Vasileios P. Kemerlis
Scholar

Vasileios P. Kemerlis

Google Scholar ID: tkb2YWQAAAAJ
Associate Professor, Brown University
OS SecuritySoftware HardeningFuzz Testing
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
2,705
 
H-index
25
 
i10-index
42
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
84
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Published multiple conference papers, including 'PickleBall: Secure Deserialization of Pickle-based Machine Learning Models' (CCS 2025), 'IUBIK: Isolating User Bytes in Commodity Operating System Kernels via Memory Tagging Extensions' (S&P 2025), and developed several related software tools.
Research Experience
  • Teaching courses: CSCI 1650: Software Security and Exploitation (Fall 2016 -- 2025), CSCI 2951U: Topics in Software Security (Spring 2016 – 2018, 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025). Research projects cover various areas such as OS kernel protection, secure deserialization of machine learning models, etc.
Background
  • Associate Professor of Computer Science at Brown University. Interested in software, hardware, and systems security, with a focus on OS kernel protection, software hardening, fuzz testing, and information flow tracking. He is the director of the Secure Systems Lab (SSL) and recipient of the NSF CAREER Award.
Miscellany
  • Contact information includes email, phone number, and social media accounts on X (Twitter), Bluesky, Mastodon.