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

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Schedule

Spring 2009
MWF: 10:00-11:50am	CSCI 151: Principles of Computer Science II	King 221
MWF: 1:30-2:20pm	CSCI 343: Computer and Information Security	King 221
Tue: 3:00-4:30pm Fri: 2:30-4:00pm 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.

I maintain a list of my research publications online.

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.
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/
SmashGuard	A hardware modification to detect and prevent attacks on saved return address pointers (buffer overflow or "stack smashing" attacks). SmashGuard Website

Past research projects include:

• AAFID - Autonomous Agents for Intrusion Detection
• Vulnerability Database (VDB) - precursor project to the CVE and later the NVD
• Hewlett-Packard's IDS/9000 (now HP-UX HIDS)- I was one of the software engineers and designer/author of the initial release's detection logic.

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 Course Websites

Fall 2008 CSCI 100: The Internet and Beyond CSCI 241: Systems Programming

Spring 2008 CSCI 151: Principles of Computer Science II CSCI 317: Computer Architecture

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

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

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