. CHASE@ICSE Rafael Maiani de Mello, Anderson G. Uchôa, Roberto Felicio Oliveira, Daniel Tenório Martins de Oliveira, Baldoino Fonseca, Alessandro Garcia, Fernanda de Mello
2019	—	`conf`	On gamifying an existing healthcare system: method, conceptual model and evaluation. SEH@ICSE Anderson G. Uchôa, Eduardo Fernandes, Baldoino Fonseca, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Caio Barbosa, Gabriel Nunes, Alessandro Garcia, Leopoldo Teixeira
2018	A*	`conf`	Identifying design problems in the source code: a grounded theory. ICSE Leonardo da Silva Sousa, Anderson Oliveira, Willian Nalepa Oizumi, Simone D. J. Barbosa, Alessandro Garcia, Jaejoon Lee, Marcos Kalinowski, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Baldoino Fonseca, Roberto Felicio Oliveira, Carlos Lucena, Rodrigo B. de Paes
2018	—	`conf`	The buggy side of code refactoring: understanding the relationship between refactorings and bugs. ICSE (Companion Volume) Isabella Ferreira, Eduardo Fernandes, Diego Cedrim, Anderson G. Uchôa, Ana Carla Bibiano, Alessandro Garcia, João Lucas Correia, Filipe Santos, Gabriel Nunes, Caio Barbosa, Baldoino Fonseca, Rafael Maiani de Mello
2018	J	`jnl`	VazaDengue: An information system for preventing and combating mosquito-borne diseases with social networks. Inf. Syst. Leonardo da Silva Sousa, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Diego Cedrim, Alessandro Garcia, Paolo Missier, Anderson G. Uchôa, Anderson Oliveira, Alexander B. Romanovsky
2017	—	`conf`	Collaborative Identification of Code Smells: A Multi-Case Study. ICSE-SEIP Roberto Felicio Oliveira, Leonardo da Silva Sousa, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Natasha M. Costa Valentim, Adriana Lopes, Tayana Conte, Alessandro F. Garcia, Edson César Cunha de Oliveira, Carlos José Pereira de Lucena
2017	—	`conf`	How Do Software Developers Identify Design Problems?: A Qualitative Analysis. SBES Leonardo da Silva Sousa, Roberto Felicio Oliveira, Alessandro Garcia, Jaejoon Lee, Tayana Conte, Willian Nalepa Oizumi, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Adriana Lopes, Natasha M. Costa Valentim, Edson César Cunha de Oliveira, Carlos Lucena
2017	—	`conf`	Lessons Learnt in Conducting Survey Research. CESI@ICSE Marco Torchiano, Daniel Méndez Fernández, Guilherme Horta Travassos, Rafael Maiani de Mello
2017	J	`jnl`	Lessons Learnt in Conducting Survey Research. CoRR Marco Torchiano, Daniel Méndez Fernández, Guilherme Horta Travassos, Rafael Maiani de Mello
2017	A	`conf`	On the Influence of Human Factors for Identifying Code Smells: A Multi-Trial Empirical Study. ESEM Rafael Maiani de Mello, Roberto Felicio Oliveira, Alessandro Fabricio Garcia
2017	—	`conf`	Towards Effective Teams for the Identification of Code Smells. CHASE@ICSE Rafael Maiani de Mello, Roberto Felicio Oliveira, Leonardo da Silva Sousa, Alessandro Garcia
2017	—	`conf`	Understanding the impact of refactoring on smells: a longitudinal study of 23 software projects. ESEC/SIGSOFT FSE Diego Cedrim, Alessandro Garcia, Melina Mongiovi, Rohit Gheyi, Leonardo da Silva Sousa, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Baldoino Fonseca, Márcio Ribeiro, Alexander Chávez
2016	—	`conf`	A Checklist-Based Inspection Technique for Business Process Models. BPM (Forum) Rafael Maiani de Mello, Rebeca Campos Motta, Guilherme Horta Travassos
2016	—	`conf`	Experimental Evaluation of FMCheck: A Replication Study. SBQS Iuri Santos Souza, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Eduardo Santana de Almeida, Cláudia M. L. Werner, Guilherme H. Travassos
2016	A	`conf`	Surveys in Software Engineering: Identifying Representative Samples. ESEM Rafael Maiani de Mello, Guilherme Horta Travassos
2015	—	`conf`	Characterizing Sampling Frames in Software Engineering Surveys. CIbSE Rafael Maiani de Mello, Guilherme Horta Travassos
2015	A	`conf`	Investigating Samples Representativeness for an Online Experiment in Java Code Search. ESEM Rafael Maiani de Mello, Kathryn T. Stolee, Guilherme H. Travassos
2015	J	`jnl`	Investigating probabilistic sampling approaches for large-scale surveys in software engineering. J. Softw. Eng. Res. Dev. Rafael Maiani de Mello, Pedro Correa da Silva, Guilherme Horta Travassos
2015	—	`conf`	Verification of Software Process Line Models: A Checklist-based Inspection Approach. CIbSE Eldânae Nogueira Teixeira, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Rebeca Campos Motta, Cláudia Maria Lima Werner, Aline Vasconcelos
2014	—	`conf`	Agilidade em Processos de Software: Evidências Sobre Características de Agilidade e Práticas Ágeis. SBQS Rafael Maiani de Mello, Pedro Correa da Silva, Guilherme H. Travassos
2014	—	`conf`	Investigating Probabilistic Sampling Approaches for Large-Scale Surveys in Software Engineering. CIbSE Rafael Maiani de Mello, Pedro Correa da Silva, Guilherme Travassos
2014	A	`conf`	Sampling improvement in software engineering surveys. ESEM Rafael Maiani de Mello, Pedro Correa da Silva, Guilherme Horta Travassos
2014	A	`conf`	Towards a framework to support large scale sampling in software engineering surveys. ESEM Rafael Maiani de Mello, Pedro Correa da Silva, Per Runeson, Guilherme Horta Travassos
2014	J	`jnl`	Verification of Software Product Line Artefacts: A Checklist to Support Feature Model Inspections. J. Univers. Comput. Sci. Rafael Maiani de Mello, Eldânae Nogueira, Marcelo Schots, Cláudia Maria Lima Werner, Guilherme Horta Travassos
2013	A	`conf`	An ecological perspective towards the evolution of quantitative studies in software engineering. EASE Rafael Maiani de Mello, Guilherme H. Travassos
2013	A	`conf`	Would Sociable Software Engineers Observe Better? ESEM Rafael Maiani de Mello, Guilherme Horta Travassos
2012	—	`conf`	Checklist-Based Inspection Technique for Feature Models Review. SBCARS Rafael Maiani de Mello, Eldânae Teixeira, Marcelo Schots, Cláudia Maria Lima Werner, Guilherme Horta Travassos
2012	Misc	`conf`	Structuring and Verifying Requirement Specifications through Activity Diagrams to Support the Semi-automated Generation of Functional Test Procedures. QUATIC Jobson L. Massollar, Rafael Maiani de Mello, Guilherme H. Travassos
2011	—	`conf`	Técnica de Inspeção Baseada em Checklist para Identificação de Defeitos em Diagramas de Atividades. SBQS Rafael Maiani de Mello, Jobson L. Massollar, Guilherme H. Travassos
2010	—	`conf`	Activity Diagram Inspection on Requirements Specification. SBES Rafael Maiani de Mello, Wallace M. Pereira, Guilherme Horta Travassos