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Carol Smidts

Computer Science · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1987
Software Reliability and Analysis ResearchRisk and Safety AnalysisSoftware Engineering ResearchReliability and Maintenance OptimizationFault Detection and Control Systems

Publications

182

Citations

2,434

Est. group size

~7

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

40

Publishing since 1987

Research summary
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Carol Smidts works on the reliability and safety of software and digital systems, with a strong focus on applications in nuclear power plants. Her research covers how software failures occur and propagate, how to detect and predict them (e.g., through requirements inspection, mutation testing, and reliability prediction models), and how to assess risks from human operators and cyber-security threats in safety-critical systems. This work sits at the intersection of software engineering, probabilistic risk assessment, and nuclear engineering.

Software reliability and dependabilityProbabilistic risk and safety assessmentNuclear power plant instrumentation and control systemsRequirements and design fault analysisHuman reliability and cyber-security in safety-critical systems

Publication output has been steady over the last decade, generally ranging between 7 and 10 papers per year with no clear upward or downward trend.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 7.4/year recently
2017: 7 publications172018: 9 publications182019: 8 publications192020: 8 publications202021: 8 publications212022: 10 publications10222023: 10 publications10232024: 8 publications242025: 7 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Reliability Engineering & System Safety×12
  • SpringerBriefs in computer science×7
  • Progress in Nuclear Energy×5
  • Nuclear Technology×4
  • Artificial intelligence for engineering design analysis and manufacturing×3
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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