Úlfar Erlingsson

7.1k citations

45 papers · 3.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 25

Impact in

Signal Processing top 0.2%
- Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
Artificial Intelligence top 0.5%
- Security and Verification in Computing
- Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data

Papers in

Signal Processing 18
- Advanced Malware Detection Techniques 18
Artificial Intelligence 37
- Security and Verification in Computing 24
- Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data 5
- Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning 4

Co-authors: Mihai Budiu Martı́n Abadi Jay Ligatti F.B. Schneider Fred B. Schneider Dennis Fetterly Yuan Yu Jon Currey
Journals: ACM SIGPLAN Notices (4 papers)ACM Transactions on Information and System Security (1 paper)The EMBO Journal (1 paper)World Journal of Surgical Oncology (1 paper)ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Iceland United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Úlfar Erlingsson

43 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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DryadLINQ: a system for general-purpose distributed data-parallel computing using a high-level language 2008 · 503 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2008 Operating Systems Design and Implementation
2005 Control-flow integrity

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All Works

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1	Tempered Sigmoid Activations for Deep Learning with Differential Privacy arXiv (Cornell University) ·Nicolas Papernot, Abhradeep Thakurta, Shuang Song, Steve Chien, Úlfar Erlingsson	2020	3
2	Making the Shoe Fit: Architectures, Initializations, and Tuning for Learning with Privacy Nicolas Papernot, Steve Chien, Mina Evangeliou, Abhradeep Thakurta, Úlfar Erlingsson	2019	13
3	Scalable Private Learning with PATE arXiv (Cornell University) ·Nicolas Papernot, Shuang Song, Ilya Mironov, Ananth Raghunathan, Kunal Talwar, Úlfar Erlingsson	2018	22
4	Prototypical Examples in Deep Learning: Metrics, Characteristics, and Utility Nicholas Carlini, Úlfar Erlingsson, Nicolas Papernot	2018	4
5	Building a RAPPOR with the Unknown: Privacy-Preserving Learning of Associations and Data Dictionaries SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Giulia Fanti, Vasyl Pihur, Úlfar Erlingsson	2016	178
6	Macaroons: Cookies with Contextual Caveats for Decentralized Authorization in the Cloud Chalmers Research (Chalmers University of Technology) ·Arnar Birgisson, Joe Gibbs Politz, Úlfar Erlingsson, Ankur Taly, Michael Vrable, Katrina Schweikert	2014	57
7	Strato: a retargetable framework for low-level inlined-reference monitors USENIX Security Symposium ·Lingli Wu, Gang Tan, Úlfar Erlingsson	2013	25
8	Let's parse to prevent pwnage invited position paper Dilan Randall, Úlfar Erlingsson	2012	4
9	Language-independent sandboxing of just-in-time compilation and self-modifying code ACM SIGPLAN Notices ·Jason Ansel, Bablu Kumar Dhar, Úlfar Erlingsson, Bả Nguyễn Xuân, Brad Chen, Derek L. Schuff, David Sehr, P.J. Chen, Bennet Yee	2012	0
10	Automated Analysis of Security-Critical JavaScript APIs Ankur Taly, Úlfar Erlingsson, John C. Mitchell, Mark S. Miller, Jasvir Nagra	2011	63
11	Fay Úlfar Erlingsson, Marcus Peinado, Simon Peter, Mihai Budiu	2011	49
12	Some sample programs written in DryadLINQ World Journal of Surgical Oncology ·Yuan Yu, Michael Isard, Dennis Fetterly, Mihai Budiu, Úlfar Erlingsson, Aline Borges de Carvalho, Jon Currey, Frank McSherry, Kannan Achan, 滝口邦彦	2009	7
13	DryadLINQ: a system for general-purpose distributed data-parallel computing using a high-level language Operating Systems Design and Implementation ·Yuan Yu, Michael Isard, Dennis Fetterly, Mihai Budiu, Úlfar Erlingsson, Aline Borges de Carvalho, Jon Currey Hit paper breakdown →	2008	503
14	End-to-end web application security The EMBO Journal ·Úlfar Erlingsson, Benjamin Livshits, Yinglian Xie	2007	39
15	Operating system protection against side-channel attacks that exploit memory latency Úlfar Erlingsson, Martı́n Abadi	2007	6
16	XFI: software guards for system address spaces Operating Systems Design and Implementation ·Úlfar Erlingsson, Martı́n Abadi, Michael Vrable, Mihai Budiu, George C. Necula	2006	249
17	Ad hoc extensibility and access control ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review ·Úlfar Erlingsson, John MacCormick	2006	3
18	Architectural support for software-based protection Mihai Budiu, Úlfar Erlingsson, Martı́n Abadi	2006	32
19	Virtual Environments for Unreliable Extensions Statistics and Its Interface ·Úlfar Erlingsson, Tom Roeder, Ted Wobber	2005	8
20	Efficient and flexible value sampling ACM SIGPLAN Notices ·Michael T. Burrows, Úlfar Erlingsson, Chi Lin Wea, Mark T. Vandevoorde, Carl A. Waldspurger, Kiersten Walker, William E. Weihl	2000	30

About Úlfar Erlingsson

Úlfar Erlingsson is a scholar working on Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Software, Computer Networks and Communications and Information Systems, having authored 45 papers that have together received 3.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Security and Verification in Computing (24 papers), Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (18 papers), Distributed systems and fault tolerance (11 papers), Web Application Security Vulnerabilities (7 papers), Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (5 papers), Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning (4 papers), Cloud Data Security Solutions (4 papers) and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Signal Processing (1.4k citations), Artificial Intelligence (2.3k citations), Hardware and Architecture (484 citations), Computer Networks and Communications (1.4k citations) and Information Systems (1.1k citations). Úlfar Erlingsson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Iceland and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Mihai Budiu, Martı́n Abadi, Jay Ligatti, F.B. Schneider, Fred B. Schneider, Dennis Fetterly, Yuan Yu, Jon Currey, Michael Isard and Vasyl Pihur. Their work appears in journals such as ACM SIGPLAN Notices, ACM Transactions on Information and System Security, The EMBO Journal, World Journal of Surgical Oncology and ACM Transactions on Computer Systems.

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