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Vladimir Filkov
ACM Distinguished Member
Professor, Computer Science Department
Director for Translational Data Science, DataLab
University of California, Davis

Office: Academic Surge, 2077
Office Hours: By appt.
Phone: 530-752-8393
Email: last name at cs dot ucdavis dot edu

POSTDOC OPPORTUNITIES: DataLab and UCDH Translational Data Science Postdoc Fellowships, multiple positions open. Apply here.


NEWS:

June 2023: The website for our project "Jumpstarting Nascent OSS Projects" is now active.

May 2013: I visited 3 campuses of Amrita University in Kochi, Comibatore, and Amritapuri. Thank you for the wonderful experiences!

March 2023: Our OSS Sustainability Forum was an unqualified success. Check out our blog here.

January 2023: Many thanks to Google for the gift that will help us organize a forum on OSS Sustainability.

November, 2022: Our paper "On the Self-Governance and Episodic Changes in Apache Incubator Projects: An Empirical Study" has been accepted for presentation at ICSE 2023. Congrats Likang Yin and coauthors! Final version is here.

August, 2022: Our NSF GCR grant, to study OSS Sustainability using socio-technical and governance data, was approved for Phase II. Thank you to all our hard working students, postdocs, and PIs. And manythanks to NSF.

May, 2022: Our paper "Code, Quality, and Process Metrics in Graduated and Retired ASFI Projects" has been accepted for presentation at FSE 2022. Congrats Stefan and Likang Yin! Final version is here.

November, 2021: Announcing a new postdoc position! Application review begins December 15, 2021. For additional details and how to apply see here.

October, 2021: Our work on COVID admission models was featured on DataLab and Dateline. Check it out here.

August, 2021: We did a podcast for the CHAOSS Community, on our work on OSS Sustainability forecasting. Check it out here.

June, 2021: Dr. Stefan Stanciulescu joins our sustainability project. Welcome Stefan!

May, 2021: Our paper "Sustainability Forecasting for Apache Incubator Projects" has been accepted for presentation at FSE 2021. Congrats Likang Yin and coauthors! Final version is here.

October 1, 2020: New grant (Phase I) (thanks NSF!), to study OSS Sustainability using socio-technical and governance data.

September 21, 2020: Likang Yin wins a Distinguished ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award. CS Dept post.

SERVICE:

Director of Translational Data Science at UCD DataLab: I focus on providing the UC Davis and UC Davis Health
community of researchers with data science know-how and system resources. Ping me if you want to chat.
I also co-manage the DataLab Health Data Science and Systems Cluster, where we have meetings/talks/workshops
several times a month. Click here to find out more and register for announcements.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

I am a data scientist specializing in a number of applied areas