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<li><a href="images/Networked.pdf">"Networked Medical Devices: Essential Collaboration for Improved Safety"</a>,
AAMI Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology, vol.43, no. 4, pp. 332–338, July–August 2009.</li>
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<li><a href="images/Coping.pdf">"Coping with Defective Software in Medical Devices"</a>, <span class="ital">IEEE Computer</span>,
p. 40–45, April 2006.</li>
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<li><a href="images/Creating.pdf">"Creating Accurate Estimates and Realistic Schedules"</a>, <span class="ital">
ASQ Software Quality Professional</span>, Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 30–36, March 2002. </li>
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<li><a href="images/Balancing.pdf">"Balancing Time to Market and Quality"</a>, <span class="ital">ASQ Software Quality Professional</span>,
Vol. 1, No. 3, June 1999. </li>
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<li>"Revisiting the Software Development Process", <span class="ital">Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry</span>, Vol. 16, No. 5, May 1994, p. 232–236. </li>
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<li>"The Economics of Software Process Improvement", Health Industry Manufacturers Assoc. (HIMA)
Conference on Medical Device Software, Washington DC, May 1994. </li>
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<li>"Practical Methods for Cost-effective Verification and Validation of Medical Device Software",
Health Industry Manufacturer's Assoc. (HIMA) Conference on Medical Device Software Development and Product
Submissions, Washington DC, December 1992. </li>
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<li>"Factors Influencing the Software Development Process for In-vitro Diagnostic Instruments",
<span class="ital">Assoc. for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) 27th Annual Conference</span>;
Anaheim, CA, June 1992.</li>
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<li>"Experience Performing Software Quality Assurance on the Ada Language System Project" <span class="ital">
Proc. IEEE Sixth International Conf. on Software Engineering</span>, Tokyo, Japan, September 1982. </li>
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<li>"Validation of Safety System Software", International Atomic Energy Agency Specialists Meeting on
Software Reliability for Computerized Control of Safety Systems in Nuclear Power Plants, Pittsburgh, PA, July 1977,
co-author. </li>
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