Carleton Experts Available: Cybersecurity Awareness Month
As October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Carleton experts are available to discuss related topics.
Wei Shi
Associate Professor, School of Information Technology
Phone: 613-520-2600, ext. 5060
Email: wei.shi@carleton.ca
Shi is available to discuss topics related to data privacy and network security.
Shi’s research interests include big data, distributed computing and computer networks, gaming and software engineering.
Jason Jaskolka
Assistant Professor, Systems and Computer Engineering
Phone: 613-520-2600, ext. 1873
Email: Jason.Jaskolka@carleton.ca
Jaskolka’s research interests span the areas of cybersecurity, software engineering, distributed systems, and formal specification and verification.
Jaskolka is available to discuss cybersecurity assurance and evaluation – how the security of systems is evaluated and convincing others that systems are secure. He is also available to discuss the need for security-by-design, which is the idea that systems security needs to be “built-in” instead of “bolted-on” to systems.
Ashraf Matrawy
Professor, School of Information Technology
Phone: 613-520-2600, ext. 2901
Email: ashraf.matrawy@carleton.ca
Matrawy leads the Next Generation Networks research group at Carleton. The group focuses on innovative networking architectures and is currently conducting research in network security and privacy, software-defined networking, Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Internet location verification.
Anil Somayaji
Associate Professor, School of Computer Science
Phone: 613-520-2600, ext. 6512
Email: Anil.Somayaji@carleton.ca
Somayaji is available to discuss topics related to systems security, data breaches, malware and IoT security.
Somayaji’s research interests include computer security, operating systems, intrusion detection, complex adaptive systems and artificial life. He is associate director of the Carleton Computer Security Lab. His recent work delves into the importance of diversity in software and aims to explain how this strategy is different from standard practice and how it should be integrated into new software.
Mary Kathryn Roberts
Communications Advisor, Information Technology Services
Phone: 613-520-2600, ext. 1153
Email: Marykathryn.Roberts@carleton.ca
Roberts is available to discuss Carleton’s efforts to support cybersecurity initiatives on campus.
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