Benjamin A. Kuperman Assistant Professor Computer Science Department Oberlin College 10 North Professor Street
Oberlin, OH 44074 223B King Building (440) 775-8556 (440) 775-8556 Benjamin.Kuperman@oberlin.edu

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Schedule

Spring 2008
MWF: 10:00-10:50am	CSCI 151: Principles of Computer Science II	King 221
M: 2:30-4:20pm	CSCI 151: Lab (Kuperman)	King 201
T: 1:00-2:50pm	CSCI 151: Lab (Kuperman)	King 201
MWF: 11:00-11:50am	CSCI 317: Computer Architecture	King 121
Tue: 10:00-11:30am Fri: 1:30-4300pm or by appointment	Office Hours	King 223B

Research

My research is in the field of Information Security. Specifically, I am interested in host-based attack, intrusion, and misuse prevention/detection, as well as the design and construction of audit sources that can supply information for the detection/prevention of the same. I am also interested in computer forensics and the application of machine learning techniques to the analysis of audit information.

Current projects include:

Audlib	An interposable library to generate audit information from existing applications. Building tailored audit sources to supply information directed towards one or more of attack, intrusion, or misuse detection.
SmashGuard	A hardware modification to detect and prevent attacks on saved return address pointers (buffer overflow or "stack smashing" attacks). http://www.smashguard.org/
Trackle	An integrated system for tracking trouble tickets and the changes needed to resolve them. This system is designed to be used in a training environment where new admins are hired without necessarily being experts, but allow them to learn from past instances of similar problems. http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/trackle/

Conferences

If you are in the North-East Ohio area and involved or interested in networking, check out the Northeast Ohio Networking Workshop (NEONet 2008). Talk abstracts are due March 5.

• Call for presentations

Background

Education

• Ph.D. Computer Sciences, Purdue University, 2004
• M.S. Computer Sciences, Purdue University, 1999
• B.S.E. Computer Science and Engineering, University of Toledo, 1997
• B.S. Mathematics, University of Toledo, 1997

Past Courses

Fall 2007 (Oberlin) CSCI 150 Lab (x2): Principles of Computer Science I CSCI 241: Systems Programming

Spring 2007 (Oberlin) CSCI 100: The Internet and Beyond CSCI 151: Principles of Computer Science II

Fall 2006 (Oberlin) CSCI 100: The Internet and Beyond CSCI 343: Computer and Information Security

Spring 2006 (Swarthmore) CS35: Algorithms and Object-Oriented Programing CS21: Algorithmic Problem Solving CS93: Independent Study (Software Engineering)

Fall 2005 (Swarthmore) CS35: Algorithms and Object-Oriented Programing CS97: Senior Conference (Intrusion Detection) and the Proceedings

Spring 2005 (Swarthmore) CS21: The Imperative Paradigm: Unix and c CS35: Algorithms and Object-Oriented Programing

Fall 2004 (Swarthmore) CS35: Algorithms and Object-Oriented Programing CS91: Computer Security

Fun Links

• Hardcore Geek Rap? Check out MC Plus+ -- currently a grad student at Purdue
• Learn to secure CyberSpace! Go here and click on the game for children.
• The NSA, now for kids! (Plus CIA, FBI, and NRO)