Dave Levin
Associate Professor
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolDave Levin is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland with 13 years of academic and industry experience focused on network security and resilient Internet systems. His research—recognized with an IEEE Cybersecurity Award for Innovation, an NSF CAREER award, multiple IETF Applied Networking Research Prizes, and several best-paper awards—targets PKI security, censorship-resistant architectures, and practical defenses for the web. He founded Breakerspace.io to scale undergraduate research and chairs the CS Honors program, reflecting a strong commitment to mentoring and broadening participation that earned him an NCWIT Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award. A former HP Labs researcher and early systems programmer, he combines rigorous theoretical grounding (PhD, UMd) with hands-on systems building and policy engagement, including service on the National Academies Forum on Cyber Resilience.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at University of MarylandComputer Science Mathematics and Music, Computer Science Mathematics and Music at University of Notre Dame
Github Skills (5)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
slicknfv/slick
Jan 2013 - Sep 2013
Contributions:40 commits in 7 months
breakerspace/zbrowse
Sep 2021 - Sep 2021
Headless Chrome-based browser
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 day
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