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Software Performance Project

Completed
The mission of the Software Performance project is to strengthen the scientific foundations of software performance measurement ("metrology for IT"). Its goals are: Application: Replace unreliable common practices with rigorously-studied methods grounded in design of experiments Research: Solve

Face Technology Evaluations - FRTE/FATE

Ongoing
To bring clarity to our testing scope and goals, what was formerly known as FRVT has been rebranded and split into FRTE (Face Recognition Technology Evaluation) and FATE (Face Analysis Technology Evaluation). Tracks that involve the processing and analysis of images will run under the FATE activity

Digital Forensics

Ongoing
The project team develops tools for testing computer forensic software, including test criteria and test sets. ITL also maintains the National Software Reference Library – a vast archive of published software applications that is an important resource for both criminal investigators and historians.

Combinatorial Testing

Ongoing
For more information regarding the Combinatorial Testing, please visit the Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC)..

Publications

Vulnerability Test Suite Generator (VTSG) Version 3

Author(s)
Paul E. Black, William Mentzer, Elizabeth Fong, Bertrand Stivalet
The Vulnerability Test Suite Generator (VTSG) Version 3 can create vast numbers of synthetic programs with and without specific flaws or vulnerabilities. Such

SATE VI Report: Bug Injection and Collection

Author(s)
Aurelien Delaitre, Paul E. Black, Damien Cupif, Guillaume Haben, Loembe Alex-Kevin, Vadim Okun, Yann Prono, Aurelien Delaitre
The SATE VI report presents the results of a security-focused bug finding evaluation exercise carried out from 2018 to 2023 on various code bases using static