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Overview

Ettore Merlo is affiliated with Polytechnique Montréal in Canada and works primarily within the field of Computer Science. Their research encompasses several subfields, including Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, Signal Processing, Safety Research, and Software. The main topics addressed in their work include Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning, Advanced Malware Detection Techniques, Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), Web Application Security Vulnerabilities, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Software Engineering Research, and Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy.

The recent academic contributions of Ettore Merlo include papers published between 2021 and 2025, reflecting an ongoing engagement with emerging issues in software engineering and machine learning. Notable papers are:

  • Phishing Kits Source Code Similarity Distribution: A Case Study, 2022, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER)
  • Models of Computational Profiles to Study the Likelihood of DNN Metamorphic Test Cases, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)

Coauthors working frequently with Ettore Merlo include Qiaolin Qin, Heng Li, Foutse Khomh, Guy-Vincent Jourdan, and Iosif-Viorel Onut. These collaborations highlight a network of researchers focused on software evolution, security, and machine learning.

The preferred publication venues for Ettore Merlo's work include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Information and Software Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Automated Software Engineering
  • 2022 IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER)

Best Publications

  • Recovering traceability links between code and documentation

    G. Antoniol;G. Canfora;G. Casazza;A. De Lucia

  • Comparison and Evaluation of Clone Detection Tools

    S. Bellon;R. Koschke;G. Antoniol;J. Krinke

  • Pattern matching for clone and concept detection

    K. A. Kontogiannis;R. Demori;E. Merlo;M. Galler

  • Assessing the benefits of incorporating function clone detection in a development process

    B. Lague;D. Proulx;J. Mayrand;E.M. Merlo

  • Advanced clone-analysis to support object-oriented system refactoring

    M. Balazinska;E. Merlo;M. Dagenais;B. Lague

  • Measuring clone based reengineering opportunities

    M. Balazinska;E. Merlo;M. Dagenais;B. Lague

  • Analyzing cloning evolution in the Linux kernel

    G. Antoniol;U. Villano;E. Merlo;M. Di Penta

  • Pattern matching for clone and concept detection

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  • Partial redesign of Java software systems based on clone analysis

    M. Balazinska;E. Merlo;M. Dagenais;B. Lague

  • An automatic approach to identify class evolution discontinuities

    G. Antoniol;M. Di Penta;E. Merlo

  • Reengineering user interfaces

    E. Merlo;P.-Y. Gagne;J.-F. Girard;K. Kontogiannis

  • Extending software quality assessment techniques to Java systems

    J.-F. Patenaude;E. Merlo;M. Dagenais;B. Lague

  • A novel approach to optimize clone refactoring activity

    Salah Bouktif;Giuliano Antoniol;Ettore Merlo;Markus Neteler

  • Modeling clones evolution through time series

    G. Antoniol;G. Casazza;M. Di Penta;E. Merlo

  • A cliche-based environment to support architectural reverse engineering

    R. Fiutem;P. Tonella;G. Anteniol;E. Merlo

  • Investigating reverse engineering technologies for the CAS program understanding project

    E. Buss;R. De Mori;W. M. Gentleman;J. Henshaw

  • Recovering code to documentation links in OO systems

    G. Antoniol;G. Canfora;A. De Lucia;E. Merlo

  • Detecting buffer overflow via automatic test input data generation

    C. Del Grosso;G. Antoniol;E. Merlo;P. Galinier

  • Flow insensitive C++ pointers and polymorphism analysis and its application to slicing

    Paolo Tonella;Giuliano Antoniol;Roberto Fiutem;Ettore Merlo

  • Program understanding and maintenance with the CANTO environment

    G. Antoniol;R. Fiutem;G. Lutteri;P. Tonella

  • Improving network applications security: a new heuristic to generate stress testing data

    Concettina Del Grosso;Giuliano Antoniol;Massimiliano Di Penta;Philippe Galinier

  • How to Certify Machine Learning Based Safety-critical Systems? A Systematic Literature Review

    Florian Tambon;Gabriel Laberge;Le An;Amin Nikanjam

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuliano Antoniol
Giuliano Antoniol Polytechnique Montréal
Paolo Tonella
Paolo Tonella Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Kostas Kontogiannis
Kostas Kontogiannis York University
Rainer Koschke
Rainer Koschke University of Bremen
Hausi A. Müller
Hausi A. Müller University of Victoria
Foutse Khomh
Foutse Khomh Polytechnique Montréal
Magdalena Balazinska
Magdalena Balazinska University of Washington
Massimiliano Di Penta
Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio
Eleni Stroulia
Eleni Stroulia University of Alberta
Alain Abran
Alain Abran École de Technologie Supérieure

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