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René Just

Static Program Analysis Dynamic Program Analysis Developer Productivity Applied Statistics Machine Learning

About

René Just is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington. His research interests are in software engineering, software security, and data science, in particular static and dynamic program analysis, developer productivity, and applied statistics and machine learning. Just is the recipient of an NSF CAREER Award and two Most Influential Paper (10-year test-of-time) Awards. His research won multiple distinguished paper awards and honorable mentions. He develops research and educational infrastructures that are widely adopted by other researchers and instructors (e.g., Defects4J and the Major mutation framework).

Research Performance Summary

102
Total Papers
6413
Total Citations
30
H-Index
2008-2025
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Benchmarking testing strategies with tools from mutation analysis

Year: 2008

Citations: 24

Venue: 2008 IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and

Latest Recorded Paper

Resolving Conditional Implicit Calls to Improve Static and Dynamic Analysis in Android Apps

Year: 2025

Citations: 0

Venue: ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2025
6
2024
11
2023
7
2022
7
2021
9
2020
6
2019
6
2018
6
2017
9
2016
7
2015
10

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 53
Journal 9
Book 3

Top Coauthors

Just Fraser Ernst

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 6
Citations 8
Avg. Citations / Paper 1.3
H-Index 2

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 40
Citations 708
Avg. Citations / Paper 17.7
H-Index 15

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 38
Citations 1843
Avg. Citations / Paper 48.5
H-Index 15

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 16
Citations 3814
Avg. Citations / Paper 238.4
H-Index 13

2005-2009

Period Stats
Papers 2
Citations 40
Avg. Citations / Paper 20
H-Index 2

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

rjust@cs.washington.edu

Detected Research Keywords

Improving Fault Localization Static Analysis Implicit Analysis Implicit Control Implicit Control Flow Control Flow Resolving Flow Resolving Java Resolving Java Reflection Java Reflection Android Reflection Android Intents Practical Mutation Testing