Myra Cohen

Myra B. Cohen is a Professor and the Lanh and Oanh Nguyen Chair in Software Engineering at Iowa State University's Department of Computer Science, part of the College of Engineering. She previously held the Susan J. Rosowski Professorship at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her research focuses on software testing of highly-configurable systems, search-based software engineering, and applications in synthetic biology and bioinformatics. Cohen holds a Ph.D. from the University of Auckland, M.S. from the University of Vermont, and B.S. in Agriculture from Cornell University.

Education:

• Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Auckland, 2004
• M.S., Computer Science, University of Vermont, 1999
• B.S., School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

Research Interests:

• Testing of cyber-physical systems and scientific software
• Combinatorial design applications in software assurance
• Synergies between software engineering and synthetic biology
• Configuration-aware testing for safety-critical systems

Recent Projects:

• OPERA: Rural broadband solutions through open-source ecosystems
• Dependable AI-driven computational biology tools for KBase
• Blockchain fault tolerance modeling and measurement
• Self-adaptive mechanisms for unmanned aerial systems

Awards:

• NSF CAREER Award
• AFOSR Young Investigator Award
• ACM Distinguished Scientist
• ASE Conference Fellow

Leadership Roles:

• Program Co-Chair: ESEC/FSE 2020, ISSTA 2025
• General Chair: ASE 2015
• Steering Committee: ASE, ESEC/FSE, ISSTA

Labs & Affiliations:

• Director: LaVA-OPs (Variability-Aware Assurance Lab)
• Center for Wireless, Communities and Innovation (WiCI)
• Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Graduate Program