Expertise

Some of my own research interests:

  • Network and distributed system security
  • Privacy and anonymity
  • Censorship resistance
  • Operating system security
  • Medical and IoT security
  • Usable security
  • Applied cryptography

Vasserman’s research is chiefly in the area of security for medical cyber-physical systems, security usability and user education.

Research keywords:

  • Cybersecurity, security, privacy, anonymity, censorship resistance, distributed systems, cyber-physical systems (CPS), internet of things (IoT), applied cryptography, usability, education research

Current Projects:

  • Security of smart grid and cyber-physical systems
  • Security of coordinating systems of medical devices
  • Usable security
Past Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Department of Computing and Information Sciences, Carl R. Ice College of Engineering, Kansas State University

PhD Student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota Twin Cities (past)

Senior Staff Fellow, CDRH, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (past)

Communities
Management Information Systems, Information Science/Systems, Computer Science
Degrees
PhD, University of Minnesota, Computer Science, 2010
MS, University of Minnesota, Computer Science, 2008
BS, University of Minnesota, Biochemistry and Neuroscience, 2003
Keywords
computer technology (medical) cryptography computer interface computer security networking cybersecurity distributed system human-computer interaction
Languages
English
Associations
American Society for Engineering Education
Association for Computing Machinery
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
USENIX