| James A Whittaker,
Ph.D. |
| Associate Professor
and Director of the Center for Software Engineering Research,
Computer Sciences Department |
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| B.S. Computer
Science, Bellarmine College |
| M.S. Computer
Science, University of Tennessee |
| Ph.D. Computer
Science, University of Tennessee | |
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 Contact Information
Past Employment and Affiliations
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1987 - 1988: Federal Bureau of Investigation, System
Administrator/Software Developer |
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1988 - 1992: University of Tennessee, Graduate Teaching/Research
Assistant |
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1992 - 1996: University of Tennessee, Adjunct Assistant
Professor |
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1992 - 1996: Software Engineering Technology, Project
Leader |
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1996 - 1998: Florida Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor:
Computer Science |
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1998 -
Present: Florida Institute of Technology,
Associate Professor: Computer Science |
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1999 -
Present: Florida Institute of Technology,
Chair, Software Engineering
Program |
Research Interests
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Software design methods - methods
used in software design |
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Software testing - Finding
efficient and accurate ways of testing software for defects and
errors |
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Software reliability - Researching
ways to prevent software "crash" and data
corrosion |
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Information/computer security - Discovering new methods of protecting data in a computer
system |
Publications
Books
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Whittaker J.A., and El-Far
I.. From Concept to Code. : , Project completion pending.
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Whittaker J.A., Robinson H.,
and Tierney J.. Software Testing: The Basics and Beyond. : ,
Project completion pending. |
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Whittaker, James A.
Software Certification Guidebook. Knoxville, TN: SET Press,
1995. |
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Whittaker J.A., and Becker
S.. Cleanroom software engineering practices. Harrisburg, PA:
IDEA Group Publishing, 1996. |
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Whittaker, James A.
Introduction to Software Engineering. Melbourne, Florida: SES
Press, 1998. |
Journal Articles
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Whittaker, James A.
"Software's Invisible User." IEEE Software. (pending).
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Whittaker J.A., and Voas
J.M.. "Toward a More Reliable Theory of Software Reliability."
IEEE Computer. (pending). |
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Whittaker J.A., Rekab K.,
and Thomason M.G.. "A Markov Chain Model For Predicting The
Reliability Of Multi-Version Software." Journal of Information
and Software Technology. (pending). |
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Whittaker J.A., and
Al-Ghafees M.. "Selecting Software Test Data Using Black-Box Data
Flow Information." ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and
Methodology. (pending). |
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Whittaker J.A., and Poore
J.H.. "Markov Analysis of Software Specifications." ACM
Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology. 3, 1
(93-106): 1993. |
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Whittaker J.A., and Thomason
M.G.. "Rare fail-states and extreme values of TTF in a Markov Chain
Model for Software Reliability." IEEE Transactions on Software
Engineering. (pending). |
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Whittaker J.A., and M.G.
Thomason. "A Markov Chain model for statistical software testing."
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 20, 10 (1994):
812-824. |
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Whittaker, James A.
"Stochastic Software Testing." The Annuals of Software
Engineering. 4 (1997): 115-131. |
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Whittaker J.A., and
Jorgensen A.. "Why Software Fails." ACM Software Engineering
Notes. 24, 4 (1999). |
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Whittaker, James A. "What is
Software Testing, and Why is It So Hard." IEEE Software. 17,
1 (2000): 70-79. |
Chapters/Articles from a Book
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Whittaker, James A.
"Certification Practices." Cleanroom Certification Practices.
(S. Becker and J.A. Whittaker). ed. Harrisburg, PA: IDEA Group
Publishing, 1996:83-115 |
Conference Papers
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Whittaker J.A., and Thomason
M.G.. "Markov Chain Representation of Sequences in Knowledge-Based
Systems." Proceedings of the Symposium on Computer Vision,
held 1991. Ed. . AalBorg, DK: , 1991: 71-98 |
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Whittaker J.A., and Poore
J.H.. "Statistical Testing for Cleanroom Software Engineering."
Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Systems
Science, held 1992. Ed. . : IEEE Computer Society Press, 1992:
428-436 |
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Whittaker J.A., and Agrawal
K.. "Experiences in Applying Statistical Testing to a Real-Time,
Embedded Software System." Proceedings of the Pacific Northwest
Software Quality Conference, held 1993. Ed. . Portland, OR: ,
1993: 154-170 |
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Whittaker J.A., and Agrawal
K.. "A Case Study in Software Reliability Measurement."
Proceedings of Quality Week, held 1994. Ed. . San Francisco,
CA: , 1994: |
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Whittaker, James A.
"Statistical Testing Software." Proceedings of the Software
Technology Conference, held 1996. Ed. . Salt Lake City, UT: ,
1996: |
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Whittaker J.A., and Deck M..
"Lessons Learned from Fifteen Years of Cleanroom Testing."
Proceedings of the Software Testing Analysis and Review
Conference, held 1997. Ed. . San Diego, CA: , 1997: 177-189
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Whittaker J.A., and Thomason
M.G.. "Rare Failure State in a Markov Chain Model for Software
Reliability." Proceedings of the International Symposium on
Software Reliability Engineering ISSRE99, held 1999. Ed. . Boca
Raton, FL: , 1999: |
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Whittaker J.A., and
Al-Ghafees M.. "Markov Chain-Based Test Data Adequacy Criteria."
IRA 2000, held 2000. Ed. . Anchorage, AL: , 2000:
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Whittaker, James A. "How to
Break Software- A Case Study." STAR EAST 2000, held 2000. Ed.
. Orlando, FL: , 2000: |
Honors and Awards
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Best Presentation - For "Exploiting a Broken Design Process" at Software
Testing Analysis and Review Conference (STAR) in Orlando, Fl
(1999) |
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Florida Tech College of
Engineering Research Aware (1998) |
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Best Presentation - For "Model-Based Testing, Research and Development" at
Teradyne Users Group Conference in Orlando, Fl
(1999) |
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"Teacher of the Year":
Student Elected - 1997-1998,
1998-1999 |
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