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James C. Davis

Computer Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1967Rising activity
Software Engineering ResearchSoftware System Performance and ReliabilitySoftware Testing and Debugging TechniquesAdvanced Malware Detection TechniquesInformation and Cyber Security

Publications

191

Citations

1,116

Est. group size

~23

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

60

Publishing since 1967

Research summary
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James C. Davis works in software engineering, focusing on how software systems are built, tested, secured, and maintained. Recent work spans topics like software supply-chain security (software signing, dependency reuse), reliability and performance (using large language models to optimize code), automated testing and verification, and human factors in security such as phishing-training effectiveness. This research is grounded in empirical studies of real-world open-source software and developer practices.

Software engineering reliability and testingSoftware supply-chain security and dependency managementApplications of large language models to software systemsReuse of pre-trained machine learning models in softwareUsable security and human factors

Publication output grew substantially from 2017 through 2023 and has remained at a high, steady level over the past few years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 27.4/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 4 publications182019: 9 publications192020: 9 publications202021: 13 publications212022: 26 publications222023: 33 publications33232024: 32 publications242025: 28 publications252026: 18 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×66
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×14
  • Figshare×6
  • Empirical Software Engineering×4
  • ArXiv.org×4
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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