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Cristina V. Lopes publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cristina V. Lopes sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 227 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Cristina V. Lopes D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cristina V. Lopes sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to ubiquitous and immersive programming

Overview

Cristina V. Lopes is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on computer science, with particular attention to software engineering and related subfields. The main areas of study include information systems, software, artificial intelligence, and hardware and architecture.

The scientist's work spans several topics, such as:

  • Software engineering research
  • Software testing and debugging techniques
  • Parallel computing and optimization techniques
  • Culinary culture and tourism
  • Advanced malware detection techniques
  • Software engineering techniques and practices
  • Software system performance and reliability

Some notable recent papers authored by or involving Cristina V. Lopes include:

  • "Towards AI-Assisted Synthesis of Verified Dafny Methods," 2024, Proceedings of the ACM on Software Engineering
  • "Preserving ritual food as intangible cultural heritage through digitisation. The case of Portugal," 2022, International Conference on Tourism Research
  • "SourcererJBF: A Java Build Framework For Large-Scale Compilation," 2023, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
  • "Commit Messages in the Age of Large Language Models," 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "Improving the Quality of Commit Messages in Students' Projects," 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Cristina V. Lopes include Iris Ma, Vanessa Klotzman, Md Rakib Hossain Misu, Joshua Garcia, and James Noble.

The scientist's publications have appeared in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Software Engineering
  • International Conference on Tourism Research
  • ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

An award received by Cristina V. Lopes is the IEEE Fellow distinction in 2019, granted for contributions to ubiquitous and immersive programming.

Best Publications

  • Aspect-Oriented Programming

    Lodewijk Bergmans;Cristina Videira Lopes

  • Aspect-Oriented Programming

    Unknown

  • Aspect-Oriented Programming

    C. Lopes;G. Kiczales

  • Making sense of sensing systems: five questions for designers and researchers

    Victoria Bellotti;Maribeth Back;W. Keith Edwards;Rebecca E. Grinter

  • SourcererCC: scaling code clone detection to big-code

    Hitesh Sajnani;Vaibhav Saini;Jeffrey Svajlenko;Chanchal K. Roy

  • D: A Language Framework for Distributed Programming

    Cristina Videira Lopes;Gregor Kiczales

  • A study on exception detection and handling using aspect-oriented programming

    Martin Lippert;Cristina Videira Lopes

  • A survey, classification and comparative analysis of medium access control protocols for ad hoc networks

    R. Jurdak;C.V. Lopes;P. Baldi

  • Sourcerer: mining and searching internet-scale software repositories

    Erik Linstead;Sushil Bajracharya;Trung Ngo;Paul Rigor

  • Sourcerer: a search engine for open source code supporting structure-based search

    Sushil Bajracharya;Trung Ngo;Erik Linstead;Yimeng Dou

  • Adaptive Low Power Listening for Wireless Sensor Networks

    R. Jurdak;P. Baldi;C.V. Lopes

  • Oreo: detection of clones in the twilight zone

    Vaibhav Saini;Farima Farmahinifarahani;Yadong Lu;Pierre Baldi

  • Bagging gradient-boosted trees for high precision, low variance ranking models

    Yasser Ganjisaffar;Rich Caruana;Cristina Videira Lopes

  • Beep: 3D indoor positioning using audible sound

    A. Mandal;C.V. Lopes;T. Givargis;A. Haghighat

  • Free-hand interaction with leap motion controller for stroke rehabilitation

    Maryam Khademi;Hossein Mousavi Hondori;Alison McKenzie;Lucy Dodakian

  • DéjàVu: A Map of Code Duplicates on GitHub

    Crista Lopes;Petr Maj;Pedro Martins;Vaibhav Saini

  • Systems and methods for authenticating communications in a network medium

    Dirk Balfanz;Cristina Lopes;Diana Smetters;Paul Stewart

  • A Spatial Augmented Reality rehab system for post-stroke hand rehabilitation.

    Hossein Mousavi Hondori;Maryam Khademi;Lucy Dodakian;Steven C Cramer

  • Open implementation design guidelines

    Gregor Kiczales;John Lamping;Christina Videira Lopes;Chris Maeda

  • A theory of aspects as latent topics

    Pierre F. Baldi;Cristina V. Lopes;Erik J. Linstead;Sushil K. Bajracharya

  • Battery Lifetime Estimation and Optimization for Underwater Sensor Networks

    Raja Jurdak;Cristina Videira Lopes;Pierre Baldi

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Baldi
Pierre Baldi University of California, Irvine
Raja Jurdak
Raja Jurdak Queensland University of Technology
Gregor Kiczales
Gregor Kiczales University of British Columbia
Steven C. Cramer
Steven C. Cramer University of California, Los Angeles
Diana K. Smetters
Diana K. Smetters Google (United States)
Dirk Balfanz
Dirk Balfanz Google (United States)
David W. McDonald
David W. McDonald University of Washington
Paul Dourish
Paul Dourish University of California, Irvine
Roberto Tamassia
Roberto Tamassia Brown University
Bonnie Nardi
Bonnie Nardi University of California, Irvine

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