The Oregon Systems Infrastructure Research and Information Security (OSIRIS) Laboratory is a part of the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Oregon. Founded by Professor Kevin Butler in the Fall of 2010, the OSIRIS Lab's mission is to discover new research methodologies, technologies, and systems that address timely and important issues in securing computer systems and networks. The scope of our work ranges from individual embedded systems to national-scale infrastructure, and from theoretical models to deployed hardware. We pursue collaborative and multidisciplinary research, and our work has appeared in the top journals, conferences, and workshops in security.

NOTE: We are actively looking for new students who have the drive, motivation, and intellectual curiosity to be successful at the highest levels of academic research.

News

June 15, 2013

The paper "Read My Lips: Towards Use of the Microsoft Kinect as a Visual-Only Automatic Speech Recognizer" by Peter McKay, Bryan Clement, Sean Haverty, Elijah Newton, and Kevin Butler, was accepted for presentation at the Workshop on Home Usable Privacy and Security (HUPS'13), to be held in Newcastle, UK this July.

June 13, 2013

Congratulations to Hannah Pruse, who has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. Only 7 fellowships were given in the area of computer and information security this year.

June 12, 2013

Congratulations to Adam Bates, who has received the University of Oregon's J. Donald Hubbard Family Scholarship in Computer and Information Science. This award recognizes academic achievement alongside significant contributions to the Department of Computer and Information Science through volunteer efforts.

June 12, 2013

Congratulations to Benjamin Mood, who has received the University of Oregon's Erwin and Gertrude Julifs Scholarship in Computer and Information Science. This award recognizes students who show exceptional academic promise through originality of research and academic achievement.

June 7, 2013

The paper "Forgive and Forget: Return to Obscurity", written by Carrie Gates, Matt Bishop, Steven Greenspan, Kevin Butler, and Emily Rine Butler, was accepted for publication at the 2013 New Security Paradigms Workshop, to be held this September in Banff, Alberta.

April 25, 2013

The papers "Secure Outsourced Garbled Circuit Evaluation for Mobile Devices", written by Henry Carter, Benjamin Mood, Patrick Traynor, and Kevin Butler, and "PCF: A Portable Circuit Format For Scalable Two-Party Secure Computation", written by Benjamin Kreuter, ahbi shelat, Benjamin Mood, and Kevin Butler, were accepted for publication at the 22nd USENIX Security Symposium, to be held this August in Washington, DC.

April 4, 2013

Professor Kevin Butler has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. The NSF CAREER award is the NSF's most prestigious award in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research, education, and their integration. More information about the award is on the University of Oregon's Research Web Site.

More lab news can be found at our news archive.

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Alumni

  • Masoud Valafar, M.S. Fall 2011 (first offered employment: Amazon, Seattle, WA)

The Egyptian deity Osiris wore a symbolic Atef crown, which had two red ostrich feathers that represent truth, justice, morality, and balance. The work that we do in the OSIRIS Lab aims to further these values by focusing on scientific inquiry in areas of enduring interest on topics relevant to not only the academic community, but the nation at large.

The OSIRIS Lab is generously supported by donations and grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Air Force Research Laboratories (AFRL), Battelle, Qualcomm, Microsoft Research, and Ellisys Corporation.