In this research, we investigate the effect of pair programming on the mind of software developers using data coming from EEG and how it effects the overall outcome of their task. For this research, we use EEG device to measure the brain-behavior relations of the developer and analyze the electromagnetic waves using ERD and correlation. We measure the concentration level, either it is high or low under three different cases: solo programming, pair programming (navigator) and pair programming (driver). The preliminary results of the analysis of pair programming confirms the higher concentration level as compared to solo programming.

Ananga Thapaliya is currently an undergraduate student studying Computer Science in Innopolis University, Russia. His research focuses on analyzing brain waves during production of software, if the waves can be affected by external factors such as pair programming or music. Ananga has several publications and has already presented in different conferences. Recently his paper “Effect of Pair Programming during software development: case of EEG” was qualified for the World Student Research Competition at ICSE, the most prominent software engineering conference. Ananga is now studying at University of Luxembourg as an exchange student.