Roger T. Alexander

Dr. Roger T. Alexander
Associate Professor

School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Washington State University
EME 127
PO Box 642752
Pullman, Washington 99164-2752

Phone: (509) 335 - 0922;
Fax: (509) 335 - 3818
Email: rta@eecs.wsu.edu

AIM: DrRTAlexander

Research

My research is in the field of software engineering and computer security. In the area of software engineering, I am interested in how we develop systems using object-oriented technology, particularly those aspects related to testing, reliability, and maintenance. In computer security, my interests include in intrusion detection, vulnerability assessment, and the construction of secure information systems.

Curriculum Vita (pdf)

Research Summary

Education

Ph.D. (2001), Information Technology, George Mason University

M.S. (1994), Software Engineering, George Mason University

B.S. (1991), Computer Science, University of the State of New York

Teaching

CptS 580 Advanced Topics in Computer Science: Aspect-Oriented Software Development (WSU), Fall 2005 (graduate)

CS 200 Algorithms and Data Structures (CSU), Spring 2005

CS 553 Algorithmic Language Processors (CSU), Spring 2005, Fall 2003 (graduate)

Advanced Topics in Software Engineering: Research Issues in Aspect-Oriented Software Development (CSU), Spring 2004 (graduate).

CS 580 Aspect-Oriented Programming (CSU), Spring 2005 (graduate)

CS 580 Building Web Based Information Systems (CSU), Spring 2003 (graduate)

CS 414 Object-Oriented Design (CSU), Fall 2004, Spring 2003, Fall 2002, Spring 2002

CS 614B Advanced Topics in Software Engineering: Analysis and Testing of Object-oriented Programs (CSU), Fall 2001 (graduate).

SWE 619 Software Construction (GMU), 1996, 1997 (graduate).

CIS 510 Advanced Systems Analysis and Design (Strayer University), 1995 (graduate).

CIS 242 C Programming (Strayer University), 1995, 1996.

CIS 421 Software Engineering (Strayer University), 1997.

Students

Current
		Priti Ajgaonkar (MS)
		Nathan McEachen (MS)
		Paul Whyman (MS)
Graduated
		Suzhen Chen (MS)
		Atul Nulhar (MS)
		Beth Richardson (MS)

Selected Publications

2005
		Nathan McEachen and Roger T. Alexander, Distributing Classes with Woven Concerns Ð An Exploration of Potential Fault Scenarios. Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Aspect-oriented software development, pp 192-200, Chicago, Illnois, USA, March 14-18, 2005.
2003
		Roger T. Alexander and Jeff Offutt (submitted), Testing Polymorphic Relationships.

		Atul Nulkar and Roger T. Alexander (to appear), An Instrumentation Engine for Dynamic Program Analysis, International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2003), Denver, Colorado.

		Robert B. France, Indrakshi Ray, Sudipto Ghosh, James M. Bieman, Geri George and Roger T. Alexander (to appear), Static and Dynamic Analysis of Competing Dependability Concern Realizations in an Aspect-Oriented Modeling Framework, International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2003), Denver, Colorado.

		J. Bieman, G. Straw, H. Wang, P.W. Munger and R. Alexander (2003), Design patterns and change proneness: an examination of five evolving systems, Proceedings of the Ninth International Metrics Symposium (Metrics 2003), Sydney, Australia.
2002
		Alexander, R., J. Bieman, S. Ghosh and B. Ji (2002). Mutation of java objects. International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2002), Annapolis, Maryland.
		Alexander, R. T. and J. M. Bieman (2002). Challenges with Aspect-oriented Technology. ICSE Workshop on Software Quality, Orlando, Flordia.
		Alexander, R. T., J. Offutt and J. M. Bieman (2002). Fault Detection Capabilities of Coupling-based OO Testing. The Thirteenth International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE '02), Annapolis, Maryland.
		Alexander, R. T., J. Offutt and J. M. Bieman (2002). Syntactic Fault Patterns in OO Programs. The Eighth IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS '02), Greenbelt, Maryland.
		Bieman, J., R. Alexander, P. W. Munger and M. E. (2002). Software design quality: style and substance. ICSE 2002 Workshop on Software Quality, Orlando, Flordia.
		Mekerke, F., G. Georg, R. France and R. Alexander (2002). Tool Support for Aspect-Oriented Design. OOIS Workshop on Model Driven Approaches to Software Development, Montpellier, France, Springer.
		Munger, W., J. Bieman and R. Alexander (2002). Coding concerns: do they matter? Workshop on Empirical Studies of Software Maintenance WESS 2002.
2001
		Jeff Offutt, Roger Alexander, Ye Wu, Quansheng Xiao, and Chuck Hutchinson, A Fault Model for Subtype Inheritance and Polymorphism, Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Software Reliability and Engineering (ISSRE01), IEEE Computer Society, Hong Kong, November 27-30 2001.
		James M. Bieman, Sudipto Ghosh, and Roger Alexander, A Technique for Mutation of Java Objects, Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE'2001) , IEEE Computer Society, San Diego CA, November 26-29 2001.
2000
		R. T. Alexander, J. M. Bieman, and J. Viega, Coping with Java Programming Stress, Computer, Vol. 33, No. 4, April, 2000, pp. 30-38.
		R. T. Alexander and A. J. Offutt, Criteria for Testing Polymorphic Relationships, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Software Reliability and Engineering (ISSRE00), IEEE Computer Society, San Jose CA, 2000, pp.15-23.
		M. Lee, A. J. Offutt, and R. T. Alexander, Algorithmic Analysis of the Impacts of Changes to Object-oriented Software, Proceedings of the Thirty Fourth International Conference on Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems (TOOLS34 '00), Santa Barbara CA, 2000.
		A. J. Offutt, A. Abdurazik, and R. T. Alexander, An Analysis Tool for Coupling-based Integration Testing, Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS '00), Tokyo, Japan, 2000, pp.172-178.
1999
		R. T. Alexander and A. J. Offutt, Analysis Techniques for Testing Polymorphic Relationships, Proceedings of the Thirtieth International Conference on Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems (TOOLS30 '99), IEEE Computer Society, Santa Barbara CA, 1999, pp.104-114.

Technical Reports

2004
		Michael Mortensen and Roger T. Alexander. Adequate Testing of Aspect-Oriented Programs, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, Technical report CS 04-110, December 2004.
		Roger T. Alexander, James M. Bieman, and Anneliese A. Andrews. Towards the Systematic Testingb of Aspect-Oriented Programs, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Technical Report CS-4-105, March 2004.
2003
		Jeremey.T. Bradley. An Examination of Aspect-Oriented Programming in Industry, Honors Thesis, Advisor Roger T. Alexander, Technical Report CS-03-108, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. 2003.
2001
		R.T. Alexander. Testing the Polymorphic Relationships of Object-oriented Programs, Dissertation, Department of Information and Software Engineering, George Mason University, 2001.
2000
		R. T. Alexander, J. R. Benton, and R. Weierbach, An Experimental Process for the Controlled Evaluation of Vulnerability Assessment Tools, Center for Secure Information Systems, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, Technical Report (circulation restricted), 2000.
		R. T. Alexander, J. R. Benton, and R. Weierbach, Vulnerabilty Risk Profiles of Selected Vulnerability Assessment Tools, Center for Secure Information Systems, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, Technical Report (circulation restricted), 2000.
		R. T. Alexander, J. R. Benton, and R. Weierbach, Common Vulnerabilities of the Windows NT Platform, Center for Secure Information Systems, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, Technical Report (circulation restricted), 2000.
		R. T. Alexander, J. R. Benton, and R. Weierbach, Experimental Evaluation of Three Vulnerability Assessment Tools, Center for Secure Information Systems, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, Technical Report (circulation restricted), 2000.
1999
		R. T. Alexander and M. R. Blackburn, Tailorable Functional Test Coverage Measurement Approach with Non-formal Product Requirements, Software Productivity Consortium, Herndon, Virginia, Technical Report SPC-99099-MC, 1999.
		R. T. Alexander, Testing the Polymorphic Relationships of Object-oriented Components, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, Technical Report ISE-TR-99-05, 1999.
		R. T. Alexander and M. R. Blackburn, Component Assessment using Specification-based Testing and Analysis, Software Productivity Consortium, Herndon. Virginia, Technical Report SPC-98095-CMD, 1999.

Other Publications

2003
			Roger T. Alexander. (2003). Aspect-oriented Programming: The Real Cost ? IEEE Software (to appear). Invited.
2001
			Alexander, R. T. (2001). Improving the Quality of Object-Oriented Programs. IEEE Software 18(5). Invited.
1997
			J. E. Payne, R. T. Alexander, and C. D. Hutchinson, Design-for-Testability for Object-Oriented Software, Object Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 5, 1997, pp. 34-43.

Talks and Presentations

2002
			Alexander, Roger T. and James M. Bieman, Will Aspect-oriented Programming Improve Software Quality? International Conference on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2002), November 2002, Annapolis, Maryland.

Resources

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