Recent News
Inaugural School of Engineering Teaching Innovation Fellows selected
February 2, 2024
UNM computer scientist wins NSF CAREER Award to optimize supercomputer performance
February 1, 2024
Hand and Machine Lab’s Experimental Clay Exhibition closing celebration Nov. 17
November 15, 2023
Moses selected as special assistant to the dean for educational initiatives
October 3, 2023
News Archives
Biologically inspired approaches to computer security
February 10, 2005
- Date: February 10, 2005
- Time: 11:00 – 12:15 p.m.
- Location: Woodward 149
Professor Stephanie Forrest <forrest@cs.unm.edu>
Department of Computer Science, UNM
Our software infrastructure confronts a situation increasingly similar to the challenges faced by living organisms in a biological ecosystem. Highly dynamic, complex, and hostile environments are placing new demands on computation. Using biology as an example, we can potentially change how we engineer software infrastructures by using principles such as adaptability, homeostasis, redundancy, and diversity.
The talk will illustrate how biological design principles are providing new insights and approaches in the field of computer security. The talk will emphasize recent results in automated diversity and using epidemiological approaches to understand and control widespread network-based attack.