Paul Barford
Scholar

Paul Barford

Google Scholar ID: 4uypulQAAAAJ
Professor of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison
NetworkingSecuritySystemsData Science
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
3,010
 
H-index
29
 
i10-index
69
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
44
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Contact
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Served on numerous program committees including ACM SIGCOMM (PC Chair '13), ACM SIGMETRICS (PC Chair '10), and ACM IMC (PC Chair '06)
  • Served on the board of directors of National LambdaRail
  • Associate Editor for IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
  • Co-chair of the GENI Instrumentation and Measurement working group
  • Frequently gives talks and seminars on networking and security
  • Consultant to various companies
Research Experience
  • Worked in industry for 8 years prior to his academic career
  • Visiting Professor at the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge; Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College and EPSRC Visiting Fellow
  • Visiting Scholar at Wolfson College, University of Oxford
  • Founder and CEO of Nemean Networks LLC (developed network intrusion detection technology), acquired by Qualys Inc., where he served as Chief Scientist
  • Co-founder and Chief Scientist of MdotLabs LLC (developed fraud detection services for online advertising), acquired by comScore Inc., where he served as Chief Scientist
  • Research supported by NSF, DHS, ARO, Cisco, and Intel, among others
Background
  • Professor of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • Member of the networking group
  • Founder and Director of the Wisconsin Advanced Internet Laboratory
  • Research interests include computer networking and communications, with a focus on measurement and analysis of Internet data, protocols, and topological structure
  • Also investigates Internet security, including detection and identification of fraud, traffic anomalies, malicious attacks, and intrusions