David Lo

33k citations
675 papers · 24.9k · 21 hit papers · h-index 82

Impact in

  • Software top 0.01%
    • Software Testing and Debugging Techniques
    • Software Engineering Research
    • Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
    • Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
    • Expert finding and Q&A systems
    • Web Application Security Vulnerabilities
    • Recommender Systems and Techniques

Papers in

    • Software Engineering Research 415
    • Software Engineering Techniques and Practices 30
    • Expert finding and Q&A systems 26
    • Data Mining Algorithms and Applications 20
    • Software Testing and Debugging Techniques 155

David Lo

641 papers receiving 24.4k citations

David Lo's Hit Papers

LLM-Based Multi-Agent Systems for Software Engineering: Literature Review, Vision, and the Road Ahead 2025 · 91 citations
910+3+6Years since publication100200300400500

Peers

David Lo
Comparison fields: 5 of 121
  • Software 5.1k
  • Information Systems 18.3k
  • Computer Science Applications 807
  • Artificial Intelligence 2.4k
  • Signal Processing 476
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside David Lo, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1
Large Language Models for Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review
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2024542
2
Smart Contract Development: Challenges and Opportunities
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2019528
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Deep code comment generation
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2018465
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Where should the bugs be fixed? More accurate information retrieval-based bug localization based on bug reports
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2012394
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Where should the bugs be fixed? - more accurate information retrieval-based bug localization based on bug reports
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2012323
6 2010288
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Deep Learning for Just-in-Time Defect Prediction
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2015275
8
History Driven Program Repair
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2016274
9
Towards more accurate retrieval of duplicate bug reports
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2011272
10
Practitioners' expectations on automated fault localization
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2016253
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HYDRA: Massively Compositional Model for Cross-Project Defect Prediction
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2016244
12
Measuring Program Comprehension: A Large-Scale Field Study with Professionals
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2017229
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Deep code comment generation with hybrid lexical and syntactical information
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2019224
14 2012196
15 2018192
16 2018191
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S3: syntax- and semantic-guided repair synthesis via programming by examples
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2017187
18 2017183
19 2014173
20 2020168

About David Lo

David Lo is a scholar working on Information Systems, Software, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science Applications and Signal Processing, having authored 675 papers that have together received 24.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Software Engineering Research (415 papers), Software Testing and Debugging Techniques (155 papers), Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (30 papers), Expert finding and Q&A systems (26 papers), Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (25 papers), Open Source Software Innovations (22 papers), Data Mining Algorithms and Applications (20 papers) and Security and Verification in Computing (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Software (5.1k citations), Information Systems (18.3k citations), Computer Science Applications (807 citations), Artificial Intelligence (2.4k citations) and Signal Processing (476 citations). David Lo has collaborated with scholars based in Singapore, China and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Xin Xia, Ferdian Thung, Lingxiao Jiang, Siau‐Cheng Khoo, Yuan Tian, Pavneet Singh Kochhar, Shaowei Wang, Xinyu Wang, Xuan-Bach D. Le and Shanping Li. Their work appears in journals such as IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, Empirical Software Engineering, Information and Software Technology and Automated Software Engineering.

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