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Welcome to Simson Garfinkel's web site.  
Welcome to Simson Garfinkel's web site.  
   
   
Simson L. Garfinkel is an Associate Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. His research interests include computer forensics, usable security, personal information management, information policy and terrorism.  ([[Bio|Read full bio.]])  
Simson L. Garfinkel is the Chief of the [https://www.census.gov/srd/CDAR/ Center for Disclosure Avoidance Research] at the [https://www.census.gov US Census Bureau]. His current research interests include privacy in big data, cybersecurity and usability. He has previously worked in digital forensics, digital information management, medical imaging, and counter-terrorism.  ([[Bio|Read full bio.]])  
   
   
==Recent Tutorials and Presentations==
==Recent tutorials and presentations==
* 2013-02-22 [http://simson.net/ref/2013/2013-02-20_AAFS.pdf Bulk Data Analysis With Optimistic Decompression].
''Note: talks with the same name may (and frequently do) have different slides''
* 2013-01-07 [http://meetup.dcacm.org/events/88009552/?eventId=88009552&action=detail Digital Forensics Innovation: Searching A Terabyte of Data in 10 minutes] (DCACM, Washington DC)
* 2016-12-14 [http://simson.net/ref/2016/2016-12-14_Cybersecurity.pdf The Cybersecurity Mess]
* 2012-01-11 [http://simson.net/ref/2013/2013-01-11_Cybersecurity.pdf The Cybersecurity Mess], and what SFS students can do about it.
* 2015-08-12 [http://simson.net/ref/2015/2015-08-10_hashcarving.pdf Hash Based Carving: Searching media for complete files and fragments with sector hashing and hashdb], DFRWS 2015, Philadelphia, PA.
* 2014-02-22 [http://simson.net/ref/2014/2014-02-21_RPI_Forensics_Innovation.pdf Digital Forensics Innovation: Searching A Terabyte of Data in 10 minutes] Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
* 2014-02-18 [http://simson.net/ref/2014/2014-02-18_Sniff.pdf Can we Sniff (Wi-Fi)? Implications of Joffe v. Google for security researchers and educators], New York University, NY.
 
I also have a [http://simson.net/ref/2016/2016-12-01%20SLG%20Bio.pdf bio slideset] available.


See also my [[Presentations Archive]]
See also my [[Presentations Archive]]


==Recent Publications==  
==Recent publications==  
; Academic:
* Pridgen, Adam, Simson Garfinkel and Dan Dan Wallach, [http://simson.net/clips/academic/2017.HICSS.Present_But_Unreachable.pdf Present but Unreachable], reducing persistent latent secrets in HotSpot JVM, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-50), Jan 4-7, 2017, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Hawaii. [http://simson.net/clips/academic/2017.HICSS.Present_But_Unreachable_Slides.pdf slides] [http://simson.net/clips/academic/2017.HICSS.Present_But_Unreachable_Plaque.jpg BEST PAPER AWARD]
# Young J., Foster, K., Garfinkel, S., and Fairbanks, K., [http://simson.net/clips/academic/2012.IEEE.SectorHashing.pdf Distinct Sector Hashes for Target File Detection], IEEE Computer, December 2012
* Theofanos, Mary, Simson Garfinkel, and Yee-Yin Choong, Secure and Usable Enterprise Authentication: Lessons from the Field, IEEE Security and Privacy, September/October 2016.
# Garfinkel, S. [http://simson.net/clips/academic/2012.DI.dfxml.pdf Digital Forensics XML and the DFXML toolset], Digital Investigation, 2012.
* Garfinkel, Simson, Michael McCarrin, [http://www.simson.net/clips/academic/2015.DFRWS.Hash-Based-Carving.pdf Hash-Based Carving: Searching media for complete files and fragments with sector hashing and hashdb], DFRWS 2015, Philadelphia, PA.
# Garfinkel, S., and Dinolt, G. Operations with Degraded Security. IEEE Security & Privacy, pages 18–23, November/December 2011
# Beverly, Robert, Simson Garfinkel and Greg Cardwell, [http://simson.net/clips/academic/2011.DFRWS.ipcarving.pdf "Forensic Carving of Network Packets and Associated Data Structures"], DFRWS 2011, Aug. 1-3, 2011, New Orleans, LA BEST PAPER AWARD (Acceptance rate: 23%, 14/62)


; Journalistic:
* [http://www.technologyreview.com/review/511116/windows-8-design-over-usability/ Windows 8: Design over Usability], ''Technology Review'', February 20, 2013
* [http://www.technologyreview.com/news/506521/how-to-delete-regrettable-posts-from-the-internet/ How to Delete Regrettable Posts from the Internet], ''Technology Review,'' October 30, 2012.
* [http://www.technologyreview.com/web/39354/ Seven Ways to get yourself hacked],  ''Technology Review'', December 15, 2011.
* [http://www.technologyreview.com/review/425141/a-cloud-over-ownership/ A Cloud over Ownership]: Online services set content free from the physical world’s constraints—including those that have defined the very idea of possession,''Technology Review,'' August 23, 2011
   
   
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==Current Projects==  
==Current projects==  
;Software and systems:
;Software and systems:
* [https://github.com/simsong/tcpflow tcpflow], a TCP/IP session reassembler
* Toying around with Internet of Things things
* [https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor bulk_extractor], a high-speed feature extractor
* [http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Category:Digital_Forensics_XML Digital Forensics XML]
* [http://www.forensicswiki.org/ The Forensics Wiki], founder and maintainer


;Writing:
;Writing:
* [http://www.technologyreview.com/ MIT Technology Review], ''guest contributor''
* [http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-and-security/ Computers & Security], Associate Editor
* [http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-and-security/ Computers & Security], Associate Editor
* [[DUE-1140938|'Technical Privacy Auditing'' with computer forensics tools]]


You may also be interested in my [[Future Projects]], especially if you are looking for ideas.
You may also be interested in my [[Future Projects]]
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==Completed Projects==  
==Completed projects==  
;Software:
* [https://github.com/simsong/tcpflow tcpflow], a TCP/IP session reassembler (2006--2014)
* [https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor bulk_extractor], a high-speed feature extractor (2006--2014)
* [http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Category:Digital_Forensics_XML Digital Forensics XML] (2005--2012)
* [http://www.forensicswiki.org/ The Forensics Wiki], founder and maintainer (2005--2014)
* [http://www.simson.net/ref/sbook5 SBook5], a free-format address book for MacOS. (1991--2006)  
* [http://www.simson.net/ref/sbook5 SBook5], a free-format address book for MacOS. (1991--2006)  
* [http://www.afflib.org AFF], The Advanced Forensic Format (for storing digital evidence)
* [http://www.afflib.org AFF], The Advanced Forensic Format (for storing digital evidence)
;Writing:
* [http://www.simson.net/ref/NeXT/nextworld NeXTWORLD Magazine] (1991--1993)
* [http://www.simson.net/ref/1995/10spring/ 10 Spring Street], Vineyard Haven, Virtual Tour (1995)
* [http://www.simson.net/ref/2001/agenda/ Agenda], an early conference scheduling app for PalmOS. (2001)  
* [http://www.simson.net/ref/2001/agenda/ Agenda], an early conference scheduling app for PalmOS. (2001)  
* [http://www.simson.net/notepaper Print your own notepaper]  (2003, but it still works!)
* [http://www.simson.net/notepaper Print your own notepaper]  (2003, but it still works!)
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Bibtex Updated MediaWiki BibText Extension] (2007)
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Bibtex Updated MediaWiki BibText Extension] (2007)
* [http://www.simson.net/ref/NeXT/nextworld NeXTWORLD Magazine] (1991--1993)
* [http://www.simson.net/ref/1995/10spring/ 10 Spring Street], Vineyard Haven, Virtual Tour (1995)
* [[docx_steg]] Tools for hiding information in docx files and printing their contents (2008)
* [[docx_steg]] Tools for hiding information in docx files and printing their contents (2008)
* [[Digitally Signed Do-Not-Reply Email]]
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==Useful Resources==  
==Resources For Students==  
* [[Current Toolset]] -- The tools that I use in my research  
* [[Current Toolset]] -- The tools that I use in my research  
* [[Open Source Computer Science Books]] -- A good list
* [[Open Source Computer Science Books]] -- A good list
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==Other sites of interest==
* http://ex.nitroba.org --- All that's left of Deus Ex Machina Software now that we sold the ex.com domain.
* http://dmr.nitroba.org --- Donald M. Rosenberg''s online site (his papers are at the Michigan State University Archives).
* http://realworlddocs.com --- My father''s newly published book on document drafting.
* http://forensicwiki.org --- Wiki for computer forensics
   
   
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Revision as of 19:29, 11 February 2017

Welcome to Simson Garfinkel's web site.

Simson L. Garfinkel is the Chief of the Center for Disclosure Avoidance Research at the US Census Bureau. His current research interests include privacy in big data, cybersecurity and usability. He has previously worked in digital forensics, digital information management, medical imaging, and counter-terrorism. (Read full bio.)

Recent tutorials and presentations

Note: talks with the same name may (and frequently do) have different slides

I also have a bio slideset available.

See also my Presentations Archive

Recent publications


Current projects

Software and systems
  • Toying around with Internet of Things things
Writing

You may also be interested in my Future Projects

Completed projects


Resources For Students

Where to find me online