Hannah Potter
PhD student in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington
My primary research goal is to make programming better. I work on improving the explainability of programs, programming languages, and program analyses by surfacing important information to programmers, presenting this information in a way that is understandable and useful. I am broadly interested in programming languages, software engineering, human computer interaction, and CS education.
I am currently a PhD student in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. I am in the PLSE Group and am advised by René Just. Prior to this, I earned my MSE in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan, where I worked with Cyrus Omar leading the Hazel Tutor project. Before that, I earned my Honors BS in Computer Science from the University of Utah, where I worked with Eliane S. Wiese on detecting poor coding patterns commonly seen in the work of early CS students by extending an existing code pattern matching tool.
Along with my research interests, I am passionate about improving access to computer science knowledge. I am currently the PhD K-12 Outreach Coordinator for the Allen School, helping connect PhD students, post-docs, and other researchers with outreach opportunities in the greater Seattle area.
News
Mar 25, 2025 | Our work on evaluating the impact of scaffolding and visualizations for mutation testing exercises in software engineering education has been accepted to the Software Engineering Education track for FSE 2025! |
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Sep 18, 2024 | Ben presented our work on Identifying and Suppressing Equivalent Mutatns for Java Programs at ISSTA 2024! |
Oct 21, 2023 | We were selected for a best paper award for our OOPSLA paper on Live Pattern Matching with Typed Holes! |
Jul 19, 2023 | I won second place at the ECOOP/ISSTA student research competition on our work using contexualized explanations to teach a new programming language and paradigm in a classroom! |
Mar 02, 2023 | I passed my PhD qualifying evaluation! |