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Apr 2

Don’t let Generative AI Create Just-In-Time Knowledge Work

An examination of the tradeoff between economic prosperity and national security that GenAI offers us

James Davis

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Mar 27

Different Contributions Require Different Novelty Arguments

This is another post in my series of capturing conversations I've had with graduate students that contain some kernel of insight I thought…

James Davis

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Nov 24, 2025

PickleBall: Secure Deserialization of Pickle-based Machine Learning Models

This blog post summarizes our work “PickleBall: Secure Deserialization of Pickle-based Machine Learning Models”, which appeared at the 2025…

PickleBall: Secure Deserialization of Pickle-based Machine Learning Models

James Davis

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Sep 2, 2025

LEMIX: Enabling Testing of Embedded Applications as Linux Applications

This blog post summarizes our recent work, “LEMIX: Enabling Testing of Embedded Applications as Linux Applications”, which appeared at the…

LEMIX: Enabling Testing of Embedded Applications as Linux Applications

James Davis

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Jun 19, 2025

Phishing Training Still Isn’t Working, So Why Are We Still Paying for It?

As anyone who works with me professionally knows, I’m an empiricist at heart. I’m excited to share this recent work on phishing training!

Phishing Training Still Isn’t Working, So Why Are We Still Paying for It?

James Davis

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Jun 3, 2025

SoK: A Literature and Engineering Review of Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

The digest version of AsiaCCS’25 paper: “SoK: A Literature and Engineering Review of Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)”.

SoK: A Literature and Engineering Review of Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

James Davis

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May 7, 2025

Mitigating Software Supply Chain Vulnerabilities with Zero-Trust Dependencies

This is a brief for the research paper “ZTDJava: Mitigating Software Supply Chain Vulnerabilities with Zero-Trust Dependencies”, published…

Mitigating Software Supply Chain Vulnerabilities with Zero-Trust Dependencies

James Davis

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Apr 28, 2025

Prof. Davis’s Advice on Applying to Graduate School in Computing in the USA

Notes about applying to graduate school

James Davis

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Apr 15, 2025

Essential vs. Accidental Arguments in Novelty Claims for System Design

Thoughts on the effective analysis of software systems in research.

Essential vs. Accidental Arguments in Novelty Claims for System Design

James Davis

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Apr 10, 2025

An Industry Interview Study of Software Signing for Supply Chain Security

This is a brief for the research paper “An Industry Interview Study of Software Signing for Supply Chain Security”, at USENIX Security…

An Industry Interview Study of Software Signing for Supply Chain Security

James Davis

James Davis

I am a professor in ECE@Purdue. My research assistants and I blog here about research findings and engineering tips.

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