Michael Collins
Researcher
Network Situational Awareness
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contact:
CERT®
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
[412] 268-9124
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bio
Michael Collins has been a member of the Analysis Team
within the Network Situational Awareness Group since the
group’s founding. In this capacity, he developed the first version
of the SiLK packing system and analysis suite in collaboration
with the late Dr. Suresh Konda. He now focuses on
questions in traffic analysis, particularly issues of anonymity
and application identification. Collins has published and
holds patents for work in several fields, including security
and knowledge management.
Collins holds a BS in Physics and an MS in Electrical
Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and is currently
a PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering. Prior to his
work at CERT, he worked as a researcher for the Institute
for Complex Engineered Systems and as a consultant for
several Fortune 1000 companies.
research interests
Other research interests include the design of analysis
and sensor systems, network topology and the design of attack tools.
recent publications
Gates, Carrie; Collins, Michael; Duggan, Michael;
Kompanek, Andrew; & Thomas, Mark.
"More Netflow Tools: For Performance and Security." LISA, (2004): 121-132.
Collins, Michael & Reiter, Michael K. "An Empirical Analysis of
Target-Resident DoS Filters." Proceedings of 2004 IEEE Symposium on Security
and Privacy. 2004.
SiLK Analyst's Handbook, (2003-ongoing).
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