Rúben Câmara

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1since 2021 · last 2023
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Software engineering, systems software and programming languages · 1 · 1 since 2021

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Software engineering, system software, and programming languages
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Software maintenance and evolution · 50% Empirical software engineering · 50%

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TopicWeightPapersLastEvidence papers
Software maintenance and evolution
code smell
0.712023
The Smelly Eight: An Empirical Study on the Prevalence of Code Smells in Quantum Computing · ICSE 2023
Empirical software engineering
mining software repositories
0.712023
The Smelly Eight: An Empirical Study on the Prevalence of Code Smells in Quantum Computing · ICSE 2023

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YearPublicationVenuePosition
2023 The Smelly Eight: An Empirical Study on the Prevalence of Code Smells in Quantum Computing
abstract
Quantum Computing (QC) is a fast-growing field that has enhanced the emergence of new programming languages and frameworks. Furthermore, the increased availability of computational resources has also contributed to an influx in the development of quantum programs. Given that classical and QC are significantly different due to the intrinsic nature of quantum programs, several aspects of QC (e.g., performance, bugs) have been investigated, and novel approaches have been proposed. However, from a purely quantum perspective, maintenance, one of the major steps in a software development life-cycle, has not been considered by researchers yet. In this paper, we fill this gap and investigate the prevalence of code smells in quantum programs as an indicator of maintenance issues. We defined eight quantum-specific smells and validated them through a survey with 35 quantum developers. Since no tool specifically aims to detect quantum smells, we developed a tool called QSmell that supports the proposed quantum-specific smells. Finally, we conducted an empirical investigation to analyze the prevalence of quantum-specific smells in 15 open-source quantum programs. Our results showed that 11 programs (73.33%) contain at least one smell and, on average, a program has three smells. Furthermore, the long circuit is the most prevalent smell present in 53.33% of the programs.
Qihong Chen, Rúben Câmara, José Campos 0001, André Souto, Iftekhar Ahmed 0001
ICSE2