About

Evan Downing is a cybersecurity researcher whose interests are malware analysis & detection, and intrusion detection.

His research explores how to improve malware analysts' workflow efficiency using machine learning for both automation and improved accuracy.

His goal is to build tools that analysts want to use every day, and bring analysts into the decision-making process of machine learning.

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]