Robert Watson (computer scientist)
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 Robert Watson in 2008 |
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| Born | 3 May 1977 Harrow, London |
| Residence | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Doctoral advisor | Ross Anderson, Markus Kuhn |
| Known for | work on FreeBSD, TrustedBSD, OpenBSM |
Robert Watson (born 3 May 1977 in Harrow, London, UK) is a FreeBSD core team developer, and founder of the TrustedBSD Project.[1]. He is currently employed as a Senior Research Associate (senior post-doctoral researcher) in the Security Research Group at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.
Dr. Watson graduated in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University and has attained a PhD from University of Cambridge. As well as Cambridge, he has worked at the National Institutes of Health, Carnegie Mellon University, Trusted Information Systems, Network Associates, McAfee, and SPARTA. He is currently pursuing a PhD in computer security at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, supervised by Ross Anderson and Markus Kuhn and sponsored by Google. His work has also been supported by DARPA, Apple Computer, the Navy, and other U.S. government agencies. His main research interests are network security and operating system security. His main open source software contributions include his work in developing the multi-threaded and multi-processor FreeBSD network stack, the TrustedBSD project, and OpenBSM. His writing has been featured in forums such as ACM's Queue Magazine,[2] the USENIX Annual Technical Conference, BSDCon, and a Slashdot interview.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ FreeBSD Week: Interview with Robert Watson. OS News, 2002-01-29
- ^ Poul-Henning Kamp, Robert Watson: Building Systems to be Shared Securely, ACM Queue, Vol. 2, No. 5, July/August 2004
- ^ Robert Watson on FreeBSD and TrustedBSD, Slashdot, 2001-01-18
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