Scholar
Nick Nikiforakis
Google Scholar ID: VgrmjeYAAAAJ
Associate Professor, Stony Brook University
Citations & Impact
Citations
3,982
H-index
39
i10-index
67
Publications
20
Co-authors
46
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published multiple papers in top conferences (such as CCS, RAID, SecWeb, WWW, USENIX Security, IMC, eCrime, DIMVA, IEEE S&P, NDSS, CODASPY) and received several awards including USENIX Security Distinguished Paper Award, NSA Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity paper award, 3rd place at CSAW Applied Research Competition, etc.
Research Experience
- Teaches multiple courses such as CSE 361 Web Security, CSE 659 Computer Security Seminar, etc.
Background
- Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Stony Brook University. Research interests include: measurement and reduction of attack surface in web applications, understanding the abuses of the Domain Name System, identification of security and privacy issues specific to mobile web browsers, measurement of online tracking and countermeasures against it, assessment of the security of remote servers using mostly passive techniques, client-side defense mechanisms against phishing and web application attacks.
