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Muhammad Ali Babar

Muhammad Ali Babar

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Computer Science
Australia
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
66
Citations
15762
World Ranking
2347
National Ranking
72

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Muhammad Ali Babar is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia. Their research activity primarily focuses on computer science with substantial work in information systems, computer networks and communications, artificial intelligence, signal processing, and sociology and political science.

The researcher has contributed extensively to the fields of software system performance and reliability, IoT and edge/fog computing, software engineering research, advanced malware detection techniques, information and cyber security, network security and intrusion detection, and privacy, security, and data protection.

Frequent coauthors in their work include Mansooreh Zahedi, Nguyen Khoi Tran, Triet Huynh Minh Le, Asangi Jayatilaka, and Leonardo Horn Iwaya.

Their publications often appear in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), ACM Computing Surveys, Journal of Systems and Software, SSRN Electronic Journal, and IEEE Access.

Selected recent papers by Muhammad Ali Babar include:

  • Challenges and solutions when adopting DevSecOps: A systematic review, 2021, Information and Software Technology
  • A Survey on Data-driven Software Vulnerability Assessment and Prioritization, 2022, ACM Computing Surveys
  • On the privacy of mental health apps, 2022, Empirical Software Engineering
  • Security and Privacy for mHealth and uHealth Systems: A Systematic Mapping Study, 2020, IEEE Access
  • Data Preparation for Software Vulnerability Prediction: A Systematic Literature Review, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Best Publications

  • Continuous Integration, Delivery and Deployment: A Systematic Review on Approaches, Tools, Challenges and Practices

    Mojtaba Shahin;Muhammad Ali Babar;Liming Zhu

  • Identifying relevant studies in software engineering

    He Zhang;Muhammad Ali Babar;Paolo Tell

  • Using Scrum in Global Software Development: A Systematic Literature Review

    Emam Hossain;Muhammad Ali Babar;Hye-young Paik

  • Variability management in software product lines: a systematic review

    Lianping Chen;Muhammad Ali Babar;Nour Ali

  • A systematic review of evaluation of variability management approaches in software product lines

    Lianping Chen;Muhammad Ali Babar

  • Software quality and agile methods

    Ming Huo;J. Verner;Liming Zhu;M.A. Babar

  • A framework for classifying and comparing software architecture evaluation methods

    M.A. Babar;L. Zhu;R. Jeffery

  • A survey of architecture design rationale

    Antony Tang;Muhammad Ali Babar;Ian Gorton;Jun Han

  • A comparative study of architecture knowledge management tools

    Antony Tang;Paris Avgeriou;Anton Jansen;Rafael Capilla

  • Establishing and maintaining trust in software outsourcing relationships: An empirical investigation

    Muhammad Ali Babar;June M. Verner;Phong Thanh Nguyen

  • A systematic review of knowledge sharing challenges and practices in global software development

    Mansooreh Zahedi;Mojtaba Shahin;Muhammad Ali Babar

  • Agility and Architecture: Can They Coexist?

    P. Abrahamsson;M.A. Babar;P. Kruchten

  • Comparison of scenario-based software architecture evaluation methods

    M.A. Babar;I. Gorton

  • Towards an evidence-based understanding of electronic data sources

    Lianipng Chen;Muhammad Ali Babar;He Zhang

  • Characterizing Architecturally Significant Requirements

    Lianping Chen;Muhammad Ali Babar;B. Nuseibeh

  • A Tool for Managing Software Architecture Knowledge

    Muhammad Ali Babar;Ian Gorton

  • 10 years of software architecture knowledge management

    Rafael Capilla;Anton Jansen;Antony Tang;Paris Avgeriou

  • A quality-driven systematic approach for architecting distributed software applications

    Tariq Al-Naeem;Ian Gorton;Muhammed Ali Babar;Fethi Rabhi

  • A review of edge computing: Features and resource virtualization

    Yaser Mansouri;M. Ali Babar

  • Systematic reviews in software engineering: An empirical investigation

    He Zhang;Muhammad Ali Babar

  • Global Software Development: A Review of the State-Of- The-Art (2007 - 2011)

    Muhammad Ali Babar;Mansooreh Zahedi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Gorton
Ian Gorton Northeastern University
Liming Zhu
Liming Zhu Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Mahmood Niazi
Mahmood Niazi King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Patricia Lago
Patricia Lago Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Barbara Kitchenham
Barbara Kitchenham Keele University
Paris Avgeriou
Paris Avgeriou University of Groningen
Peng Liang
Peng Liang Tsinghua University
Reidar Conradi
Reidar Conradi Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Philippe Kruchten
Philippe Kruchten University of British Columbia
Quan Z. Sheng
Quan Z. Sheng Macquarie University

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