Brad Reaves is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at NC State University and a member of the Wolfpack Security and Privacy Research (WSPR) Lab. His research focuses on measuring and improving the security and privacy of computer systems, with particular emphasis on telephone networks and mobile platforms.
Reaves’ work spans topics such as mobile malware detection, fraud in mobile money systems, and techniques to differentiate between legitimate and fraudulent phone calls. His interdisciplinary research integrates concepts from signal processing, digital communications, data science, machine learning, statistics, cryptography, program analysis, reverse engineering, and network security.
He regularly collaborates with students and researchers to address real-world threats and develop practical security solutions that impact both users and systems at scale.