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College Park Scholars Science,

Technology, & Society:


Actor Network Theory Map
Faizan Ali
Bethany Wong
May 5, 2014

Atif Memon
Computer Science Professor
Ph.D. from University of
Pittsburgh
Research areas:

Software engineering

Bioinformatics and computational biology

Human computer interaction

Interests:

Software testing

Security testing of mobile apps

Model-driven human performance testing

Model-based testing of gene assemblers

Current Project:

Vetting Android
Applications for
Security Using
Graphic User
Interface Logic

Researching Topics

Analyzing
Analyzing apps
apps via:
via:
-public
-public information
information
-user
-user interface
interface
-code
-code components
components

Problematization
Problematization

Government
agencies

d
tte

Defensed Advanced
Research Agency
(DARPA)

Publicity
le

efi

Skepticism
towards App
Security

Purpose

Sophisticated
malice

devel
oping

le m
b
ro

Cause

n
be

fu
nd
in

Id e

ify
nt

describ
es

ob
pr

Vetting
Android
Applications
for Security
Using GUI
Logic

proble
m
pli
es

Android Apps
Consistency
Scrutinized

Translation
Translation

pri
vat
e

researche

ap

author

source

App
Marketplaces

Atif
Memon

Interessment
Interessment

Development of
Specialized Analysis
Techniques

Large number of
apps in stores
pr
im

ov

Gap Analysis
Competing Companies
Wants to release it for free
Collide with competing
companies
Cause those companies to go
bankrupt

Government
Classification
Take longer to release to
public
New methods may have
already been released

Interesting Finding:

App that drains battery


life, specifically in airport
regions

Questions?

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