Patrick Traynor
Professor | University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, UNITED STATES
Patrick Traynor is an expert in cybersecurity.
Biography
Patrick Traynor is the John and Mary Lou Dasburg Preeminent Chair in Engineering and a professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. His research focuses on the security of mobile systems, with a concentration on telecommunications infrastructure and mobile devices. His research has uncovered critical vulnerabilities in cellular networks, developed techniques to find credit card skimmers that have been adopted by law enforcement and created robust approaches to detecting and combating Caller-ID scams. He is also interested in internet security and the systems challenges of applied cryptography.
Areas of Expertise (4)
Digital Payments
Cellular Networks
Cybersecurity
Computer Networks
Media Appearances (2)
Deepfake audio has a tell – researchers use fluid dynamics to spot artificial imposter voices
The Conversation online
2022-09-20
Imagine the following scenario. A phone rings. An office worker answers it and hears his boss, in a panic, tell him that she forgot to transfer money to the new contractor before she left for the day and needs him to do it. She gives him the wire transfer information, and with the money transferred, the crisis has been averted. The worker sits back in his chair, takes a deep breath, and watches as his boss walks in the door. The voice on the other end of the call was not his boss. In fact, it wasn’t even a human.
Traynor awarded $1.7 million from Department of Homeland Security to secure cellular networks
UF Computer & Information Science & Engineering online
2021-04-06
Patrick Traynor, Ph.D., the John H. and Mary Lou Dasburg Preeminent Chair in Engineering, was recently awarded a $1.7 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate. The research and development project, titled “Deploying Defenses for Cellular Networks Using the AWARE Testbed,” will focus on securing mobile networks. Dr. Traynor is also the associate chair for research in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE).
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