CAREER

Access control is a multi-faceted area that has been advanced by a wide range of computer science research communities including programming languages, human-computer interaction, computer

architecture, and operating systems. In general, this body of work has either sought to improve the expressiveness of access control logic or introduce novel mechanisms for enforcing policies. Each

An increasing number of mobile users rely on wireless technologies to gain secure and uninterrupted access to network services. As the volume of data disseminated via the wireless medium rapidly expands, provision of performance, reliability, and security become challenging problems. These problems can be alleviated by the use of multiple orthogonal frequency bands (channels) that has been demonstrated to substantially reduce contention and interference.

Design and fabrication of integrated circuits (ICs) are becoming increasingly vulnerable to malicious activities and alterations with globalization. These vulnerabilities have raised serious concerns regarding possible threats to many critical applications. An adversary can introduce a Trojan designed to disable and/or destroy a system at some future time or the Trojan may serve to leak confidential information covertly to the adversary. This research develops efficient procedures for detection of malicious alterations and subtle modifications in integrated circuits.

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).

Malicious software is one of the most pressing security problems on the Internet. The main reason for the apparent failure of current defense approaches is that malware detection techniques are too specific. This is most obvious with virus scanners, which rely on
signatures that are specific to individual malware instances. However, also behavioral detection techniques typically target only specific