Welcome!
I am a computer security research scientist and a principal investigator at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. I am currently focused on conducting research in the area of computer security, with a particular interest in the security and privacy of distributed computer systems.
I communicate research findings by publishing peer-reviewed research articles and presenting them at research conferences. This site presents a summary of my scholarly activity and an archive of my research outputs.
Recent Publications (see all)
Online Website Fingerprinting: Evaluating Website Fingerprinting Attacks on Tor in the Real World
[published article]
- Researchers Demonstrate New Fingerprinting Attack on Tor Encrypted Traffic [HackerNews]
Learning to Behave: Improving Covert Channel Security with Behavior-Based Designs
Volume 2022, Issue 3.
[published article]
Co-opting Linux Processes for High-Performance Network Simulation
[published article]
[research artifacts]
USENIX ATC'22 Best Paper Award
[announcement]
Our work has transitioned to the open-source Shadow project since v2.0.0
[code repository]
Once is Never Enough: Foundations for Sound Statistical Inference in Tor Network Experimentation
[published article]
[extended version]
[research artifacts]
54th Annual Alan Berman Research Publication Award, 2022-03-25
Our work has transitioned to the open-source Shadow project since v1.13.2
[code repository]