Yashwant K. Malaiya

Professor, Computer Science Department

• Voice: (970) 491-7031, Fax: (970) 491-2466
  
• Email: malaiya@ cs.colostate.edu
• Address
  Computer Science Department
  1873 Campus Delivery
  Fort Collins, CO 80523-1873
• Office location: 356 Computer Science Building  (see map)
• Biographical information, publications, CV  Erdös number 2 

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

Some books that use our results:

• Machine Learning Techniques for Improved Business Analytics, Dileep Kumar G., Ed, IGI Global, 2018, see related paper)
• Software Reliability Assessment with OR Applications, Springer Series in Reliability Engineering, P.K. Kapur, Hoang Pham, A. Gupta, P.C. Jha, Springer Science & Business Media, 2013, see related paper)
• Security Engineering for Cloud Computing: Approaches and Tools: Approaches and Tools, David G Rosado, July 2011, IGI Global, Sep 30, 2012
• A large Scale validation of A methodology for Assessing Software Reliability, C.S. Smidts, Y. Shi, M. Li, W. Kong, J. Dai,July 2011, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.(Fault Exposure Ratio, see related paper)
• 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)
• Random testing of digital circuits: theory and applications, René David, CRC Press, 1998. (Detectability Profile concept, see related paper)
• Digital hardware testing: transistor-level fault modeling and testing, Rochit Rajsuman, Artech House Publishers, 1992.(IDDQ Testing, see related paper)

Some press and comments about our work:

• Researchers Struggle to Determine True Cost of Data Breaches Robert Lemos, eWeek, July 24, 2016, pages 13-14.
• 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

• CS559: Quantitative Security
• CS530, CS530DL: Fault-Tolerant Computing
• CS470: Computer Architecture
• CS370: Operating Systems
• CS635: Adv. Fault-Tolerant Computing
• CS150: Interactive Programming with Java
• CS270: Computer Organization