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Michael Collins
Researcher

Network Situational Awareness
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Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
[412] 268-9124


bio

Michael Collins has been a member of the Analysis Team within the Network Situational Awareness Group since the group’s founding. In this capacity, he developed the first version of the SiLK packing system and analysis suite in collaboration with the late Dr. Suresh Konda. He now focuses on questions in traffic analysis, particularly issues of anonymity and application identification. Collins has published and holds patents for work in several fields, including security and knowledge management.

Collins holds a BS in Physics and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and is currently a PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering. Prior to his work at CERT, he worked as a researcher for the Institute for Complex Engineered Systems and as a consultant for several Fortune 1000 companies.

research interests

Other research interests include the design of analysis and sensor systems, network topology and the design of attack tools.

recent publications

Gates, Carrie; Collins, Michael; Duggan, Michael; Kompanek, Andrew; & Thomas, Mark. "More Netflow Tools: For Performance and Security."  LISA, (2004): 121-132.

Collins, Michael & Reiter, Michael K. "An Empirical Analysis of Target-Resident DoS Filters."   Proceedings of 2004 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy.  2004.

SiLK Analyst's Handbook, (2003-ongoing).

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MS in Electrical Engineering - Carnegie Mellon University
BS in Physics - Carnegie Mellon University



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