Dr Peter Popov • City St George's, University of London

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Overview

Peter is an expert in Software Dependability. He was born in Bulgaria, graduated in Computer Engineering in 1982 from the National Technical University in Kiev (KPI), Ukraine, at the time part of the Soviet Union, and received his doctorate (Candidate of Sciences) from the same University in 1989.

Before joining the Centre for Software Reliability (CSR) at City, University of London in 1997 he worked for the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences as Associate Professor in the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies.

He was a visiting scientist in the Coordinated Science Laboratory (CSL) in the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (US), in LAAS - CNRS in Toulouse (France), Duke University (US) and University of Florence (Italy).

He worked and consulted in the areas of computer and software dependability in several counties in Europe and in the US.

Qualifications

PhD Computer Science, Kiev National University of Technologies and Design, Ukraine, 1985 - 1989

Employment

Reader, City, University of London, United Kingdom, 2007 - present
Senoir Lecturer, City, University of London, United Kingdom, 2003 - 2007
Lecturer, City, University of London, United Kingdom, 2000 - 2003
Research Fellow, City, University of London, United Kingdom, 1997 - 2000
Associate Professor, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgaria, 1990 - 1997
Head of Research and Development, Disk Memory Units, Bulgaria, 1982 - 1985

Languages

Bulgarian (can peer review), English (can peer review) and Russian (can peer review)

Expertise

Geographic Areas

Europe

Research

Research interests

- Software engineering
- Software reliability assessment,
- System dependability,
- Software fault-tolerance,
- Performance evaluation
- Interdependencies of Critical Infrastructures

Projects

- ReSIST
- IRRIIS
- DISPO
- AFTER

Visual Paradigm

Use of Visual Pradigm is made available to City University by the Academic Partner Program from Visual Paradigm for educational purposes.

Research students

Aria Kosari

Attendance: April 2021 - March 2025, full-time

Thesis title: Cyber - Resilience of Communicating Autonomous Vehicles

Role: 1st Supervisor

Matthew Stewart

Attendance: October 2020 - September 2024, full-time

Thesis title: Safety assurance of autonomous systems with ML components

Role: 1st Supervisor

Robab Aghazadeh Chakherlou

Attendance: October 2020 - September 2024, full-time

Thesis title: Safety of Autonomous Vehicles

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Oleksandr Netkachov

Attendance: May 2015 - April 2021, part-time

Thesis title: Methodology, Method and Tools for Quantitative Systems Assessment using High-Performance Simulations

Role: 1st Supervisor

Shahedeh Abdolhossein Khani

Attendance: June 2013 - December 2017, full-time

Thesis title: Adaptable Web Services

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Publications

Featured publications

Buerkle, C., Oboril, F., Paulitsch, M., Popov, P. and Strigini, L. (2022). Modelling road hazards and the effect on AV safety of hazardous failures. 2022 IEEE 25th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) 8-12 October.doi:10.1109/itsc55140.2022.9922283
Pietrantuono, R., Popov, P. and Russo, S. (2020). Reliability assessment of service-based software under operational profile uncertainty. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 204, pp. 1-1. doi:10.1016/j.ress.2020.107193
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In Flammini, F. (Ed.), (2019). Resilience of Cyber-Physical Systems. In Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783319955964.
Netkachov, O., Popov, P. and Salako, K. (2019). Quantitative Evaluation of the Efficacy of Defence-in-Depth in Critical Infrastructures. Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications (pp. 89-121). Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783319955964.
Bloomfield, R.E., Popov, P., Salako, K., Stankovic, V. and Wright, D. (2017). Preliminary interdependency analysis: An approach to support critical-infrastructure risk-assessment. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 167, pp. 198-217. doi:10.1016/j.ress.2017.05.030
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Popov, P. (2017). Models of Reliability of Fault-Tolerant Software Under Cyber-Attacks. 2017 IEEE 28th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE) 23-26 October.doi:10.1109/issre.2017.23
Popov, P.T. (2013). Bayesian reliability assessment of legacy safety-critical systems upgraded with fault-tolerant off-the-shelf software. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 117, pp. 98-113. doi:10.1016/j.ress.2013.03.017
[publisher’s website]
Popov, P.T. and Stankovic, V.(2012). Improvements Relating to Database Replication Protocols. Patent no. N/A
Popov, P.T. and Strigini, L. Assessing Asymmetric Fault-Tolerant Software. .doi:10.1109/ISSRE.2010.10

Publications by category

Chapters (5)

Cavalieri, S., Chiacchio, F., Manno, G. and Popov, P. (2015). Quantitative Assessment of Distributed Networks through Hybrid Stochastic Modeling. (pp. 223-264). Wiley. ISBN 9781118595213.
Cavalieri, S., Chiacchio, F., Manno, G. and Popov, P. (2015). QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS THROUGH HYBRID STOCHASTIC MODELING. QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS OF DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS: METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES (pp. 225-264). ISBN 9781118595213.
Littlewood, B., Popov, P.T., Strigini, L. and Shryane, N. (2008). Modelling the Effects of Combining Diverse Software Fault Detection Techniques. In Hierons, R.M., Bowen, J.P. and Harman, M. (Eds.), Formal Methods and Testing (pp. 345-366). Germany: Springer. ISBN 9783540789161.
Gashi, I., Popov, P.T., Stankovic, V. and Strigini, L. (2003). On Designing Dependable Services with Diverse Off-the-Shelf SQL Servers. In Lemos, R.D., Gacek, C. and Romanovsky, A.B. (Eds.), Architecting Dependable Systems II - [the book is a result of the ICSE 2003 Workshop on Software Architectures for Dependable Systems] (pp. 191-214). Springer. ISBN 3540231684.
Djambazov, K. and Popov, P. (1997). Software Design-Faults Simulation. Safety and Reliability of Software Based Systems (pp. 389-418). Springer London. ISBN 9783540760344.

Conference papers and proceedings (66)

Zhao, X., Aghazadeh-Chakherlou, R., Cheng, C.-.H., Popov, P. and Strigini, L. (2025). On the Need for a Statistical Foundation in Scenario-Based Testing of Autonomous Vehicles. 2025 IEEE 28th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) 18-21 November.doi:10.1109/itsc60802.2025.11423546
Popov, P. and Stankovic, V. (2025). Diverse Database Replication Based on Snapshot Isolation – Performance Implications of Improved Dependability. 2025 44th International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS) 29 September-2 October.doi:10.1109/srds69199.2025.00038
Abakumov, A., Kharchenko, V. and Popov, P. (2025). A Hybrid Cybersecurity Assessment Framework for Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles Based on IMECA and Penetration Testing. 2025 55th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks Workshops (DSN-W) 23-26 June.doi:10.1109/dsn-w65791.2025.00032
Hovorushchenko, T., Savenko, O., Popov, P. and Lysenko, S. (2025). Preface. Intelligent Information Technologies & Systems of Information Security 2025 4 April-, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.
Aghazadeh Chakherlou, R., Strigini, L., Popov, P. and Salako, K. (2024). A Contribution to Probabilistic Dependability Assessment Based on Operation Before and After Change. High Integrity Software Conference (HISC) 2024 17 October, ICC Wales, Newport.
Zatserkovnyi, R., Kutsyk, P., Zatserkovna, R., Maik, V. and Popov, P.T. (2024). Enhancing adapted print publication accessibility via text-to-image synthesis. 1st International Workshop on Intelligent & CyberPhysical Systems (ICyberPhyS 2024) 28 June-, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.
Peeroo, K., Popov, P., Stankovic, V. and Weyde, T. (2024). Machine Learning for Performance Prediction of Data Distribution Service (DDS). 2024 19th European Dependable Computing Conference (EDCC) 8-11 April.doi:10.1109/edcc61798.2024.00032
Hovorushchenko, T., Aleksov, S., Ishtvan, E., Voichur, O. and Popov, P.T. (2023). Recognizing the Situations and Supporting the Decision-Making in the Residential Luminosity Control Subsystem of «Smart House» Cyber-Physical System. Intelligent Information Technologies & Systems of Information Security 2023 22-24 March, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.
Hovorushchenko, T., Savenko, O., Popov, P.T. and Lysenko, S. (2023). Preface. 4th International Workshop on Intelligent Information Technologies & Systems of Information Security 22-24 March, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.
Kosari, A., Popov, P. and Roy, R. (2022). Modelling Safety of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) under Cyber-Attacks on Perception and Safety Monitors. 2022 12th International Conference on Dependable Systems, Services and Technologies (DESSERT) 9-11 December.doi:10.1109/dessert58054.2022.10018781
Hovorushchenko, T., Popov, P., Medzatyi, D. and Voichur, Y. (2022). Method and Technology for Ensuring the Software Security by Identifying and Classifying the Failures and Vulnerabilities. 2nd International Workshop on Information Technologies: Theoretical and Applied Problems (ITTAP 2022) 22-24 November, Ternopil, Ukraine.
Hovorushchenko, T., Osyadlyi, V., Popov, P. and Kysil, T. (2022). The Structure of the Blockchain-Based Multi-Agent System for Secure Management of Medical Information. 5th International Conference on Informatics & Data-Driven Medicine 18-20 November, Lyon, France.
Peeroo, K., Popov, P. and Stankovic, V. (2022). Exploring The Effects of Multicast Communication on DDS Performance. European Dependable Computing Conference 12-15 September, Zaragoza, Spain.
Hovorushchenko, T., Savenko, O., Popov, P.T. and Lysenko, S. (2022). Preface. 3rd International Workshop on Intelligent Information Technologies & Systems of Information Security 26-25 March, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.
Hovorushchenko, T., Popov, P.T., Kapustian, M., Lyubovetskyi, D. and Hovorushchenko, O. (2022). Cyber-Physical System for Donor Organs' Rejection Risks Prevention Based on Donor and Recipient Health Monitoring. IntelITSIS’2022: 3rd International Workshop on Intelligent Information Technologies and Systems of Information Security 23-25 March, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.
Hovorushchenko, T. and Popov, P.T. (2021). Method of developing the defect-free medical software by establishing the presence of residual defects. 4th International Conference on Informatics & Data-Driven Medicine 19-21 November, Valencia, Spain.
Lopatto, I., Hovorushchenko, T., Popov, P. and Pavlova, O. (2021). Intelligent Multi-Agent System for Improving the Quality of Software by Taking into Account the Information of the Subject Area at All Stages of its Development. 2021 11th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications (IDAACS) 22-25 September.doi:10.1109/idaacs53288.2021.9660866
Bobrovnikova, K., Lysenko, S., Popov, P.T., Denysiuk, D. and Goroshko, A. (2021). Technique for IoT cyberattacks detection based on the energy consumption analysis. IntelITSIS’2021: 2nd International Workshop on Intelligent Information Technologies and Systems of Information Security 24-26 March, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.
Hovorushchenko, T., Savenko, O., Popov, P. and Lysenko, S. IntelITSIS 2021 intelligent information technologies & systems of information security 2021. .
Lysenko, S., Bobrovnikova, K., Popov, P.T., Kharchenko, V. and Medzatyi, D. Spyware detection technique based on reinforcement learning. .
Hovorushchenko, T., Savenko, O., Popov, P.T. and Lysenko, S. (2020). Preface to IntelITSIS 2020. 1st International Workshop on Intelligent Information Technologies & Systems of Information Security 10-12 June, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.
Rashid, A. and Popov, P. Preface. .
Fujdiak, R., Misurec, J., Pokorny, J., Zobal, L., Popov, P., Stankovic, V.... Musil, P. (2019). Security and Performance Trade-offs for Data Distribution Service in Flying Ad-Hoc Networks. 2019 11th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT) 28-30 October.doi:10.1109/icumt48472.2019.8970670
Popov, P.T., Koornneef, F. and van Gulijk, C. (2015). Stochastic Modeling of Safety and Security of the e-Motor, an ASIL-D Device. The 34th International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security, SAFECOMP 2015 23-25 September, Delft, The Netherlands.doi:10.1007/978-3-319-24255-2_28
Popov, P.T., Salako, K. and Stankovic, V. Stochastic modeling for performance evaluation of database replication protocols. .doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22264-6_2
Netkachova, K., Bloomfield, R., Popov, P. and Netkachov, O. Using Structured Assurance Case Approach to Analyse Security and Reliability of Critical Infrastructures. .doi:10.1007/978-3-319-24249-1_30
Popov, P.T., Povyakalo, A., Stankovic, V. and Strigini, L. (2014). Software diversity as a measure for reducing development risk. European Dependable Computing Conference - EDCC 2014 13-16 May, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Butenko, V., Kharchenko, V., Odarushchenko, O., Popov, P., Sklyar, V. and Odarushchenko, E. Markov's model and tool-based assessment of safety-critical I&C systems: Gaps of the IEC 61508. .
Kharchenko, V.S., Odarushchenko, O., Odarushchenko, V., Popov, P.T., Ermolayev, V., Mayr, H.C.... Peschanenko, V.S. Selecting Mathematical Software for Dependability Assessment of Computer Systems Described by Stiff Markov Chains. .
Kharchenko, V., Odarushchenko, O., Odarushchenko, V. and Popov, P. Availability Assessment of Computer Systems Described by Stiff Markov Chains: Case Study. .doi:10.1007/978-3-319-03998-5_7
Popov, P., Stankovic, V. and Strigini, L. (2012). An Empirical Study of the Effectiveness of 'Forcing Diversity' Based on a Large Population of Diverse Programs. ISSRE 2012, International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering 27-30 November, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Popov, P. and Troubitsyna, E. (2011). Preliminary Interdependency Analysis (PIA): Method and Tool Support. Third International Workshop "Software Engineering for Resilient Systems" (SERENE 2011), September 29-30, 29-30 September, Geneva, Switzerland.
Popov, P.T. and Manno, G. (2011). The Effect of Correlated Failure Rates on Reliability of Continuous Time 1-out-of-2 Software. 30th International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security (SAFECOMP 2011) 19-21 September, Naples, Italy.
Popov, P.T., Buzna, L., Bloomfield, R., Salako, K. and Wright, D. (2010). Stochastic Modelling of the Effects of Interdependencies between Critical Infrastructure. Critical Information Infrastructures Security, 4th International Workshop (CRITIS 2009) 20 September-2 October.
Bloomfield, R., Buzna, L., Popov, P., Salako, K. and Wright, D. Stochastic Modelling of the Effects of Interdependencies between Critical Infrastructure. .doi:10.1007/978-3-642-14379-3_17
Kharchenko, V., Phillips, C., Popov, P., Pomorova, O., Romanovsky, A. and Troubitsyna, E. MASTAC. ICSE '08: International Conference on Software Engineering.doi:10.1145/1370868.1370879
Littlewood, B., Popov, P.T., Strigini, L., Shryane, N., Hierons, R.M., Bowen, J.P.... Harman, M. Modelling the Effects of Combining Diverse Software Fault Detection Techniques. .
Gashi, I. and Popov, P. Uncertainty explicit assessment of off-the-shelf software: Selection of an optimal diverse pair. .
Popov, P.T. and Gashi, I. (2007). Uncertainty Explicit Assessment of Off-the-Shelf Software: Selection of an Optimal Diverse Pair. Sixth International Conference on COTS Based Software Systems (ICCBSS-2007) Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Gashi, I. and Popov, P.T. Rephrasing Rules for Off-The-Shelf SQL Database Servers. .doi:10.1109/EDCC.2006.20
Stankovic, V. and Popov, P.T. Improving DBMS Performance through Diverse Redundancy. .doi:10.1109/SRDS.2006.27
Stankovic, V., Popov, P. and Kawada, S. Improving DBMS performance through diverse redundancy. 25th IEEE Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS 2006).
Popov, P. and Littlewood, B. (2004). The effect of testing on reliability of fault-tolerant software. International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks 28 June-1 July, Florence, ITALY.
Gashi, I., Popov, P.T. and Strigini, L. Fault Diversity among Off-The-Shelf SQL Database Servers. .doi:10.1109/DSN.2004.1311908
Popov, P.T., Strigini, L., Kostov, A., Mollov, V., Selensky, D., Kazman, R.... Port, D. Software Fault-Tolerance with Off-the-Shelf SQL Servers. .
Gorbenko, A., Kharchenko, V.S., Popov, P.T., Romanovsky, A.B., Lemos, R.D., Gacek, C.... Romanovsky, A.B. Dependable Composite Web Services with Components Upgraded Online. .
Littlewood, B., Bloomfield, R., Popov, P., Povyakalo, A. and Strigini, L. The impact of ‘difficulty’ variation on the probability of coincident failure of diverse systems. International Conference on Control and Instrumentation in Nuclear Installations Liverpool.
Popov, P.T., Kharchenko, V. and Romanovsky, A. (2004). On Dependability of Composite Web Services with Components Upgraded Online. International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN'04 - Workshop supplement) Florence, Italy.
Strigini, L. and Popov, P. Diversity with Off-The-Shelf Components: A Study with SQL Database Servers. International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN 2003).
Popov, P.T., Anderson, S., Bologna, S. and Felici, M. Reliability Assessment of Legacy Safety-Critical Systems Upgraded with Off-the-Shelf Components. .
Popov, P.T. and Strigini, L. The Reliability of Diverse Systems: A Contribution Using Modelling of the Fault Creation Process. .doi:10.1109/DSN.2001.941385
Popov, P.T., Strigini, L., Riddle, S. and Romanovsky, A.B. On Systematic Design of Protectors for Employing OTS Items. .doi:10.1109/EURMIC.2001.952434
Littlewood, B., Popov, P.T. and Strigini, L. Modeling software design diversity. .
Strigini, L., Popov, P., Riddle, S. and Romanovsky, A. Protective Wrapping of OTS Components. 4th ICSE Workshop on Component-Based Software Engineering: Component Certification and System Prediction Toronto.
Ainsworth, M., Eastaughffe, K. and Simpson, A. Safety Cases for Software-Intensive Systems. .doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-0713-2_1
Littlewood, B., Popov, P., Strigini, L., Redmill, F. and Anderson, T. Design diversity: an update from research on reliability modelling. .
Popov, P.T., Strigini, L., Littlewood, B. and Arabnia, H.R. Choosing Between Fault-Tolerance and Increased V&V for Improving Reliability. .
Littlewood, B., Popov, P.T., Strigini, L., Koornneef, F. and Meulen, M.V.D. Assessment of the Reliability of Fault-Tolerant Software: A Bayesian Approach. .
Littlewood, B., Popov, P. and Strigini, L. N-version design versus one good version. Proc International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (Fast Abstracts) New York.
Strigini, L., Popov, P. and Romanovsky, A. Diversity for off-the-Shelf Components. International Conference on Dependable Systems & Networks (FTCS-30, DCCA-8) New York, NY, USA.
Strigini, L., Popov, P. and Littlewood, B. Assessing the Reliability of Diverse Fault-Tolerant Systems. INucE International Conference on Control and Instrumentation in Nuclear Installations Bristol, UK.
Popov, P.T., Strigini, L., Romanovsky, A.B., Felici, M., Kanoun, K. and Pasquini, A. Choosing Effective Methods for Design Diversity - How to Progress from Intuition to Science. .
Strigini, L., Popov, P. and Pizza, M. (1998). The efficacy of diverse redundancy against design error: some practical considerations. Third International Conference on Control and Instrumentation in Nuclear Installations May-, Edinburgh, U.K.
Popov, P.T. and Strigini, L. Conceptual Models for the Reliability of Diverse Systems - New Results. .doi:10.1109/FTCS.1998.689457
Popov, P.T., Hlawiczka, A., Silva, J.G. and Simoncini, L. The Effect of Interfailure Time Variability on the Software Reliability Growth Modelling. .
Popov, P.T. and Djambazov, K. (1995). The effect of testing on the reliability of single version and 1-out-of-2 software systems. Sixth International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 1995) 24-27 October.

Internet publication

Popov, P.T.Reliability Assessment of Legacy Safety-Critical Systems Upgraded with Fault-Tolerant Off-the-Shelf Software. Elsvier (Reliability Engineering and System Safety).

Journal articles (24)

Aghazadeh-Chakherlou, R., Guo, Q., Khastgir, S., Popov, P., Zhang, X. and Zhao, X. (2026). A hierarchical imprecise probability approach to reliability assessment of large language models. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 272, pp. 112615-112615. doi:10.1016/j.ress.2026.112615
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Popov, P. (2026). Why Black-Box Bayesian Safety Assessment of Autonomous Vehicles Is Problematic and What Can Be Done About It. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 11(2), pp. 311-324. doi:10.1109/tiv.2025.3629618
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Abakumov, A., Kharchenko, V. and Popov, P. (2026). Proactive unmanned aerial systems cybersecurity analysis: combining a priori – a posteriori IMECA and penetration testing methods. Radioelectronic and Computer Systems, 2026(1), pp. 282-298. doi:10.32620/reks.2026.1.18
[publisher’s website]
Popov, P. (2025). Dynamic safety assessment of Autonomous Vehicle based on Multivariate Bayesian Inference (DyAVSA). Journal of Reliable Intelligent Environments, 11(3). doi:10.1007/s40860-025-00252-4
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Zoppi, T. and Popov, P. (2025). Confidence ensembles: Tabular data classifiers on steroids. Information Fusion, 120, pp. 103126-103126. doi:10.1016/j.inffus.2025.103126
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Hovorushchenko, T., Savenko, O., Popov, P. and Lysenko, S. (2025). Preface. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, 4013
Hovorushchenko, T., Savenko, O., Popov, P. and Lysenko, S. (2024). Preface. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, 3675
Hovorushchenko, T., Savenko, O., Popov, P. and Lysenko, S. (2024). Preface. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, 3736
Izonin, I., Hovorushchenko, T. and Popov, P. (2023). Assurance of Information Systems' Quality and Security. Journal of Cyber Security and Mobility, 12(3), pp. V-XI
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Popov, P. (2021). Conservative reliability assessment of a 2-channel software system when one of the channels is probably perfect. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 216, pp. 108008-108008. doi:10.1016/j.ress.2021.108008
[publisher’s website]
Favaro, J., Mazzini, S., Popov, P.T. and Strigini, L. (2018). AQUAS: A project to bridge the gaps between safety and security processes. Ada User Journal, 39(4), pp. 261-263
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Netkachov, O., Popov, P. and Salako, K. (2016). Model-Based Evaluation of the Resilience of Critical Infrastructures Under Cyber Attacks. pp. 231-243. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-31664-2_24
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Bishop, P., Bloomfield, R., Littlewood, B., Popov, P., Povyakalo, A. and Strigini, L. (2014). A conservative bound for the probability of failure of a 1-out-of-2 protection system with one hardware-only and one software-based protection train. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 130, pp. 61-68. doi:10.1016/j.ress.2014.04.002
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Netkachov, O., Popov, P. and Salako, K. (2014). Quantification of the Impact of Cyber Attack in Critical Infrastructures. pp. 316-327. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-10557-4_35
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Kharchenko, V.S., Popov, P.T., Odarushchenko, O. and Zhadan, V. (2012). EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF ACCURACY OF MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE USED FOR AVAILABILITY ASSESSMENT OF FAULT-TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS. Reliability: Theory & Applications, 7(3)
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Popov, P., Efendiev, Y. and Qin, G. (2009). Multiscale Modeling and Simulations of Flows in Naturally Fractured Karst Reservoirs. Communications in Computational Physics, 6(1), pp. 162-184. doi:10.4208/cicp.2009.v6.p162
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Gashi, I., Popov, P.T. and Stankovic, V. (2009). Uncertainty explicit assessment of off-the-shelf software: A Bayesian approach. Information & Software Technology, 51, pp. 497-511
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Gashi, I., Popov, P.T. and Strigini, L. (2007). Fault Tolerance via Diversity for Off-the-Shelf Products: A Study with SQL Database Servers. IEEE Trans. Dependable Sec. Comput., 4, pp. 280-294. doi:10.1109/TDSC.2007.70208
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Newman, M., Safjan, A., Popov, P. and Lagoudas, D.C. (2005). A non‐reflecting layer method for non‐linear wave‐type equations on unbounded domains with applications to shape memory alloy rods. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 62(15), pp. 2053-2085. doi:10.1002/nme.1223
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Popov, P.T., Strigini, L., May, J.H.R. and Kuball, S. (2003). Estimating Bounds on the Reliability of Diverse Systems. IEEE Trans. Software Eng., 29, pp. 345-359. doi:10.1109/TSE.2003.1191798
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Littlewood, B., Popov, P. and Strigini, L. (2002). Assessing the reliability of diverse fault-tolerant software-based systems. SAFETY SCIENCE, 40(9), pp. 781-796
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Littlewood, B., Popov, P.T., Strigini, L. and Shryane, N. (2000). Modeling the Effects of Combining Diverse Software Fault Detection Techniques. IEEE Trans. Software Eng., 26, pp. 1157-1167. doi:10.1109/32.888629
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Littlewood, B., Popov, P. and Strigini, L. (1999). A note on reliability estimation of functionally diverse systems. RELIAB ENG SYST SAFE, 66(1), pp. 93-95
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Popov, P., Strigini, L. and Buerkle, C. Stochastic Modeling of Road Hazards on Intersections and their Effect on Safety of Autonomous Vehicles. (Oboril, F. and Paulitsch, M. , Trans.) IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Patents (3)

Popov, P.T. and Stankovic, V.(2012). Database replication. Patent no. 8 793 216
Stankovic, V. and Popov, P.T.(2012). Improvements Relating to Database Replication Protocols. Patent no. EP2470994
Popov, P.T.(2012). Database replication.

Poster

Peeroo, K., Stankovic, V., Popov, P. and Weyde, T. Visualising the Impact of High-dimensional Configuration Parameters on the Performance of Data Distribution Service. , 2024.

Reports (8)

Popov, P. and Stankovic, V. (2025). Diverse Database Replication Based on Snapshot Isolation – Performance Implications of Improved Dependability..
Peeroo, K., Popov, P.T., Stankovic, V. and Weyde, T. (2023). Machine Learning for Performance Prediction of Data Distribution Service. London, UK: City, University of London.
Bloomfield, R.E., Fletcher, G., Khlaaf, H., Ryan, P., Kinoshita, S., Kinoshit, Y.... Tsutake, Y. (2020). Towards Identifying and closing Gaps in Assurance of autonomous Road vehicleS - a collection of Technical Notes Part 2. London, UK: Adelard.
Bloomfield, R.E., Fletcher, G., Khlaaf, H., Ryan, P., Kinoshita, S., Kinoshit, Y.... Tsutake, Y. (2020). Towards Identifying and closing Gaps in Assurance of autonomous Road vehicleS - a collection of Technical Notes Part 1. London, UK: Adelard.
Popov, P.T. (2012). Reliability Assessment of Legacy Safety-Critical Systems Upgraded with Fault-Tolerant Off-the-Shelf Software. Centre for Software Reliability, City University London.
Bloomfield, R, , Chozos, N., , Popov, P.T., Stankovic, V., , Wright, D, and Howell-Morris, R, (2010). Preliminary Interdependency Analysis (PIA): Method and tool support..
Popov, P.T. and Strigini, L. (2001). The Reliability of Diverse Systems: a Contribution using Modelling of the Fault Creation Process..
Popov, P.T., Strigini, L. and Pizza, M. Diverse redundancy against design error: a model of fault creation and its implications on reliability..

Software (10)

Popov, P. (2024). Multivariate Bayesian Inference for safety assessment of Autonomous Vehicles in changeable operational environement..
Popov, P.T. Conservative reliability assessment of a 2-channel software system when one of the channels is probably perfect (MATLAB code used in section 5)..
Stankovic, V. and Popov, P.T. (2016). TPC-C Client - Java-based implementation of the industry standard benchmark for database performance evaluation..
Popov, P.T. (2015). A SAN model for safety and security analysis of the eMotor, an ASIL-D device..
Popov, P., Salako, K. and Stankovic, V. (2015). Stochastic Modeling for Performance Evaluation of Database Replication Protocols. Springer International Publishing.
Salako, K., Stankovic, V. and Popov, P.T. (2015). Stochastic model for performance evaluation of database replication protocols..
Popov, P.T. A SAN Model of effect of cyber-attacks on reliability of a 2-channel software system..
Netkachov, O., Popov, P. and Salako, K. Simulation model of the extended Nordic32 network..
Popov, P. Multivariate Bayesian Safety Assessment of Autonomous Vehicles in an Operational Design Domian..
Popov, P. Using Copula and Dirichlet to model multivariate distributions..

Professional activities

Editorial activity

Member of Program Committees for: - International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE 2011, ISSRE 2012 and ISSRE 2016 - ISSRE 2021 - International Conference on Reliability, Safety and Security of Railway Systems: Modelling, Analysis, Verification and Certification (RSSRail 2016, 2017) - International Conference on Comuter safety, reliability and security - SAFECOMP 2015 - SAFECOMP 2021. - European Dependable Computing Conference - EDCC 2009, EDCC 2014, Program Committees, January 2012 - December 2021.

Keynote lecture/speech

Preliminary Interdependency Analysis of Critical Infrastructures: Models, Tool Support and Data Analysis. Geneva, Switzerland (2011). SERENE 2011, 3rd International Workshop on Software Engineering for Resilient Systems.