# University of Waterloo user study on understanding CMake changes

**URL:** <https://forum.opencv.org/t/university-of-waterloo-user-study-on-understanding-cmake-changes/24746>\
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**Tags:** survey\
**Created:** [October 6, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/university-of-waterloo-user-study-on-understanding-cmake-changes/24746 "2026-10-06T00:46:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![MattieN](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.opencv.org/mattien/32/14503_2.png) [@MattieN](https://forum.opencv.org/u/MattieN)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/university-of-waterloo-user-study-on-understanding-cmake-changes/24746/1 "2026-10-06T00:46:06Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’m Mattie Nejati, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Waterloo. We’re recruiting participants for a user study on **understanding the impact of changes to CMake build specifications**.

Since many developers in the OpenCV community work with C++ and CMake-based projects, I thought this study might be relevant here.

The study is conducted entirely online, takes about **one hour** , and involves inspecting changes to CMake build specifications and identifying their impact on the build configuration.

You can participate if you:

- are **18–64 years old** ; and

- have any level of experience with **CMake, programming, or code review**.

You do **not** need to be a CMake expert. We are interested in participants with different levels of experience.

You will need a computer with internet access and about **4 GB of free space** for the study files.

We will not collect your name. We will ask for your email address only for study follow-up, and it will be stored separately from your study data using a randomly assigned ID. Your name or email will not appear in any dataset or publication.

The study has received clearance from the **University of Waterloo Research Ethics Board (REB #46621)**.

If you’re interested, you can find the consent form, screening questionnaire, and study here:

> **[Buiscoutusp](https://buiscout.cs.uwaterloo.ca/)**

Thank you very much for considering participating. I’d also really appreciate it if you shared the study with other developers who might be interested.