The Role of Generative AI in Software Student CollaborAItion

Natalie Kiesler; Jacqueline Smith; Juho Leinonen; Armando Fox; Stephen Macneil; Petri Ihantola

doi:10.1145/3724363.3729040

The Role of Generative AI in Software Student CollaborAItion

Natalie Kiesler, Jacqueline Smith, Juho Leinonen, Armando Fox, Stephen Macneil, Petri Ihantola

Department of Computer Science

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Abstract

Collaboration is a crucial part of computing education. The increase in AI capabilities over the last couple of years is bound to profoundly affect all aspects of systems and software engineering, including collaboration. In this position paper, we consider a scenario where AI agents would be able to take on any role in collaborative processes in computing education. We outline these roles, the activities and group dynamics that software development currently include, and discuss if and in what way AI could facilitate these roles and activities. The goal of our work is to envision and critically examine potential futures. We present scenarios suggesting how AI can be integrated into existing collaborations. These are contrasted by design fictions that help demonstrate the new possibilities and challenges for computing education in the AI era.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ITiCSE 2025 - Proceedings of the 30th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
Publisher	ACM
Pages	72-78
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-4007-1567-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3724363.3729040
Publication status	Published - 27 Jun 2025
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	Annual Conference on Innovation & Technology in Computer Science Education - Nijmegen, Netherlands Duration: 27 Jun 2025 → 2 Jul 2025 Conference number: 30

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Conference	Annual Conference on Innovation & Technology in Computer Science Education
Abbreviated title	ITiCSE
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Nijmegen
Period	27/06/2025 → 02/07/2025

Keywords

ai agents
collaboration
generative ai
roles
social interaction

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Kiesler, N, Smith, J, Leinonen, J, Fox, A, Macneil, S & Ihantola, P 2025, The Role of Generative AI in Software Student CollaborAItion. in ITiCSE 2025 - Proceedings of the 30th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. ACM, pp. 72-78, Annual Conference on Innovation & Technology in Computer Science Education, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 27/06/2025. https://doi.org/10.1145/3724363.3729040

The Role of Generative AI in Software Student CollaborAItion. / Kiesler, Natalie; Smith, Jacqueline; Leinonen, Juho et al.
ITiCSE 2025 - Proceedings of the 30th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. ACM, 2025. p. 72-78.

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