Biography

Brad Reaves is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and a member of the Wolfpack Security and Privacy Research (WSPR) Lab.

His research is dedicated to measuring and improving the security and privacy of computer systems, with a particular emphasis on telephone networks and software for mobile platforms. This work has addressed detection and measurement of mobile malware in the wild, identified systemic risks in developing world mobile money systems, and provided new techniques to distinguish legitimate and fraudulent phone calls. His research integrates knowledge from fields as diverse as signal processing and digital communications; data science, machine learning, and statistics; cryptography; program analysis; reverse engineering; and Internet and telephone networks.

Research Areas

  • Cyber Security

Education

Ph.D., Computer Engineering, University of Florida, 2017
M.S., Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015
 

CSC Spring Courses

  • CSC 574-001 LEC Comp & Net Secur   MW 11:45am-1:00pm   Room: 2207 Engineering Building 3

  • CSC 574-601 LEC Comp & Net Secur      Room: Distance Education - Online

Awards

  • Best Paper at the ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WiSec) - 2013