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Manuel Egele is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boston University, part of the College of Arts & Sciences. His research focuses on software security, web security, and privacy in mobile systems and online social networks. He holds a PhD from Vienna University of Technology (2011). Egele has contributed extensively to cybersecurity through publications on fuzzing techniques, anomaly detection in HPC systems, and hardware security primitives. His work spans embedded systems, firmware re-hosting, and vulnerability mitigation in web applications. Notable projects include Refine for HPC anomaly detection and PROTEUS for detecting Android emulators. His research emphasizes practical solutions for real-world security challenges, leveraging machine learning and hardware-software co-design.
Education: PhD in Computer Science from Vienna University of Technology (2011).
Research Interests: Cybersecurity, fuzz testing, HPC system monitoring, embedded systems security, web application vulnerabilities, and hardware-assisted security primitives. His work bridges theoretical advancements with practical implementations, addressing issues like memory safety, cross-site scripting (XSS) mitigation, and firmware re-hosting challenges.
Key Contributions: Over 50 peer-reviewed articles since 2012, including foundational work on fuzzing frameworks (e.g., Processorfuzz) and anomaly detection systems (e.g., E2EWatch). He has pioneered methods to diagnose performance variations in supercomputers using machine learning and explored defense mechanisms against hardware vulnerabilities like IOMMU exploits.
Labs/Teams: Leads the Cybersecurity and Systems Research Group at Boston University, focusing on interdisciplinary approaches to secure software and hardware ecosystems.
