Forensic Software Engineering CS 851:5 MW 11:30-12:45 Olsson 236D John C. Knight, Kimberly S. Hanks

Today’s Agenda  Brief introduction Overview of forensic software engineering  Administrative details Contact info sheet Course requirements Presentation scheduling

Overview  Forensics: Broadly, the application of science to the law Generally in service of finding out “what happened” during the course of a legally relevant event What is the evidence? Does the evidence point to a crime? If so, who is responsible?

Forensic Engineering  “What happened” during the course of an industrially relevant event? Mainly concerned with events that result in tragedies and other losses This information is often used for assigning blame, but more ideally for improving the system

Forensic Software Engineering  “What happened” during the course of an industrially relevant event that involved software? Systems with software as components Systems directing the production of software  Might or might not know initially that software was involved

FSE, con’t.  We will examine Failure across industries Looking for paradigmatic failure types Failures in which software contributed Role of software as component of complex system Sources of faulty software in and of itself Development process as complex system

Goals  Use “what happened” to characterize “what happens”  Debunk convenient explanations in favor of more rigorous ones  Generate strategies for prevention  Generate strategies for making investigation more efficient, valuable, and trustworthy

Contact Info Sheet  Name   Department  Level

Course Org and Reqs  Seminar format  Reading  Presentations  Assignments  Participation  Project  No final exam

Presentation Scheduling  Calendar

Stray bits  Kim: ksh4q  John: knight  Use “forensic” in the subject line   Office hours: MW 12:45-1:30, 113 Olsson  Keep Fridays available at this time