Speaker Bio

Dr. Anil Somayaji
Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science
Associate Director, Computer Security Laboratory
Carleton University

Topic: Panel, Transitioning Technology Platforms Best Practises

Dr. Somayaji is currently Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carleton University and is Associate Director of the Carleton University Computer Security Laboratory. His research interests are in the areas of Operating System Security, Intrusion Detection, Complex Adaptive Systems and Artificial Life. Dr. Somayaji has been successful in developing a biologically-inspired intrusion prevention system, pH, which monitors and automatically reacts to changes in program behaviour and which can effectively respond to security threats and system errors with minimal user configuration and interaction. The technology underlying pH also forms the basis of Sana Security, a Silicon-Valley start-up founded by Anil's former collaborator, Steven Hofmeyr.