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Welcome to Simson Garfinkel's web site.  
Welcome to Simson Garfinkel's web site.  
   
   
Simson L. Garfinkel is a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. His research interests include digital forensics; digital artifact management, with special attention to the curation of "born digital" artifacts; privacy; the use of human subjects in computer security research;  usable security, 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==
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* 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
* 2014-02-22 [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.
* 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]
* 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, 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, 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, Simson, Nicole Beebe, Lishu Liu, and Michele Maasberg, [http://simson.net:simson.net/clips/academic/2013.IEEE-HST.Insider.pdf Detecting Threatening Insiders with Lightweight Media Forensics], IEEE Technologies for Homeland Security (HST 2013), Nov 12-14, Waltham, MA. 2013
* Rowe, Neil, Schwamm, Riqui, Garfinkel, Simson. Language Translation for File Paths, DFRWS 2013, Aug 4-7, 2013. Monterey, CA. BEST PAPER AWARD.
* Garfinkel, Simson L., [http://www.simson.net/clips/academic/2013.AmericanScientist.pdf Digital Forensics], ''American Scientist'', September-October 2013
* 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


; Journalistic:
* [http://www.technologyreview.com/review/524576/glass-darkly/ Glass, Darkly: For its wearable computer to be accepted, Google must convince people that the device isn’t creepy.], ''Technology Review'', February 17, 2014
* [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.
   
   
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==Current projects==  
==Current projects==  
;Software and systems:
;Software and systems:
* [[Detecting Threatening Insiders with Lightweight Media Forensics]], a DHS-sponsored research project
* Toying around with Internet of Things things
* [[Digitally Signed Do-Not-Reply Email]]
* [https://github.com/simsong/tcpflow tcpflow], a TCP/IP session reassembler
* [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]]
You may also be interested in my [[Future Projects]]
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==Completed projects==  
==Completed projects==  
* [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)
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simson_Garfinkel Wikipedia Article on Simson Garfinkel]  
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simson_Garfinkel Wikipedia Article on Simson Garfinkel]  
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A1GDABXA5Z7BLQ Amazon.com Listmania! Lists]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A1GDABXA5Z7BLQ Amazon.com Listmania! Lists]
* [https://orcid.org/ ORCID]: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1294-2831
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Revision as of 15:04, 21 May 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

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