Defesa de Dissertação de Mestrado do aluno Gabriel de Andrade Busquim
Título da dissertação: On the Interaction between Software Engineers and Data Scientists when Building Machine Learning-Enabled Systems
Resumo: In recent years, Machine Learning (ML) components have been increasingly integrated into the core systems of organizations. Engineering such systems presents various challenges from both a theoretical and practical perspective. One of the key challenges is the effective interaction between actors with different backgrounds who need to work closely together, such as software engineers and data scientists. This work presents three distinct studies that aims to understand the current interaction and collaboration dynamics between these two roles in ML projects. We first conducted an exploratory case study with four practitioners with experience in software engineering and data science of a large ML-enabled system project. In our second study, we performed complementary interviews with members of two teams working on ML-enabled systems to acquire even more insights on how data scientists and software engineers share responsibilities and communicate. Finally, our third study consists of a focus group where we validated the relevancy of this collaboration during multiple tasks related to ML-enabled systems and proposed recommendations that can foster the interaction between the actors. Our studies revealed several challenges that can hinder collaboration between software engineers and data scientists, including differences in technical expertise, unclear definitions of each role’s duties, and the lack of documents that support the specification of the ML-enabled system. Potential solutions to address these challenges include encouraging team communication, clearly defining responsibilities, and producing concise system documentation. Our research contributes to understanding the complex dynamics between software engineers and data scientists in ML projects and provides insights for improving collaboration and communication in this context. We encourage future studies investigating this interaction in other projects.
Orientador: Prof. Dr. Marcos Kalinowski
Co-orientador: Profª. Dra.: Maria Julia Dias de Lima
Banca: Profª. Dra Simone Diniz Junqueira Barbosa | Profª. Dra: Maria Teresa Baldassarre | Prof. Dr Helio Côrtes Vieira Lopes
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