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Daniel Zappala

Professor
Curriculum Vitae
Computer Networks, Systems, and Security Research, Computer Science
Website: zappala.byu.edu
Email: zappala@cs.byu.edu

3362 TMCB - Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602

801-422-2195

Biography

Daniel Zappala received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1990 and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from USC in 1997. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah where he is the head of the Usable Security and Privacy Lab. His research interests include usable security, network security, and networking.

Research Interests

usable security, network security

Teaching Interests

introductory classes, security, web programming, networking, systems programming, operating systems

Honors and Awards

  • Honorable Mention for the Distinguished Paper Award, USENIX (2018 - 2018)
  • Second Place, Internet Defense Prize, Facebook (2018 - 2018)
  • Best Teacher, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Oregon (2004 - 2004)
  • IEEE Communications Landmark Article, IEEE (2002 - 2002)

Memberships

  • ACM (1998 - Present)
  • IEEE (1998 - 2013)

Courses Taught

Publications

Justin Wu Cyrus Gatrell Devon Howard Jake Tyler Elham Vaziripour Kent Eldon Seamons Daniel Zappala Kent Eldon Seamons Daniel Mark Alexander Zappala Scott Ruoti Kent Eldon Seamons Daniel Mark Alexander Zappala Mark O'Neill S. Heidbrink Scott Ruoti J. Whitehead D. Bunker L. Dickinson T. Hendershot J. Reynolds Kent Eldon Seamons Daniel Mark Alexander Zappala Elham Vaziripour R. Clinton J. Wu Mark O'Neill J. Whitehead S. Heidbrink Kent Eldon Seamons Daniel Mark Alexander Zappala Scott Ruoti Tyler Monson J. Wu Kent Eldon Seamons Daniel Mark Alexander Zappala Mark O'Neill Scott Ruoti Mark O'Neill Elham Vaziripour Justin Wu Daniel Zappala David Grimsman Vasu Chetty Nathan Scott Woodbury Elham Vaziripour Sandip Roy Daniel Mark Alexander Zappala Sean C Warnick Elham Vaziripour Christophe Gerard Giraud-Carrier Daniel Mark Alexander Zappala Daniel Mark Alexander Zappala Randy Buck Rich Lee Phil Lundrigan

Presentations

Daniel Mark Alexander Zappala
Sean C Warnick Daniel Mark Alexander Zappala
Charles Douglas Knutson Daniel Mark Alexander Zappala Alexander MacLean Jonathan Krein Gibelyou Autumn