Patents by Inventor Cristian Zamfir

Cristian Zamfir has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8966453
    Abstract: An execution of a target software program that causes a particular bug to manifest itself is generated. A target software program is received. A bug report generated by an execution of the target software program is received. The bug report describes a particular bug within the target software program. A bug type of the particular bug is received. A synthesized execution file is generated based on the target software program, the bug report, and the bug type. The synthesized execution file specifies an execution of the target software program that causes the particular bug to manifest itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
    Inventors: Cristian Zamfir, George Candea
  • Patent number: 8863096
    Abstract: A symbolic execution task is dynamically divided among multiple computing nodes. Each of the multiple computing nodes explores a different portion of a same symbolic execution tree independently of other computing nodes. Workload status updates are received from the multiple computing nodes. A workload status update includes a length of a job queue of a computing node. A list of the multiple computing nodes ordered based on the computing nodes' job queue lengths is generated. A determination is made regarding whether a first computing node in the list is underloaded. A determination is made regarding whether a last computing node in the list is overloaded. Responsive to the first computing node being underloaded and the last computing node being overloaded, a job transfer request is generated that instructs the last computing node to transfer a set of one or more jobs to the first computing node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
    Inventors: Stefan Bucur, Cristian Zamfir, George Candea