Michael S. Kirkpatrick

Professor of Computer Science Department of Computer Science James Madison University Email: kirkpams@jmu.edu Bluesky: @kirkpams Phone: 540-568-3371 Office: CS/ISAT 223 C.V.

Interests and professional affiliations

My professional interests revolve around one central question: What is the most effective way to teach students how to design and implement secure and robust computer systems that will benefit society?

Chair of ACM Ethics & Plagiarism Committee
Member of ACM Publications Board
Member and Officer of ACM Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE)
Member of Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Faculty Affiliate of JMU Center for Faculty Innovation (CFI)
Member of ACM Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), ACM Computers & Society (SIGCAS), National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), and ACM-W

ACM Committee on Professional Ethics supports the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

Electronic Frontier Foundation is a non-profit digital civil liberties organization

Education

Ph.D., Computer Science, Purdue University, 2011

Dissertation: Trusted Enforcement of Contextual Access Control
Adviser: Elisa Bertino
Committee: Mikhail Atallah, Ninghui Li, and Dongyan Xu

M.S., Computer Science & Engineering, Michigan State University, 2007

Thesis: Canary Bit: Extending Secure Bit for Data Pointer Protection from Buffer Overflow Attacks
Adviser: Richard Enbody
Committee: Anthony Wojcik and Wayne Dyksen

B.A., Mathematics & Computer Science, Indiana University, 2001

Minor: Religious Studies