Articles about Architecture and Design

August 29, 2012 • by George Edwards

The Impact of Software Architecture Research on Industry

The Joint 10th Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture & 6th European Conference on Software Architecture (WICSA/ECSA 2012) was held this week in Helsinki, Finland. Along with keynote addresses and research presentations, the conference included a panel discussion of the impact of software architecture research on software architecture practice. The panel included…

June 22, 2012 • by George Edwards

New Software Modeling Tools Combine Flexibility and Formality

A research team composed of computer scientists at the University of Southern California, the University of Washington, and Quandary Peak Research has developed a new architecture for software modeling and analysis tools. The proposed architecture, implemented in a prototype tool suite called LIGHT, allows users to customize the appearance and content of…

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Recent Articles

April 25, 2022 • by Juan M. Vasquez, CISM, CISA

Understanding Medical Device Cybersecurity & the FDA’s Role

As the world of medical devices evolves to treat better and monitor patient health, cybersecurity remains a top priority. As per FDA guidance, “medical device security is a shared responsibility between stakeholders, including health care facilities, patients, providers, and manufacturers of medical devices.”

January 7, 2022 • by Quandary Peak Research

Causes and Effects of Bias in Computer-Aided Decision Making

Recent advances and increased application of computer-aided decision making, including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), have caught the attention of consumer protection organizations and regulatory agencies.