What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Operating system
- Programming language
- Computer security
His primary scientific interests are in Computer security, Return-oriented programming, Exploit, Android and Privilege escalation.
His Computer security study often links to related topics such as Source code.
His Return-oriented programming research focuses on Address space layout randomization and how it relates to Embedded system, Compiler, Redundant code, Code bloat and Code generation.
His work on Confused deputy problem as part of general Privilege escalation research is often related to Permission, thus linking different fields of science.
Lucas Davi usually deals with Control-flow integrity and limits it to topics linked to Code reuse and Memory corruption, Virtual function, Object-oriented programming and Control flow.
He has included themes like Code injection, Security analysis and Key in his Software study.
His most cited work include:
- Return-oriented programming without returns (401 citations)
- Privilege escalation attacks on android (374 citations)
- Just-In-Time Code Reuse: On the Effectiveness of Fine-Grained Address Space Layout Randomization (351 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Lucas Davi spends much of his time researching Computer security, Software, Exploit, Code reuse and Memory corruption.
Lucas Davi regularly ties together related areas like Overhead in his Computer security studies.
His Software research includes themes of Control flow, Computer hardware, Embedded system and Hardware security module.
His Exploit research incorporates elements of Compiler, x86 and Code.
His research investigates the link between Code reuse and topics such as Distributed computing that cross with problems in Static analysis.
His research in Memory corruption intersects with topics in Symbolic execution, Function pointer and Laptop.
He most often published in these fields:
- Computer security (67.05%)
- Software (32.95%)
- Exploit (28.41%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?
- Computer security (67.05%)
- Smart contract (6.82%)
- Exploit (28.41%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Lucas Davi mainly investigates Computer security, Smart contract, Exploit, Memory corruption and Software.
His research integrates issues of Testbed and Cloud computing in his study of Computer security.
His Smart contract study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Signature, Computer network and Control flow graph.
Lucas Davi combines subjects such as Correctness, Microarchitecture and Backward compatibility with his study of Exploit.
As a member of one scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Memory corruption, focusing on Function pointer and, on occasion, Guard.
His work in Software addresses subjects such as Solidity, which are connected to disciplines such as Upgrade.
Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Sereum: Protecting Existing Smart Contracts Against Re-Entrancy Attacks (39 citations)
- Control Behavior Integrity for Distributed Cyber-Physical Systems (8 citations)
- METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURING SMART CONTRACTS IN BLOCKCHAINS (4 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Operating system
- Programming language
- Computer security
His primary areas of investigation include Computer security, Smart contract, Context, Cyber-physical system and Attack surface.
His work deals with themes such as Signature, Distributed ledger and Control flow graph, which intersect with Smart contract.
His Context research incorporates Exploit, Backward compatibility, Vulnerability assessment, Correctness and Overhead.
His Cyber-physical system study combines topics in areas such as Testbed, Critical infrastructure and Malware.
This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s
body of work. If you have any feedback, you can
contact us
here.
