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  • 2017 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Alex Groce is affiliated with Northern Arizona University in the United States and specializes in computer science with a focus on software-related research. Their work predominantly spans software testing and debugging techniques, software engineering research, and advanced malware detection techniques.

Their recent publications cover various topics and have appeared in several recognized academic venues. Notable papers include:

  • SMARTIAN: Enhancing Smart Contract Fuzzing with Static and Dynamic Data-Flow Analyses, 2021, 2021 36th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE)
  • Using Relative Lines of Code to Guide Automated Test Generation for Python, 2020, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
  • Evaluating and Improving Static Analysis Tools Via Differential Mutation Analysis, 2021, 2021 IEEE 21st International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security (QRS)
  • Using mutants to help developers distinguish and debug (compiler) faults, 2020, Software Testing Verification and Reliability
  • What are the Actual Flaws in Important Smart Contracts (And How Can We Find Them)?, 2020, Lecture notes in computer science

Alex Groce has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Gustavo Grieco, Josselin Feist, Kush Jain, Claire Le Goues, and Josie Holmes. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse range of publications.

The primary publication venues where Groce's work appears include:

  • ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • 2021 36th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE)
  • ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
  • 2021 IEEE 21st International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security (QRS)

Their research fields are centered on computer science, with subfields addressing software, information systems, signal processing, computer networks and communications, and artificial intelligence.

Topics addressed within their research include:

  • Software Testing and Debugging Techniques
  • Software Engineering Research
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Software System Performance and Reliability
  • Software Reliability and Analysis Research
  • Security and Verification in Computing
  • Teaching and Learning Programming

Alex Groce was recognized as an ACM Senior Member in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Slither: A Static Analysis Framework For Smart Contracts

    Josselin Feist;Gustavo Grieco;Alex Groce

  • Modular verification of software components in C

    S. Chaki;E.M. Clarke;A. Groce;S. Jha

  • Slither: a static analysis framework for smart contracts

    Josselin Feist;Gustavo Greico;Alex Groce

  • Manticore: a user-friendly symbolic execution framework for binaries and smart contracts

    Mark Mossberg;Felipe Manzano;Eric Hennenfent;Alex Groce

  • What went wrong: explaining counterexamples

    Alex Groce;Willem Visser

  • Error explanation with distance metrics

    Alex Groce;Sagar Chaki;Daniel Kroening;Ofer Strichman

  • Modular verification of software components in C

    Sagar Chaki;Edmund Clarke;Alex Groce;Somesh Jha

  • Code coverage for suite evaluation by developers

    Rahul Gopinath;Carlos Jensen;Alex Groce

  • SMARTIAN: Enhancing Smart Contract Fuzzing with Static and Dynamic Data-Flow Analyses

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  • Echidna: effective, usable, and fast fuzzing for smart contracts

    Gustavo Grieco;Will Song;Artur Cygan;Josselin Feist

  • Taming compiler fuzzers

    Yang Chen;Alex Groce;Chaoqiang Zhang;Weng-Keen Wong

  • Adaptive Model Checking

    Alex Groce;Doron Peled;Mihalis Yannakakis

  • Randomized Differential Testing as a Prelude to Formal Verification

    Alex Groce;Gerard Holzmann;Rajeev Joshi

  • Comparing non-adequate test suites using coverage criteria

    Milos Gligoric;Alex Groce;Chaoqiang Zhang;Rohan Sharma

  • Heuristics for model checking Java programs

    Alex Groce;Willem Visser

  • Error Explanation with Distance Metrics

    Alex Groce

  • Model checking Java programs using structural heuristics

    Alex Groce;Willem Visser

  • Swarm testing

    Alex Groce;Chaoqiang Zhang;Eric Eide;Yang Chen

  • Formal Analysis of Log Files

    Howard Barringer;Alex Groce;Klaus Havelund;Margaret H. Smith

  • Swarm Verification Techniques

    G. J. Holzmann;R. Joshi;A. Groce

  • SPECIAL S ECTION O N T OOLS A ND A LGORITHMS F OR THE C ONSTRUCTION A ND A NALYSIS O F S YSTEMS

    Alex Groce;Sagar Chaki;Daniel Kroening;Ofer Strichman

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerard J. Holzmann
Gerard J. Holzmann Nimble Research
Klaus Havelund
Klaus Havelund Jet Propulsion Lab
Daniel Kroening
Daniel Kroening Amazon (United States)
Edmund M. Clarke
Edmund M. Clarke Carnegie Mellon University
Howard Barringer
Howard Barringer University of Manchester
Weng-Keen Wong
Weng-Keen Wong Oregon State University
John Regehr
John Regehr University of Utah
Willem Visser
Willem Visser Amazon (United States)
Ofer Strichman
Ofer Strichman Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Sagar Chaki
Sagar Chaki Siemens (United States)

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