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Giovanni Vigna

Giovanni Vigna

Professor
Computer Science

Affiliation: 
Computer Science

Contact

2159 Harold Frank Hall

University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Fellow of: 

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),

Honors

Organizer, UCSB International Capture The Flag hacking competition

Research

Security and Cryptography, Data Security, Secure Hardware Design

Research on how to protect web applications (by finding vulnerabilities before they are deployed and also by detecting web-based attacks), how to detect and block malicious software, and how to develop, test, and evaluate intrusion detection systems.

Affiliations

Director, Center for CyberSecurity

Education

PhD Electronic Engineering, Politechnico di Milano
MS Electronic Engineering, Politecnico di Milano