Paul Seymer

Doctoral Student

Department of Computer Science - Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering
George Mason University 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
pse yme r [at] gmu [dot] [ed u]

CV/Resume (June 2010)

first things first

.edu

• M.S. Computer Science (2007) Hood College, Frederick MD
• B.S. Computer Science (2004) University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD

industry xp

• MITRE Corp. | Sr. InfoSec Scientist | 2010 –> now
• The Washington Post | Sys Admin -> QA Analyst -> Web Sec. Admin | 1999 – 2009
• Cannon Architects and Engineers | Network Admin | 1996 – 1999

teaching xp

• CS 211 - Summer 2009 - Sections 2B1, 2B2
• CS 112 - Spring 2009 - Sections 202,203, 204
• CS 112 - Fall 2008 - Sections 209, 210, 220, and 221

research xp

• the MIP, 2010 -> now
• Graduate Research Assistant, GMU:CSIS, 2009 - 2010

research projs

• Current Research Projects/Interests
  • HTTP Based botnet : detection, defense, reverse engineering
  • Covert channels, data exfiltration
  • Security and Cryptography in resource constrained environments
  • Steganography/Steganalysis in images and other media

• Past Research Projects
  • 2008 - 2010 (GMU) – Secure composition, JavaScript-based malware, secure routing.
  • 2007 (Hood) – Steganalysis/Hidden Message Detection.
  • 2004 (UMCP) - Password-Authenticated Key Exchange/Reverse Proxy Implementation
    (design document, performance testing specification,test results)

publications   (google scholar search) (DBLP)← tell them to update their DBs

Andrianakis, C., Seymer, P., Stavrou, A.Scalable Web Object Inspection and Malfease Collection.
In Proceedings of 5th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Security (HotSec '10). Washington, DC
August 10th, 2010. (Acceptance Rate 19.29%)

Seymer,P., Stavrou, A., Wijesekera, D., Jajodia, S. (2010)QoP and QoS Policy Cognizant Module
Composition,In Proceedings for IEEE International Symposium on Policies for Distributed Systems
and Networks, POLICY '10. Fairfax, VA 2010.(Acceptance Rate 19.2%)

Seymer,P., Stavrou, A., Wijesekera, D., Jajodia, S. (2010)Security Policy Cognizant Module
Composition, Technical Report, Department of Computer Science, George Mason University,
GMU-CS-TR-2010-1, 2010.

Seymer, P.,Dimitoglou, G.,Performance Optimization of Close-Color Pair Steganalysis,
Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Security &Management, pp. 123-127, Las
Vegas, USA. 2007.(acceptance rate: 28%)

misc academia

Seymer,P.Experimental Design and Data Analysis : Lightweight Virtualization Testbeds.
(CS 700, 2009).(paper)(slides)

Seymer,P.AResearch Survey of HTTP-Based Botnet
(ISA 656, 2009).(paper)(slides)