Private resource allocators and their applications
S. Angel, S. Kannan and Z. Ratliff. (2020, May). Private resource allocators and their applications. In 2020 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP) (pp. 372-391). IEEE.
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Education
- Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, Harvard University
- B.S. in Computer Science, Texas A&M University, 2018 (Cum Laude)
- Minor in Mathematics
- Minor in Cybersecurity
- A.S. in Computer Science, McLennan Community College, 2015 (High Honors)
- A.S. in General Academics, McLennan Community College, 2015 (High Honors)
- A.A. in General Academics, McLennan Community College, 2015 (High Honors)
Work experience
- Raytheon BBN Technologies, Networks & Cyber Technologies Group - Cambridge, Massachusetts
- February 2021 - Present, Staff Scientist
- January 2019 - January 2021, Associate Scientist
- May 2017 - December 2018, Intern
- Texas A&M University Cybersecurity Center - College Station, Texas
- August 2018 - December 2018, Undergraduate Researcher
- Supervisor: Daniel Ragsdale
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Computer Security Division - Gaithersburg, Maryland
- May 2016 - August 2016, Undergraduate Researcher
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
- May 2015 - August 2015, Undergraduate Researcher
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
- Supervisors: Richard Kuhn and Raghu Kacker
- May 2016 - August 2016, Undergraduate Researcher
Relevant Coursework
- Mathematics
- Communications & Cryptography, Modern Cryptography, Structures & Methods of Combinatorics, Probability, Discrete Mathematics
- Computer Science
- Software Reverse Engineering, Computer & Network Security, Networks & Distributed Processing, Wireless & Mobile Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Design & Analysis of Algorithms
Skills
- Programming languages
- C, C++, Java, Python, Haskell, Assembly
- Tools & IDEs
- IDA Pro, Ollydbg, Eclipse, Visual Studio, Android Studio
Honors & Awards
- Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program 2019
- Undergraduate Research Scholar Honors, Texas A&M University
- 1st Place Award & Scholarship, 2017 Texas A&M Industrial Affiliates Program Research Poster Competition
Publications
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Detecting vulnerabilities in Android applications using event sequences
Ratliff, Z.B., Kuhn, D.R., Ragsdale, D.J. (2019, July). Detecting vulnerabilities in Android applications using event sequences. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability, and Security (QRS) (pp. 159-166). IEEE.
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Black-box testing mobile applications using sequence covering arrays
Ratliff, Zachary B (2018). Black-box Testing Mobile Applications Using Sequence Covering Arrays. Undergraduate Research Scholars Program.
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The relationship between software bug type and number of factors involved in failures
Ratliff, Z. B., Kuhn, D. R., Kacker, R. N., Lei, Y., & Trivedi, K. S. (2016, October). The relationship between software bug type and number of factors involved in failures. In 2016 IEEE international symposium on software reliability engineering workshops (ISSREW) (pp. 119-124). IEEE.