The list below includes my journal articles, conference papers, technical reports, and publicly available preprints. Where a publication has both a publisher version and an open-access preprint, both links are provided.
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Licorish, S. A., Zolduoarrati, E., Savarimuthu, T., Hoda, R., De Souza Santos, R., & Sharma, P. (2026). Why Do You Contribute to Stack Overflow? Insights for Sustaining Knowledge Ecosystems in the Age of LLMs. In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering (ENASE 2026), 376–383. Publisher PDF · DOI. An earlier version is available as the arXiv preprint Why Do You Contribute to Stack Overflow? Understanding Cross-Cultural Motivations and Usage Patterns before the Age of LLMs: arXiv.
Sharma, P., Young, N., & Dubrava, T. (2025). MapSafe QGIS Plugin: A Complete Open-Source Geoprivacy Tool for Desktop GIS Applications. Journal of Location Based Services, 19(4), 287–322. Publisher/DOI.
Sharma, P., Govorov, M., & Martin, M. (2024). A Usable Encryption Solution for File-Based Geospatial Data within a Database File System. Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy, 4(2), 298–323. Publisher/DOI · PDF.
Sharma, P., Martin, M., Swanlund, D., Latham, C., Anderson, D., & Wood, W. (2024). A Cloud-Based Solution for Trustless Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Protecting Māori Biodiversity Management Data in Aotearoa New Zealand. Transactions in GIS, 28(4), 836–857. Publisher/DOI.
Sharma, P., Savarimuthu, B. T. R., & Stanger, N. (2023 online; 2024 issue). How Are Decisions Made in Open Source Software Communities?—Uncovering Rationale from Python Email Repositories. Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, 36(4), e2526. Publisher/DOI · University repository.
Sharma, P., Martin, M., & Swanlund, D. (2023). MapSafe: A Complete Tool for Achieving Geospatial Data Sovereignty. Transactions in GIS, 27(6), 1680–1698. Publisher/DOI · Research output record.
Sharma, P., Savarimuthu, B. T. R., & Stanger, N. (2022). Unearthing Open Source Decision-Making Processes: A Case Study of Python Enhancement Proposals. Software: Practice and Experience, 52(10), 2312–2346. Publisher/DOI · Open-access version.
Thapa, R., Sharma, P., Hüllmann, J. A., & Savarimuthu, B. T. R. (2021). Identifying Influence Mechanisms in Permissionless Blockchain Communities: The Bitcoin Case. In Proceedings of the 42nd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2021). AIS Electronic Library · PDF.
Sharma, P., Savarimuthu, B. T. R., & Stanger, N. (2021). Influence of Roles in Decision-Making during OSS Development—A Study of Python. In Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE 2021), 50–59. Publisher/DOI · arXiv · Conference page.
Sharma, P., Savarimuthu, B. T. R., & Stanger, N. (2021). Extracting Rationale for Open Source Software Development Decisions—A Study of Python Email Archives. In Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2021), 1008–1019. Publisher/DOI · arXiv.
Lartigou, F., Govorov, M., Aisake, T., & Sharma, P. (2005). Interactive GIS Web-Atlas for Twelve Pacific Islands Countries. Technical report/project article for the GeoMedia Research Laboratory Initiative. arXiv version · ResearchGate record.
Sharma, P., Savarimuthu, B. T. R., & Stanger, N. (2020). Mining Decision-Making Processes in Open Source Software Development: A Study of Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs) Using Email Repositories. In Proceedings of the Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE 2020), 200–209. Publisher/DOI · ACM record.
Sharma, P., Savarimuthu, B. T. R., & Stanger, N. (2017). Boundary Spanners in Open Source Software Development: A Study of Python Email Archives. In Proceedings of the 24th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC 2017), 308–317. Publisher/DOI · IEEE record.
Sharma, P., Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Stanger, N., Licorish, S. A., & Rainer, A. (2017). Investigating Developers’ Email Discussions during Decision-Making in Python Language Evolution. In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE 2017), 286–291. Publisher/DOI · ACM record.
Sharma, P., Govorov, M., Khmelevsky, Y., & Dhanjal, S. (2004). Oracle 9iAS Portal as a Platform for Geographic Information Science Distance and Flexible Learning at the University of the South Pacific. In Human Perspectives in the Internet Society: Culture, Psychology and Gender, WIT Press, 11–21. Publisher/DOI · WIT Press volume.