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Summary: Using Malware to Improve Software Quality and Security
John Aycock, Department of Computer Science
Stefania Bertazzon, Department of Geography
University of Calgary
About the Authors
John Aycock is an assistant professor at the University of Calgary in the Department of Computer
Science. He received a B.Sc. from the University of Calgary in 1993, and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. from
the University of Victoria in 1998 and 2001, respectively. His research interests include computer
security, compilers and programming language implementation, compiler tools, system software,
operating systems, and all things low-level. He conceived and taught the University's infamous
"Computer Viruses and Malware" course.
Stefania Bertazzon is an assistant professor at the University of Calgary (Canada). Having
completed a Masters in Economics and a Ph.D. in Geography, she is an economic geographer,
focusing her research on the spatial aspects of economics, such as location, spatial interaction, and
diffusion. She tackles economic problems with the tools of GIS (geographic information systems)
and spatial statistics. Her interests include tourism, marine traffic, and a body of research in
medical geography, specifically on the analysis of the socio-economic determinants of health and
accessibility to heath care facilities in Canada.
Mailing Address: Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive
N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4; Phone: +1 403 210 9409; E-mail:
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