Biography

Alexandros Kapravelos is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University. He received his PhD in Computer Science from University of California, Santa Barbara in 2015. His research interests span the areas of systems, software and AI security. Currently, he studies how the web and the browser evolve over time and how we can make the browser more secure in the future. He is also interested in AI security and how LLMs impact security and privacy. Together with the Order of the Overflow team, he organized DEF CON CTF for four years (2018-2021), the oldest and most prestigious Capture The Flag security competition that attracts tens of thousands of participants every year. He is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award in 2021, two best paper awards from the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy and a best paper award from Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS).

Research Areas

• Cyber Security

Education

B.S., 2007, University of Crete
M.S., 2010, University of Crete
Ph.D., 2015, UC Santa Barbara

CSC Spring Courses

• CSC 405-001 LEC Computer Security   MW 8:30am-9:45am   Room: 1231 Engineering Building 2

• CSC 537-001 LEC Systems Attacks and Defenses   MW 1:30pm-2:45pm   Room: 2232 Engineering Building 3

• CSC 537-601 LEC Systems Attacks and Defenses      Room: Distance Education - Online

Publications

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