Academic Publications

Devathasan, K., Samaraweera, J., Damian, D. (April, 2026). “Perspective Taking: Perspective-Taking in Software Engineering: A Study on its Relationship to Team Performance. In 2026 IEEE/ACM 48th International Conference on Software Engineering (Research Track). 

Devathasan, K. (2025, April). Decoding Diversity: Understanding its Impact on Team Performance in Software Teams. In 2025 IEEE/ACM 47th International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings (ICSE-Companion) (pp. 76-80). IEEE.

Devathasan, K., Arony, N. N., Murphy-Hill, E., & Damian, D. (2025). Empathy, self-determination and motivation: moderating diversity for enhanced performance in software development teams. Empirical Software Engineering, 30(3), 82.

Devathasan, K., & Damian, D. (2025). Psychological Safety and Empathy in Collaborative Learning Environments: A DEI Strategy for Engineering Education. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).

Devathasan, K., Arony, N. N., & Damian, D. (2024). Beyond diversity: Computing for inclusive software. In Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Software Engineering: Best Practices and Insights (pp. 151-165). Berkeley, CA: Apress.

Devathasan, K., Craig, M., Damian, D., & Berg, C. (2024, May). Test Anxiety and Self-Efficacy in a Computer-Based Test Environment. In Proceedings of the 26th Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education (pp. 1-7).

Li, Z. S., Arony, N. N., Devathasan, K., Sihag, M., Ernst, N., & Damian, D. (2024, February). Unveiling the life cycle of user feedback: Best practices from software practitioners. In Proceedings of the 46th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (pp. 1-13).

Devathasan, K., Arony, N. N., Gama, K., & Damian, D. (2024, June). Deciphering empathy in developer responses: A hybrid approach utilizing the perception action model and automated classification. In 2024 IEEE 32nd International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW) (pp. 88-94). IEEE.

Berg, C., Devathasan, K., & Craig, M. (2024). Test Anxiety, Self-Efficacy & Prior Experience. In Proceedings of the 2024 on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 2 (pp. 796-796).

Devathasan, K., Kepler, J., Warawa, J., Penney, A., Tsui, I., & Berg, C. (2023, May). PrairieLearn in cs1: An experience report. In Proceedings of the 25th Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education (pp. 1-2).

Arony, N. N., Devathasan, K., Li, Z. S., & Damian, D. (2023, May). Leveraging diversity in software engineering education through community engaged learning and a supportive network. In 2023 IEEE/ACM 45th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering Education and Training (ICSE-SEET) (pp. 247-258). IEEE.

Li, Z. S., Arony, N. N., Devathasan, K., & Damian, D. (2023, May). “Software is the easy part of Software Engineering”-Lessons and Experiences from A Large-Scale, Multi-Team Capstone Course. In 2023 IEEE/ACM 45th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering Education and Training (ICSE-SEET) (pp. 223-234). IEEE.

Sihag, M., Li, Z. S., Dash, A., Arony, N. N., Devathasan, K., Ernst, N., ... & Damian, D. (2023, September). A data-driven approach for finding requirements relevant feedback from tiktok and youtube. In 2023 IEEE 31st International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE) (pp. 111-122). IEEE.

Devathasan, K., Berg, C., & Damian, D. (2022, November). The Role of Abstraction in Introductory Programming. In Proceedings of the 2022 acm sigplan international symposium on splash-e (pp. 7-13).