Michalis Polychronakis

Department of Computer Science
Room 355
Stony Brook, NY 11794-2424
Interests
Biography
Michalis Polychronakis is affiliated with the National Security Institute. He received the B.Sc. (’03), M.Sc. (’05), and Ph.D. (’09) degrees in Computer Science from the University of Crete, Greece, while working as a research assistant in the Distributed Computing Systems Lab at FORTH-ICS. Before joining Stony Brook, he was an Associate Research Scientist at Columbia University.
Research
Michalis' research aims to improve the security of computer systems and networks, build robust defenses against malicious software and online threats, reinforce the privacy of our online interactions, and enhance our understanding of the internet ecosystem and its darker sides.