David Starobinski

David Starobinski is a Professor at Boston University's Electrical and Computer Engineering department with joint appointments in Systems Engineering and Computer Science. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (1999), and has held visiting positions at UC Berkeley (1999-2000), EPFL (2007-2008), and the U.S. DoT Volpe Center (2014-2019).

His research focuses on

• Cybersecurity
• Wireless Networking
• Blockchain Technology
• Network Economics
• IoT Security
• Vehicular Network Analysis

with an emphasis on practical implementations and theoretical models.

Recent publications highlight advancements in

• Threat Knowledge Graphs
• Blockchain Transaction Pool Sync
• Vehicular Information Diffusion
• Spectrum Sharing Frameworks
• Software Composition Analysis

reflecting his interdisciplinary approach.

Award highlights include

• NSF CAREER (2002)
• DOE Early Career award (2004)
• Multiple best paper awards (WiOpt 2010, IEEE CNS 2016, IEEE ICBC 2020/2023)
• BU ECE Teaching Awards (2010, 2020)

and editorial roles in leading journals.

He advises a research group spanning cybersecurity, wireless protocols, and blockchain systems, with collaborations across the Networking and Information Systems Lab, CISE, and Hariri Institute. Current projects involve

• 5G/6G Spectrum Sharing
• Automated Threat Modeling for Connected Vehicles
• Resilient Blockchain Architectures
• Cybersecurity Operations with Knowledge Graphs

supported by NSF and Red Hat Collaboratory.