October 26, 2010 I gave the presentation, "Multi-vendor Penetration Testing in the Advanced Metering Infrastructure: Future Challenges" at the DIMACS Workshop on Algorithmic Decision Theory for the Smart Grid at Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ.

August 16, 2010 Our paper, "Multi-Vendor Penetration Testing in the Advanced Metering Infrastructure" has been accepted to the 26th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC 2010).

August 16, 2010 Our paper, "Kells: A Protection Framework for Portable Data" has been accepted to the 26th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC 2010).

August 10, 2010 I presented our paper, "Embedded Firmware Diversity for Smart Electric Meters" at HotSec 2010.

June 28, 2010 Our paper, "Embedded Firmware Diversity for Smart Electric Meters" has been accepted to the 5th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Security (HotSec 2010).

April 6, 2010 Our paper, "OS Security Architectures Built on Smart Disks" has been accepted for publication in IEEE Security and Privacy magazine.

March 19, 2010 Our paper, "Disk-Enabled Authenticated Encryption" has been accepted to the 26th IEEE Symposium on Massive Storage Systems and Technologies.

January 22, 2010 Our paper, "Towards a Secure and Efficient System for End-to-End Provenance" has been accepted to the 2nd USENIX Workshop on the Theory and Practice of Provenance.

December 10, 2009 We were awarded best paper at ACSAC 2009 for our paper "Semantically Rich Application-Centric Security in Android".

September 30, 2009 I presented our paper "Energy Theft in the Advanced Metering Infrastructure" at CRITIS 2009.

August 26, 2009 Our paper, "Semantically Rich Application-Centric Security in Android" has been accepted to the 2009 Annual Computer Security Applications Conference

July 30, 2009 Our paper, "Energy Theft in the Advanced Metering Infrastructure" has been accepted for publication at the 4th International Workshop on Critical Information Infrastructure Security (CRITIS 2009).

July 15, 2009 I received a student travel grant to the 18th USENIX Security Symposium in Montreal, QC Canada

October 23, 2008 I passed the PhD candidacy exams.

August 18, 2008 Our paper, "New Side Channel Attacks Targeting Passwords", was accepted for publication at ACSAC 2008.

July 9, 2008 I received a student travel grant to the 17th USENIX Security Symposium in San Jose, CA.

July 2, 2008 Our paper, "Rootkit Resistant Disks", was accepted for publication at CCS 2008.

May 21, 2008 Our paper, "Systemic Issues in the Hart InterCivic and Premier Voting System: Reflections Following Project EVEREST", was accepted for publication at the 2008 USENIX/ACCURATE Electronic Voting Workshop.

May 19, 2008 I am a summer intern at Google at their NYC office.

December 15, 2007 I received the Harry G. Miller Fellowship in the College of engineering for the spring 2008 semester.

December 14, 2007 The Ohio Secretary of State has released the EVEREST election system report from the academic team, of which I was a participant. The report can be retrieved here. The team prepared the following statement about the report and its findings, and will make no other public statements at this time.

July 29, 2007: Our paper, "Non-Volatile Memory and Disks: Avenues for Policy Architectures", was accepted for publication at the First Computer Security Architecture Workshop (CSAW).

July 27, 2007: I received the R. P. Drenning Memorial Scholarship in the College of Engineering for the 2007-08 academic year.

November 3, 2006: I received the John F. Kray Sr. Scholarship in the College of Engineering for the 2006-07 academic year.