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Steve Counsell

Publication record assembled from the DBLP archive of ranked conferences.

Papers indexed

71

Venues

31

Active years

2001–2025

Best venue rank

A*

Where they publish

Papers

71 indexed papers, newest first.

YearVenueTitleAuthors
2025ICSEThere's Nothing to See Here: A Study of Deaf and Hearing Developer Use of Stack Overflow.Steve Counsell, Giuseppe Destefanis, Rumyana Neykova, Alina Dana Miron, Nadine Aburumman, Thomas Shippey
2024EASESemgrep*: Improving the Limited Performance of Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Tools.Gareth Bennett, Tracy Hall, Emily Winter, Steve Counsell
2024ESEMDo Developers Use Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Tools Straight Out of the Box? A large-scale Empirical Study.Gareth Bennett, Tracy Hall, Steve Counsell, Emily Winter, Thomas Shippey
2022ICMLAExploring the Explicit Modelling of Bias in Machine Learning Classifiers: A Deep Multi-label ConvNet Approach.Mashael Al-Luhaybi, Stephen Swift, Steve Counsell, Allan Tucker
2021ISSREExpanding Fix Patterns to Enable Automatic Program Repair.Vesna Nowack, David Bowes, Steve Counsell, Tracy Hall, Saemundur Haraldsson, Emily Winter, John R. Woodward
2021QUATICWhere the Bugs are: A Quasi-replication Study of the Effect of Inheritance Depth and Width in Java Systems.Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Amjed Tahir
2020EASEUsing the Lexicon from Source Code to Determine Application Domain.Andrea Capiluppi, Nemitari Ajienka, Nour Ali, Mahir Arzoky, Steve Counsell, Giuseppe Destefanis, Alina Dana Miron, Bhaveet Nagaria, Rumyana Neykova, Martin J. Shepperd, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker
2020EASEThemes and Difficulties in Distributed Agile Email Activity: A Qualititative Team-Based Study.Steve Counsell, Sunila Modi, Pamela Abbott
2020GECCOExploiting fault localisation for efficient program repair.Vesna Nowack, David Bowes, Steve Counsell, Tracy Hall, Saemundur Haraldsson, Emily Winter, John R. Woodward
2020ICSEHuman Factors in the Study of Automatic Software Repair: Future Directions for Research with Industry.Emily Winter, David Bowes, Steve Counsell, Tracy Hall, Saemundur Haraldsson, Vesna Nowack, John R. Woodward
2020PROFESOn Clones and Comments in Production and Test Classes: An Empirical Study.Steve Counsell, Steve Swift, Mahir Arzoky, Giuseppe Destefanis
2020QRSOn the Link Between Refactoring Activity and Class Cohesion Through the Prism of Two Cohesion-Based Metrics.Steve Counsell, Giuseppe Destefanis, Steve Swift, Mahir Arzoky, Davide Taibi
2020QUATICIs Complexity of Re-test a Reason Why Some Refactorings Are Buggy? an Empirical Perspective.Steve Counsell, Steve Swift, Mahir Arzoky, Giuseppe Destefanis
2019AIEDPredicting Academic Performance: A Bootstrapping Approach for Learning Dynamic Bayesian Networks.Mashael Al-Luhaybi, Leila Yousefi, Stephen Swift, Steve Counsell, Allan Tucker
2019CBMSAn Empirical Study of the AGIS Visual Field Metric and Its Seasonal Variations.Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Mahir Arzoky, Giuseppe Destefanis
2019ESEMOn the Relationship Between Coupling and Refactoring: An Empirical Viewpoint.Steve Counsell, Mahir Arzoky, Giuseppe Destefanis, Davide Taibi
2019IDEALThe Prevalence of Errors in Machine Learning Experiments.Martin J. Shepperd, Yuchen Guo, Ning Li, Mahir Arzoky, Andrea Capiluppi, Steve Counsell, Giuseppe Destefanis, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker, Leila Yousefi
2018EASECan you tell me if it smells?: A study on how developers discuss code smells and anti-patterns in Stack Overflow.Amjed Tahir, Aiko Yamashita, Sherlock A. Licorish, Jens Dietrich, Steve Counsell
2018ICSEAn empirical study on the interplay between semantic coupling and co-change of software classes.Nemitari Ajienka, Andrea Capiluppi, Steve Counsell
2018PROFESDo Developers Really Worry About Refactoring Re-test? An Empirical Study of Open-Source Systems.Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Mahir Arzoky, Giuseppe Destefanis
2017CBMSA Deconstructed Replication of a Time of Test Study Using the AGIS Metric.Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker
2017ESEMManaging Hidden Dependencies in OO Software: A Study Based on Open Source Projects.Nemitari Ajienka, Andrea Capiluppi, Steve Counsell
2017ICSEConnecting the Dots: Measuring Effectiveness and Affectiveness in Software Systems.Marco Ortu, Giuseppe Destefanis, Steve Counsell, Michele Marchesi, Roberto Tonelli
2017ICSE8th Workshop on Emerging Trends in Software Metrics (WETSoM 2017).Roberto Tonelli, Steve Counsell, Giuseppe Destefanis, Alessandro Murgia, Ewan D. Tempero
2017ISSREGetting Defect Prediction Into Industrial Practice: the ELFF Tool.David Bowes, Steve Counsell, Tracy Hall, Jean Petric, Thomas Shippey
2017ISSREAssert Use and Defectiveness in Industrial Code.Steve Counsell, Tracy Hall, Thomas Shippey, David Bowes, Amjed Tahir, Stephen G. MacDonell
2017SACOn the randomness and seasonality of affective metrics for software development.Giuseppe Destefanis, Marco Ortu, Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Roberto Tonelli, Michele Marchesi
2016APSECAn Empirical Study into the Relationship Between Class Features and Test Smells.Amjed Tahir, Steve Counsell, Stephen G. MacDonell
2016CBMSThe AGIS Metric and Time of Test: A Replication Study.Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker
2016ESEMSo You Need More Method Level Datasets for Your Software Defect Prediction?: Voil!Thomas Shippey, Tracy Hall, Steve Counsell, David Bowes
2015ICSE6th International Workshop on Emerging Trends in Software Metrics (WETSoM 2015).Steve Counsell, Corrado Aaron Visaggio, Roberto Tonelli, Ewan D. Tempero
2014IDAAn Approach to Controlling the Runtime for Search Based Modularisation of Sequential Source Code Check-ins.Mahir Arzoky, Stephen Swift, Steve Counsell, James Cain
2014IDAComparing Pre-defined Software Engineering Metrics with Free-Text for the Prediction of Code 'Ripples'.Steve Counsell, Allan Tucker, Stephen Swift, Guy Fitzgerald, Jason Peters
2014XPA Measure of the Modularisation of Sequential Software Versions Using Random Graph Theory.Mahir Arzoky, Stephen Swift, Steve Counsell, James Cain
2014XPAre Some Refactorings Attached to Fault-Prone Classes and Others to Fault-Free Classes?Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Alessandro Murgia, Roberto Tonelli, Michele Marchesi, Giulio Concas
2013ICGSENegotiating Common Ground in Distributed Agile Development: A Case Study Perspective.Sunila Modi, Pamela Abbott, Steve Counsell
2013ICSE4th international workshop on emerging trends in software metrics (WETSoM 2013).Steve Counsell, Michele Marchesi, Ewan D. Tempero, Corrado Aaron Visaggio
2013ICSTConditional-Based Refactorings and Fault-Proneness: An Empirical Study.Steve Counsell, Matt Gatrell, Robert M. Hierons, Alessandro Murgia, Roberto Tonelli, Michele Marchesi, Giulio Concas
2013IDAThe Modelling of Glaucoma Progression through the Use of Cellular Automata.Stelios Pavlidis, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker, Steve Counsell
2012COMPSACApplying Knowledge Elicitation to Improve Web Effort Estimation: A Case Study.Emilia Mendes, Manar AbuTalib, Steve Counsell
2012COMPSACSpecification Mutation Analysis for Validating Timed Testing Approaches Based on Timed Automata.Mohammad Saeed Abou Trab, Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons
2012ESEMExperimental assessment of software metrics using automated refactoring.Mel Cinnide, Laurence Tratt, Mark Harman, Steve Counsell, Iman Hemati Moghadam
2012IDAUse of General Purpose GPU Programming to Enhance the Classification of Leukaemia Blast Cells in Blood Smear Images.Stefan Skrobanski, Stelios Pavlidis, Waidah Ismail, Rosline Hassan, Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift
2011ICSTParameter-Based Refactoring and the Relationship with Fan-in/Fan-out Coupling.Alessandro Murgia, Michele Marchesi, Giulio Concas, Roberto Tonelli, Steve Counsell
2011RCISDesign patterns and fault-proneness a study of commercial C# software.Matt Gatrell, Steve Counsell
2010ICSEIs a strategy for code smell assessment long overdue?Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons, Hamza Hamza, Sue Black, M. Durrand
2010RCISAn Evolutionary Study of Fan-in and Fan-out Metrics in OSS.Asma Mubarak, Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons
2010SEFMNon-local Choice and Implied Scenarios.Haitao Dan, Robert M. Hierons, Steve Counsell
2010SERAAn Empirical Study of Fan-In and Fan-Out in Java OSS.Emal Nasseri, Steve Counsell, Ewan D. Tempero
2009EASEEmpirical Support for Two Refactoring Studies Using Commercial C# Software.Matt Gatrell, Steve Counsell, Tracy Hall
2009EASEDoes an 80: 20 rule apply to Java coupling?Asma Mubarak, Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons
2009IDAAn Application of Intelligent Data Analysis Techniques to a Large Software Engineering Dataset.James Cain, Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker
2009SERAAn Empirical Study of Java System Evolution at the Method Level.Emal Nasseri, Steve Counsell
2008COMPSACRefactoring Steps, Java Refactorings and Empirical Evidence.Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift
2008ICSEAInheritance, 'Warnings' and Potential Refactorings: An Empirical Study.Emal Nasseri, Steve Counsell
2008RCISIs the need to follow chains a possible deterrent to certain refactorings and an inducement to others?Steve Counsell
2007AICCSAA Meta-analysis Approach to Refactoring and XP.Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons, George Loizou
2007FORTEThread-Based Analysis of Sequence Diagrams.Haitao Dan, Robert M. Hierons, Steve Counsell
2007SEFMA Thread-tag Based Semantics for Sequence Diagrams.Haitao Dan, Robert M. Hierons, Steve Counsell
2006PROFESThe Concerns of Prototypers and Their Mitigating Practices: An Industrial Case-Study.Steve Counsell, Keith Phalp, Emilia Mendes, Stella Geddes
2006SACExtracting refactoring trends from open-source software and a possible solution to the 'related refactoring' conundrum.Deepak Advani, Youssef Hassoun, Steve Counsell
2005ICWETowards a Taxonomy of Hypermedia and Web Application Size Metrics.Emilia Mendes, Steve Counsell, Nile Mosley
2005PROFESWhat Formal Models Cannot Show Us: People Issues During the Prototyping Process.Steve Counsell, Keith Phalp, Emilia Mendes, Stella Geddes
2005SCAMObject-oriented cohesion as a surrogate of software comprehension: an empirical study.Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker
2004CaiSEThe quality of automated and manual data collection processes in Java software: an empirical comparison.Rajaa Najjar, Steve Counsell, George Loizou, Youssef Hassoun
2003IDAApplying Intelligent Data Analysis to Coupling Relationships in Object-Oriented Software.Steve Counsell, Xiaohui Liu, Rajaa Najjar, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker
2003SCAMPower Law Distributions in Class Relationships.Richard Wheeldon, Steve Counsell
2003VISSOFTAutoCode: Using Memex-like Trails to Improve Program Comprehension.Richard Wheeldon, Steve Counsell, Kevin Keenoy
2002COMPSACThe Application of Case-Based Reasoning to Early Web Project Cost Estimation.Emilia Mendes, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell
2002FlAIRSUsing CBR to Estimate Development Effort for Web Hypermedia Applications.Ian D. Watson, Emilia Mendes, Chris Triggs, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell
2001ITiCSEThe cognitive flexibility theory0: an approach for teaching Hypermedia Engineering.Emilia Mendes, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell