Dawn Song | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University,Carnegie Mellon University,University of California, Berkeley |
| Awards | MacArthur Fellowship (2010) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering, computer science |
| Institutions | Carnegie Mellon University,University of California, Berkeley |
Dawn Song is aChinese American academic and is a professor at theUniversity of California, Berkeley,[1] in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department.[2]
She received aMacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2010.[3]
Song earned her B.S. (1996) fromTsinghua University, her M.S. (1999) fromCarnegie Mellon University, and her Ph.D. (2002) from theUniversity of California, Berkeley.[3]
Song became an assistant professor atCarnegie Mellon University (2002–2007) before joining the faculty at theUniversity of California, Berkeley in 2007.
Song's work addresses the computer security. Previously she worked on web security[4] and systems security, for example working on theDARPA Cyber Grand Challenge, where her team placed among the top seven finalists.[5] Her most recent work is understanding adversarial machine learning,[6] and blockchains.
Song is the Founder of Oasis Labs.[7] At UC Berkeley, Song is the co-Director of the campus-wide center: Berkeley Center for Responsible Decentralized Intelligence (RDI).[8]
Song is the recipient of numerous awards, including aSloan Fellowship, anNSF CAREER Award, the IBM Faculty Award, aGuggenheim fellowship,[9] and aMacArthur Foundation Fellowship.[10] In 2009, theMITTechnology ReviewTR35 named Song as one of the top 35 innovators in The World under the age of 35.[11]She was elected as anACM Fellow in 2019 "for contributions to security and privacy".[12]
