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Joanna Cecilia da Silva Santos

Software Vulnerabilities Detection Program Analysis Software Verification Software Architecture Reverse Engineering Formal Modeling Of Architectural Properties
University of Notre Dame College of Engineering

About

Prof. Santos’ research lies in understanding weaknesses and vulnerabilities through empirical studies to devise novel automated techniques for the development of secure software systems, from inception to deployment. Her work draws on program analysis, software verification, and machine learning algorithms to solve software engineering and security problems such as software vulnerabilities detection, reasoning and formal modeling of architectural properties, and software architecture reverse engineering.

Research Performance Summary

58
Total Papers
1457
Total Citations
17
H-Index
2011-2026
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

JOnline: proposta preliminar de um juiz online didático para o ensino de programação

Year: 2011

Citations: 17

Venue: Brazilian Symposium on Computers in Education (Simpósio Brasileiro de

Latest Recorded Paper

Security in the Age of AI Teammates: An Empirical Study of Agentic Pull Requests on GitHub

Year: 2026

Citations: 0

Venue: arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.00477

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2026
4
2025
12
2024
9
2023
3
2022
6
2021
3
2020
5
2019
3
2017
5
2016
3
2012
1

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 30
Journal 5
Book 0

Top Coauthors

Santos Mirakhorli Siddiq

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 16
Citations 156
Avg. Citations / Paper 9.8
H-Index 5

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 26
Citations 997
Avg. Citations / Paper 38.3
H-Index 14

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 11
Citations 280
Avg. Citations / Paper 25.5
H-Index 7

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 5
Citations 24
Avg. Citations / Paper 4.8
H-Index 2

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

jdasilv2@nd.edu
5746310353

Detected Research Keywords

Code Generation Techniques Catalog Security Architecture Security Architecture Weaknesses Security Assessment Generated Assessment Generated Code Vulnerabilities Related Architectural Related Architectural Security Architectural Security Tactics Call Graph Construction De Um Juiz