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Aviel D Rubin, PhD Dr. Rubin is Professor of Computer Science and Technical Director of the Information Security Institute at Johns Hopkins. A figure of national stature in the information security community, Dr. Rubin's focus on analyzing and exposing security flaws in enterprise systems has brought him national renown. He is particularly recognized for his work on electronic voting, his breaking of the Wireless Encryption Protocol for 802.11 ("Wi-Fi") networks, and his creation of the Publius anonymous web publishing service. Dr. Rubin is the author of several books including Firewalls and Internet Security, second edition (with Bill Cheswick and Steve Bellovin, Addison Wesley, 2003), White-Hat Security Arsenal (Addison Wesley, 2001), and Web Security Sourcebook (with Dan Geer and Marcus Ranum, John Wiley & Sons, 1997). He is the recipient of the 2004 Electronic Frontiers Foundation Pioneer Award and was named a 2004 Baltimorean of the Year by Baltimore Magazine for his work in safeguarding the integrity of our election process. Dr. Rubin is a frequent speaker to IT professionals on Wall Street and at various companies and universities around the world. He has been quoted on many occasions in the press, including the front pages of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, and has appeared on CNN, 60 Minutes, the NBC Nightly News, the CBS Evening News, and ABC's World News Tonight to discuss his work in information security. Prior to joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Rubin was a research scientist at AT&T. He received his PhD in computer science (1994) from the University of Michigan for his work in the area of design, analysis and implementation of cryptographic protocols and his MSE (1991) and BS (1989), both in computer science and also from the University of Michigan. |
