MSR 2026
Mon 13 - Tue 14 April 2026 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
co-located with ICSE 2026

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Mon 13 Apr 2026 14:00 - 15:30 at Oceania V - Session 2 - Posters

While prior work has examined the generation capabilities of Agentic AI systems, little is known about how reviewers respond to AI-authored code in practice. In this paper, we present a large-scale empirical study of code review dynamics in agent-generated PRs. Using a curated subset of the AIDev dataset, we analyze 19,450 inline review comments spanning 3,177 agent-authored PRs from real-world GitHub repositories. We first derive a taxonomy of 12 review comment themes using topic modeling combined with LLM-assisted semantic clustering and consolidation. According to this taxonomy, we then investigate whether zero-shot prompts to large language models (LLMs) can reliably annotate review comments. Our evaluation against human annotations shows that open-source LLM achieves reasonably high exact match (78.63%), macro F1 score (0.78), and substantial agreement with human annotators at the review comment level. At the PR level, the LLM also correctly identifies the dominant review theme with 78% Top-1 accuracy and achieves an average Jaccard similarity of 0.76, indicating strong alignment with human judgments. Applying this annotation pipeline at scale, we find that apart from functional correctness and logical changes, reviews of agent-authored PRs predominantly focus on documentation gaps, refactoring needs, styling and formatting issues, with testing and security-related concerns. These findings suggest that while AI agents can accelerate code production, there remain gaps requiring targeted human review oversight.

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Mon 13 Apr

Displayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change

14:00 - 15:30
Session 2 - PostersMSR Program / Mining Challenge at Oceania V
14:00
90m
Poster
Session 2 - Posters
MSR Program

14:00
90m
Talk
When AI Agents Touch CI/CD Configurations: Frequency and Success
Mining Challenge
Taher A. Ghaleb Trent University
Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
Fingerprinting AI Coding Agents on GitHub
Mining Challenge
Taher A. Ghaleb Trent University
Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
When AI Code Doesn’t Stick: An Empirical Study on Reverted Changes Introduced by AI Coding Agents
Mining Challenge
Issam Oukay Department of Software and IT Engineering, ETS Montreal, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada, Mahi Begoug ETS Montreal, Moataz Chouchen Concordia University, Ali Ouni Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS)
14:00
90m
Talk
Characterizing Self-Admitted Technical Debt Generated by AI Coding Agents
Mining Challenge
Zaki Brahmi ETS Montreal, University of Quebec, Ali Ouni Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS), Mohammed Sayagh ETS Montreal, University of Quebec, Mohamed Aymen saied Laval University
14:00
90m
Talk
How Do Agents Perform Code Optimization? An Empirical Study
Mining Challenge
Huiyun Peng Purdue University, Antonio Zhong Qiu Purdue University, Ricardo Andres Calvo Mendez Purdue University, Kelechi G. Kalu Purdue University, James C. Davis Purdue University
14:00
90m
Talk
Comparing AI Coding Agents: A Task-Stratified Analysis of Pull Request Acceptance
Mining Challenge
Giovanni Pinna University of Trieste, Jingzhi Gong University of Leeds, David Williams University College London, Federica Sarro University College London
14:00
90m
Talk
More Code, Less Reuse: Investigation on Code Quality and Reviewer Sentiment towards AI-generated Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Haoming Huang Institute of Science Tokyo, Pongchai Jaisri Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Shota Shimizu Ritsumeikan University, Lingfeng Chen Kyushu University, Sota Nakashima Kyushu University, Gema Rodríguez-Pérez Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus
DOI Pre-print
14:00
90m
Short-paper
On the Adoption of AI Coding Agents in Open-source Android and iOS Development
Mining Challenge
Muhammad Ahmad Khan Lahore University of Management Sciences, Hasnain Ali Lahore University of Management Sciences, Muneeb Rana Xtra App Studios, Muhammad Saqib Ilyas Lahore University of Management Sciences, Abdul Ali Bangash Lahore University of Management Sciences
Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
Who Writes the Docs in SE 3.0? Agent vs. Human Documentation Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Kazuma Yamasaki Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Joseph Ayobami Joshua Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Tasha Settewong Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Mahmoud Alfadel University of Calgary, Kazumasa Shimari Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Kenichi Matsumoto Nara Institute of Science and Technology
DOI Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
Testing with AI Agents: An Empirical Study of Test Generation Frequency, Quality, and Coverage
Mining Challenge
Suzuka Yoshimoto NARA Institute of Science and Technology, Shun Fujita NARA Institute of Science and Technology, Kosei Horikawa , Daniel Feitosa University of Groningen, Yutaro Kashiwa Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Hajimu Iida Nara Institute of Science and Technology
14:00
90m
Talk
Safer Builders, Risky Maintainers: A Comparative Study of Breaking Changes in Human vs Agentic PRs
Mining Challenge
K M Ferdous Kennesaw State University, Dipayan Banik Quanta Technology, Kowshik Chowdhury Kennesaw State University, Shazibul Islam Shamim Kennesaw State University
14:00
90m
Talk
On the Reliability of Agentic AI in Continuous Integration Pipelines
Mining Challenge
Jasem Khelifi École de technologie supérieure, Mahi Begoug ETS Montreal, Ali Ouni Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS), Mohammed Sayagh ETS Montreal, University of Quebec, Mohamed Aymen saied Laval University, Moataz Chouchen Concordia University
14:00
90m
Talk
Early-Stage Prediction of Review Effort in AI-Generated Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Dao Sy Duy Minh University of Science - VNUHCM, Huynh Trung Kiet University of Science - VNUHCM, Nguyen Lam Phu Quy University of Science - VNUHCM, Pham Phu Hoa University of Science - VNUHCM, Tran Chi Nguyen University of Science - VNUHCM, Nguyen Dinh Ha Duong University of Science - VNUHCM, Truong Bao Tran University of Economics and Law -VNUHCM
14:00
90m
Talk
Test Coverage of Code Changes in AI-Generated Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Tales Alves Informatics Center, Federal University of Pernambuco, Leopoldo Teixeira Federal University of Pernambuco
14:00
90m
Talk
When AI Teammates Meet Code Review: Collaboration Signals Shaping the Integration of Agent-Authored Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Costain Nachuma Idaho State University, Minhaz Zibran Idaho State University
Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
Toward Instructions-as-Code: Understanding the Impact of Instruction Files on Agentic Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Ali Arabat École de Technologie Supérieure, Mohammed Sayagh ETS Montreal, University of Quebec
14:00
90m
Talk
An Empirical Study of Code Clone Genealogies in Human–AI Collaborative Development
Mining Challenge
Denis Sousa State University of Ceara, Brazil, Italo Uchoa State University of Ceará, Matheus Paixao State University of Ceará, Chaiyong Rakhitwetsagul Mahidol University, Thailand, Thiago Lima State University of Ceara, Brazil
14:00
90m
Talk
On the Footprints of Reviewer Bots' Feedback on Agentic Pull Requests in OSS GitHub Repositories
Mining Challenge
Syeda Kaneez Fatima Lahore University of Management Sciences, Yousuf Abrar Lahore University of Management Sciences, Abdul Rehman Lahore University of Management Sciences, Amelia Nawaz Lahore University of Management Sciences, Shamsa Abid National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Abdul Ali Bangash Lahore University of Management Sciences
14:00
90m
Talk
When Bots Get the Boot: Understanding Pull Request Rejections in the Era of AI Coders
Mining Challenge
Karla Gonzalez Royal Military College of Canada, Mariam El Mezouar Royal Military College
14:00
90m
Talk
Understanding the Rejection of Fixes Generated by Agentic Pull Requests - Insights from the AIDev Dataset
Mining Challenge
Mahmoud Abujadallah ETS - Québec University, Ali Arabat ETS - Québec University, Mohammed Sayagh ETS Montreal, University of Quebec
14:00
90m
Talk
What to Cut? Predicting Unnecessary Methods in Agentic Code Generation
Mining Challenge
Kan Watanabe Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Tatsuya Shirai Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Yutaro Kashiwa Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Hajimu Iida Nara Institute of Science and Technology
14:00
90m
Talk
How AI Coding Agents Modify Code: A Large-Scale Study of GitHub Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Daniel Ogenrwot University of Nevada Las Vegas, John Businge University of Antwerp; Flanders Make; University of Nevada at Las Vegas
DOI Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
Reliability of AI Bots Footprints in GitHub Actions CI/CD Workflows
Mining Challenge
Syed Muhammad Ashhar Shah Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Sehrish Habib Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Muizz Ahmed Hussain Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Maryam Abdul Ghafoor Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Abdul Ali Bangash Lahore University of Management Sciences
14:00
90m
Talk
The Dose Makes the Agent: Therapeutic Index Analysis of AI Coding Contributions
Mining Challenge
Giuseppe Destefanis University College London, Ronnie de Souza Santos University of Calgary, Marco Ortu University of Cagliari, Mairieli Wessel Radboud University
14:00
90m
Talk
Beyond Bug Fixes: An Empirical Investigation of Post-Merge Code Quality Issues in Agent-Generated Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Shamse Tasnim Cynthia University of Saskatchewan, Al Muttakin University of Saskatchewan, Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan
14:00
90m
Talk
Why Are Agentic Pull Requests Merged or Rejected? An Empirical Study
Mining Challenge
Sien Reeve O. Peralta Waseda University, Fumika Hoshi Waseda University, Hironori Washizaki Waseda University, Naoyasu Ubayashi Waseda University, Inase Kondo Osaka University, Yoshiki Higo Osaka University, Hiroki Mukai Ritsumeikan University, Norihiro Yoshida Ritsumeikan University, Kazuki Kusama , Hidetake Tanaka Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Youmei Fan Nara Institute of Science and Technology
14:00
90m
Talk
Let's Make Every Pull Request Meaningful: An Empirical Analysis of Developer and Agentic Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Haruhiko Yoshioka Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Takahiro Monno Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Haruka Tokumasu Kyushu University, Taiki Wakamatsu Kyushu University, Yuki Ota Ritsumeikan University, Nimmi Weeraddana University of Calgary , Kenichi Matsumoto Nara Institute of Science and Technology
DOI Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
Humans Integrate, Agents Fix: How Agent-Authored Pull Requests Are Referenced in Practice
Mining Challenge
Islem Khemissi Concordia University, Moataz Chouchen Concordia University, Dong Wang Tianjin University, Raula Gaikovina Kula The University of Osaka
14:00
90m
Short-paper
How Do Agentic AI Systems Deal With Software Energy Concerns? A Pull Request-Based Study
Mining Challenge
Tanjum Motin Mitul University of Manitoba, Md. Masud Mazumder University of Manitoba, Md Nahidul Islam Opu University of Manitoba, Shaiful Chowdhury University of Manitoba
Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
When AI Writes Code: Investigating Security Issues in Agentic Software Changes
Mining Challenge
Esteban Dectot-Le Monnier de Gouville Polytechnique Montréal, Mohammad Hamdaqa Polytechnique Montreal, Moataz Chouchen Concordia University
14:00
90m
Talk
Novice Developers Produce Larger Review Overhead for Project Maintainers while Vibe Coding
Mining Challenge
Syed Ammar Asdaque Lahore University of Management Sciences, Imran Haider Lahore University of Management Sciences, Muhammad Umar Malik Lahore University of Management Sciences, Maryam Abdul Ghafoor Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Abdul Ali Bangash Lahore University of Management Sciences
14:00
90m
Talk
Code Change Characteristics and Description Alignment: A Comparative Study of Agentic versus Human Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Dung Pham Trent University, Taher A. Ghaleb Trent University
Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
A Task-Level Evaluation of AI Agents in Open-Source Projects
Mining Challenge
Shojibur Rahman Idaho State University, Md Fazle Rabbi Idaho State University, Minhaz Zibran Idaho State University
Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
Behind Agentic Pull Requests: An Empirical Study on Developer Interventions in AI Agent-Authored Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Syrine Khelifi École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) Montréal, Ali Ouni Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS), Maha Khemaja ISSAT Sousse, PRINCE Lab, University of Sousse
14:00
90m
Talk
Readability of AI-Generated Pull Request Descriptions Across Pull Request Types
Mining Challenge
Aidan Tobar Bowling Green State University, Joseph Peterson Bowling Green State University, Abbas Heydarnoori Bowling Green State University
14:00
90m
Short-paper
The Quiet Contributions: Insights into AI-Generated Silent Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
S. M. Mahedy Hasan Idaho State University, Md Fazle Rabbi Idaho State University, Minhaz Zibran Idaho State University
Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
AI IDEs or Autonomous Agents? Measuring the Impact of Coding Agents on Software Development
Mining Challenge
Shyam Agarwal Carnegie Mellon University, Hao He Carnegie Mellon University, Bogdan Vasilescu Carnegie Mellon University
Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
AI builds, We Analyze: An Empirical Study of AI-Generated Build Code Quality
Mining Challenge
Anwar Ghammam University of Michigan - Dearborn, Mohamed Almukhtar University of Michigan-Flint
14:00
90m
Talk
Understanding Dominant Themes in Reviewing Agentic AI-authored Code
Mining Challenge
Md. Asif Haider University of California, Irvine, Thomas Zimmermann University of California, Irvine
Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
Why and When Agentic Pull Requests are (not) Accepted: An Exploratory Study
Mining Challenge
Marius Christoph Strauss Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Sandro Schulze Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
DOI Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
Analyzing Message-Code Inconsistency in AI Coding Agent-Authored Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Jingzhi Gong University of Leeds, Giovanni Pinna University of Trieste, Yixin Bian Harbin Normal University, Jie M. Zhang King's College London
14:00
90m
Talk
How Do Agentic AI Systems Address Performance Optimizations? A BERTopic-Based Analysis of Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Md Nahidul Islam Opu University of Manitoba, Md Shahidul Islam University of Manitoba, Muhammad Asaduzzaman University of Windsor, Shaiful Chowdhury University of Manitoba
Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
Mining Type Constructs Using Patterns in AI-Generated Code
Mining Challenge
Imgyeong Lee University of Alberta, Tayyib Ul Hassan University of Alberta, Abram Hindle University of Alberta
14:00
90m
Talk
Bug-Fixing in the Age of AI: Human vs. Agentic Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Renato Domingues UFPE, Fernando Castor University of Twente, Fernanda Madeiral Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
14:00
90m
Talk
Why Are AI Agent–Involved Pull Requests (Fix-Related) Remain Unmerged? An Empirical Study
Mining Challenge
Khairul Alam University of Saskatchewan, Saikat Mondal University of Saskatchewan, Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan
14:00
90m
Talk
LGTM! Characteristics of Auto-Merged LLM-based Agentic PRs
Mining Challenge
Ruben Branco LASIGE, Informática, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Paulo Canelas Carnegie Mellon University, Catarina Gamboa Carnegie Mellon University and University of Lisbon, Alcides Fonseca LASIGE; University of Lisbon
DOI Pre-print Media Attached
14:00
90m
Talk
Do AI-Generated Pull Requests Get Rejected More? (Yes but Why?)
Mining Challenge
Rosie Wang University of Alberta, Zhou Yang University of Alberta, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
14:00
90m
Talk
How AI Coding Agents Communicate: A Study of Pull Request Characteristics and Human Review Responses
Mining Challenge
Kan Watanabe Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Rikuto Tsuchida Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Takahiro Monno Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Bin Huang Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Kazuma Yamasaki Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Youmei Fan Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Kazumasa Shimari Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Kenichi Matsumoto Nara Institute of Science and Technology
14:00
90m
Talk
Where Do AI Coding Agents Fail? An Empirical Study of Failed Agentic Pull Requests in GitHub
Mining Challenge
Ramtin Ehsani Drexel University, Sakshi Pathak Drexel University, Shriya Rawal Drexel University, Abdullah Al Mujahid Missouri University of Science and Technology, Mia Mohammad Imran Missouri University of Science and Technology, Preetha Chatterjee Drexel University, USA
Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
An Empirical Study of Tests in Agentic Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Sabrina Haque The University of Texas at Arlington, Sarvesh Ingale The University of Texas at Arlington, Christoph Csallner University of Texas at Arlington
DOI Pre-print Media Attached
14:00
90m
Talk
Who Said CVE? How Vulnerability Identifiers Are Mentioned by Humans, Bots, and Agents in Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Pien Rooijendijk Radboud University, Christoph Treude Singapore Management University, Mairieli Wessel Radboud University
14:00
90m
Talk
Behavioral Analysis of AI Code Generation Agents: Edit, Rewrite, and Repetition
Mining Challenge
Mahdieh Abazar University of Calgary, Reyhaneh Farahmand University of Calgary, Gouri Ginde Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Benjamin Tan University of Calgary, Lorenzo De Carli University of Calgary, Canada
14:00
90m
Talk
A Study on Code Clone Lifecycles in Pull Requests Created by AI Agents
Mining Challenge
Italo Uchoa State University of Ceará, Denis Sousa State University of Ceara, Brazil, Henrique Chuvas State University of Ceará, Matheus Paixao State University of Ceará, Chaiyong Rakhitwetsagul Mahidol University, Thailand, Thiago Lima State University of Ceara, Brazil
14:00
90m
Talk
On Autopilot? An Empirical Study of Human–AI Teaming and Review Practices in Open Source
Mining Challenge
Haoyu Gao The University of Melbourne, Peerachai Banyongrakkul The University of Melbourne, Hao Guan the University of Melbourne, Mansooreh Zahedi The Univeristy of Melbourne, Christoph Treude Singapore Management University
14:00
90m
Talk
From Industry Claims to Empirical Reality: An Empirical Study of Code Review Agents in Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Kowshik Chowdhury Kennesaw State University, Dipayan Banik Quanta Technology, K M Ferdous Kennesaw State University, Shazibul Islam Shamim Kennesaw State University
14:00
90m
Talk
A Study of Library Usage in Agent-Authored Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Lukas Twist King's College London, Jie M. Zhang King's College London
DOI Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
Studying the Footprints of AI Coding Agents in Blockchain Repositories
Mining Challenge
Munim Iftikhar Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Maaz Shahid Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Shahreyar Ashraf Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Muhammad Saqib Ilyas Lahore University of Management Sciences, Abdul Ali Bangash Lahore University of Management Sciences
14:00
90m
Talk
Human-Agent versus Human Pull Requests: A Testing-Focused Characterization and Comparison
Mining Challenge
Roberto Milanese Politecnico di Torino, University of Molise, Francesco Salzano University of Molise, Angelica Spina University of Molise, Antonio Vitale Politecnico di Torino, University of Molise, Remo Pareschi University of Molise, Fausto Fasano University of Molise, Mattia Fazzini University of Minnesota
DOI Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
Do AI Agents Really Improve Code Readability?
Mining Challenge
Kyogo Horikawa National Institute of Technology, Nara College, Kosei Horikawa , Yutaro Kashiwa Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Hidetake Uwano National Institute of Technology, Nara College, Japan, Hajimu Iida Nara Institute of Science and Technology
14:00
90m
Talk
When is Generated Code Difficult to Comprehend? Assessing AI Agent Python Code Proficiency in the Wild
Mining Challenge
Nanthit Temkulkiat Mahidol University, Chaiyong Rakhitwetsagul Mahidol University, Thailand, Morakot Choetkiertikul Mahidol University, Thailand, Ruksit Rojpaisarnkit Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Raula Gaikovina Kula The University of Osaka
14:00
90m
Talk
How do Agents Refactor: An Empirical Study
Mining Challenge
Lukas Ottenhof University of Alberta, Daniel Penner University of Alberta, Abram Hindle University of Alberta, Thibaud Lutellier University of Alberta
Pre-print
14:00
90m
Talk
An Empirical Analysis of Test Failures in AI-Generated Pull Requests
Mining Challenge
Alireza Hoseinpour Bowling Green State University, Sajjad Rezvani Boroujeni Bowling Green State University, Jashhvanth Tamilselvan Kunthavai Bowling Green State University, Kyle Cusimano Bowling Green State University, Abbas Heydarnoori Bowling Green State University