Sean Peisert

ACM Distinguished Member, IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributor

Research Projects

Talks and Tutorials

Professional Service

Students & Postdocs

@peisert@infosec.exchange (Mastodon)

Upcoming activities:

NSA SoS Best Paper Competition (annually, deadlines in April)

IEEE Cybersecurity Award for Practice (annually, deadlines in February)

NSF Cybersecurity Summit (Oct. 26–29, 2026)

CSET 2026 (Dec. 2026)

IEEE S&P (Oakland) 2027 (May 17–20, 2027)

NSPW (Fall 2027)

Links

Computer Security Links

Computer Security Archives Project at UC Davis [Wayback Machine]

History of the Security and Privacy Symposium

History, IEEE Security and Privacy Technical Committee

Multics Security

Permissive Action Links (thanks to Steve Bellovin)

Distinguished Security Papers

Annual Science of Security Best Paper Competition

ACM CCS Test of Time Awards

ACSAC Test of Time Awards

IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy Inaugural Test of Time Awards

IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy Systemization of Knowledge Papers (thanks to David Evans)

NDSS Test of Time Awards

USENIX Test of Time Awards

Influential Security Papers (thanks to Konrad Rieck)

Other Links

Rainbow's End, by Vernor Vinge

"The most important question we must ask ourselves is, 'Are we being good ancestors?'"

-Dr. Jonas Salk

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