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Tudor Dumitras is an Affiliate Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, holding appointments in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and the Department of Computer Science (CS). He is affiliated with The Maryland Cyber Security Center (MC2), where he leads research initiatives in cybersecurity and cryptography. His work focuses on malware detection, system security, and analyzing real-world vulnerabilities like the Heartbleed bug. Dumitras has collaborated with institutions such as Northeastern and Stanford Universities on critical security challenges, including SSL certificate reissuance and revocation strategies.
His research interests span machine learning applications in cybersecurity, network security protocols, and adversarial attack mitigation. Notable contributions include developing automated tools for vulnerability exploitation prediction (SCAVY) and investigating the robustness of machine learning models against adversarial examples. Dumitras advises PhD students Simge Tekin and Kamala Varma, focusing on advancing cybersecurity through data-driven approaches.
Key projects include analyzing software adoption patterns, studying zero-day attacks, and improving PKI security. His work often bridges academic research with industry practices, leveraging big data from sources like Symantec's WINE system. Dumitras has published extensively on topics ranging from malware behavior analysis to hardware fault attacks on neural networks.
