David J. Malan: Difference between revisions

Malan enrolled at [[Harvard College]], initially studying government, and took CS50 in the fall of 1996, which was taught by [[Brian Kernighan]] at the time. Inspired by Kernighan, Malan began his education in computer science,<ref name="crimson">{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317063645/http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/9/18/this-is-cs50|archivedate=2017-03-17|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/9/18/this-is-cs50|website=thecrimson.com|title=This is CS50|publisher=[[The Harvard Crimson]]|first=Cordelia F.|last=Mendez|year=2014}}</ref> graduating with a [[Bachelor of ScienceArts]] degree in Computer Science in 1999. After a period working outside of academia, he returned to [[postgraduate study|postgraduate studies]] to complete a [[Master of Science]] degree in 2004, followed by a [[PhD]] in 2007 for research into [[cybersecurity]] and [[computer forensics]], supervised by [[Michael D. Smith (computer scientist)|Michael D. Smith]].<ref name=phd>{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |first=David J. |last=Malan |title=Rapid detection of botnets through collaborative networks of peers |publisher=Harvard University |date=2007 |url=https://cs.harvard.edu/malan/publications/thesis.pdf |website=cs.harvard.edu |oclc=232370471 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817154333/https://cs.harvard.edu/malan/publications/thesis.pdf |archivedate=2016-08-17 |isbn=9780549042921 |url-status=dead }}</ref>