Sam Malek, PhD
Computer Scientist
Email: sam@quandarypeak.com
Direct Dial: (949) 357-3501
Irvine, CA (Orange County) Office
Sam Malek is an Associate Professor in the School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California at Irvine and a member of the Informatics Department. He is the director of Software Engineering and Analysis Laboratory and a member of DARPA’s Computer Science Study Panel. He was previously an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at George Mason University (GMU), where he was the director of GMU’s Software Design and Analysis Laboratory. Prior to his academic appointments, Malek worked as a software engineer in a variety of roles and on the development of numerous industrial software systems. Malek has experience with testifying in both jury trial and deposition as an expert witness in the fields of computer science and software engineering. He has served as a computer science expert witness and drafted numerous reports in high-stakes intellectual property infringement, breach-of-contract, and software dispute matters. As a renowned computer science expert, he has published on a variety of topics, served on the panel of many scientific boards and journals, and frequently spoken at scientific gatherings.
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Summary of Qualifications
- Has been deposed and testified as a computer science expert witness at trial numerous times.
- Internationally known in the computer science research community for his extensive scientific contributions in the fields of software engineering and distributed systems
- Managed research projects with more than four million dollars in funding, sponsored by both government and private sector.
- Worked as a software engineer in a variety of roles in several industrial organizations prior to his academic appointment as a professor.
- Conducts research in the field of software engineering, spanning the areas of software design and architecture, smartphone and mobile computing, Internet and web technologies, middleware, service oriented computing, autonomic computing, software dependability and security, and distributed and embedded systems.
- Authored more than 70 manuscripts published in peer-reviewed scientific conferences and journals.
- Frequently serves as organizer, program committee member, and speaker at premier scientific gatherings and conferences (currently an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering).
- Received his Ph.D. and MS degrees in Computer Science from the University of Southern California and his B.S. degree in Information and Computer Science from the University of California Irvine.
- Has received numerous awards for his scientific contributions, including the National Science Foundation CAREER award and GMU Computer Science Department Outstanding Faculty Research award.
- Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (SIGSOFT), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Areas of Expertise
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Programming languages and platforms
Java, C/C++, C#, Python, Perl, PHP, JavaScript, JSP, Eclipse, Visual Studio, .NET, Java EE, CORBA, Enterprise JavaBeans
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Mobile devices and applications
Android, iOS, iPhone
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Operating systems and servers
UNIX, Linux, Windows, Mac OS, Apache
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Databases
RDBMS, SQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL
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Development methods
Lean software development, agile, object-oriented, aspect-oriented programming, component-based development, COTS integration, requirements engineering, spiral model, and UML
Litigation Experience
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Ford Motor Company v. Versata Software, Inc., F/K/A Trilogy Software, Inc.
February 2017 – Present
Counsel: Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi, and Mensing P.C.
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent -
Financial Information Technologies Inc. v. Mark Lopez
January 2017 – Present
Counsel: Rocke McLean Sbar
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Trade Secret -
Alexander Yershov v. Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. d/b/a USA Today.
January 2017 – Present
Counsel: ZwillGen PLLC
Nature of Suit: Class Action -
Chrome Systems Inc. v. Internet Brands Inc., Autodata Solutions Inc., et al.
June 2016 – Present
Counsel: Wachtel, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Nature of Suit: Arbitration, Software License Dispute -
TiVo Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al.
April 2016 – December 2016
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas
Counsel: Irell & Manella LLP
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent -
Lenovo Adware Litigation
April 2016 – Present
Jurisdiction: Northern District of California, San Jose Division
Counsel: K&L Gates
Nature of Suit: Class Action -
Ericsson Inc., et al. v TCL Communication Technology Holdings, LTD, et al.
March 2015 – Present
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas; USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Counsel: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP; Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius LLP
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent
Deposed on February 1, 2016; April 14, 2016 -
STAR CO Ranger Digital, LLC v. Microsoft Corporation, et al.
March 2015 – May 2015
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Counsel: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent -
YYZ, LLC v. Hewlett-Packard Company
December 2014 – February 2015
Jurisdiction: District of Delaware
Counsel: Kenyon and Kenyon
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent -
Data Engine Technologies LLC v. International Business Machines Corporation
February 2014 – December 2015
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division
Counsel: Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi, and Mensing P.C.
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent
Deposed on November 23 and 24, 2015 -
Rockstar Consortium US LP and Netstar Technologies LLC v Google Inc.
October 2014 – February 2015
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Counsel: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent -
Optimum Content Protection LLC v. Microsoft Corporation
November 2014 – December 2014
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division
Counsel: Fish and Richardson P.C.
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent -
Alarm.com Inc. v. iControl Networks Inc.
June 2014 – October 2014
Jurisdiction: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Counsel: Fish and Richardson P.C.
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent -
Thought Inc. v. Oracle Corporation
May 2014 – October 2014
Jurisdiction: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Counsel: Sughrue Mion PLLC
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent
Deposed on August 25 and 26, 2014 -
Steve Morsa v. Facebook Inc.
April 2014 – December 2014
Jurisdiction: Federal District Court, Central District of California
Counsel: Bragalone Conroy PC
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent -
United States of America v. Alexander Rousseau
June 2014 – July 2014
Jurisdiction: Southern District of Florida
Counsel: U.S. Department of Justice
Nature of Suit: Criminal
Testified at trial on July 15, 2014 -
Clori Isaac v. Geo. Mijilem & Co., Inc.
April 2014 – June 2014
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
Counsel: Selman Breitman LLP
Nature of Suit: Class Action -
Miants, LLC, et al. v. Kevin Lasser, et al.
April 2014 – June 2014
Jurisdiction: State of Michigan, Oakland County Circuit Court
Counsel: Mantese, Honigman, Rossman & Williamson, P.C.
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property -
Motorola Mobility Inc. v. Apple Inc.
December 2013 – May 2014
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Counsel: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent -
iControl Networks Inc. v. Alarm.com Inc., et al.
September 2013 – December 2013
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Counsel: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property – Patent
Deposed on December 13, 2013 -
United States ex rel. Hooper v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
August 2013 – January 2014
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Counsel: The Cullen Law Firm PLLC
Nature of Suit: False Claims Act -
Lotchinbek Samatov, Jakhongir Samatov, and SSD Software Solutions v. AirShowBuzz
June 2013 – August 2013
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles Central District
Counsel: Michelman & Robinson LLP
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
