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William G. J. Halfond publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William G. J. Halfond sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 87 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

William G. J. Halfond D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William G. J. Halfond sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 37 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

William G. J. Halfond is a researcher affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their work predominantly spans the field of Computer Science, with a focus on subfields such as Information Systems, Signal Processing, Software, Human Factors and Ergonomics, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

The research topics explored by Halfond include Advanced Malware Detection Techniques, Mobile and Web Applications, Software Engineering Research, Web Data Mining and Analysis, Software Testing and Debugging Techniques, Digital Accessibility for Disabilities, and Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems.

Halfond has contributed publications to several academic venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the ACM on software engineering.
  • ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
  • 2021 36th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE)
  • Software Testing Verification and Reliability

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Halfond include:

  • "ReCDroid+: Automated End-to-End Crash Reproduction from Bug Reports for Android Apps" (2022) in ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
  • "Automated Repair of Size-Based Inaccessibility Issues in Mobile Applications" (2021) in the 2021 36th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE)
  • "Effective automated repair of internationalization presentation failures in web applications using style similarity clustering and search-based techniques" (2020) in Software Testing Verification and Reliability
  • "Mobile Bug Report Reproduction via Global Search on the App UI Model" (2024) in Proceedings of the ACM on software engineering.
  • "Automatically Defining Game Action Spaces for Exploration Using Program Analysis" (2023) in Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment

Frequent collaborators include Tingting Yu, Zhaoxu Zhang, Yu Zhao, Robert A. Winn, and K.D. Ryu.

Best Publications

  • A Classification of SQL-Injection Attacks and Countermeasures

    William G.J. Halfond;Jeremy Viegas;Alessandro Orso

  • AMNESIA: analysis and monitoring for NEutralizing SQL-injection attacks

    William G. J. Halfond;Alessandro Orso

  • PUMA: programmable UI-automation for large-scale dynamic analysis of mobile apps

    Shuai Hao;Bin Liu;Suman Nath;William G.J. Halfond

  • Estimating mobile application energy consumption using program analysis

    Shuai Hao;Ding Li;William G. J. Halfond;Ramesh Govindan

  • Using positive tainting and syntax-aware evaluation to counter SQL injection attacks

    William G. J. Halfond;Alessandro Orso;Panagiotis Manolios

  • WASP: Protecting Web Applications Using Positive Tainting and Syntax-Aware Evaluation

    W.G.J. Halfond;A. Orso;P. Manolios

  • Calculating source line level energy information for Android applications

    Ding Li;Shuai Hao;William G. J. Halfond;Ramesh Govindan

  • Combining static analysis and runtime monitoring to counter SQL-injection attacks

    William G. J. Halfond;Alessandro Orso

  • An Empirical Study of the Energy Consumption of Android Applications

    Ding Li;Shuai Hao;Jiaping Gui;William G. J. Halfond

  • An investigation into energy-saving programming practices for Android smartphone app development

    Ding Li;William G. J. Halfond

  • Preventing SQL injection attacks using AMNESIA

    William G. J. Halfond;Alessandro Orso

  • Making web applications more energy efficient for OLED smartphones

    Ding Li;Angelica Huyen Tran;William G. J. Halfond

  • Estimating Android applications' CPU energy usage via bytecode profiling

    Shuai Hao;Ding Li;William G. J. Halfond;Ramesh Govindan

  • Truth in advertising: the hidden cost of mobile ads for software developers

    Jiaping Gui;Stuart Mcilroy;Meiyappan Nagappan;William G. J. Halfond

  • Automated energy optimization of HTTP requests for mobile applications

    Ding Li;Yingjun Lyu;Jiaping Gui;William G. J. Halfond

  • Improving test case generation for web applications using automated interface discovery

    William G. J. Halfond;Alessandro Orso

  • Precise interface identification to improve testing and analysis of web applications

    William G.J. Halfond;Saswat Anand;Alessandro Orso

  • ReCDroid: automatically reproducing Android application crashes from bug reports

    Yu Zhao;Tingting Yu;Ting Su;Yang Liu

  • Command-Form Coverage for Testing Database Applications

    W.G.J. Halfond;A. Orso

  • Detecting display energy hotspots in Android apps

    Mian Wan;Yuchen Jin;Ding Li;Jiaping Gui

  • Integrated energy-directed test suite optimization

    Ding Li;Yuchen Jin;Cagri Sahin;James Clause

  • How does code obfuscation impact energy usage

    Cagri Sahin;Mian Wan;Philip Tornquist;Ryan McKenna

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro Orso
Alessandro Orso Georgia Institute of Technology
Ramesh Govindan
Ramesh Govindan University of Southern California
Phil McMinn
Phil McMinn University of Sheffield
Henry Muccini
Henry Muccini University of L'Aquila
Meiyappan Nagappan
Meiyappan Nagappan University of Waterloo
Nenad Medvidovic
Nenad Medvidovic University of Southern California
John Grundy
John Grundy Monash University
Sandeep K. S. Gupta
Sandeep K. S. Gupta Arizona State University
Suman Nath
Suman Nath Microsoft (United States)
Fan Bai
Fan Bai General Motors (United States)

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