He obtained a PhD in Computer Science from University of California, Santa Barbara (2017). His research interests span many areas of systems and software security, such as mobile system security, program analysis, malware detection, and vulnerability analysis. Yanick has published more than 20 papers, many of which appeared in top-tier academic and industry conferences, such as IEEE Security & Privacy, USENIX Security, ACM CCS, NDSS, and Black Hat. His work has received the Distinguish Practical Paper Award from IEEE Security & Privacy 2017 and a Pwnie Award for Best Privilege Escalation. He is serving on the program committee of leading systems security conferences and workshops, such as USENIX Enigma, ACSAC, and USENIX WOOT. Yanick is also a member of the “Order of the Overflow” team, the current DEF CON CTF organizers.