An SQL injection attack targets interactive web applications that employ database services.
Such applications accept user input, such as form fields, and then include this input in …

A central objective of the verifying compiler grand challenge is to develop a push-button
verifier that generates proofs of correctness in a syntax-driven fashion similar to the way an …

Geometric closest potnt problems deal with the proxLmity relationships in k-dimensional
point sets. Examples of closest point problems include building minimum spanning trees, …

The assignment statement for copying the value of one variable to another is the only built-in
mechanism for data movement in most modern programming languages. When dealing …

… Lillian Cassel, Villanova University Alan Clements, University of Teeside Gordon Davies,
Open University Mark Guzdial, Georgia Institute of Technology Renée McCauley (Co-chair) …

Publisher Summary The chapter focuses on consolidating important recent technical advances
that help in making reusable software components more feasible. It describes a general …

Abstraction is one of the cornerstones of software development and is recognized as a
fundamental and essential principle to be taught as early as CS1/CS2. Abstraction supposedly …

Methods Isolation and perfusion of the heart The chickens were stunned by a blow on the
head and the cats were anesthetized by ether before both animals were bled from the neck …

Software engineers often espouse the importance of using abstraction and encapsulation in
developing software components. They advocate the "layering" of new components on top …

This paper proposes an initial catalog of easy-to-state, relatively simple, and incrementally
more and more challenging benchmark problems for the Verified Software Initiative. These …