Yashwant K. Malaiya

Professor, Computer Science Department

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• Email: malaiya@ cs.colostate.edu
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  Computer Science Department
  Colorado State University
  Fort Collins, CO 80523-1873
• Office location: 238 University Services Center (2nd floor), 601 S. Howes St., at Myrtle St. (see map)
• Biographical information

Research

Major Topics:

• Software and hardware testing
  Fault modeling, Test effectiveness, Testing strategies
  

  Software and hardware Reliability

  Reliability growth for design faults, Relationship between test coverage and reliability.

  Security vulnerabilities

  Discovery process modeling, Metrics

Recent books that use our results:

• Secure Coding in C and C++, Robert C. Seacord, Addison-Wesley Professional; Sep 9 2005, (Vulenrability discovery Data, see related paper)
• Software Measurement and Estimation: A Practical Approach by Linda M. Laird and M. Carol Brennan, John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd.; May 18 2006, (Module size and complexity, see related paper)

Recent press and comments about our work:

• Heading off the hackers: Research predicts software vulnerabilities CSU Magazine, pages 13-14.
• Is Internet Explorer More Secure than Firefox?, Kate Green, MIT Techology review, Sept. 21, 2006.
• Software Flaws Can Be Predicted, David Utter, SecurityProNews, July 3, 2006.
• Modell zur Vorhersage von Sicherheitslucken, von Frank Ziemann, PCWelt, July 4, 2006
• Researchers look to predict software flaws, Robert Lemos, July 10, 2006, also at SecurityFocus, July 7, 2006.
• CSU team crushes computer bugs, Christine McManus, Coloradoan, July 10, 2006.
• Editor's Eye, Jon Erickson, Dr. Dobb's Portal, July 3, 2006.
• Un progetto di ricerca per prevedere il numero di errori nel softwarePaolo De Nictolis,13-07-2006.

Testing, Reliability & Security Research Group: Publications/Reports

Courses

• CS270: Computer Organization
• CS635: Adv. Fault-Tolerant Computing
• CS470: Computer Architecture
• CS530: Fault-Tolerant Computing
• CS166: Discrete Structures