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D-Index
40
Citations
6518
World Ranking
9329
National Ranking
3961

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to compilers, computer security and computer science education
  • 2008 - ACM Fellow For contributions in compiler design and implementation.

Overview

Jack W. Davidson is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Computer Science, with a focus on several subfields that include Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems, Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence, and Information Systems and Management.

Their research work covers multiple topics, notably Network Security and Intrusion Detection, Advanced Malware Detection Techniques, Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting, Information and Cyber Security, Scientific Computing and Data Management, and Software Engineering Techniques and Practices.

Davidson has contributed to an array of recent publications. Some of these include:

  • CELEST: Federated Learning for Globally Coordinated Threat Detection, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACM publications finances, 2020, Communications of the ACM
  • On Generating and Labeling Network Traffic with Realistic, Self-Propagating Malware, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • High-performance reliable network-multicast over a trial deployment, 2022, Cluster Computing

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Davidson on multiple occasions include Jason D. Hiser, Alina Oprea, Alastair Nottingham, Talha Ongun, and Simona Boboila.

The venues where Davidson's work is most often published include arXiv (Cornell University), Communications of the ACM, Cluster Computing, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Djtechno Jurnal Teknologi Informasi.

Davidson's career has been recognized with professional distinctions. These include being named an IEEE Fellow in 2020 for contributions to compilers, computer security, and computer science education, as well as an ACM Fellow in 2008 for work in compiler design and implementation.

Best Publications

  • N-variant systems: a secretless framework for security through diversity

    Benjamin Cox;David Evans;Adrian Filipi;Jonathan Rowanhill

  • ILR: Where'd My Gadgets Go?

    J. Hiser;A. Nguyen-Tuong;M. Hall

  • Software Tamper Resistance: Obstructing Static Analysis of Programs

    Chenxi Wang;Jonathan Hill;John Knight;Jack Davidson

  • A portable global optimizer and linker

    M. E. Benitez;J. W. Davidson

  • Retargetable and reconfigurable software dynamic translation

    K. Scott;N. Kumar;S. Velusamy;B. Childers

  • Protection of software-based survivability mechanisms

    Chenxi Wang;J. Davidson;J. Hill;J. Knight

  • Code selection through object code optimization

    Jack W. Davidson;Christopher W. Fraser

  • Secure and practical defense against code-injection attacks using software dynamic translation

    Wei Hu;Jason Hiser;Dan Williams;Adrian Filipi

  • 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

  • Safe virtual execution using software dynamic translation

    K. Scott;J. Davidson

  • The Design and Application of a Retargetable Peephole Optimizer

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  • Profile guided code positioning

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  • Memory access coalescing: a technique for eliminating redundant memory accesses

    Jack W. Davidson;Sanjay Jinturkar

  • Strata: A Software Dynamic Translation Infrastructure

    Kevin Scott;Jack Davidson

  • Security through Diversity: Leveraging Virtual Machine Technology

    D. Williams;Wei Hu;J.W. Davidson;J.D. Hiser

  • Security through redundant data diversity

    Anh Nguyen-Tuong;D. Evans;J.C. Knight;B. Cox

  • A study of a C function inliner

    Jack W. Davidson;Anne M. Holler

  • Addressing the challenges of DBT for the ARM architecture

    Ryan W. Moore;José A. Baiocchi;Bruce R. Childers;Jack W. Davidson

  • Evaluating Indirect Branch Handling Mechanisms in Software Dynamic Translation Systems

    Jason D. Hiser;Daniel Williams;Wei Hu;Jack W. Davidson

  • Machine Descriptions to Build Tools for Embedded Systems

    Norman Ramsey;Jack W. Davidson

  • Code generation for streaming: an access/execute mechanism

    Manuel E. Benitez;Jack W. Davidson

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Knight
John C. Knight University of Virginia
David Whalley
David Whalley Florida State University
Mary Lou Soffa
Mary Lou Soffa University of Virginia
David Evans
David Evans University of Virginia
Joseph A. Konstan
Joseph A. Konstan University of Minnesota
Kyle A. Gallivan
Kyle A. Gallivan Florida State University
Stephanie Forrest
Stephanie Forrest Arizona State University
Douglas L. Jones
Douglas L. Jones University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Westley Weimer
Westley Weimer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jason Mars
Jason Mars University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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