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37
Citations
8031
World Ranking
10553
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4423

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to architectural and compilation techniques to meet embedded system constraints
  • 2009 - ACM Senior Member
  • 2009 - ACM Distinguished Member

Overview

David Whalley is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of computer science and medicine, with particular attention to cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, artificial intelligence, hardware architecture, computer science applications, and organic chemistry.

The scientist has contributed to multiple topics, including:

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Teaching and Learning Programming
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Machine Learning in Healthcare

David Whalley has coauthored works with several frequent collaborators:

  • Shuang-Nan Zhang
  • Ravinay Bhindi
  • K. Bhatia
  • Bernard P.L. Chan
  • Alexandra Baer

Their recent publications include:

  • "Prospective observational study on the accuracy of predictors of high-grade atrioventricular conduction block after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (CONDUCT-TAVI): study protocol, background and significance" (2023, BMJ Open)
  • "Utility of conversational artificial intelligence with large language models for patient information on cardiac electrophysiology procedures" (2024, Heart Rhythm)
  • "Decreasing the Miss Rate and Eliminating the Performance Penalty of a Data Filter Cache" (2021, ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization)
  • "The domestic computer science graduate students are there, we just need to recruit them" (2021, Communications of the ACM)
  • "Graphical Abstract: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 41/2021" (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)

The venues where these works have appeared most frequently include BMJ Open, Heart Rhythm, ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization, Communications of the ACM, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

David Whalley has also authored a book published by Florida State Open Publishing eBooks titled Mathematics Integrated with Computer Science through Scratch: Curricular Modules for the Middle Grades, released in 2024.

The scientist's contributions have been recognized by several professional distinctions: they were named an IEEE Fellow in 2017 for contributions to architectural and compilation techniques to meet embedded system constraints. In addition, they attained the status of ACM Senior Member and ACM Distinguished Member in 2009.

Best Publications

  • The worst-case execution-time problem—overview of methods and survey of tools

    Reinhard Wilhelm;Jakob Engblom;Andreas Ermedahl;Niklas Holsti

  • Bounding pipeline and instruction cache performance

    C.A. Healy;R.D. Arnold;F. Mueller;D.B. Whalley

  • * Bounding Worst-case Instruction Cache Performance

    Robert D. Arnold;Frank Mueller;David B. Whalley;Marion G. Harmon

  • Improving Memory Hierarchy Performance for Irregular Applications Using Data and Computation Reorderings

    John Mellor-Crummey;David Whalley;Ken Kennedy

  • Integrating the timing analysis of pipelining and instruction caching

    C.A. Healy;D.B. Whalley;M.G. Harmon

  • Timing analysis for data caches and set-associative caches

    R.T. White;F. Mueller;C.A. Healy;D.B. Whalley

  • Supporting Timing Analysis by Automatic Bounding of LoopIterations

    Christopher Healy;Mikael Sjödin;Viresh Rustagi;David Whalley

  • Guaranteeing Hits to Improve the Efficiency of a Small Instruction Cache

    Stephen Hines;David Whalley;Gary Tyson

  • Bounding loop iterations for timing analysis

    C. Healy;M. Sjodin;V. Rustagi;D. Whalley

  • Fast searches for effective optimization phase sequences

    Prasad Kulkarni;Stephen Hines;Jason Hiser;David Whalley

  • Finding effective optimization phase sequences

    Prasad Kulkarni;Wankang Zhao;Hwashin Moon;Kyunghwan Cho

  • Improving memory hierarchy performance for irregular applications

    John Mellor-Crummey;David Whalley;Ken Kennedy

  • Avoiding conditional branches by code replication

    Frank Mueller;David B. Whalley

  • A retargetable technique for predicting execution time

    M.G. Harmon;T.P. Baker;D.B. Whalley

  • Remix: On-demand Live Randomization

    Yue Chen;Zhi Wang;David Whalley;Long Lu

  • Parametric Timing Analysis

    Emilio Vivancos;Christopher Healy;Frank Mueller;David Whalley

  • Timing Analysis for Data and Wrap-Around Fill Caches

    Randall T. White;Frank Mueller;Chris Healy;David Whalley

  • Automatic detection and exploitation of branch constraints for timing analysis

    C.A. Healy;D.B. Whalley

  • Practical exhaustive optimization phase order exploration and evaluation

    Prasad A. Kulkarni;David B. Whalley;Gary S. Tyson;Jack W. Davidson

  • Avoiding unconditional jumps by code replication

    Frank Mueller;David B. Whalley

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Mueller
Frank Mueller North Carolina State University
Jack W. Davidson
Jack W. Davidson University of Virginia
Per Stenström
Per Stenström Chalmers University of Technology
John Mellor-Crummey
John Mellor-Crummey Rice University
Douglas L. Jones
Douglas L. Jones University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kyle A. Gallivan
Kyle A. Gallivan Florida State University
David Kaeli
David Kaeli Northeastern University
Ken Kennedy
Ken Kennedy Rice University
Koen De Bosschere
Koen De Bosschere Ghent University
Reinhard Wilhelm
Reinhard Wilhelm Saarland University

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