NIST security expert elected AAAS fellow

The world's largest general scientific society will honor a member of the NIST Information Technology Laboratory.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has elected a researcher from National Institute of Standards and Technology IT Laboratory to this year's class of AAAS Fellows.

Jeffrey Voas will be recognized for his contributions in the development of trustworthy software systems and advanced software fault injection-based testing techniques.

AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society and fellows are chosen by their peers. New fellows will be formally recognized on Feb. 18, 2012, during the 2012 AAAS Annual Meeting in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.