Human Behavior

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Visible to the public Obsidian: A Language for Secure-By-Construction Blockchain Programs

This project considers models for secure collaboration and contracts in a decentralized environment among parties that have not established trust. A significant example of this is blockchain programming, with platforms such as Ethereum and HyperLedger.

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Visible to the public Model-Based Explanation For Human-in-the-Loop Security

Effective response to security attacks often requires a combination of both automated and human-mediated actions. Currently we lack adequate methods to reason about such human-system coordination, including ways to determine when to allocate tasks to each party and how to gain assurance that automated mechanisms are appropriately aligned with organizational needs and policies.