Natural Language User Interface For Software Engineering Tasks

@inproceedings{wachtel2017,
  author    = {Alexander Wachtel and Jonas Klamroth and {Walter F.} Tichy},
  title     = {Natural Language User Interface For Software Engineering Tasks},
  year      = {2017},
  month     = mar,
  booktitle = {The Tenth International Conference on Advances in
               Computer-Human Interactions ({ACHI} 2016)},
  eventdate = {2017-03-19/2017-03-23},
  venue     = {Nice, France},
  abstract  = {In this paper, we present the idea to use natural language as the
               user interface for programming tasks. Programming languages
               assist with repetitive tasks that involve the use of conditionals,
               loops and statements. This is what is often challenging users.
               However, users can easily describe tasks in their natural
               language. We aim to develop a Natural Language User Interface that
               enables users to describe algorithms, including statements, loops,
               and conditionals. For this, we extend our current spreadsheet
               system to support control flows. An evaluation shows that users
               solved more than 60\% of tasks. Although far from perfect, this 
               research might lead to fundamental changes in computer use. With
               natural language, programming would become available to everyone.
               We believe that it is a reasonable approach for end user software
               engineering and will therefore overcome the present bottleneck of
               IT proficients.}
}