Ben is a recognized expert in security, privacy, and software quality and reliability. He is responsible for research, including forward-looking initiatives concerning the company’s product, data, and user interactions. His track record involves being an associate professor at Imperial College London, an affiliate professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, and teaching at MIT. Ben was also a scientist at Microsoft Research in Redmond for a decade. His research interests include security, privacy, programming languages, and compilers. He has published over 100 papers in top-tier venues and won numerous awards, including distinctions from the Royal Society in the U.K. Many of his papers found successful practical applications in widely-deployed products and services, such as Microsoft’s malware detection pipeline. He is also the author of dozens of patents and multiple tech transfer awards for bringing research into practice, and is routinely invited to participate in program committees of top-tier international conferences. Dr. Livshits holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University.

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