From Lambda Calculus to Cybersecurity Through Program Analysis: Essays Dedicated to Chris Hankin on the Occasion of His Retirement

ISBN-13: 9783030411022 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 293 str.

Di Pierro, Alessandra

Opis

This Festschrift is in honor of Chris Hankin, Professor at the Imperial College in London, UK, on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday.Chris Hankin is a Fellow of the Institute for Security Science and Technology and a Professor of Computing Science.His research is in cyber security, data analytics and semantics-based program analysis. He leads multidisciplinary projects focused on developing advanced visual analytics and providing better decision support to defend against cyber attacks.This Festschrift is a collection of scientific contributions related to the topics that have marked the research career of Professor Chris Hankin. The contributions have been written to honour Chris' career and on the occasion of his retirement.

Spis treści

Logic.- Program Analysis.- Security.

Blurb

​This Festschrift celebrates Chris Hankin's career and was written on the occasion of his retirement. The volume collects contributions from colleagues, collaborators, and friends on various research themes that have marked Chris’ career, namely Logic and Type Theory for Programming Languages; Program Analysis and Abstract Interpretation ; and Security, Privacy, and Cybersecurity.

All these are areas in which Chris Hankin has made several important contributions including advances in semantics-based program analysis, probabilistic abstract interpretation, and cybersecurity for industrial control systems. Chris is also well known for co-authoring the book "Principles of Program Analysis", which is a popular reference for researchers and practitioners on static analysis techniques.

He has led the Research Institute in Trustworthy Industrial Control Systems (RITICS) and the Institute for Security Science and Technology at Imperial College and contributed to several government initiatives.