معرفی
Engin Kirda is a Professor at Northeastern University, holding appointments in both the Khoury College of Computer Sciences and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering within the College of Engineering. He directs the Information Assurance Program and was awarded the inaugural Sy and Laurie Sternberg Interdisciplinary Chaired Professorship. His research focuses on malware analysis, web security, reverse engineering, and intrusion detection, with notable contributions to tools like Anubis, FIRE, and Pixy.
Education: PhD in Computer Science from the Technical University of Vienna (2002). Prior to Northeastern, he held positions at Eurecom and the Technical University of Vienna.
Research Interests:
- Malware Analysis & Detection
- Web Application Security
- Embedded Systems Security
- Privacy-Preserving Technologies
- Automated Vulnerability Discovery (e.g., fuzzing, differential testing)
Recent Work Trends: Recent articles (2023–2025) emphasize web application firewall bypasses, embedded system hardening, and privacy-enhancing technologies. Collaborative projects like FLANKER (NSF-funded) address lateral movement detection in enterprise networks.
Awards: Consistently ranked in Stanford's Top 2% Cited Scientists since 2021, reflecting impactful contributions to cybersecurity research.
Grants & Labs: Principal Investigator on NSF/DARPA grants totaling $2.5M+, including projects on firmware analysis (FIRMALICE), Android marketplace security (DARKDROID), and graph-based lateral movement detection. Leads the International Secure Systems Lab (ISS Lab).
