David Wagner
Location: (Berkeley, CA)
Personal Research Web Page: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~daw/
Keywords: Computer security, software security, electronic voting, trustworthy systems
Posted on: Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Broad Research Area: HCI / CSCW, Information Assurance / Security / Privacy / Cryptography
Research Interests:
My interests are in the area of computer security: how can we build secure systems, and how can we be confident that the resulting systems will be secure?
I am looking for a strong postdoc to work in one of the following areas:
Smartphone security, especially security of 3rd-party apps. The goal is to support 3rd-party smartphone apps securely and lay a solid foundation for smartphone security.
Usable security for phones. To build secure phone platforms, we need to take a user-centered perspective. I warmly welcome applications or interest from researchers in the area of HCI, usability, human factors, or usability evaluation. No prior background in security needed: you bring the usability knowledge, I’ll bring the security background.
Measuring security. Can we experimentally measure the effectiveness of various security technologies? For instance, it would be useful if we could measure the effect on security of programming languages, frameworks, and tools for developers.
Electronic voting. Can we improve the auditability, usability, or effectiveness of electronic voting technologies? Can we securely vote over the Internet?
I am also interested in general in usable security, software security, and systems security, and I welcome applicants. Also, feel free to contact me separately about paid postdoc positions, apart from the CIFellows program.
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