Scholar
Jason Polakis
Google Scholar ID: OgJKomcAAAAJ
Associate Professor, University of Illinois Chicago
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,758
H-index
24
i10-index
40
Publications
20
Co-authors
67
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Recent Service: Program Committee member for USENIX Security 2025, 2026; ACM CCS 2024 (Web Security Track Chair), 2025, 2026; WebConf 2024 (Security Area Chair); SecWeb 2024 (PC Co-Chair); ICDCS 2023 (Security and Privacy track Co-Chair); IEEE Security & Privacy 2023; EuroSec 2023 (PC Co-Chair).
Research Experience
- Prior to joining UIC, he was a postdoctoral research scientist in the Computer Science Department at Columbia University and a member of the Network Security Lab.
Education
- Received B.Sc. (2007), M.Sc. (2009), and Ph.D. (2014) degrees in Computer Science from the University of Crete (Greece) while working as a research assistant in the Distributed Computing Systems Lab at FORTH.
Background
- Currently an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research interests span several areas of security and privacy, focusing on understanding the security limitations of web browsers and applications, exploring privacy threats faced by users, and designing robust countermeasures. He also actively explores the shortcomings of authentication and authorization mechanisms and the robustness of bot-prevention systems.
Miscellany
- Contact Information: Email: polakis@uic.edu; Phone: (312) 413-2442 (email is preferred); Office: CDRLC 4460; Mailing address: 3416 CDRLC, MC 152, 850 W. Taylor St., Chicago, IL 60607-7053, USA
