Thomas S. Heydt-Benjamin
Contact
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530 E86th St #3C |
+1 (914) 744-7934 |
Research
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Privacy, security, and identity management in both traditional and pervasive contexts. Implantable medical devices. Biometry. |
Education |
2008 – 2010 |
ETH Zurich
(Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) |
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2007 – 2009 |
IBM Research
Zurich Research Laboratory |
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2004 – 2007 |
University
of Massachusetts Amherst Thesis topic: Cloning resistant anonymous credentials |
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2003 – 2004 |
Columbia
University |
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1996 – 2000 |
Yale
University |
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1990 – 1996 |
Riverdale
Country School |
Awards |
IEEE Security and Privacy Best Paper Award for: Pacemakers and Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators: Software Radio Attacks and Zero-Power Defenses |
Peer Reviewed Publications
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Preliminary
Thoughts on Privacy Supporting Binding of Biometrics to Credentials |
Hot Topics in Privacy Enhancing Technology |
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Proximity-based
Access Control for Implantable Medical Devices |
16th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) 2009, Chicago, USA |
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Accountable
Privacy Supporting Services |
Journal of Identity in the Information Society, 2009, Springer |
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Physical-layer
Identification of RFID Devices |
Usenix Security |
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Rethinking Accountable Privacy Supporting Services |
ACM Digital Identity Management |
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Pacemakers
and Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators: Software Radio Attacks and Zero-Power
Defenses |
Winner: Best Paper Award 2008, Oakland, CA, USA |
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Security and
Privacy for Implantable Medical Devices |
IEEE Pervasive Computing |
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Vulnerabilities
in First-Generation RFID-enabled Credit Cards |
Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2007 Scarborough, Trinidad/Tobago |
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Nonesuch: A
Mix Network with Sender Unobservability |
Workshop for Privacy in Electronic Society 2006 Alexandria, VA, USA |
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Privacy for
Public Transit |
Privacy Enhancing Technologies 2006 Cambridge University, England |
Professional Experience
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For details of professional background please see my resume: http://cryptocracy.net/resume.html |
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ETH Zurich
(The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) |
2008 – 2010 |
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IBM Research Zurich Pre-doctoral researcher for the Cryptography and Security group |
2008 – 2009 |
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IBM Research Zurich Intern for the Cryptography and Security group |
2007 |
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University
of Massachusetts Amherst |
2004 – 2007 |
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Columbia
University |
2003 – 2004 |
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Riverdale Country School Department of Computer Science and Technology Responsibilities included teaching, system and school administration, curriculum development and planning, large scale technology infrastructure planning and implementation. |
2000 – 2004 |
Panels and Invited Talks
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Panel: Personal and Professional Privacy |
EuroDIG, Geneva, Switzerland, Sept 2009 |
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Invited talk: Wireless Security and Physical Layer Identification |
KU Leuven, Belgium, Feb 2009 |
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Invited talk: The world goes wireless: A paradigm shift still not fully realized |
RWTH Aachen, Germany, Feb 2009 |
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Invited talk: Anonymous Credentials in Electronic ID |
Advanced Applications for Electric Identity Cards (ADAPID) Leuven, Belgium, July 2008 |
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Invited talk: Privacy Supporting Identity Systems - Theory Meets Practice |
The International Conference on Java Technology (Jazoon) Zurich, Switzerland, June 2008 |
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Invited talk: Privacy and Identity Management |
Secure Vehicular Communications |
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Panel: Ethics in
Privacy Research |
Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium |
Program Committee Memberships
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Security and
Privacy in Medical and Home-Care Systems |
2009, 2010 |
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Hot Topics in Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PC co-chair) |
2008, 2009 |
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Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (2010 Rump Session Chair) |
2008 – 2010 |
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Workshop for
Privacy in Electronic Society |
2006, 2007, 2010 |
Other Peer Review
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Journal of Computer Security |
2010 |
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Communications of the ACM (CACM) |
2010 |
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Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA) |
2010 |
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IEEE International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing (ICICS) |
2009 |
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IEEE INFOCOM |
2006, 2009, 2010 |
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IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing |
2009 |
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International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems (INSS) |
2009 |
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IEEE SECON |
2009 |
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IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC) |
2008 |
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Journal of Computer Science |
2008 |
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ACM Transactions on Information and System Security (TISSEC) |
2008 |
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IEEE Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS) |
2008 |
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IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland) |
2006 - 2008 |
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Financial Cryptography and Data Security |
2008 |
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IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing |
2008 |
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IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering |
2007 |
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Network and Distributed System Security Symposium |
2006 - 2007 |
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ACM Communications and Computer Security (CCS) |
2007 |
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Workshop on RFID Security (RFIDsec) |
2007 |
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International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security |
2007 |
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IFIP SEC |
2007 |
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Workshop on Privacy Enhancing Technologies |
2005 |
Other Committees and Service
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Academic Standards and Curriculum Committee of the Graduate School (ASCC) |
2004 – 2006 |
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UMASS Graduate Council: the advisory and oversight committee of the graduate school |
2004 – 2006 |
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Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Student Information Systems (ACSIS) |
2004 – 2006 |
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UMASS Graduate Student Senate; elected representative of the computer science department |
2004 – 2006 |
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Yale University Departmental Student Advisory Committee; elected representative |
1999 – 2000 |
Selected Media Coverage
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“A Heart Device Is Found Vulnerable to Hacker Attacks” |
The New York Times, March 12 2008 |
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“Heart-Device Hacking Risks Seen” |
The Wall Street Journal, March 12 2008 |
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Guest on National Public Radio's Leonard Lopate show to discuss privacy for public transportation |
40 minute interview, March 9, 2007 |
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“Security researcher shows just how easy it is to steal personal data from RFID-bearing credit cards” |
live interview on Fox news, December 2006 |
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“'Smart' cards are quick, but are they safe?” |
NBC's Today Show, October 26, 2006 |
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“No-Swipe Credit Cards Could Make ID Theft Easier” |
ABC's Good Morning America, October 24, 2006 |
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“Researchers See Privacy Pitfalls in No-Swipe Credit Cards” |
The New York Times, October 23, 2006 |
Popular Science and Public Service
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Schweizerische
Gesellschaft für Mechatronische Kunst (SGMK) |
2009 |
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Ontario Information
and Privacy Commissioner's office: |
2008 |
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Consumer Reports: advice on and explanation of RFID related subjects. |
2008 |
Teaching and Advising
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Honors
diploma thesis advisor: Timur Alperovich and Shane Clark |
2007 |
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Research mentor: Russel Silva on topics in embedded device security and privacy. |
2006 |
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Teaching Associate (Instructor) cs197c: The C++ Programming Language |
2005 |
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Teaching Assistant cs445: Information Systems |
2005 |
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Teaching Associate (Instructor): The Unix Programming Environment |
2005 |
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AB level Advanced Placement Computer Science: A two semester course of my own design covering most of the ACM CS1 & CS2 curriculum, preparing students for the College Board AP exam. |
2000 – 2004 |
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Introduction to Technology for Grade Nine / Ten: A one semester course covering technology literacy topics and simple programming. In the 2003-2004 school year, I was the curriculum coordinator, coordinating three teachers with 5 sections. |
2000 – 2004 |
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Introduction to Technology for Grade Seven |
2000 – 2002 |
Memberships
International Association for
Cryptologic Research (IACR)
International Financial Cryptography Association (IFCA)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Personal
Captain Emeritus of UMASS Tae Kwon Do, 10 year volunteer EMT in the South Bronx