Prof. Nadkarni's areas of research interest include, but are not limited to, operating systems security, application security and analysis, cloud security, mobile security, human factors in security, privacy, and access control. Presently, his projects are improving the security IoT platforms (e.g., Smart homes), mobile platforms (e.g., Android) and solving fundamental problems in security (e.g., achieving a balance between soundness and precision). Finally, Prof. Nadkarni is looking for students interested in doing solid systems security research, starting as early as Fall 2018.