Thomas H. (Tommy) Morris
From Ece
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mississippi State University
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Background
- Ph.D. Computer Engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 2008.
- M.S. Computer Engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 2001.
- B.S. Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 1994.
Before joining Mississippi State I worked at Texas Instruments from 1991-2008. For most of that time I worked as a digital designer and/or digital design verification engineer.
Teaching
I currently teach ECE4743 Digital Systems Design.
Research
My primary research area is computer security. My PhD thesis was titled, "Private Computing on Public Platforms (PCPP)". In this work we defined a new operating system architecture which allowed applications running on a computer platform to run securely and privately by completely isolating the protected application from all access from other users and their applications regardless of privilege. Additionally, after defining the new OS architecture we implemented a working version of the same by patching a version of the Linux operating system.
My research team continues to study methods for isolating applications. We are also researching control systems security.
Click here for a presentation which provides a research overview.
Publications
Journal
| Morris, T. Nair, V.S.S. Private Computing on Public Platforms: Portable Application Security. In Wiley InterScience Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. May 18, 2009. | early view |
| Morris, T. Nair, V.S.S. Key Protection for Private Computing on Public Platforms. | under review |
Conference
| Reaves, B., Morris, T., Discovery, Infiltration, and Denial of Service in a Process Control System Wireless Network. IEEE eCrime Researchers Summit. October 20-21, 2009. Tacoma, WA. | (to appear) |
| Morris, T., Srivastava, A., Reaves, B., Pavurapu, K., Abdelwahed, S., Vaughn, R., McGrew, W., Dandass, Y. Engineering Future Cyber-Physical Energy Systems: Challenges, Research Needs, and Roadmap. 2009 IEEE North American Power Symposium. October 4-6, 2009. Starkville, MS. | (to appear) |
| Morris, T. Nair, V.S.S. Encryption Key Protection for Private Computing on Public Platforms. Proceedings of the Seventh Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (Percom 2009). Galveston, TX, USA. 9-13 March 2009 | |
| Morris, T. Nair, V.S.S. Secure Context Switch for Private Computing on Public Platforms. Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom 2008). New Orleans, LA, USA. 1-4 December 2008 | |
| Morris, T. Nair, V.S.S. Privacy Protected ELF for Private Computing on Public Platforms. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Availability, Reliability, and Security (ARES2008). Barcelona, Spain. March 4-7, 2008. | |
| Morris, T. Nair, V.S.S. PCPP: On Remote Host Assessment via Naive Bayesian Classification. IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2007). Long Beach, CA, USA. 26-30 March 2007. | |
| Morris, T. Nair, V.S.S. PCPP: Private Computing on Public Platforms A New Paradigm in Public Computing. 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing (ISWPC 2007). San Juan, PR, USA. Feb. 2007. | |
| Morris, T. Nair, V.S.S. Private Computing on a Public Platform. Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Southern Methodist University. Technical Report 06-CSE-01. 2006. Dallas, TX, USA. |
Thesis
| Morris, T. Private Computing on Public Platforms. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Southern Methodist University, July 31, 2008 |
Contact Information
PO Box 9571
233 Simrall Hall
Mississippi State, MS 39762
(662) 325-3199 voice
(662) 325-2298 fax
morris@ece.msstate.edu
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