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                <span class="sr-only">Research</span>
                <h4 style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Mission</h4>
                <p><b>Software is being developed by increasingly distributed 
                and increasingly diverse teams</b>. 
								How can we empower distributed teams to develop software effectively and 
								productively? How can technology help software teams do more with less? 
								What effects does team composition have on productivity and code quality?</p>
								<p>We are engaged in <b>interdisciplinary research</b> to offer 
								<b>data-driven</b> answers to these questions. 
								Our work draws from empirical software engineering, social computing, 
								and computer-supported cooperative work.
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								We analyze these data using <i>mixed research methods</i> from computer science 
								and the social sciences (e.g., statistical analysis, grounded theory) to develop 
								or validate theories about software engineering processes and outcomes.
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                <span class="sr-only">Prospective Students</span>
                <h4 style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Join Us</h4>
                <p>We’re always looking for talented, motivated people to join us. 
                If you’re interested in the things we do and you’d like to join us, 
                or visit our lab, please contact <a href="/people">Bogdan Vasilescu</a>.</p>
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