Brian Levine

Associate Professor, Computer Science
Privacy, Internetworking, Security, Mobile Systems Laboratory
Information assurance, group communication, and mobility.

Background:  Ph.D., M.S. Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, BS Applied Mathematics & Computer Science, State University of New York, Albany. Professor Levine joined the Department of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as an Assistant Professor in 1999 and is currently an Associate Professor. He is also Director of the Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education at UMass Amherst, as designated by the National Security Agency.

Research:  Professor Levine's research interests are in the areas of networking and security. In the networking area, his research focuses on peer-to-peer networking, gaming, and mobility, including disruption tolerant networks. In the area of security, his research is focused on privacy, including anonymous routing protocols.

Activities and awards:  Brian is co-chair of Intl. Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV) in 2006. He received a Lilly Teaching Fellowship from UMass in 2004. He was co-chair of the Intl. Workshop on Network Group Communication (NGC) in 2002. He was guest co-editor of IEEE JSAC special issue on Network Support for Multicast Communications in 2002 . He was awarded an NSF CAREER grant in 2001. He has served on numerous technical program committees and has been asked to speak on many conference panels.

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