## BIO
# **Samuel Thomas Kerr**
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# Education
Purdue University, College of Science, West Lafayette, IN, Master of Science Honors Computer Science with a minor in Psychology GPA: 3.89 May 2012
Purdue University, College of Science, West Lafayette, IN, Bachelor of Science Honors Computer Science with a minor in Psychology GPA: 3.51 May 2011
Princeton High School Full International Baccalaureate Diploma May 2007
# Computer Skills
* Java, C, C++, Python, Verilog, ABEL.
* FPGA and Microcontroller design experience.
* Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, UNIX Shell.
* Reverse Engineering/Debugging experience using Ida Pro, OllyDbg, and gdb
# Work Experience
Purdue University, Student Researcher
* Worked with Professor Elisa Bertino, Research Director of CERIAS, on projects related to Information Security and Identity Management and to Physically Unclonable Functions and FPGA.
* Responsible for implementing and applying theoretical research ideas.
Northrop Grumman, Software Engineering Intern
* Performed reverse-engineering tasks, specifically kernel level work.
* Worked independently to develop new features and bug fixes.
Arxan Technology, Intern
* Performed quality assurance work to maintain caliber of final product.
* Developed in-house tools to test program features.
* Created comprehensive test matrixes and test suites to ensure proper functionality of final product.
* Freelance Software Developer
* Used various technologies, including OpenGL and embedded designs, to fulfill clients needs.
* Consulted to offer advice and acceptable solutions to various problems.
* Completed multiple projects related to aviation and aviation simulation.
# Achievements
* CS Department Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research Effort, 2009
* Computing Research Association Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award, Honorable Mention 2009
* Dean's List 6 Semesters.
* National Merit Commended Scholar.
* Eagle Scout with Bronze, Gold, and Silver Palms.
* Graduated #12 in high school class of over 400.
# Leadership Experience
* Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Computer Science Honor Fraternity, Member
* Association for Computing Machinery, Member
* Alpha Lambda Delta Academic Fraternity, Member.
* Phi Eta Sigma Academic Fraternity, Member.
* National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Member
* Alpha Chi Rho Representative to 23rd and 24th Annual Indiana Greek Leadership Council, 2007, 2008.
# Publications
1. **PUF ROKs: A Hardware Approach to Read-Once Keys.**
Michael Kirkpatrick, **Sam Kerr**, and Elisa Bertino.
6th ACM Symposium on Information, Computer, and Communications Security (ASIACCS).
10 pages,
Hong Kong, March 2011.
2. **Enforcing Physically Restricted Access Control for Remote Data.**
Michael Kirkpatrick, **Sam Kerr**, and Elisa Bertino.
1st ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY).
11 pages.
San Antonio, TX, February 2011 **(Best Paper Award, First Runner-Up)**
3. **PEAR: A Hardware Based Authentication System**
**Sam Kerr**, Michael S. Kirkpatrick, and Elisa Bertino
3rd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Security and Privacy in GIS and LBS (SPRINGL) 2010,
Published in *Proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Security and Privacy in GIS and LBS*
Volume 3, Issue 1. Pages 18-25.
San Jose, CA, Nov 2-5, 2010
4. **PUF ROKs: Generating Read-Once Keys with Physically Unclonable Functions
**Michael S. Kirkpatrick, **Sam Kerr**, and Elisa Bertino
6th Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop,
Published in *Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Workshop on Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research*
Oak Ridge, TN, April 21-23, 2010
5. **VeryIDX – A Privacy-Preserving Digital Identity Management System for Mobile Devices**
Federica Paci, Elisa Bertino, **Sam Kerr**, Anna Squicciarini, Jungha Woo
Special Extension of previously published paper. *Journal Software, Special issue with selected papers of SEUS 2008*, September 2009
Volume 4, Issue 7. Pages 696-704
6. **Privacy-Preserving Management of Transactions’ Receipts for Mobile Environments**
Federica Paci, Ning Shang, **Sam Kerr**, Kevin Steur Jr., Jungha Woo, Elisa Bertino.
Published in *Proceedings of the 8th Symposium on Indentity and Trust on the Internet*
(IDTrust 2009) Gaithersburg, Maryland, 14-16 April, 2009
Volume 8, Issue 1. Pages 73-84.
7. **VeryIDX- A Digital Identity Management System for Pervasive Systems.**
Federica Paci, Elisa Bertino, **Sam Kerr**, Aaron Lint, Anna Squicciarini, Jungha Woo.
Invited paper. Published in *Proceedings of 6th IFIP Workshop on Software Technologies for Future and Embedded Ubiquitous Systems (SEUS)*, Capri, Italy, 1-3 October, 2008.
Volume 6, Issue 1. Pages 268-279.
## Area of Expertise
Java, C, C++, Python
Abel, Verilog
PHP, CSS, X/HTML, MySQL
Ida Pro, OllyDbg for reverse engineering/debugging.
Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Windows, Linux, Mac, UNIX
