Mahmoud Jahanshahi

Hi, welcome to my page! I’m an AI consultant and faculty member with a Ph.D. in Computer Science, teaching at the University of Tennessee’s College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies. My work bridges academic research and real-world applications, with a focus on mining large-scale, complex data to uncover patterns and drive solutions.

I’ve developed ecosystem-scale tools for software analysis, curated safer datasets for large language models, and delivered insights that inform licensing, security, and data governance. My background spans academia, business intelligence, finance, and strategic decision-making, enabling me to connect technical depth with business outcomes.

Whether through research, teaching, or consulting, I help organizations tackle data challenges, align AI strategies with their goals, and make confident, forward-looking decisions at the intersection of data, technology, and innovation.

When I’m not immersed in work, I enjoy playing the piano or pushing my limits with CrossFit. You can learn more about my interests here.

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Experience

Invited Talks

• Invited Speaker: "Hidden Vulnerabilities and Licensing Risks in LLM Pre-Training Datasets", at the 1st International Workshop on Large Language Model Supply Chain Analysis (LLMSC), held in conjuction with the ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA), Trondheim, Norway, June 2025.
  Presentation

Publications ORCID

• M. Jahanshahi and A. Mockus, "Cracks in The Stack: Hidden Vulnerabilities and Licensing Risks in LLM Pre-Training Datasets," 2025 IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Large Language Models for Code (LLM4Code), Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2025, pp. 104-111, doi: 10.1109/LLM4Code66737.2025.00018.
  Won the LLM4Code Best Paper Award.
  Paper - Replication Package - GitHub Repo
• M. Jahanshahi, D. Reid and A. Mockus, "Beyond Dependencies: The Role of Copy-Based Reuse in Open Source Software Development," ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), New York, NY, USA, 2025, Just Accepted, doi: 10.1145/3715907.
  Paper - Replication Package - GitHub Repo
• M. Jahanshahi, D. Reid, A. McDaniel and A. Mockus, "OSS License Identification at Scale: A Comprehensive Dataset Using World of Code," 2025 IEEE/ACM 22nd International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR), Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2025, pp. 144-148, doi: 10.1109/MSR66628.2025.00032.
  Paper - Replication Package
• C. Miller, M. Jahanshahi, A. Mockus, B. Vasilescu and C. Kastner, "Understanding the Response to Open-Source Dependency Abandonment in the npm Ecosystem," 2025 IEEE/ACM 47th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2025, pp. 2355-2367, doi: 10.1109/ICSE55347.2025.00004.
  Won the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award.
  Paper - Replication Package - GitHub Repo
• A. M. Thakur, R. Milewicz, M. Jahanshahi, L. Paganini, B. Vasilescu, and A. Mockus, "Scientific Open-Source Software Is Less Likely to Become Abandoned Than One Might Think! Lessons from Curating a Catalog of Maintained Scientific Software," Proceedings of the ACM on Software Engineering, Vol. 2, No. FSE, New York, NY, USA, July 2025, Art. No. FSE099, pp. 2216-2239, doi: 10.1145/3729369.
  Paper - Replication Package
• M. Jahanshahi and A. Mockus, "Dataset: Copy-based Reuse in Open Source Software," 2024 IEEE/ACM 21st International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR), Lisbon, Portugal, 2024, pp. 42-47, doi: 10.1145/3643991.3644868.
  Paper - GitHub Repo
• D. Reid, M. Jahanshahi and A. Mockus, "The Extent of Orphan Vulnerabilities from Code Reuse in Open Source Software," 2022 IEEE/ACM 44th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2022, pp. 2104-2115, doi: 10.1145/3510003.3510216.
  Nominated for the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award.
  Paper - GitHub Repo
• E. Lyulina and M. Jahanshahi, "Building the Collaboration Graph of Open-Source Software Ecosystem," 2021 IEEE/ACM 18th International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR), Madrid, Spain, 2021, pp. 618-620, doi: 10.1109/MSR52588.2021.00086.
  Paper - GitHub Repo

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Skills

• Terminal/Bash Scripting
• Databases (SQL, MongoDB, etc.)
• Python
• R
• C
• Data Visualization (Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
• Project Management Tools

• Persian (Native)
• English (Fluent - C1)
• German (Working Knowledge - B1)

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to tackle complex, intellectually demanding problems with minimal guidance
• Rapid learning and adaptability in dynamic environments
• Leadership in cross-functional teams, with strong communication and organizational skills

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