Expertise

Areas of Research

  • Computer Science Education
  • Computer Security
  • Cyber Security
  • Cyberinfrastructure
  • Software Engineering

He is primarily concerned with the human aspects of software engineering.

Carver’s specific research interests include science of security research, software security, human errors in software engineering, software engineering for science, and human factors in FLOSS.

My research focuses on topics including: software engineering for research software, software quality assurance, peer code review, software security, human errors, and software engineering education.

Affiliations

Professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering, University of Alabama
2017

Chair, Cyber Initiative, Office of Research and Economic Development, University of Alabama

Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering, University of Alabama

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering (Bagley), Mississippi State University (past)

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering, University of Alabama

Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, Mississippi State University (past)

Center for Advanced Public Safety, College of Engineering, University of Alabama

Communities
Computer Science
Degrees
PhD, University of Maryland, Computer Science, 2003
BS, Louisiana State University, Computer Science, 1997
Keywords
computer security software engineering human factors software quality research software software security cyberinfrastructure human error computational science empirical methods
Languages
English
Honors

Faculty Research Day Award, University of Alabama, 2016

Associations
Association for Computing Machinery
IEEE Computer Society