Ivan Pustogarov

I am an assistant professor in cybersecurity at Concordia University in Montreal at the department of engineering and computer science. My research centers around program analysis, privacy enhancing technologies, and anonymity in cryptocurrencies.

I completed my PhD at the University of Luxembourg in 2015, and before joining Concordia I was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Toronto and at Cornell University. I received my Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from National Research Nuclear University MEPhI in Moscow, Russia.

My research follows two main directions. First, I try to find novel ways to automatically and reliably identify exploitable vulnerabilities within large code bases and binary code. On the other hand, I am interested in devising methods and tools to deanonymize criminals that use anonymization technologies (e.g. Tor and Cryptocurrencies) to hide their traces.