research


My research in graduate school was primarily in computer forensics and cybersecurity.

I worked with Dean Michael D. Smith as a member of the Triforce group, whose denizens were interested in programming languages, compilers, and security. I'm told that I attained the mirror shield, which protected me from many kinds of beams and could not be eaten by Like-likes: .

My research was part of the group's Securitas project, the focus of which was software-based security. My dissertation proposed rapid detection of botnets through collaborative networks of peers. Related to that work was Wormboy, a prototype of my vision of host-based, collaborative detection of worms.

Prior to joining Securitas, I worked with Professor Matt Welsh on the SYRAH group's Code Blue project, the focus of which was the application of wireless sensor networks to pre-hospital and in-hospital emergency care, disaster response, and stroke patient rehabilitation. Related to that work was EccM, a module for TinyOS demonstrating the viability of elliptic curve cryptography on the MICA2 mote.

Related to my research are these publications.