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Vasileios P. Kemerlis is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Brown University, where he conducts research in systems and software security. He serves as the director of the Secure Systems Lab (SSL) and is a recipient of the prestigious NSF CAREER Award. His work focuses on practical security solutions for real-world systems.
Dr. Kemerlis specializes in software, hardware, and systems security with particular emphasis on OS kernel protection, software hardening, fuzz testing, and information flow tracking. His research bridges theoretical security concepts with practical implementations that can be deployed in commodity systems. His work often leverages hardware features to build more robust security mechanisms while maintaining system performance.
His recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on memory safety, control flow integrity, and practical security mechanisms that can be deployed in real-world systems. His work spans multiple security domains including kernel security, network security, and application security, with a strong emphasis on developing solutions that balance security guarantees with practical performance considerations.
Scientific Awards:
- NSF CAREER Award
Dr. Kemerlis teaches advanced security courses at Brown University including CSCI 1650: Software Security and Exploitation (offered Fall 2016-2024) and CSCI 2951U: Topics in Software Security (offered Spring 2016-2018, 2020, 2021, 2024). As director of the Secure Systems Lab, he leads research efforts that have resulted in numerous publications at top security venues including IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, ACM CCS, and USENIX Security.
The Secure Systems Lab under his direction focuses on developing practical security solutions that can be deployed in real-world systems, with recent work exploring hardware-assisted security mechanisms, binary hardening techniques, and novel approaches to memory safety.
