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Xinming (Simon) Ou

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Biography

Dr. Xinming (Simon) Ou is professor of Computer Science and Engineering at University of South Florida. After receiving his PhD from Princeton University in 2005, he worked as a post-doctoral research associate at Purdue University's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS), and a research associate at Idaho National Laboratory. He joined Kansas State University as an assistant professor in 2006, where he was tenured and promoted to associate professor in 2012. He joined ±«Óãtv (±«Óãtv) in Tampa, Florida in 2015.

Research Interests

Human-centered approaches to understanding/improving cybersecurity, CPS and IoT security, intrusion and malware analysis, mobile systems security, and new programming paradigms for security.

Teaching Interests

Practical and hands-on cybersecurity; secure coding; computer systems security

Education

PhD in Computer Science, Princeton University (2005)
ME in Computer Science, Tsinghua University (2000)
BE in Computer Science, Tsinghua University (1998)

Honors and Awards

  • Distinguished Paper Award, Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security, 2015, 2021.
  • Test of Time Award, IEEE International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), 2020.
  • Kansas State University College of Engineering Frankenhoff Outstanding Research Award, 2013.
  • HP Labs Innovation Research Program (IRP) Award, 2010, 2011, 2012.
  • NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2010.

Key Activities

  • General Chair, ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) (2020)
  • TPC member, ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) (2015, 2016)
  • TPC member, ACM Symposium on Information, Computer and Communications Security (ASIACCS) (2014, 2015)
  • TPC member, Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)
  • Steering Committee Member, ACM Workshop on Moving Target Defense