
Hi. I'm Connor Nelson.
I am a security researcher and PhD student at Arizona State University. I also compete in CTF competitions with Shellphish.
Learn about what I doI am a security researcher and PhD student at Arizona State University. I also compete in CTF competitions with Shellphish.
Learn about what I doAll of the work I do can be split into three categories, with lots of overlap between.
I am a PhD student at Arizona State University. I have served as a teaching assistant for ASU's security courses CSE 545 and CSE 466 with Dr. Adam Doupé and Dr. Yan Shoshitaishvili.
I do security research with the SEFCOM Lab at Arizona State University.
I regularly compete in Capture The Flag events with Shellphish.
I have the opportunity to work with a lot of amazing people on a lot of interesting projects. Here are some of them.
Competed in DEF CON 28 CTF, the "grand championship of hacking", with Shellphish.
Participating in DARPA programs HACCS and CHESS, programs for automatically finding vulnerabilities in real world software, with SEFCOM.
Created pwn.college, an interactive platform for students to learn cybersecurity, with Dr. Yan Shoshitaishvili.
Competed in DEF CON 27 CTF, the "grand championship of hacking", with Shellphish.
Participated in and led a high performance training program with Liminal Collective.
Competed in Whitehat CTF, an international CTF in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Hosted DEF CON 26 CTF, the "grand championship of hacking", with Order of the Overflow.
Hosted iCTF 2018, one of the longest running CTFs, with Shellphish.
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