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Dan S. Wallach is affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their research work primarily falls within the field of Computer Science, with particular focus on subfields such as Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, and Signal Processing. The scientist's topical expertise covers Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting, Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data, Advanced Malware Detection Techniques, COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing, Cryptography and Data Security, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, and Spam and Phishing Detection.

Dan S. Wallach has authored multiple recent papers spanning these specialized areas. Notable publications include:

  • "How Human Factors Can Help Preserve Democracy in the Age of Pandemics" (2020), published in Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
  • "Scaling Up Anonymous Communication with Efficient Nanopayment Channels" (2020), published in Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
  • "VAULT-Style Risk-Limiting Audits and the Inyo County Pilot" (2021), published in IEEE Security & Privacy
  • "Machine Learning for Measuring and Analyzing Online Social Communications" (2021), published in ESANN 2021 proceedings
  • "Bad Tools Hurt: Lessons for teaching computer security skills to undergraduates" (2021), published in International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools

The frequent publication venues for Dan S. Wallach include:

  • IEEE Security & Privacy
  • Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
  • Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
  • ESANN 2021 proceedings
  • International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools

Among frequent co-authors are Philip Kortum, Claudia Ziegler Acemyan, Josh Benaloh, Kammi Foote, and Philip B. Stark, each collaborating on multiple works with the scientist.

In addition to articles, Dan S. Wallach has contributed to book publications, including a title published by the Association for Computing Machinery titled ACM TechBrief: Election Security: Risk Limiting Audits (2022).

Best Publications

  • Secure routing for structured peer-to-peer overlay networks

    Miguel Castro;Peter Druschel;Ayalvadi Ganesh;Antony Rowstron

  • Practical robust localization over large-scale 802.11 wireless networks

    Andreas Haeberlen;Eliot Flannery;Andrew M. Ladd;Algis Rudys

  • Robotics-based location sensing using wireless Ethernet

    Andrew M. Ladd;Kostas E. Bekris;Algis Rudys;Lydia E. Kavraki

  • Robotics-based location sensing using wireless ethernet

    Andrew M. Ladd;Kostas E. Bekris;Algis Rudys;Guillaume Marceau

  • Analysis of an electronic voting system

    T. Kohno;A. Stubblefield;A.D. Rubin;D.S. Wallach

  • Denial of service via algorithmic complexity attacks

    Scott A. Crosby;Dan S. Wallach

  • Quire: lightweight provenance for smart phone operating systems

    Michael Dietz;Shashi Shekhar;Yuliy Pisetsky;Anhei Shu

  • Java security: from HotJava to Netscape and beyond

    D. Dean;E.W. Felten;D.S. Wallach

  • Eclipse Attacks on Overlay Networks: Threats and Defenses

    A. Singh;T.-W. Ngan;P. Druschel;D. S. Wallach

  • Extensible security architectures for Java

    Dan S. Wallach;Dirk Balfanz;Drew Dean;Edward W. Felten

  • A survey of peer-to-peer security issues

    Dan S. Wallach

  • On the feasibility of using wireless ethernet for indoor localization

    A.M. Ladd;K.E. Bekris;A.P. Rudys;D.S. Wallach

  • AdSplit: separating smartphone advertising from applications

    Shashi Shekhar;Michael Dietz;Dan S. Wallach

  • Web Spoofing: An Internet Con Game

    Edward W. Felten;Dirk Balfanz;Drew Dean;Dan S. Wallach

  • Slender PUF Protocol: A Lightweight, Robust, and Secure Authentication by Substring Matching

    M. Majzoobi;M. Rostami;F. Koushanfar;D. S. Wallach

  • Understanding Java stack inspection

    D.S. Wallach;E.W. Felten

  • Performance analysis of TLS Web servers

    Cristian Coarfa;Peter Druschel;Dan S. Wallach

  • Enforcing Fair Sharing of Peer-to-Peer Resources

    Tsuen-Wan “Johnny’‘ Ngan;Dan S. Wallach;Peter Druschel

  • Efficient data structures for tamper-evident logging

    Scott A. Crosby;Dan S. Wallach

  • Puppeteer: Component-based adaptation for mobile computing

    Eyal De Lara;Dan S. Wallach;Willy Zwaenepoel

Frequent Co-Authors

Willy Zwaenepoel
Willy Zwaenepoel University of Sydney
Eyal de Lara
Eyal de Lara University of Toronto
Edward W. Felten
Edward W. Felten Princeton University
Peter Druschel
Peter Druschel Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
Lydia E. Kavraki
Lydia E. Kavraki Rice University
Michael D. Byrne
Michael D. Byrne Rice University
Philip Kortum
Philip Kortum Rice University
Kostas E. Bekris
Kostas E. Bekris Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Robert P. Dick
Robert P. Dick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Farinaz Koushanfar
Farinaz Koushanfar University of California, San Diego

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