Crispin Cowan

4.5k citations
43 papers · 2.9k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 21
Topics
Security and Verification in Computing (16 papers)Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (15 papers)Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (14 papers)

In The Last Decade

Crispin Cowan

41 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

StackGuard: automatic adaptive detection and prevention o...19982026200720161998250500750

Peers

Crispin Cowan
Comparison fields: 5 of 68
  • Artificial Intelligence 2.1k
  • Signal Processing 1.7k
  • Computer Networks and Communications 1.5k
  • Information Systems 930
  • Hardware and Architecture 536
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Countries citing papers authored by Crispin Cowan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Crispin Cowan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Crispin Cowan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Crispin Cowan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Crispin Cowan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Crispin Cowan. Crispin Cowan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#WorkIndexed citations
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Windows 8 Security: Supporting User Confidence
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3 138
4 229
5 125
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StackGuard: Simple Stack Smash Protection for GCC
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7 27
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Pointguard TM : protecting pointers from buffer overflow vulnerabilities
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9 3
10 13
11 14
12 3
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FormatGuard: automatic protection from printf format string vulnerabilities
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14 55
15 16
16 39
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A Specialization Toolkit to Increase the Diversity of Operating Systems
30
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A programming model for optimism
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Optimistic replication in HOPE
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About Crispin Cowan

Crispin Cowan is a scholar working on Hardware and Architecture, Signal Processing and Computer Networks and Communications, having authored 43 papers that have together received 2.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Security and Verification in Computing (16 papers), Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (15 papers) and Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Signal Processing (1.7k citations), Software (318 citations) and Hardware and Architecture (536 citations). Crispin Cowan has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Steve Beattie, Calton Pu, Perry Wagle, Jonathan Walpole, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Dave Maier, Qian Zhang, Chris Wright, John Johansen and Charles Consel. Their work appears in journals such as ACM Computing Surveys, ACM Transactions on Computer Systems and ACM SIGPLAN Notices.

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