Scholar
Nakhla Rafi
Google Scholar ID: 7zc3ryQAAAAJ
Graduate Research Assistant
Citations & Impact
Citations
37
H-index
4
i10-index
1
Publications
9
Co-authors
12
list available
Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Paper 'Order Matters! An Empirical Study on Large Language Models' Input Order Bias in Software Fault Localization' accepted at ICSE 2026 (June 2025)
- Paper 'Revisiting Defects4J for Fault Localization in Diverse Development Scenarios' accepted at MSR 2025 (January 2025)
- Paper 'Towards Better Graph Neural Network-based Fault Localization Through Enhanced Code Representation' accepted at FSE 2024 (July 2024)
- Short paper 'Exploring Data Cleanness in Defects4J and Its Influence on Fault Localization Efficiency' accepted at ICSE 2024 (April 2024)
- First-place winner, ACM Student Research Competition at FSE 2024 (July 2024), for work on enhancing code representation for GNN-based fault localization
Background
- PhD student in Computer Science at Concordia University
- Affiliated with the Software Performance, Analysis, and Reliability (SPEAR) Lab
- Research focuses on improving the quality of large-scale software systems
- Primary research interest lies in Fault Localization (FL) techniques in Software Engineering
- Current project develops novel FL methods using machine learning and program analysis
- Exploring the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance debugging performance and reliability
