Tim Menzies, Research
prof, phd, cs, se, ai
ACM / IEEE / ASE Fellow. EIC of ASE journal.
timm@ieee.org ·
+1-304-376-2859
AI, for Less
Simpler, optimized models yield exceptional results while remaining transparent and trustworthy.
- FSE'26 Data-Light SE Challenge [pdf]
- VERIFAI'26 Exploiting Software Sparsity [pdf]
- TOSEM'26 LLMs Warming-Up Active Learning [pdf]
- CACM'25 The Case for Compact AI [pdf]
- TOSEM'24 Learning from Very Little Data
- EMSE'24 Co-Training for Defect Prediction
- IEEE Access'24 Partial Ordering for Model Reasoning
- EMSE'22 Minimizing Tech Debt Labeling Cost
LLMs
Where LLMs and deep learning help — and where they hurt.
- EMSE'26 Improving LLM Annotations [pdf]
- MSR'26 Domain Knowledge for LLM Optimization [pdf]
- IEEE IC'23 Variances in Robust DL
- TSE'22 Oversampling for DL Defect Prediction
- MSR'22 Improving DL for SE Analytics
- MSR'22 GANs for Security Class Imbalance
Security
Vulnerability detection and cyberthreat intelligence via active learning and adversarial ML.
- KAIS'25 Mining CTI Attack Patterns [pdf]
- ICDM'24 Temporal Cyberattack Patterns
- EMSE'22 Ensembles Against Evasion Attacks
- EMSE'21 Security Bug Report Classification
Analytics
Better predictors for software quality, project health, and technical debt.
- MSR'26 Multi-Objective Optimization Repo [pdf]
- TSE'25 Is HPO Different for SE? [pdf]
- TSE'25 Static Code Mining Retrospective [pdf]
- SIGSOFT SEN'25 Replications & Negative Results
- ESA'23 Expert System for Cloud SE
- EMSE'22 Process vs. Product Metrics
- EMSE'22 Predicting OSS Project Health
- MSR'22 Stabilizing Models Across Projects
- ICSE'21 Early Life Cycle Defect Prediction
Trust
Verify, audit, and correct AI outputs — ensuring decisions can be inspected, reproduced, and challenged.
- JSS'26 Explaining Optimization Heuristics [pdf]
- IEEE SW'25 AI in State Courts [pdf]
- EMSE'25 Causal Graphs in SE [pdf]
- EMSE'23 Interpreting Model-Based Opt.
- TSE'24 Equalized Odds via Pre-Processing
- IEEE Access'24 Scalability, Privacy, & Performance
Other
- ICSE'26 SE Journals in 2036 [pdf]
- TSE'24 Scoping SE for AI
- IST'24 Contributions of Guenther Ruhe
- CACM'23 (Re)Use of Research Results
- IEEE Computer'22 AI and SE: Are We Ready?
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