Samuel T. King
Insecure and error-prone software is problematic for computing systems. Computer intrusions that result from insecure software lead to a number of problems, including the loss or corruption of sensitive data, costly and time-intensive cleanup efforts, and damage to a company's reputation. Additionally, software bugs can cause system outages that have been estimated to cost businesses billions of dollars each year.
Prof. King's research interests are in designing, implementing, and analyzing secure and robust software systems. His current and future work spans all levels of software from low-level virtual-machine monitor and operating system software to high-level application code. He believes that the best way to validate designs is by implementing and deploying experimental software systems, as he has done with his current research projects and plans to continue doing with his future research projects.
Recent trust-oriented publications from Samuel T. King include:
- S. T. King, P. M. Chen, Y.-M. Wang, C. Verbowski, H. J. Wang, and J. R. Lorch. SubVirt: Implementing Malware with Virtual Machines. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, May 2006.
- S. T. King and P. M. Chen. Backtracking Intrusions. Proceedings of the 2003 Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP), October 2003.
