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William Halfond is an associate professor in computer science at the University of Southern California. He received his Ph.D. in 2010 from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Halfond's research is focused on software engineering, particularly program analysis and software testing. His work aims to improve quality assurance for web applications and to develop developer-oriented techniques to reduce power consumption in smartphone mobile applications, alongside enhancing software security. Specifically, his team's efforts concentrate on understanding and minimizing energy consumption by providing developers with insights into the energy requirements of mobile applications, which enables them to make adjustments that can result in significant energy savings. Additionally, he has developed techniques to accurately identify errors in the user interface (UI) of applications and has worked on analysis techniques specifically tailored for mobile web applications.
University of Southern California • Los Angeles, CA
Teaching and conducting research in the Department of Computer Science.
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