May 10, 2016: Invited Speaker Seminar: Trustworthy Collection Architectures for Data Provenance

Dr. Kevin Butler
Associate Professor, University of Florida

Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 4:00 pm
Room EV003.309

Abstract

Data provenance, which traces the origin and subsequent modification of information as it is generated and processed, has been a long-standing research challenge.  Ascertaining the provenance of generated in cyber-physical and simulation environments has been seen as key to securing critical infrastructure and ensuring the integrity of data from areas such as climate science and drug trials.  The key to ensuring that provenance is correctly managed is to ensure the security and fidelity of its initial collection.  This talk will focus on the past six years of research we have done to bring the promise of high-fidelity provenance collection to fruition, and to develop ways of applying provenance to cloud environments, across workflows to prevent data loss, and in industrial control environments.

Biography

Kevin Butler is an associate professor of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the University of Florida, where he leads research in computer systems security within the Florida Institute for Cyber Security.  His research focuses on the security of systems and data, with a concentration on storage and embedded systems, mobile security and privacy, and cloud security.  He also has interests in Internet security and applied cryptography.

Kevin received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 2010, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in 2004, and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Queen's University at Kingston in 1999.  He received the National Science Foundation CAREER award in 2013 and the Symantec Research Labs Graduate Fellowship in 2009.