Interests
Networking and security, including digital forensics, mobile networking, and privacy.
Biography
Ph.D., M.S. Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, B.S. Applied Mathematics & Computer Science, University at Albany. Professor Levine joined the Department of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as an Assistant Professor in 1999. He was promoted to Professor in 2010. He is also the department's Undergraduate Program Director.
Research
Professor Levine's research interests are in the areas of networking and security. His focus is largely on both enabling ubiquitous computing and providing solutions to the related consequences for privacy and digital investigations. In the area of security, his research is focused on digital forensics and privacy, funded by the NSF, NIJ, and OJJDP. Prof. Levine often works in collaboration with the MA Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. In the networking area, his research focuses on mobile networking, including disruption tolerant networks, and peer-to-peer networking. Prof. Levine's research includes the construction of DieselNet, which is a long-running mobile network research testbed comprised of computer-equipped buses. Prof. Levine's work on mobility is funded by the NSF, DARPA, and the GENI program.
Awards & Activities
He received a CAREER award in 2002 for work in peer-to-peer networking, one of NSF's most prestigious awards for new faculty. He was a UMass Lilly Teaching Fellow in 2003 and was awarded College of Natural Sciences' Outstanding Teacher Award in 2007. In 2008, he received the Alumni Award for Excellence in Science and Technology from the Univ. at Albany. He served as an associate editor of IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking from 2005—2010. He is the TPC Co-Chair of ACM MobiCom 2011, TPC Vice Chair of the 2011 Digital Forensics Research Conference, and TPC Chair of the 2012 Digital Forensics Research Conference. He was awarded the Outstanding Research Award from the UMass College of Natural Sciences in 2011.
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