Security and Privacy Research Lab

National Science Foundation Assistant Director for CISE, Jim Kurose, testified to the House Science & Technology Subcommittee yesterday about cybersecurity. The report cites the UW CSE Security and Privacy lab efforts on computer security for automobiles and medical devices. Read the testimony here

The US Federal Trade Commission — like the UW CSE Security and Privacy Lab — is interested in the Internet of Things. The FTC just released a report, titled “Internet of Things: Privacy and Security in a Connected World“, that discusses UW CSE Security and Privacy research and quotes lab member Yoshi Kohno.

The UW CSE Security and Privacy Lab’s co-director, Professor Franzi Roesner, was honored with the UW CSE William Chan Memorial Dissertation Award. Congratulations Franzi! Very well deserved!

The Forum on Cyber Resilience is a newly-established National Academies roundtable. Professor Yoshi Kohno, UW CSE Security and Privacy lab co-director, joins as an inaugural member. The Forum on Cyber Resilience will facilitate and enhance the exchange of ideas among scientists, practitioners, and policy makers concerned with urgent and important issues related to the resilience of the nation’s computing and communications systems, including the Internet, other critical infrastructures, and commercial system.

On Saturday December 6, more than 450 middle school and high school students and their families visited UW CSE for the annual UW Computing Open House, kicking off Computer Science Education Week.

Security and Privacy Lab PhD students Anna Kornfeld Simpson, Paul Vines, and Peter Ney hosted a session on computer security. Their room was filled with interested students! Thanks Anna, Paul, and Peter for helping inspire the next generation of computer scientists!

Today was the departmental holiday party. Security and Privacy lab PhD student Paul Vines asked Dr. CSE how to interpret his advisor’s use of the word “interesting.” We all found that to be a very interesting question. This slide gives Dr. CSE’s guidelines for “How to Interpret Professorese”.

The faculty and student skits were awesome, as always.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spent 90 minutes in UW CSE this morning. He discussed research and departmental trajectories with faculty and students, including with Security and Privacy lab professor Franzi Roesner.

UW CSE Security and Privacy PhD student Paul Vines defended his quals project today, the key research milestone for receiving his Masters degree in Computer Science & Engineering. Great job Paul!

UW Security and Privacy lab researcher Temitope Oluwafemi publishes an invited article in The Conversation about computer security and the Internet of Things.

Check out the article here: https://theconversation.com/can-a-hacker-stop-your-car-or-your-heart-security-and-the-internet-of-things-33273

In an article entitled, “Tacoma Police Change How They Seek Permission to Use Cellphone Tracker,” The News Tribune quotes UW CSE’s Ian Smith. Quoting from the article:

“Ian Smith is a security researcher in the University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering Security and Privacy Lab and has studied cell site simulators and similar devices.

“… Cellphone companies have the ability to access that kind of information now, Smith said. Cell site simulators give that capability to anyone who knows how to use them, including the police, he said.”

Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/11/15/3488642_tacoma-police-change-how-they.html?rh=1