Huawei and the Fight Over 5G
While 4G networks can send hundreds of millions of bytes per second, 5G networks will send billions, changing how we live and work.
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Trade Secrets and Cover-Ups: The Case of Waymo vs. Uber
In February 2017, Waymo filed a lawsuit in San Francisco federal court against Uber, alleging theft of trade-secrets related to Waymo’s self-driving car technology. The lawsuit, full of twists and turns, was settled earlier this month, with Uber agreeing to pay $245 million in shares to Alphabet (Google), Waymo’s parent company. Below we’ll take look […]
Read MoreCode is Tricky, Part 2: Source Code Never Runs
Every computer program comes from source code, but computers never use source code to run their programs. How does that work? Part 2 in our series.
Read MoreShahin Nazarian Provides Deposition Testimony in BIOS Cases
Quandary Peak Research expert Dr. Shahin Nazarian was deposed in several IPR cases on March 15, March 16, April 4 and April 6, 2016. He was the lead testifying expert witness on six contested patents. Nazarian was asked to opine on the invalidity of US patents 6,519,659, 6,487,656, 6,633,976, 6,373,498, 6,401,202, and 6,892,304. Nazarian drew […]
Read MoreAward Winning Research Conducted by Quandary Peak Experts
Two Quandary Peak Research experts and their teams presented their latest research at the twenty-sixth International Symposium on Software Reliability and Engineering, one of the most accredited IEEE events. Dr. Mahdi Eslamimehr with his teammate from MIT won the ISSRE 2016 Best Paper award for “AtomChase: Directed Search Towards Atomicity Violations”, the result of three […]
Read MoreCould Better Testing Have Prevented Toyota’s Unintended Acceleration Problem?
When human health and safety depends on software, correct system operation is the most important concern. Unfortunately, a lack of proper testing and verification in such systems allows program defects to remain undetected and later turn into hazardous failures. Here are a few examples from a long history of failing programs that have cost lives: […]
Read MoreMeasuring Software Maintainability
Measuring software maintainability is non-trivial and there exists no single metric to measure it accurately. Maintainability is a multifaceted quality attribute – each of the facets must be analyzed to objectively measure it.
Read MoreExpert at Quandary Peak Research Assists in Contract Dispute Case
Brad Ulrich, a computer scientist at Quandary Peak Research, was recently engaged to provide software analysis and consulting for Step-By-Step Academy, an Ohio-based company, in the matter of Step-By-Step Academy, Inc. v. Special Learning, Inc in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Ohio. Special Learning is a Chicago-based company. The case involves a […]
Read MoreSam Malek Provides Deposition Testimony in Home Security Case
Professor Sam Malek, one of Quandary Peak’s computer and software experts, was deposed in a patent case on December 13, 2013. Malek was the lead testifying expert witness on several of the asserted patents. In particular, he was asked to opine on the infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,350,694 and U.S. Patent No. 8,439,202, as well […]
Read MoreFoxNews.com Article Quotes Software Expert George Edwards
A FoxNews.com story on computer glitches in the HealthCare.gov website features several quotes by Quandary Peak Research software expert George Edwards. The article adds to a recent flurry of reports chronicling bugs in the new federal insurance marketplace. Dr. Edwards explained the inherent challenges faced by engineers in building the site, and noted that it’s […]
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