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Overview

James N. Davis is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of computer science, with a particular focus on software engineering and related areas. Their work spans across several main fields and subfields, emphasizing a diverse range of topics.

The primary fields of study in their research include:

  • Computer Science

Within this broad domain, their subfields of study focus on:

  • Information Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Software
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The main topics covered in their research portfolio comprise:

  • Software Engineering Research
  • Software System Performance and Reliability
  • Software Testing and Debugging Techniques
  • Software Reliability and Analysis Research
  • Information and Cyber Security
  • Advanced Neural Network Applications
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques

James N. Davis has published significant work in a variety of venues, frequently contributing to:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Empirical Software Engineering
  • Journal of Systems and Software
  • Proceedings of the 30th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering

Recent publications demonstrate a variety of research themes, including transparency in data science pipelines, software testing, computer vision on edge devices, and deep learning model reengineering. Selected papers include:

  • Improving reproducibility of data science pipelines through transparent provenance capture, 2020, Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment
  • Fast and accurate incremental feedback for students' software tests using selective mutation analysis, 2021, Journal of Systems and Software
  • Efficient Computer Vision on Edge Devices with Pipeline-Parallel Hierarchical Neural Networks, 2022, 2022 27th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC)
  • Challenges and practices of deep learning model reengineering: A case study on computer vision, 2024, Empirical Software Engineering
  • Exploiting input sanitization for regex denial of service, 2022, Proceedings of the 44th International Conference on Software Engineering

The researcher collaborates frequently with various coauthors, including:

  • George K. Thiruvathukal
  • Wenxin Jiang
  • Dharun Anandayuvaraj
  • Yung-Hsiang Lu
  • Taylor R. Schorlemmer

Best Publications

  • Interrater Reliability of the NIH Stroke Scale

    Larry B. Goldstein;Christina Bertels;James N. Davis

  • Evidence that amphetamine with physical therapy promotes recovery of motor function in stroke patients.

    Edgardo A. Crisostomo;Pamela W. Duncan;Martha Propst;Deborah V. Dawson

  • Anatomy of brain alpha1‐adrenergic receptors: In vitro autoradiography with [125I]‐heat

    Leslie Sargent Jones;Lisa L. Gauger;Lisa L. Gauger;James N. Davis;James N. Davis

  • Beam-walking in rats: studies towards developing an animal model of functional recovery after brain injury.

    Larry B. Goldstein;James N. Davis

  • Lymph nodes—A possible site for sympathetic neuronal regulation of immune responses

    Louis T. Giron;Keith A. Crutcher;James N. Davis

  • Binding of α- and β-adrenergic ligands to cerebral cortical membranes: Effect of 6-hydroxydopamine treatment and relationship to the responsiveness of cyclic AMP-generating systems in two rat strains

    Phil Skolnick;Linda P. Stalvey;John W. Daly;Elizabeth Hoyler

  • Sympathetic noradrenergic sprouting in response to central cholinergic denervation: A histochemical study of neuronal sprouting in the rat hippocampal formation

    Keith A. Crutcher;James N. Davis

  • Regulation of ischemic hippocampal damage in the gerbil: Adrenalectomy alters the rate of CA1 cell disappearance

    Joanne K. Morse;James N. Davis

  • BCL-2 transduction, using a herpes simplex virus amplicon, protects hippocampal neurons from transient global ischemia.

    Francis J. Antonawich;Howard J. Federoff;James N. Davis

  • Sprouting of sympathetic nerves in the absence of afferent input

    Keith A. Crutcher;Keith A. Crutcher;James N. Davis;James N. Davis

  • A study of the rat septohippocampal pathway using anterograde transport of horseradish peroxidase.

    K.A. Crutcher;R. Madison;J.N. Davis

  • alpha-Adrenergic receptors in rat parotid cells. II. Desensitization of receptor binding sites and potassium release.

    W J Strittmatter;J N Davis;R J Lefkowitz

  • Influence of lesion size and location on amphetamine-facilitated recovery of beam-walking in rats.

    Larry B. Goldstein;James N. Davis

  • Clonidine impairs recovery of beam-walking after a sensorimotor cortex lesion in the rat.

    Larry B. Goldstein;James N. Davis

  • Differential distribution of locus coeruleus projections to the hippocampal formation: anatomical and biochemical evidence

    John H. Haring;John H. Haring;James N. Davis;James N. Davis

  • Chronic estrogen treatment decreases ß-adrenergic responses in rat cerebral cortex

    H. Ryan Wagner;H. Ryan Wagner;Keith A. Crutcher;Keith A. Crutcher;James N. Davis;James N. Davis

  • Sympathetic noradrenergic sprouting in response to central cholinergic denervation

    Keith A. Crutcher;James N. Davis

  • Post-lesion practice and amphetamine-facilitated recovery of beam-walking in the rat.

    Larry B. Goldstein;Larry B. Goldstein;James N. Davis

  • alpha-Adrenergic receptors in rat parotid cells. I. Correlation of [3H]dihydroergocryptine binding and catecholamine-stimulated potassium efflux.

    W J Strittmatter;J N Davis;R J Lefkowitz

  • Catecholaminergic innervation of the hippocampus in the cynomolgus monkey.

    Yves Samson;Justin J. Wu;Allan H. Friedman;James N. Davis

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith A. Crutcher
Keith A. Crutcher University of Cincinnati
Roger D. Madison
Roger D. Madison Duke University
Rosemarie M. Booze
Rosemarie M. Booze University of South Carolina
J. Victor Nadler
J. Victor Nadler Duke University

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