IEEE Reliability Society Student Outreach at National Chiao Tung UniversityShiuhpyng Winston Shieh
Dr. Jeffrey Voas's Biography: Jeffrey Voas is a computer scientist at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD. Before joining NIST, Voas was an entrepreneur and co-founded Cigital. He has served as the IEEE Reliability Society President (2003-2005, 2009-2010), and serves as an IEEE Director (2011-2012). Voas co-authored two John Wiley books (Software Assessment: Reliability, Safety, and Testability [1995] and Software Fault Injection: Inoculating Software Against Errors [1998]), is currently an Associate Editor-In-Chief of IEEE's IT Professional Magazine, is on the editorial board of IEEE Computer Magazine, and is on the Editorial Advisory Board of IEEE Spectrum Magazine. Voas received his undergraduate degree in computer engineering from Tulane University (1985), and received his M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science from the College of William and Mary (1986, 1990 respectively). Voas is a Fellow of the IEEE and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Voas's current research interests include vetting mobile app software, how apps depend on clouds, software certification ethics, and the Internet of Things (IOT). Talk1 Abstract: Software fault injection is a form of dynamic software testing that allows developers and testers to observe how the software will behave under a variety of anomalous conditions. These conditions can be the result of simulated internal software defects or simulated external/environmental stimuli. The end result of a better of way to predict how the software will behave when such events occur. Software testing, on the other hand, allows for predictions of how the software will behave under normal, expected operating conditions. Therefore the knowledge derived from these different types of dynamic assessment is unique, but when combined, result in a more thorough prediction of how the software will behave under a wide variety of nominal and off-nominal circumstances. This offers a more complete definition of "software assurance." Talk2 Abstract: Recent advances in the hardware capabilities of mobile hand-held devices have fostered the development of open source operating systems and a wealth of applications for mobile phones and table devices. This new generation of smart devices, including iPhone and Google Android, are powerful enough to accomplish most of the user tasks previously requiring a personal computer. In this talk, we will discuss the cyber threats that stem from these new smart device capabilities and the online application markets for mobile devices. These threats include malware, data exfiltration, exploitation through USB, and user and data tracking.
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