Marie Vasek
[email protected]
http://lyle.smu.edu/~mvasek
EDUCATION
M.S. Computer Science
Advisor: Prof. Tyler Moore
Anticipated May 2015.
B.A. Computer Science
Minor: Mathematics
Advisor: Prof. Franklyn Turbak
HONORS &
AWARDS
Southern Methodist University (SMU)
Dallas, TX
August 2012 – present
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
September 2008 – May 2012
Frederick E. Terman Award for Departmental Service
SMU
Computer Science Academic Excellence Award
Wellesley College
Awarded to the top graduating computer science major as voted by the faculty
Departmental Honors in Computer Science
Wellesley College
Sigma Xi
Wellesley College
2013
2012
2012
2012
PUBLICATIONS M. Vasek and T. Moore. There’s No Free Lunch, Even Using Bitcoin: Tracking the
Popularity and Profits of Virtual Currency Scams. In Financial Cryptography and
Data Security, January 2015.
M. Vasek and T. Moore. Identifying Risk Factors for Webserver Compromise. In
Financial Cryptography and Data Security, March 2014.
M. Vasek, M. Thornton, and T. Moore. Empirical Analysis of Denial-of-Service
Attacks in the Bitcoin Ecosystem. In 1st Workshop on Bitcoin Research, March
2014.
B. Johnson, A. Laska, J. Grossklags, M. Vasek, and T. Moore. Game-Theoretic
Analysis of DDoS Attacks Against Bitcoin Mining Pools. In 1st Workshop on Bitcoin
Research, March 2014.
M. Vasek and T. Moore. Empirical Analysis of Factors Affecting Malware URL
Detection. In 8th APWG eCrime Researchers Summit (eCrime), September 2013.
M. Vasek and T. Moore. Do Malware Reports Expedite Cleanup? An Experimental Study. In 5th USENIX Workshop on Cyber Security Experimentation and Test
(CSET), August 2012.
M. Vasek. Representing Expressive Types in Blocks Programming Languages. Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Wellesley College. May 2012.
TALKS
“The Promises and Perils of Bitcoin”. Invited talk at Wellesley College, Wellesley,
MA. March 13, 2015.
“Hacking is not random: A case-control study of webserver-compromise risk”. Invited
talk at University of Trento, Trento, Italy. December 2, 2014.
“Identifying Risk Factors for Webserver Compromise”. Invited talk at University of
Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. November 19, 2014.
“Trend Analysis of Malware Servers: A Preview”. Presentation at StopBadware
Partner’s Forum. January 30, 2014.
“Do Malware Reports Expedite Cleanup? An Experimental Study”. Presentation at
SMU Computer Science Seminar Series, Dallas, TX. January 30, 2013.
“Political Rumors on Twitter: retweets and hashtags and content, oh my!”. Poster at
Wellesley College Summer Research Poster Session, Wellesley, MA. August 2, 2012.
“Representing Expressive Types in Blocks Programming Languages”. Presentation
at New England Programming Languages and Systems Symposium Series (NEPLS),
Portland, ME. June 1, 2012.
“Representing Expressive Types in Blocks Programming Languages”. Poster at Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeastern Conference (CCSCNE),
Hamden, CT. April 27, 2012.
“Stopping Badware: A How-To”. Presentation at Ruhlman Conference, Wellesley,
MA. April 25, 2012.
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant
Computer Science Department
Research Scientist
StopBadware
Visiting Research Student
Advisor: Prof. Michel van Eeten
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Computer Science Department
Testing Intern
StopBadware
August 2012 – present
SMU
August 2013 – present
Cambridge, MA (remote)
Fall 2014
TU Delft, Delft, NL
Summer 2012
Wellesley College
June 2011 – May 2012
Cambridge, MA
Participant
June 2011
SISMAT (Secure Information Systems Mentoring and Training) Dartmouth College
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor
Computer Science and Engineering Department
• Fundamentals of Algorithms
SMU
Spring 2015
Guest Lecturer
Computer Science and Engineering Department
• Programming Languages
• Fundamentals of Algorithms
SMU
Fall 2013
Spring/Fall 2014
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Computer Science Department
January 2010 – May 2012
Wellesley College