Brian Knudson graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering.  He has experience in embedded software development for avionics applications and more recently in binary program analysis.  Prior projects include developing static analysis tools under the DARPA Cyber Genome project with the goal of large-scale malware clustering and provenance.  His research interests include software development and architecture, automated reverse engineering, static program analysis, binary similarity estimation, and malware defense. He is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Information Assurance and Cyber Security at the Florida Institute of Technology.