His research interests lie in computer systems security, cyber forensics, and the vetting of untrusted software. Dr. Saltaformaggio’s work has been profiled by technical and mass media outlets and has received a Best Student Paper Award from Usenix Security and a Best Paper Award from ACM CCS, both top-tier cyber security venues. Originally from New Orleans, Dr. Saltaformaggio earned his B.S. with Honors in Computer Science from the University of New Orleans in 2012. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science at Purdue University in 2014 and 2016, respectively, where he was honored with two fellowships: the 2016 Symantec Research Labs Graduate Fellowship and the inaugural Emil Stefanov Memorial Fellowship in Computer Science.