Introducing Dr. Karl Koscher
Congratulations Dr. Karl Koscher for a very successful final defense! UCSD is very fortunate to be having you join their team!
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UW CSE Professor Yoshi Kohno runs Session 1 of the Stanford Cybersecurity Bootcamp for the U.S. Congress
UW CSE Professor Yoshi Kohno was invited to run Session 1 at the Stanford Cybersecurity Bootcamp for U.S. Congressional Staffers. The session focused on threat modeling and developing the security mindset.
Franzi’s ShareMeNot incorporated into the EFF Privacy Badger
The EFF just released a new online privacy tool, called Privacy Badger, to help protect against third-party tracking on the web.
The EFF worked with Franzi Roesner to integrate her ShareMeNot functionality into Privacy Badger. Privacy Badger uses the ShareMeNot techniques to handle social media widgets.
To quote from the EFF Press Release: “EFF wishes to thank Professor Franziska Roesner at the University of Washington for exceptional work in enhancing Privacy Badger’s widget-handling algorithms.”
Security Lab’s Karl Koscher featured on German TV
UW CSE Security Lab’s Karl Koscher is featured on German TV. See Karl’s interview starting around minute 6. Great job Karl! The video also includes clips of UW CSE Security Lab members and alumni Alexei Czeskis, Tadayoshi Kohno, and Franzi Roesner. Read more about the UW CSE automotive security effort, in collaboration with UCSD, here.
Prof. Roxana Geambasu wins Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship
Congratulations to Roxana Geambasu for winning a highly coveted Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship!! This is a very high honor! Roxana is a Columbia University professor and past UW CSE PhD student. To quote from the Microsoft web page: “Each year since 2005, Microsoft Research has recognized innovative, promising new faculty members from a number of research institutions to join the ranks of Microsoft Research Faculty Fellows.” And: “We are pleased to announce the 2014 Faculty Fellows, seven young professors from the following five regions: Latin America and the Caribbean; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; the United States and Canada; Australia and New Zealand; and Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore.” Congratulations Roxana!
Graduation 2014!
Congratulations to Franzi, Karl, and Tammy for walking today as part of your PhD graduations! We are very proud of all the UW CSE graduates!
Introducing Prof. Dr. Tamara Denning
Congratulations Prof. Dr. Tamara Denning for a very successful final defense!
Introducing Prof. Dr. Franzi Roesner
Congratulations Prof. Dr. Franzi Roesner for a very successful final defense!
Introducing Dr. Miro Enev
Congratulations to Dr. Miro Enev for a very successful final defense!
Prof. Tamara Denning to join Utah School of Computing faculty
Congratulations to Prof. Tamara Denning! Prof. Denning will be joining the University of Utah’s School of Computing as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Congratulations to the University of Utah too, which is very fortunate to be getting Prof. Denning! Prof. Denning has done some amazing and visionary work in the field of computer security and human-computer interaction. She is scheduled to receive her PhD from the University of Washington in June.