Research Blocs
OK, let me bring this blog to speed.
I am currently doing research mining software repositories. Specifically the Chromium open source project (http://www.chromium.org/). Chromium is an open source web browser thats behind the Google Chrome web browser.
The project contains many interesting aspects that can be investigated. Currently I am focusing on Bugs and Vulnerabilities, and relation between them. When I refer to bugs I am talking about non-security related software flaws, and when I refer to vulnerabilities I am talking about security related software flaws.
With this research we are trying to answer if there is a way to predict vulnerabilities based on the apparition of specific types of bugs and if specific bug types can evolve into vulnerabilities. What patterns can we observe in this very concurrent project that can be indicators of future problems.
