What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Programming language
- Operating system
- The Internet
Frank Piessens mainly investigates Computer security, Programming language, World Wide Web, Computer network and Exploit.
His Computer security study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Central processing unit and Implementation.
His study in Theoretical computer science extends to Programming language with its themes.
Many of his research projects under Computer network are closely connected to ARP spoofing with ARP spoofing, tying the diverse disciplines of science together.
His studies deal with areas such as Code injection, Code injection attacks, Software and Latency as well as Exploit.
His Java study incorporates themes from Function and Symbolic execution.
His most cited work include:
- Foreshadow: extracting the keys to the intel SGX kingdom with transient out-of-order execution (334 citations)
- Cookieless Monster: Exploring the Ecosystem of Web-Based Device Fingerprinting (284 citations)
- You are what you include: large-scale evaluation of remote javascript inclusions (227 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His main research concerns Programming language, Computer security, Software engineering, Software and Theoretical computer science.
His work is connected to Separation logic, Java, Modular design, Compiler and Soundness, as a part of Programming language.
His research integrates issues of Web application and World Wide Web in his study of Computer security.
As part of his studies on Web application, Frank Piessens often connects relevant areas like Web application security.
His Internet security research extends to the thematically linked field of World Wide Web.
His Software development research extends to Software engineering, which is thematically connected.
He most often published in these fields:
- Programming language (29.14%)
- Computer security (28.67%)
- Software engineering (10.49%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?
- Computer security (28.67%)
- Compiler (6.99%)
- Code (8.62%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Computer security, Compiler, Code, Programming language and Key are his primary areas of study.
His Computer security research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Handshake and Implementation.
His Compiler study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Equivalence, Theoretical computer science and Distributive property.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Tracking, Separation logic, Physical access, Information flow and Control in addition to Code.
His Programming language research integrates issues from If and only if and Parametricity.
Frank Piessens interconnects Microcode, Computer network, Encryption and Man-in-the-middle attack in the investigation of issues within Key.
Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Foreshadow: extracting the keys to the intel SGX kingdom with transient out-of-order execution (334 citations)
- Key Reinstallation Attacks: Forcing Nonce Reuse in WPA2 (160 citations)
- Telling your secrets without page faults: stealthy page table-based attacks on enclaved execution (119 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Programming language
- Operating system
- The Internet
His scientific interests lie mostly in Computer security, Embedded system, Microcode, Central processing unit and Transient.
His research investigates the link between Computer security and topics such as Implementation that cross with problems in Attack surface.
His Embedded system study combines topics in areas such as Latency and Instruction set.
His study in Microcode is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Kernel, Address space, Fault injection, Component and Reading.
His biological study deals with issues like x86, which deal with fields such as Speculative execution, Microarchitecture, Plaintext and Out-of-order execution.
His Transient research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Bounds checking, Virtual memory, Branch misprediction and Parallel computing.
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