B.Eng., M.Eng. (Memorial), PhD (Cambridge), P.Eng.

• Associate Professor

Contact Information

Ph: 709-864-2715
Em: jonathan.anderson[at]mun.ca
Office: CSF4123

Research Interests

Computer Security, Operating Systems

Personal Profile

I work in computer security and privacy, with interests in operating systems, protocols, programming languages and the hardware/software interface. I’m a contributor to the FreeBSD operating system and its Capsicum sandboxing framework, which is also being ported to Linux by Google. I also maintain the website securityconferences.net.

I completed my B.Eng. (2006) and M.Eng. (2008) degrees at Memorial and my PhD at the University of Cambridge (2012). After two further years at Cambridge as a postdoctoral research associate, I returned home to take up a post as an assistant professor.

Honours/Awards/Accreditation

IEEE Canada–Telus Innovation Award
Rothermere Fellowship

Research Highlights

TESLA: Temporally Enhanced Security Logic Assertions
http://www.engr.mun.ca/~anderson/publications/2014/EuroSys-tesla.pdf

The CHERI capability model: Revisiting RISC in an age of risk
http://www.engr.mun.ca/~anderson/publications/2014/ISCA-CHERI.pdf

A taste of Capsicum: practical capabilities for UNIX
http://dl.acm.org/ft_gateway.cfm?id=2093572

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