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Dan Carrere serves as a Senior Lecturer in Cybersecurity within the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oregon's School of Computer and Data Sciences. With 34 years of industry experience and 24 years of teaching expertise, he specializes in cybersecurity systems, Unix environments, and network infrastructure. He holds multiple leadership roles including Program Advisor for the Cybersecurity Degree, Club Advisor for UOsec.org, and Program Director for UO Cybersecurity Camps (2024-2025) as part of NWCyberCamp.org and GenCyber initiatives.
His research and teaching interests focus on:
- Cybersecurity systems, network infrastructure, and Cloud/MultiCloud security
- Unix systems including BSD (FreeBSD, OpenBSD), Illumos (SmartOS, OmniOS), and Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, RH)
- Optical networking and WDM technologies
- ZFS filesystem storage solutions
- Virtualization platforms (bhyve, KVM, Xen) and containerization (Zones, Jails)
- Systems performance optimization
Carrere actively develops cybersecurity education through HECC-funded high school outreach (NICE program), asynchronous learning options for CS 102, and the UO TSOC (Training Security Operations Center) for hands-on student training. He serves on the UO CS Undergraduate Education Committee and leads accreditation efforts for NSA CAE-R designation of the CS PhD program.
As a pioneer in open-source communities, he co-founded early BSD/Linux user groups and served on boards of organizations like BSDFund and LinuxFund. His current initiatives include expanding UOsec resources, preparing summer cybersecurity camps, and enhancing ISP security infrastructure through practical student training.
