About

Evan Downing is a researcher whose interests lie at the intersection of cybersecurity and machine learning. His goal is to build tools that security analysts want to use every day. Recently, he helped Trail of Bits build Buttercup which won second place in the DARPA AIxCC Finals. His work continues with DO NO HARM (which aims to secure aging hospital medical devices with minimal effort and disruption) and Model Inspector (which aims to create an AI bill-of-materials).

His Erdős number is 4: Evan Downing -> Wenke Lee -> Richard Lipton -> Noga Alon -> Paul Erdős

His Computer Science PhD Genealogy is:

• Evan Downing [2023, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA]
• Wenke Lee [1999, Columbia University, USA]
• Salvatore J. Stolfo [1979, NYU Courant Institute, USA]
• Malcolm C. Harrison [1962, Leeds University, England]