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X-WR-CALNAME:CIS Spring Seminar Series 2026: Kevin Butler
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DESCRIPTION:Exploring Unanticipated Functionality in the Mobile Ecosystem a
 nd Beyond\n\n \n\nABSTRACT\n\nTelecommunication networks form the backbone
  of our connected society\, enabling global voice and data communication. 
 Yet\, beneath their seamless operation lies a complex interplay of signali
 ng protocols\, legacy systems\, and evolving technologies that\, over the 
 decades\, have exposed both opportunities for innovation and significant s
 ecurity challenges. While these networks have changed over the past 50 yea
 rs and complexity has migrated outwards to devices\, one enduring challeng
 e has been a lack of accessibility. This talk will cover our efforts to be
 tter assess security in the mobile device ecosystems\, from platforms to c
 ore cellular infrastructure. The theme of unanticipated functionality - an
 d the consequences of such functionality on users - is common in security\
 , which I will discuss this theme in the context of marginalized and vulne
 rable users\, whose security needs have been largely unaddressed.\n\n \n\n
  \n\nBIOGRAPHY\n\nKevin Butler is the Director of the Florida Institute fo
 r Cybersecurity Research and a UF Research Foundation Professor in the Dep
 artment of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the Univers
 ity of Florida. Kevin's research focuses on the security of computer syste
 ms as well as the security and privacy of users. He is the PI of a Nationa
 l Science Foundation Frontiers center-scale project on privacy and securit
 y for marginalized and vulnerable populations (PRISM). He received an NSF 
 CAREER award in 2013 and was co-chair of the International Telecommunicati
 on Union's Security\, Infrastructure\, and Trust Working Group within the 
 Financial Inclusion Global Initiative from 2016-2022. His work has receive
 d multiple awards including from ACM CCS\, USENIX Security\, ACM CODASPY\,
  and other venues. Kevin is an Executive Committee member of the CRA's Com
 munity Computing Consortium and was named to a PCAST review working group.
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LOCATION:Smith Hall\, 120
SUMMARY:CIS Spring Seminar Series 2026: Kevin Butler
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.udel.edu/event/cis-spring-seminar-series-2026-
 kevin-butler-director-of-the-florida-institute-for-cybersecurity-research-
 and-a-uf-research-foundation-professor-in-the-department-of-computer-and-i
 nformation-science-and-engineering-at-the-university-of-flori
CATEGORIES:Academics
CATEGORIES:College of Engineering
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