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MY PROJECTS
This page is to catalog the projects that I am working on or that I have
done in the past.
I think it is important to talk about what one has done in the past,
as it is a good way to introduce people to new ideas or to give people
an idea about what other people have in their background.
There is a sense where sharing on the internet is both dangerous and very important.
I consider this to be important enough ┐(￣～￣)┌
If you find anything here interesting and want to work with me,
e-mail me!
iiinzo.net
You are here.
This is my personal website which I intend to use as a proof of my humanity
and a way to express myself.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
These are projects that I have worked on during my time at UNCW.
In seeking my degrees from that institution, I was able to have a ton of interesting
experiences that make me very grateful for my time there.
I am the kind of person who is very inspired by the science part of
computer science, so one day I would like to return to a position where
I can push the field forward in a way that I felt I could see at UNCW.
DevPhish
During my time at UNCW, when I was doing my Master's, I was invited to join a research team
called RezLab (meaning Resilience Laboratory) which was being started by a
professor who I was TAing for.
My Master's degree was my first expedition into Cybersecurity topics.
I started to really enjoy the subject when I saw how human it was.
The role of governance and, at the end of the day, simple decision-making
when it comes to Cybersec is something that fascinated me.
The content of my research with RezLab focused on creating a framework to
understand social engineering attacks on software supply chains in the same
way one would classify other kinds of SSC attacks.
Social engineering attacks are a developing method of attacking software,
which have their own particular qualities that require specific attention
to defend against.
For example, some social engineering attacks might involve compromising
an account used for software development, and others might involve
a previously trusted contributor abusing the privileges they have earned.
If you are interested in how these attacks are categorized,
and how software developers should respond, you can
read the published paper here.
Virtual Access to STEM Careers
I managed to get involved in a few cool projects as an undergrad
computer science student.
I like to think it was because I liked to answer all the questions I could
in class, which made the teachers like me.
Who knows! Sometimes you get lucky.
One of the cool projects I got to work on was VASC.
In these days my school was very interested in virtual reality,
as at the time it was still pretty fresh.
As a part of an initiative to use virtual reality as a tool
for K-12 STEM Education, we set up trials to get information
on how users interact with the virtual world.
Specifically, the software put the user in the role of a
conservationist learning about the life-cycle of sea turtles.
Personally, I contributed to the development cycle of the software
and ran initial tests with students to get feedback on the hardware and UI.
I learned a lot about HCI
and how to design a good UI from this project, and I found that I greatly
enjoyed thinking about how people experience software.
I am grateful to this project for fostering my desire to pay attention to quality in software.
Also check out Seth Angell who is a super cool dude and worked on this
project with me.