This paper focuses on the human aspects of architecting software-in particular, the duties,
skills, and knowledge of software architects. We present the results of a survey of …

Reverse engineering is the process of decompiling and disassembling the executables to
recover the source code/assembly code embedded within it. While reverse engineering is …

Dead code, which is not uncommon in software engineering, is an unexplored area in
software piracy forensics. This paper primarily investigates the forensic importance of all …

Code Obfuscation is a protection technique that transforms the software into a semantically
equivalent one which is strenuous to reverse engineer. As a part of software protection and …

This paper presents a new development in the forensics of software copyright through a
juxtaposed comparison between the proven AFC test and the recent POSAR test, the two …

This chapter takes upon itself the task of looking into and discussing the forensic importance
of some new features, which are not currently considered important but which need to be …