JavaScript has been a de facto standard language for client-side web programs, and now it
is expanding its territory to general purpose programs. In this article, we classify the client …

Understanding program behaviors is important to verify program properties or to optimize
programs. Static analysis is a widely used technique to approximate program behaviors via …

JavaScript is used everywhere from the browser to the server, including desktops and
mobile devices. However, the current state of the art in JavaScript static analysis lags far …

The goal of Automated Program Repair (APR) is to find a fix to software bugs, without human
intervention. The so-called Generate and Validate (G&V) approach deemed to be the most …

The NODE. JS ecosystem has lead to the creation of many modern applications, such as
server-side web applications and desktop applications. Unlike client-side JavaScript code …

Browser extensions are popular to enhance users' browsing experience. By design, they
have access to security-and privacy-critical APIs to perform tasks that web applications …

Many JavaScript programs are written in an event-driven style. In particular, in server-side
Node. js applications, operations involving sockets, streams, and files are typically …

In the malware field, learning-based systems have become popular to detect new malicious
variants. Nevertheless, attackers with specific and internal knowledge of a target system may …

Static analysis for JavaScript can potentially help programmers find errors early during
development. Although much progress has been made on analysis techniques, a major …

JavaScript is a language that is widely-used for both web-based and standalone
applications such as those in the upcoming Windows 8 operating system. Analysis of …